Concise Minutes - Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee


Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 2, Senedd

Meeting date: Monday, 13 May 2024

Meeting time: 13.30 - 16.00
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/13900


Hybrid

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Attendance

Category

Names

Members of the Senedd:

Sarah Murphy MS (Chair)

Alun Davies MS

Samuel Kurtz MS

Adam Price MS

Witnesses:

Richard Whitaker, University of Leicester

Hedydd Phylip, Cardiff University

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 issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3

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2.1   SL(6)484 - The Mandatory Use of Closed Circuit Television in Slaughterhouses (Wales) Regulations 2024

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

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

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3.1   SL(6)474 - The Agricultural Wages (Wales) Order 2024

The Committee noted the response from the Welsh Government.

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4       Inter-Institutional Relations Agreement

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4.1   Correspondence from the Welsh Government: Inter-Ministerial Group meetings

The Committee noted correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs in relation to the cancellation of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Interministerial Group, and a Written Statement by the Counsel General regarding the Inter-Ministerial Standing Committee.

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4.2   Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Education: Memorandum of Understanding Welsh Ministers and HM Prison and Probation Service

The Committee noted the correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Education.

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5       Papers to note

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5.1   Correspondence from the Counsel General: Corrections to draft affirmative Statutory Instruments

The Committee noted the correspondence from the Counsel General and agreed to respond in due course.

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5.2   Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice: Welsh Government's response to the Committee's report on the Welsh Government's Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Criminal Justice Bill

The Committee noted the correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice.

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5.3   Correspondence from Adam Price MS: Parc Prison

The Committee noted the correspondence from Adam Price MS and agreed to write to the Welsh Affairs Committee given its ongoing inquiry into prisons in Wales.

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5.4   Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Housing, Local Government and Planning: Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Renters (Reform) Bill

The Committee noted the correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Housing, Local Government and Planning.

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

The motion was agreed.

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7       Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (Memorandum No. 4) on the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill

The Committee agreed its draft report.

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8       Supplementary Legislative Consent Memoranda (Memoranda No. 3 and No. 4) on the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill

The Committee considered the Memoranda and agreed to consider a draft report at a future meeting. The Committee also agreed to write to the Business Committee to request an extension to the reporting deadline.

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9       Framework legislation: Session on research commissioned from Professor Richard Whitaker

Apologies were received from Professor Diana Stirbu.

The Committee considered the research paper and heard evidence from Professor Richard Whitaker and Hedydd Mai Phylip.

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