Concise Minutes - Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee


Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 4 - Tŷ Hywel

Meeting date: Monday, 10 October 2022

Meeting time: 12.45 - 15.06
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/13000


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Attendance

Category

Names

Members of the Senedd:

Huw Irranca-Davies MS (Chair)

Rhys ab Owen MS

Alun Davies MS

James Evans MS

Witnesses:

Committee Staff:

P Gareth Williams (Clerk)

Gerallt Roberts (Second Clerk)

Sarah Sargent (Second Clerk)

Sian Giddins (Deputy Clerk)

 

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

There were no apologies or substitutions.

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2       Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution and the Permanent Secretary to the Welsh Government

The Committee heard evidence from the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution and the Permanent Secretary to the Welsh Government on the Welsh Government’s approach to legislating.

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3       Instruments that raise no reporting issues under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3

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Affirmative Resolution Instruments

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3.1   SL(6)262 - The Regulated Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) (Amendment) and (Coronavirus) (Revocation) Regulations 2022

The Committee considered the instrument and was content.

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3.2   SL(6)264 - The Homelessness (Priority Need and Intentionality (Wales) Regulations 2022

The Committee considered the instrument and was content.

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4       Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3

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Made Negative Resolution Instruments

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4.1   SL(6)266 - The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development etc.) (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2022

The Committee considered the instrument  and agreed to report to the Senedd in line with the reporting points identified.

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4.2   SL(6)259 - The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2022

The Committee considered the instrument and agreed to report to the Senedd in line with the reporting points identified.

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5       Inter-Institutional Relations Agreement

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5.1   Correspondence from the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd: The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products (Amendment) Regulations 2022

The Committee noted the letter from the Minister.

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5.2   Correspondence and Written Statement by the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd: The Pests of Plants (Authorisations) (Amendment) Regulations 2022

The Committee noted the Written Statement and the letter from the Minister.

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5.3   Correspondence from the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd: The Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022.

The Committee noted the letter from the Minister.

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6       Papers to note

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6.1   Correspondence from the Children, Young People and Education Committee to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Schools Bill

The Committee noted the letter from the Children, Young People and Education Committee to the Minister.

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6.2   Correspondence from the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution to the Llywydd: Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill

The Committee noted the letter from the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution to the Llywydd.

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6.3   Correspondence from the First Minister: UK-EU agreements

The Committee noted the letter from the First Minister.

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6.4   Written Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: Consultation on the Statute Law (Repeals) (Wales) Bill

The Committee noted the Written Statement by the Counsel General.

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7       Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting

The Committee agreed the motion.

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8       Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution and the Permanent Secretary to the Welsh Government: Consideration of evidence

The Committee considered the evidence received from the Counsel General and the Permanent Secretary on the Welsh Government’s approach to Legislating.

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9       The Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Wales) Bill: Draft report

The Committee considered and agreed its draft report on the Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products)(Wales) Bill.

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10    Legislative Consent Memoranda

The Committee considered a briefing on the number of legislative consent memoranda laid to date during the Sixth Senedd and discussed its ongoing work.

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11    Legislative Consent Memoranda on the UK Infrastructure Bank Bill: Draft report

The Committee considered and agreed its draft report on the legislative consent memoranda on the UK Infrastructure Bank Bill.

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12    Forward Work Programme

The Committee discussed matters relating to its forward work programme.

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