Agenda - Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee

Meeting Venue:

Video conference via Zoom

Meeting date: 28 April 2025

Meeting time: 13.30
For further information contact:

P Gareth Williams

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddLJC@senedd.wales

Remote

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Public meeting

(13.30 – 13.50)

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1 Introduction, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

(13.30)

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

(13.30 – 13.35)

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No Procedure Instruments

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2.1 SL(6)608 - The Trade in Animals and Related Products (Amendment and Legislative Functions) and Animal Health (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Order 2025

(Pages 1 - 5)

Order

Explanatory Memorandum

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-13-25 - Paper 1 - Draft report
LJC(6)-13-25 - Paper 2 - Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, 28 March 2025

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Made Negative Resolution Instruments

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2.2 SL(6)606 - The Building etc. (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2025

(Pages 6 - 7)

Regulations

Explanatory Memorandum

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-13-25 - Paper 3 - Draft report

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2.3 SL(6)607 - The Feed Additives (Authorisations) and Uses of Feed Intended for Particular Nutritional Purposes (Amendment of Commission Regulation (EU) 2020/354) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2025

(Pages 8 - 11)

Regulations

Explanatory Memorandum

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-13-25 - Paper 4 - Draft report
LJC(6)-13-25 - Paper 5 - Letter from the Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing to the Llywydd, 26 March 2025

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2.4 SL(6)609 - The Development Procedure (Consultees) (Wales) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2025

(Pages 12 - 13)

Order

Explanatory Memorandum

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-13-25 - Paper 6 - Draft report

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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

(13.35 – 13.40)

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3.1 SL(6)596 - The Charges for Residues Surveillance (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2025

(Pages 14 - 17)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-13-25 - Paper 7 - Report
LJC(6)-13-25 - Paper 8 - Welsh Government response

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3.2 SL(6)598 - The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Wales) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2025

(Pages 18 - 20)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-13-25 - Paper 9 - Report
LJC(6)-13-25 - Paper 10 - Welsh Government response

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3.3 SL(6)600 - The Agricultural Wages (Wales) Order 2025

(Pages 21 - 27)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-13-25 - Paper 11 - Report
LJC(6)-13-25 - Paper 12 - Welsh Government response

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4 Inter-Institutional Relations Agreement

(13.40 – 13.45)

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4.1 Correspondence from the Welsh Government: Meetings of inter-ministerial groups

(Pages 28 - 39)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-13-25 - Paper 13 - Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Interministerial Group for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 31 March 2025
LJC(6)-13-25 - Paper 14 - Written Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Interministerial Group on Net Zero, Energy and Climate Change, 31 March 2025
LJC(6)-13-25 - Paper 15 - Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Interministerial Group on Net Zero, Energy and Climate Change, 31 March 2025
LJC(6)-13-25 - Paper 16 - Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Interministerial Group on Net Zero, Energy and Climate Change, 15 April 2025
LJC(6)-13-25 - Paper 17 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning: The Tourism Interministerial Group, 9 April 2025
LJC(6)-13-25 - Paper 18 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip: Four Nations Group on the UK Government Child Poverty Strategy, 14 April 2025
LJC(6)-13-25 - Paper 19 - Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: British Irish Council Environment Ministerial meeting, 15 April 2025
LJC(6)-13-25 - Paper 20 - Written Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Inter-Ministerial Standing Committee, 22 April 2025
LJC(6)-13-25 - Paper 21 - Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Inter-Ministerial Standing Committee, 22 April 2025

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4.2 Written Statement and correspondence from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: The Ivory Prohibitions (Exemptions) (Process and Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations 2025

(Pages 40 - 44)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-13-25 - Paper 22 - Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, 2 April 2025
LJC(6)-13-25 - Paper 22a - Written Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, 24 April 2025
LJC(6)-13-25 - Paper 22b - Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, 24 April 2025

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5 Papers to note

(13.45 – 13.50)

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5.1 Correspondence with the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster: Intergovernmental Relations

(Pages 45 - 46)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-13-25 - Paper 23 - Letter from the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 27 March 2025
LJC(6)-13-25 - Paper 24 - Letter to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 4 March 2025

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5.2 Correspondence from the Welsh Government: Responses to Committee reports on the Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill

(Pages 47 - 66)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-13-25 - Paper 25 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language, 10 April 2025
LJC(6)-13-25 - Paper 26 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language to the Finance Committee, 28 March 2025

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5.3 Correspondence from the Finance Committee to Committee Chairs: Scrutiny of the Welsh Government draft budget 2025-26

(Pages 67 - 68)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-13-25 - Paper 27 - Letter from the Finance Committee to Committee Chairs, 1 April 2025

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5.4 Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care to the Health and Social Care Committee: Actions to improve the handling of complaints about NHS Wales

(Pages 69 - 70)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-13-25 - Paper 28 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care to the Health and Social Care Committee, 4 April 2025

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5.5 Correspondence from the Welsh Government: Response to the Committee's report on the Welsh Government's Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Tobacco and Vapes Bill

(Pages 71 - 83)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-13-25 - Paper 29 - Welsh Government response, 7 April 2025

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5.6 Correspondence from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: The Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill

(Page 84)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-13-25 - Paper 30 - Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, 7 April 2025

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5.7 Correspondence from the Welsh Government: Response to the Committee's report on the Welsh Government's Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (Memorandum No. 2) on the Renters' Rights Bill

(Page 85)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-13-25 - Paper 31 - Welsh Government response, 11 April 2025

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5.8 Correspondence from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: The UK Government's review of the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020

(Pages 86 - 87)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-13-25 - Paper 32 - Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, 15 April 2025
LJC(6)-13-25 - Paper 33 - Letter to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, 6 March 2025

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5.9 Correspondence from the Secretary of State for Wales: Laying of bilingual statutory instruments

(Pages 88 - 91)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-13-25 - Paper 34 - Letter from the Secretary of State for Wales, 17 April 2025
LJC(6)-13-25 - Paper 35 - Letter to the Secretary of State for Wales, 6 March 2025

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5.10 Written Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government: Campaign expenditure limits for Senedd elections

(Pages 92 - 93)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-13-25 - Paper 36 - Written Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government, 17 April 2025

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5.11 Correspondence from the Equality and Social Justice Committee to the Ministry of Justice: Invitation to joint ministerial session on criminal justice

(Pages 94 - 95)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-13-25 - Paper 37 - Letter from the Equality and Social Justice Committee to the Ministry of Justice, 17 April 2025

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5.12 Correspondence from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs and the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery: The Delivering Justice for Wales programme

(Pages 96 - 99)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-13-25 - Paper 38 - Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs and the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery, 23 April 2025
LJC(6)-13-25 - Paper 39 - Letter to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs and the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery, 21 March 2025

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

(13.50)

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Private meeting

(13.50 - 15.25)

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7 Legislative Consent Memoranda on the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill: Draft report

(13.50 – 14.05) (Pages 100 - 112)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-13-25 - Paper 40 - Draft report
LJC(6)-13-25 - Paper 41 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip, 28 March 2025
LJC(6)-13-25 - Paper 42 - Letter to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip, 21 March 2025

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8 Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (Memorandum No. 2) on the Product Regulation and Metrology Bill

(14.05 – 14.15) (Pages 113 - 117)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-13-25 - Paper 43 - Legal Advice Note

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9 Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: Draft report

(14.15 – 14.30) (Pages 118 - 129)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-13-25 - Paper 44 - Draft report
LJC(6)-13-25 - Paper 45 - Letter from the Local Government and Housing Committee to Business Committee, 27 March 2025
LJC(6)-13-25 - Paper 46 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip, 11 April 2025
LJC(6)-13-25 - Paper 47 - Letter to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip, 21 March 2025

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10 Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (Memorandum No. 3) on the Employment Rights Bill

(14.30 – 14.40) (Pages 130 - 135)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-13-25 - Paper 48 - Legal Advice Note

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11 Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Bus Services (No. 2) Bill

(14.40 – 14.55) (Pages 136 - 148)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-13-25 - Paper 49 - Legal Advice Note

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12 Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (Memorandum No. 3) on the Data (Use and Access) Bill

(14.55 – 15.15) (To Follow)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-13-25 - Paper 50 - Legal Advice Note
LJC(6)-13-25 - Paper 51 - Draft report

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13 Correspondence to the Business Committee: Review of the Public Bill and Members Bill processes

(15.15 – 15.25) (To Follow)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-13-25 - Paper 52 - Draft response

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