Meeting Venue:
Virtual – Video conference via Zoom
Meeting date: Monday, 2 October 2023
Meeting time: 13.30 - 14.21
This meeting can
be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/13510
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Members of the Senedd: |
Huw Irranca-Davies MS (Chair) Alun Davies MS James Evans MS |
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Witnesses: |
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Committee Staff: |
P Gareth Williams (Clerk) Gerallt Roberts (Second Clerk) Sarah Sargent (Second Clerk) Kate Rabaiotti (Legal Adviser) |
1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Adam Price MS sent his apologies.
2 Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
2.1 SL(6)383 - The Standards Committees (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2023
The Committee considered the instrument and agreed to report to the Senedd in line with the reporting points identified.
2.2 SL(6)384 - The Standards Committees (Grant of Dispensations) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2023
The Committee considered the instrument and agreed to report to the Senedd in line with the reporting point identified.
2.3 SL(6)385 - The Rating Lists (Valuation Date) (Wales) Order 2023
The Committee considered the instrument and agreed to report to the Senedd in line with the reporting point identified.
2.4 SL(6)382 – The Local Elections (Principal Areas) (Single Transferable Vote) (Wales) Rules 2023
The Committee considered the instrument and agreed to report to the Senedd in line with the reporting points identified.
2.5 SL(6)386 - The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2023
The Committee considered the instrument and agreed to report to the Senedd in line with the reporting point identified.
3 Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3 - previously considered
3.1 SL(6)379 - The Local Government Officers (Political Restrictions) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2023
The Committee noted the response from the Welsh Government.
3.2 SL(6)380 - The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) (Wales) Regulations 2023
The Committee noted the response from the Welsh Government.
3.3 SL(6)381 - The Firefighters' Pensions (Remediable Service) (Wales) Regulations 2023
The Committee noted the response from the Welsh Government.
4 Inter-Institutional Relations Agreement
4.1 Written Statement and correspondence from the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip: The Safety, Security and Migration Interministerial Group
The Committee noted the written statement and letter from the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip.
4.2 Written Statement and correspondence from the Minister for Economy: Inter-Ministerial Group for Trade
The Committee noted the written statement and letter from the Minister for Economy.
4.3 Correspondence with the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd: Regulations to implement the Windsor Framework
The Committee noted the letter from the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd.
4.4 Correspondence from the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Finance: Interministerial Standing Committee Meeting
The Committee noted the letter from the Minister for Finance and Local Government.
4.5 Correspondence with the Minister for Climate Change: The Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (Amendment) Regulations 2023
The Committee noted the letter from the Minister for Climate Change.
4.6 Correspondence from the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd: The Official Controls (Plant Health) (Prior Notification) and Phytosanitary Conditions (Amendment) Regulations 2023
The Committee noted the letter from the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd.
5 Papers to note
5.1 Correspondence from the Welsh Language Commissioner: Use of the Welsh language
The Committee noted the letter from the Welsh Language Commissioner.
5.2 Correspondence from the Finance Committee to the Minister for Finance and Local Government: 2024-25 Draft Budget
The Committee noted the letter from the Minister for Finance and Local Government.
6 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
The Committee agreed the motion.
7 Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (Memorandum No. 4) on the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
The Committee agreed its draft report.
8 Scrutiny of the Welsh Government draft budget 2024-25
The Committee considered its approach to scrutinising the Welsh Government’s draft budget for 2024-25 and agreed to write to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution.