Meeting Venue:
Video Conference via Zoom
Meeting date: Monday, 21 March 2022
Meeting time: 13.30 - 16.03
This meeting can
be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/12647
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Members of the Senedd: |
Huw Irranca-Davies MS (Chair) Rhys ab Owen MS Alun Davies MS Peter Fox MS |
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Witnesses: |
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Committee Staff: |
P Gareth Williams (Clerk) Gerallt Roberts (Second Clerk) Sarah Sargent (Second Clerk) Gareth Howells (Legal Adviser) |
1 Introductions, apologies and substitutions
There were no apologies or substitutions.
2 Instruments that raise no reporting issues under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
2.1 SL(6)170 - The Council Tax (Joint and Several Liability of Care Leavers) (Wales) Regulations 2022
The Committee considered the instrument and was content.
2.2 SL(6)171 - The Menai Strait (East) Mussel and Oyster Fishery Order 2022
The Committee considered the instrument and was content.
2.3 SL(6)179 - The National Health Service Trusts (Membership and Procedure) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2022
The Committee considered the instrument and was content.
2.4 SL(6)174 - The Local Authorities (Amendments Relating to Publication of Information) (Wales) Regulations 2022
The Committee considered the instrument and was content.
3 Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
3.1 SL(6)173 - The Local Election Survey (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2022
The Committee considered the instrument and Welsh Government response and agreed to report to the Senedd in line with the reporting point identified.
4 Common frameworks
The Committee noted the two items of correspondence from the Chair of the Common Frameworks Scrutiny Committee and the correspondence from the Chairperson of the Committee for the Executive Office.
4.1 Provisional plant health common framework
The Committee noted the correspondence from the Chair of the Common Frameworks Scrutiny Committee to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
4.2 Provisional fertilisers common framework
The Committee noted the correspondence from the Chair of the Common Frameworks Scrutiny Committee to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
4.3 Provisional food compositional standards and labelling common framework
The Committee noted the correspondence from the Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee to the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing.
5 Inter-Institutional Relations Agreement
5.1 Correspondence from the First Minister: Inter-Institutional Relations Agreement - Inter-Ministerial Standing Committee
The Committee noted the correspondence from the First Minister and agreed to write to the First Minister ahead of the first meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Standing Committee.
6 Papers to note
6.1 Written statement by the First Minister: Publication of the terms of reference for the UK-wide Covid-19 Public Inquiry
The Committee noted the Written Statement by the First Minister.
6.2 Correspondence from the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill
The Committee noted the correspondence from the Minister for Education and Welsh Language.
6.3 Correspondence from the Deputy Minister for Arts and Sport, and Chief Whip: Legislative Consent on the Cultural Objects (Protection from Seizure) Bill
The Committee noted the correspondence from the Deputy Minister for Arts and Sport, and Chief Whip.
7 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
The Committee agreed the motion.
8 Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Bill - consideration of draft report
The Committee considered the draft report and agreed to return to a revised version at the next meeting.
9 Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (Memorandum No. 2) on the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill - consideration of legal advice note
The Committee considered the Welsh Government’s Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (Memorandum No. 2) on the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill, and agreed to consider its report at the next meeting.
10 Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (Memorandum No. 3) on the Professional Qualifications Bill
The Committee considered and noted the Welsh Government’s Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (Memorandum No. 3) on the Professional Qualifications Bill.
11 International agreements considered on 7 March 2022 and 14 March 2022 - consideration of draft report
The Committee considered and agreed its report on international agreements considered on 7 March 2022 and 14 March 2022.