Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee

 

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 1 - Senedd

 

 

 

Meeting date:

Monday, 30 June 2014

 

 

 

Meeting time:

14.32 - 16.10

 

 

 

This meeting can be viewed on Senedd TV at:
http://www.senedd.tv/archiveplayer.jsf?v=en_200000_30_06_2014&t=0&l=en

 

 

Concise Minutes:

 

 

 

Assembly Members:

 

David Melding AM (Chair)

Suzy Davies AM

Mick Antoniw AM (In place of Julie James AM)

Eluned Parrott AM

Simon Thomas AM

 

 

 

 

 

Witnesses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Committee Staff:

 

P Gareth Williams (Clerk)

Ruth Hatton (Deputy Clerk)

Gwyn Griffiths (Legal Advisor)

Gareth Pembridge (Researcher)

Stephen Boyce (Researcher)

 

 

 

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1    Introduction, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

Apologies were received from Julie James AM.   Mick Antoniw AM substituted.

 

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<AI2>

2.1  CLA414 - The Staffing of Maintained Schools (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2014

 

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<AI3>

2.2  CLA415 - The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2014

 

The Committee considered the statutory instruments and was content.

 

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

 

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3    Other Legislation

 

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<AI6>

3.1  Code of Recommended Practice on Local Authority Publicity in Wales

 

The Committee considered the Code and was content.

 

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4    Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (No.3): Deregulation Bill

The Committee considered the Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum and agreed to report to the Assembly.

 

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<AI8>

5    Proposal from the European Commission on the prohibition of driftnets COM(2014)265

The Committee considered the EU proposal and agreed to send representations to both the EU Commission and the Welsh Government.

 

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<AI9>

6    Papers to note

 

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<AI10>

6.1  Letter from Minister for Local Government and Government Business: Wales Bill

 

The Committee noted the correspondence.

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<AI11>

6.2  Dr Hywel Francis MP Speech to Human Rights Commission March 2014

 

The Committee noted the paper.

 

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7    Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the following business:

The Committee agreed to conduct the remainder of the meeting in Private.

 

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8    Draft Report on the Inquiry into Disqualification of membership from the National Assembly for Wales