Agenda - Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee


Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 1, Senedd

Meeting date: 11 December 2023

Meeting time: 13.30
For further information contact:

P Gareth Williams

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddLJC@senedd.wales


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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

(13.30)                                                                                                             

 

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2       Local Government Finance (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session

(13.30 - 14.30)                                                                           (Pages 1 - 38)

Rebecca Evans MS, Minister for Finance and Local Government

Debra Carter – Deputy Director, Local Government and Finance Reform – Bill SRO

Simon Tew – Bill Manager

Ruth Cornick – Government Lawyer, Legal Services

 

Local Government Finance (Wales) Bill

Explanatory Memorandum

Statement of Policy Intent

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-35-23 - Paper 1 - Briefing Paper
LJC(6)-35-23 - Paper 2 - Letter from the Minister for Local Government and Finance to the Local Government and Housing Committee, 20 November 2023

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Break

(14.30 – 14.35)

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

(14.35 - 14.40)                                                                                                

 

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Made Negative Resolution Instruments

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3.1   SL(6)422 - The Recognition of Professional Qualifications and Implementation of International Recognition Agreements (Wales) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2023

                                                                                                 (Pages 39 - 46)

Regulations

Explanatory Memorandum

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-35-23 - Paper 3 - Draft report
LJC(6)-35-23 - Paper 4 - Letter from the Minister for Education and Welsh Language to the Llywydd, 30 November 2023
LJC(6)-35-23 - Paper 5 - Letter from the Minister for Education and Welsh Language, 30 November 2023

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Affirmative Resolution Instruments

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3.2   SL(6)421 - The Plant Health etc. (Miscellaneous Fees) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2023

                                                                                                 (Pages 47 - 49)

Regulations

Explanatory Memorandum

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-35-23 - Paper 6 - Draft report

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4       Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3 - previously considered

(14.40 - 14.45)                                                                                                

 

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4.1   SL(6)406 - The Prohibition on the Incineration, or the Deposit in Landfill, of Specified Waste (Wales) Regulations 2023

                                                                                                 (Pages 50 - 53)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-35-23 - Paper 7 - Letter from the Minister for Climate Change, 1 December 2023
LJC(6)-35-23 - Paper 8 - Letter to the Minister for Climate Change, 27 November 2023

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5       Inter-Institutional Relations Agreement

(14.45 - 14.50)                                                                                                

 

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5.1   Correspondence from the Minister for Climate Change: Net Zero, Energy and Climate Change Inter-Ministerial Group

                                                                                                           (Page 54)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-35-23 - Paper 9 - Letter from the Minister for Climate Change, 4 December 2023

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5.2   Correspondence from Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd: The Sea Fisheries (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) (Amendment) Regulations 2024

                                                                                                 (Pages 55 - 56)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-35-23 - Paper 10 - Letter from the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd, 7 December 2023

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6       Papers to note

(14.50 - 14.55)                                                                                                

 

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6.1   Correspondence from the Chair of the Petitions Committee: The Environmental Information Regulations 2004

                                                                                                 (Pages 57 - 77)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-35-23 - Paper 11 - Letter from the Chair of the Petitions Committee, 28 November 2023
LJC(6)-35-23 - Paper 12 - Letter from the Petitioner, 31 July 2023
LJC(6)-35-23 - Paper 13 - Letter from the Petitioner - Annex, 31 July 2023

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6.2   Correspondence from the Minister for Climate Change to the Llywydd: Renters (Reform) Bill

                                                                                                           (Page 78)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-35-23 - Paper 14 - Letter from the Minister for Climate Change to the Llywydd, 29 November 2023

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6.3   Correspondence from the Minister for Climate Change to the Finance Committee: Infrastructure (Wales) Bill

                                                                                                 (Pages 79 - 84)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-35-23 - Paper 15 - Letter from the Minister for Climate Change to the Finance Committee, 1 December 2023

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6.4   Correspondence from the Minister for Climate Change: Residential lettings practices

                                                                                                 (Pages 85 - 87)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-35-23 - Paper 16 - Letter from the Minister for Climate Change, 6 December 2023
LJC(6)-35-23 - Paper 17 - Letter to the Minister for Climate Change, 13 November 2023

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

(14.55)                                                                                                             

 

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8       Local Government Finance (Wales) Bill: Consideration of evidence

(14.55 - 15.15)                                                                                                

 

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9       Inquiry into UK-EU governance: Update

(15.15 - 15.30)                                                                         (Pages 88 - 90)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-35-23 - Paper 18 - Update paper

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10    The future of Welsh law: A programme for 2021 to 2026 - Annual Report 2022-2023

(15.30 - 15.45)                                                                       (Pages 91 - 634)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-35-23 - Paper 19 - Discussion paper
LJC(6)-35-23 - Paper 20 - Letter from the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd to the Llywydd, 22 November 2023

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11    Procedures for the scrutiny of legislation relating to the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 and UK-wide common policy frameworks: Draft response to the Business Committee

(15.45 - 16.00)                                                                     (Pages 635 - 637)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-35-23 - Paper 21 - Draft response

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12    Forward Work Programme

(16.00 - 16.05)                                                                     (Pages 638 - 640)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-35-23 - Paper 22 - Forward Work Programme

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