Concise Minutes - External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee


Meeting Venue:

Video Conference via Zoom

Meeting date: Monday, 25 January 2021

Meeting time: 14.00 - 16.50
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/11093


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Attendance

Category

Names

Members of the Senedd:

David Rees MS (Chair)

Huw Irranca-Davies MS

Laura Anne Jones MS

Dai Lloyd MS

David J Rowlands MS

Witnesses:

João Vale de Almeida, EU Ambassador to the UK

Professor Catherine Barnard, Trinity College Cambridge

Sir Emyr Jones Parry, Learned Society of Wales

Professor Anand Menon, King’s College London

Dr Rachel Minto, Cardiff University

Committee Staff:

Alun Davidson (Clerk)

Claire Fiddes (Deputy Clerk)

Aled Evans (Legal Adviser)

Nia Moss (Researcher)

Rhun Davies (Researcher)

Sara Moran (Researcher)

 

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

1.1  The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting.

1.2 Apologies were received from Alun Davies.

1.3 Huw Irranca-Davies declared an interest as Chair of the European Advisory Group, Chair of the Wales Programme Monitoring Committee, and Chair of the Regional Investment Steering Group.

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2       Changes to freedom of movement after Brexit: The EU's Ambassador to the UK

2.1 The Ambassador responded to questions from Members.

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3       Wales in the world - roundtable discussion with academics

3.1 The panel responded to questions from Members.

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4       Papers to note

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4.1   Paper to note 1: Correspondence from the Chairperson of the Committee for the Executive Office at the Northern Ireland Assembly to the Chair regarding correspondence from the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - 14 January 2021

4.1.1 The paper was noted.

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4.2   Paper to note 2: Correspondence from the Chairperson of the Committee of the Executive Office at the Northern Ireland Assembly to the Chair regarding Committee scrutiny of common frameworks - 14 January 2021

4.2.1 The paper was noted.

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4.3   Paper to note 3: Correspondence from the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee to the Secretary of State for Wales regarding the Sewel Convention - 21 January 2021

4.3.1 The paper was noted.

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5       Motion under Standing Order 17.42(vi) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting

5.1 The motion was agreed.

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6       Changes to freedom of movement after Brexit - consideration of evidence

6.1 Members considered the evidence received.

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7       Wales in the world - consideration of evidence

7.1 Members considered the evidence received.

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