Meeting Venue:
Tŷ Hywel
Meeting date: 28 March 2023
Meeting time: 09.00 - 09.05
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Names |
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Committee Members: |
Elin Jones MS, Llywydd (Chair) Lesley Griffiths MS Siân Gwenllian MS Darren Millar MS |
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Committee Staff: |
Graeme Francis (Clerk) Yan Thomas (Deputy Clerk) |
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Others in attendance |
Jane Dodds MS David Rees MS, Deputy Presiding Officer Manon Antoniazzi, Chief Executive and Clerk Siwan Davies, Director of Senedd Business Julian Luke, Head of Policy and Legislation Committee Service, Head of Policy and Legislation Committee Service Helen Carey, Welsh Government |
1 Introductions, apologies and substitutions
The Llywydd welcomed members to the meeting.
2 Minutes of the previous meeting
The Minutes of the previous meeting were agreed for publication.
3 Organisation of Business
3.1 This week's business
Tuesday
The Trefnydd drew Business Managers’ attention to the following changes:
Wednesday
3.2 Three week timetable of Government Business
The Trefnydd drew Business Managers’ attention to the following additions:
Tuesday 25 April 2023
· Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: The 2023/24 Flood Programme (30 mins)
· Statement by the Minister for Economy: Shared Prosperity and Levelling Up (30 mins)
· Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Progress Update on the Welsh in Education Workforce Plan (30 mins)
· Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: The National Diagnostic Strategy (30 mins)
Tuesday 2 May 2023
· Statement by the Minster for Finance and Local Government: Update on Local Tax Reform (30 mins)
· Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Update on the Six Goals for Emergency Care Programme (30 mins)
· Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Students as Citizens – Higher Education (30 mins)
3.3 Three week timetable of Senedd Business
The following additions were agreed to the Three Week Timetable of Senedd Business:
Wednesday 10 May 2023 –
· Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv) (60 mins)
· Debate on the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee report: Annual report on the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales – 2022-23 (30 mins)
· Debate on the Petitions Committee report - From Five to Four? P-06-1247 Support trials of a four-day week in Wales (30 mins)
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Time allocated to the Welsh Conservatives (60 mins)
· Short Debate (30 mins)
4 Legislation
4.1 Paper to note - correspondence from the Minister for Social Justice regarding the Illegal Migration Bill
Business Committee noted the letter and the Welsh Government’s intention to lay a Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Bill outside of the usual timescales.
4.2 Paper to note - letter from the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd regarding the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill - Welsh Government's Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (Memorandum No. 4)
Business Committee noted the letter and the Committee’s position that it is unable to report on the supplementary LCM (Memorandum No. 4) on the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill.
5 Any other business
Business Committee received an oral update and agreed to pre-emptively refer the Legislative Consent Memorandum on The Data Protection & Digital Information No.2 Bill, which will be laid this week, to the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport and International Relations Committee and the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee for scrutiny, with a reporting deadline of 8 June 2023.