Meeting Venue:
Video Conference via Zoom
Meeting date: Monday, 4 October 2021
Meeting time: 13.30 - 14.41
This meeting can
be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/12448
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Names |
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Members of the Senedd: |
Huw Irranca-Davies MS (Chair) Rhys ab Owen MS Jayne Bryant MS Samuel Kurtz MS (In place of Peter Fox MS) |
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Committee Staff: |
P Gareth Williams (Clerk) Sarah Sargent (Second Clerk) Ben Harris (Legal Adviser) Gareth Howells (Legal Adviser) Jennifer Cottle (Legal Adviser) |
1 Introductions, apologies and substitutions
Peter Fox MS gave his apologies. Samuel Kurtz MS attended as a substitute.
2 Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
2.1 SL(6)049 - The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Notification) (Wales) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2021
The Committee considered the instrument and agreed to report to the Senedd in line with the reporting points identified.
2.2 SL(6)052 - The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Residential Tenancies: Extension of Period of Protection from Eviction) (No. 3) (Wales) Regulations 2021
The Committee considered the instrument and agreed to report to the Senedd in line with the reporting points identified.
2.3 SL(6)050 - The Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021
The Committee considered the instrument and agreed to report to the Senedd in line with the reporting point identified.
2.4 SL(6)053 - The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 17) Regulations 2021
The Committee considered the instrument and the Welsh Government response and agreed to report to the Senedd in line with the reporting points identified.
3 Papers to note
3.1 Correspondence from the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: Postponement of the Inter-Ministerial Group for Elections and Registration meeting
The Committee noted the letter from the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution.
3.2 Correspondence from the Minister for Climate Change: Response to the Committee's report on the Legislative Consent Memoranda on the Environment Bill
The Committee noted the response from the Minister for Climate Change to its report on the Welsh Government’s Legislative Consent Memoranda on the Environment Bill.
3.3 Correspondence from the President of Welsh Tribunals: Third annual report of the President of Welsh Tribunals
The Committee noted the letter and the third annual report from the President of Welsh Tribunals and, in private, agreed to invite the President of Welsh Tribunals to a scrutiny session at the earliest convenient opportunity.
3.4 Written statement by the Welsh Government: Update on the development of the justice system and the legal sector in Wales
The Committee noted the written statement.
4 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
The Committee agreed the motion.
5 Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill - consideration of draft report
The Committee considered its draft report on the Welsh Government’s Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, and agreed to consider a revised draft of its report at the next meeting.
6 Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Advanced Research and Invention Agency Bill
The Committee considered the Welsh Government’s Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Advanced Research and Invention Agency Bill, and agreed to consider its draft report at the next meeting.
7 Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Skills and Post-16 Education Bill
The Committee considered the Welsh Government’s Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Skills and Post-16 Education Bill, and agreed to consider its draft report at the next meeting.
8 Briefing note on international agreements
The Committee considered the following international agreements:
· UK/Albania: Readmission of Persons;
· UK/Portugal: Agreement regarding the Employment of Members of the Family forming part of the Household of Diplomatic Missions;
· UK/Antigua & Barbuda: establishing a Maritime Boundary between Anguilla and Antigua and Barbuda;
and agreed to consider its draft report on the agreements at the next meeting.