Concise Minutes - Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee


Meeting Venue:

Video conference via Zoom

Meeting date: Monday, 15 January 2024

Meeting time: 13.33 - 15.48
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/13671


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Attendance

Category

Names

Members of the Senedd:

Huw Irranca-Davies MS (Chair)

Alun Davies MS

Samuel Kurtz MS

Adam Price MS

Witnesses:

 

Committee Staff:

P Gareth Williams (Clerk)

Gerallt Roberts (Second Clerk)

Sarah Sargent (Second Clerk)

Kate Rabaiotti (Legal Adviser)

 

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

There were no apologies or substitutions.

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2       Instruments that raise no reporting issues under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3

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2.1   SL(6)428 - The Regulated Services (Registration) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2023

The Committee considered the instrument and was content.

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2.2   SL(6)429 - The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) (No. 3) (Wales) Regulations 2023

The Committee considered the instrument and was content.

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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)430 - The Apprenticeships (Specification of Apprenticeship Standards for Wales) (Modification) (Revocation) Order 2023

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

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3.2   SL(6)431 - The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) (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)433 - The Non-Domestic Rating (Improvement Relief) (Wales) Regulations 2023

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

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3.4   SL(6)434 - The Local Authority Social Services Annual Reports (Prescribed Form) (Wales) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2023

The Committee considered the instrument and Welsh Government response and agreed to report to the Senedd in line with the reporting point identified.

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3.5   SL(6)432 - The Wine (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2024

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

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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

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4.1   SL(6)419 - The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2023

The Committee noted the response from the Welsh Government.

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4.2   SL(6)436 - The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2023

The Committee noted the response from the Welsh Government.

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4.3   SL(6)427 - The Building Control Profession (Charges) (Wales) Regulations 2023

The Committee noted the response from the Welsh Government.

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4.4   SL(6)426 - The Building (Building Control Profession) (Registration, Sanctions and Appeals) (Wales) Regulations 2023

The Committee noted the response from the Welsh Government.

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5       Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.7 - previously considered

There were no instruments to consider under this item.

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6       Inter-Institutional Relations Agreement

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6.1   Written Statement and correspondence from the Minister for Rural Affairs, North Wales, and Trefnydd: The Official Controls (Extension of Transitional Periods) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024

The Committee noted the Written Statement and correspondence from the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd.

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6.2   Correspondence from the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: Inter-Ministerial Group on Justice

The Committee noted thecorrespondence from the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution.

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7       Papers to note

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7.1   Correspondence from the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Local Government Finance (Wales) Bill

The Committee noted the correspondence from the Minister for Finance and Local Government.

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8       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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9       Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Draft report

The Committee considered its draft report and agreed to consider a further draft at its next meeting.

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10    International agreements: Draft report

The Committee considered and agreed its draft report.

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11    Monitoring report

The Committee considered its latest monitoring report,  and agreed to write to the House of Commons European Scrutiny Committee to contribute relevant information towards its inquiry into the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023.

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12    Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill

The Committee considered the Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (Memorandum No. 3) and agreed to consider a draft report at its next meeting.

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13    Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Consideration of proposed spending

The Committee considered the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 and agreed to consider a draft report at its meeting on 29 January 2024.

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14    Inquiry into UK-EU governance: Update

The committee considered and agreed its continued work on UK-EU Governance.

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