Agenda - Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee

Meeting Venue:

Hybrid - Committee Room 4, Tŷ Hywel and videoconference via Zoom

Meeting date: 9 June 2025

Meeting time: 11.30
For further information contact:

P Gareth Williams

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddLJC@senedd.wales

Hybrid

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Public meeting

(11.30 - 13.00)

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1 Introduction, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

(11.30)

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2 Scrutiny session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, and the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery

(11.30 - 13.00) (Pages 1 - 25)

Huw Irranca-Davies MS, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs

Julie James MS, Counsel General and Minister for Delivery

Piers Bisson, Director of Constitution and Justice, Welsh Government

James Gerard, Deputy Director, Justice Policy, Welsh Government

Charlie Thomas, Deputy Director, Legislation Division, Welsh Government

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-18-25 - Paper 1 - Briefing

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Break

(13.00 - 13.45)

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Public meeting

(13.45 - 13.55)

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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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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 Correcting errors in statutory instruments

(Pages 26 - 54)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-18-25 - Paper 2 - Letter from the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery, 4 June 2025
LJC(6)-18-25 - Paper 3 - Letter to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery, 9 May 2025

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4.2 SL(6)457 - The Special School Residential Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) Regulations 2024

(Pages 55 - 56)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-18-25 - Paper 4 - Letter to the Minister for Children and Social Care, 9 May 2025

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4.3 SL(6)503 - The Cockle Fishing Management and Permitting (Specified Area) (Wales) Order 2024

(Pages 57 - 58)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-18-25 - Paper 5 - Letter to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change, 9 May 2025

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5 Inter-Institutional Relations Agreement

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

(Pages 59 - 61)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-18-25 - Paper 6 - 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, 2 June 2025
LJC(6)-18-25 - Paper 7 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales: Transport Inter-Ministerial Standing Committee, 2 June 2025
LJC(6)-18-25 - Paper 8 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: Finance: Interministerial Standing Committee, 5 June 2025

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6 Papers to note

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6.1 Independent Water Commission: review of the water sector

Press release on the interim findings from the Independent Water Commission

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6.2 Briefing by the Bevan Foundation: A strategic approach to rebuilding the immigration legal sector

(Pages 62 - 65)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-18-25 - Paper 9 - Briefing

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6.3 Written Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Inter-Institutional Relations Agreement: Report on Intergovernmental Relations 2023-2024

(Page 66)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-18-25 - Paper 10 - Written Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, 5 June 2025

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

(13.55)

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Private meeting

(13.55 - 15.00)

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8 Scrutiny session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, and the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery: Consideration of evidence

(13.55 - 14.15)

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9 Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (Memorandum No. 3) on the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill: Draft report

(14.15 - 14.25) (Pages 67 - 75)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-18-25 - Paper 11 - Draft report
LJC(6)-18-25 - Paper 12 - Letter to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip, 4 June 2025

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

(14.25 - 14.40) (To Follow)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-18-25 - Paper 13 - Draft report

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11 Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (Memorandum No. 2) on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill

(14.40 – 14.50) (Pages 76 - 87)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-18-25 - Paper 14 - Legal Advice Note
LJC(6)-18-25 - Paper 15 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning, 28 May 2025

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12 Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (Memorandum No. 2) on the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill

(14.40 - 15.00) (Pages 88 - 94)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-18-25 - Paper 16 - Legal Advice Note
LJC(6)-18-25 - Paper 17 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Education, 28 May 2025

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