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Instruments that raise issues to be reported under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Great. Thank you Kate, that's brilliant. Does anyone have any comments or observations? Anyone on screen? Great. In that case we can move on to item 2.2, which is the Representation of the People (Electoral Registration without Applications) (Electoral…
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
So, if everyone is content, we're going to move on to item 2, which is the Education (School Day and School Year) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2026. You would have received those papers in your packs. These regulations make provision about the length of…
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Fantastic. Does anyone else have any other interests that they'd like to declare? Great. In that case, we can move on. This meeting is being broadcast on Senedd.tv and a record of the proceedings will be published online as usual. If we could have mobile…
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Great, thank you. That's brilliant.
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Fab, thank you.
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Yes.
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Committee has now begun. Does anyone have any interests to declare?
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Questions to the Counsel General
Okay, that's fine. You speak of the voluntary charter, and that's all very well and good. But I just find it incredibly sad, as a care-experienced young person myself, that the rights in England for a care-experienced young person to bring these authorities…
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Questions to the Counsel General
What legal advice has the Counsel General provided the Welsh Government regarding how the corporate parenting framework under the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 compares, in legal effect and enforceability, with the strengthened statutory…
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Questions to the Counsel General
The Government sought consent for a range of provisions in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, but not corporate parenting. The irony is this: Westminster placed those duties on the non-devolved bodies in Wales—police, youth justice—so a Welsh care…
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Questions to the Counsel General
6. What legal advice has the Counsel General provided the Welsh Government regarding how the corporate parenting framework under the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 compares, in legal effect and enforceability, with the strengthened statutory…
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Questions to the Counsel General
1. What legal advice has the Counsel General provided to the Welsh Government regarding its powers to extend corporate parenting responsibilities to a wider range of public bodies, including bodies whose functions are not devolved, in light of the provisions…
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Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
So, as we move forward to item 4, this is the part where we move from public to private, and I'm going to say this in quite a specific way. So, we're about to move into private. In accordance with Standing Order 17.42, I invite the committee to resolve to…
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Papers to note
That's brilliant. I'd remind Members that our role here is the legislative competence and constitutional dimension of this, so, whether this Bill makes provisions in the legislative consent memorandum in areas devolved to Wales, and whether legislative…
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Papers to note
So, now we are going to move on to item 3, which is the papers to note. This is just something to note about the legislative consent memorandum on the Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill. Legal advice will be provided next week, but this is just something…
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Committee remit
So, we're going to move on to item 2, and this one you would have received some information about. Before we discuss more about it, I want to say how I see the committee's work. Although it's not the most visible, it is amongst the most important, so the…
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Thank you, all, for being here today. This is the first meeting of the Legislation Committee. It's being broadcast live on Senedd.tv and the Record of Proceedings will be published as usual. Please can we make sure that mobile phones are switched to silent…
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Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, the Welsh election study found that fewer than one in eight people understood the new voting system at this year's election—a system only introduced months ago. I know fewer ballots were spoiled, and we all welcome that, but a simple ballot is…
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Questions to the First Minister
3. How will the Welsh Government ensure the forthcoming review of Senedd electoral arrangements strengthens public confidence in Welsh democracy? OQ64136
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Reform UK Debate: Childcare offer
I support the motion in the name of the leader of Reform, Dan Thomas. In doing so, I want to address amendment 1. This amendment notes that we have no childcare commitments in our manifesto, but, let's be honest, this debate is not a retrospective view of…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Rural Resilience and Sustainability
Cabinet Minister, reducing sewage discharges into the River Kenfig depends on robust regulation. Just three days ago, Ofwat confirmed an enforcement package against Welsh Water for the widespread water failures—over £40 million of it targeted at reducing…
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Business Statement and Announcement
I know the leader of Reform raised the crisis facing newly qualified midwives at FMQs, but I make no apology for returning to it. When a constituent comes to me in this situation, I have a moral imperative to give this a voice. This constituent has explained…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy: Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy Priorities
I thank the Cabinet Secretary. I should declare an interest; I've worked with Lord Grimstone in the UK's Office for Investment, so I deeply care about this, as someone who's seen at close hand what can be achieved when you've got the true ingredients…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Trefnydd, constituents in Kenfig have raised serious concerns about the condition of the afon Kenfig following sewage discharges. In fact, this is so serious that the river is devoid of life, and little progress seems to have been made in addressing this…
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Nomination of the First Minister under Standing Order 8
Dan Thomas.
