Concise Minutes - Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee

Meeting Venue:

Hybrid - Committee Room 2, Senedd,

and Video conference via Zoom

Meeting date: Monday, 25 September 2023

Meeting time: 13.15 - 15.33
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/13479

Attendance

 

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

There were no apologies or substitutions.

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2       Infrastructure (Wales) Bill: Evidence session

The Committee received evidence from the Minister for Climate Change.

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3       Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3

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3.1   SL(6)379 - The Local Government Officers (Political Restrictions) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2023

The Committee considered the instrument and agreed to report to the Senedd in line with the reporting points identified.

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3.2   SL(6)380 - The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) (Wales) Regulations 2023

The Committee considered the instrument and agreed to report to the Senedd in line with the reporting points identified.

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3.3   SL(6)381 - The Firefighters' Pensions (Remediable Service) (Wales) Regulations 2023

The Committee considered the instrument and agreed to report to the Senedd in line with the reporting points identified.

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4       Inter-Institutional Relations Agreement

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4.1   Correspondence from the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd, and the Minister for Climate Change: Inter-Ministerial Group for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The Committee noted the correspondence from the Minister.

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5       Papers to note

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5.1   Correspondence from the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023

The Committee noted the correspondence from the Counsel General.

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5.2   Correspondence from the First Minister to the Llywydd: The Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Wales) Act 2023

The Committee noted the correspondence from the First Minister to the Llywydd.

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6       Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting

The Committee agreed the motion.

 

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7       Infrastructure (Wales) Bill: Consideration of evidence

The Committee considered the evidence provided by the Minister for Climate Change and agreed to write to the Minister with further questions.

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8       International agreements

The Committee considered its draft report on the following international agreements:

• Protocol on the Accession of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP);
• UK-Norway-Liechtenstein-Iceland Convention on Social Security Coordination;
• Protocol amending the International Convention on the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (“Palma Protocol”);
• UK-Canada Air Services Agreement;
• UK-Azerbaijan International Road Transport;
• UK-Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Air Services Agreement.

The Committee agreed to draw the report to the attention of relevant Senedd and UK Parliament committees.

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