Agenda - Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee


Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 5, Tŷ Hywel

Meeting date: 18 November 2024

Meeting time: 13.00
For further information contact:

P Gareth Williams

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddLJC@senedd.wales


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Public meeting

(13.00 - 15.20)

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1       Introduction, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

(13.00)                                                                                                             

 

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2       Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Renters' Rights Bill: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government

(13.00 - 13.45)                                                                           (Pages 1 - 19)

The Renters’ Rights Bill

The Welsh Government’s Legislative Consent Memorandum

 

Jayne Bryant MS, Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government

Gareth Baglow, Senior Private Sector Housing Policy Manager, Welsh Government

Sarah Rhodes, Deputy Director, Housing Policy, Welsh Government

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-33-24 - Paper 1 - Legal Advice Note

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Break

(13.45 – 13.50)

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3       Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Bill: Evidence session with the King's Printer

(13.50 – 14.50)                                                                         (Pages 20 - 37)

Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Bill, as introduced

Explanatory Memorandum

 

Saul Nassé, Chief Executive and Keeper of The National Archives, and King’s Printer of Acts of Parliament

John Sheridan, Digital Director, The National Archives

Malcolm Todd, Head of Policy, The National Archives

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-33-24 - Paper 2 - Briefing paper
LJC(6)-33-24 - Paper 3 - Briefing from The National Archives

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Break

(14.50 - 15.00)

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

(15.00 - 15.05)                                                                                                

 

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Affirmative Resolution Instruments

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4.1   SL(6)543 - The Partnership Arrangements (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (Wales) Regulations 2024

                                                                                                 (Pages 38 - 39)

Regulations

Explanatory Memorandum

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-33-24 - Paper 4 - Draft report

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

(15.05 – 15.10)                                                                                                

 

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5.1   SL(6)521 - The Applications for Scheduled Monument Consent (Wales) Regulations 2024

                                                                                                 (Pages 40 - 43)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-33-24 - Paper 5 - Letter from the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership, 11 November 2024
LJC(6)-33-24 - Paper 6 - Letter to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip, 28 October 2024

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5.2   Regulations to implement Part 4 and Schedule 3 of the Public Health (Wales) Act 2017 dealing with the creation of a mandatory licensing scheme for practitioners, premises and vehicles associated with the performance of special procedure

                                                                                                 (Pages 44 - 47)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-33-24 - Paper 7 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, 14 November 2024
LJC(6)-33-24 - Paper 8 - Letter to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, 17 October 2024

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5.3   SL(6)537 - The Special Procedure Licences (Wales) Regulations 2024

                                                                                                 (Pages 48 - 57)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-33-24 - Paper 9 - Report
LJC(6)-33-24 - Paper 10 - Welsh Government response

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6       Inter-Institutional Relations Agreement

(15.10 – 15.15)                                                                                                

 

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6.1   Correspondence from the First Minister: Intergovernmental meetings

                                                                                                 (Pages 58 - 59)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-33-24 - Paper 11 - Letter from the First Minister, 12 November 2024

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6.2   Correspondence from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No.2) Order 2024

                                                                                                 (Pages 60 - 61)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-33-24 - Paper 12 - Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, 12 November 2024

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7       Papers to note

(15.15 – 15.20)                                                                                                

 

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7.1   Correspondence with the Welsh Government: The Welsh Government's Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill

                                                                                                 (Pages 62 - 66)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-33-24 - Paper 13 - Welsh Government response to the Committee's report, 31 October 2024
LJC(6)-33-24 - Paper 14 - Letter to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales, 13 November 2024

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7.2   Written Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language and the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning: Legislating to support tourism in Wales

                                                                                                 (Pages 67 - 68)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-33-24 - Paper 15 - Written Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language and the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning, 12 November 2024

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7.3   Written Statement and correspondence with the Welsh Government: The Water (Special Measures) Bill

                                                                                                 (Pages 69 - 72)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-33-24 - Paper 16 - Letter to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, 13 November 2024
LJC(6)-33-24 - Paper 17 - Written Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, 12 November 2024

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7.4   Correspondence with the Office for the Internal Market

                                                                                                 (Pages 73 - 76)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-33-24 - Paper 18 - Letter from the Office for the Internal Market, 13 November 2024
LJC(6)-33-24 - Paper 19 - Letter to the Office for the Internal Market, 24 October 2024

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7.5   Reports by the Bevan Foundation: Experiences of Justice: seeking legal help for immigration and asylum in Wales

                                                                                               (Pages 77 - 111)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-33-24 - Paper 20 - Bevan Foundation Reports

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

(15.20)                                                                                                             

 

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Private meeting

(15.20 – 16.30)

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9       Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Renters' Rights Bill: Consideration of evidence

(15.20 – 15.35)                                                                                                

 

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10    Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Bill: Consideration of evidence

(15.35 – 15.50)                                                                                                

 

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11    Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Product Regulation and Metrology Bill: Consideration of draft report

(15.50 – 16.00)                                                                     (Pages 112 - 130)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-33-24 - Paper 21 - Draft report

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12    Annual report 2023/24: Draft report

(16.00 – 16.30)                                                                     (Pages 131 - 195)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-33-24 - Paper 22 - Draft report

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