Concise Minutes - Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee


Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 4, Tŷ Hywel

Meeting date: Monday, 23 June 2025

Meeting time: 13.01 - 14.48
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/15136


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Attendance

Category

Names

Members of the Senedd:

Mike Hedges MS (Chair)

John Griffiths MS (In place of Alun Davies MS)

Samuel Kurtz MS

Adam Price MS

Witnesses:

Jayne Bryant MS, Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government

Sarah Rhodes, Welsh Government

Hannah Fisher, Welsh Government

Julie Stokes, Welsh Government

Committee Staff:

P Gareth Williams (Clerk)

Gerallt Roberts (Second Clerk)

Sarah Sargent (Second Clerk)

 

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1       Introduction, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

Apologies were received from Alun Davies MS, and John Griffiths MS attended as substitute for items 1 and 2.

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2       Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government

The Committee received evidence from the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government in relation to the Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill.

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

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3.1   SL(6)618 - The Cancellation of Student Loans for Living Costs Liability (Wales) Regulations 2025

The Committee considered the instrument and was content.

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3.2   SL(6)619 - The Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (Exclusions and Variation of Campaign Expenditure Limits) (Wales) Regulations 2025

The Committee considered the instrument and was content.

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

There were no items of business to consider.

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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

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5.1   SL(6)615 - The Senedd Cymru (Representation of the People) Order 2025

The Committee noted its outgoing letter to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government.

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6       Inter-Institutional Relations Agreement

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

The Committee noted the correspondence from the Welsh Government in relation to the meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Group on Justice.

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7       Papers to note

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7.1   Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip: The Welsh Government's response to the Committee's report on the Welsh Government's Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill

The Committee noted the Welsh Government’s response to the Committee’s report.

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7.2   Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning: The Welsh Government's response to the Committee's report on the Welsh Government's Supplementary Legislative Consent Memoranda (Memorandum No. 3 and Memorandum No. 4) on the Data (Use and Access) Bill

The Committee noted the Welsh Government’s response to the Committee’s report.

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7.3   Correspondence and Written Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery: Draft Planning (Wales) Bill

The Committee noted the correspondence and Written Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery.

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8       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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9       Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill: Consideration of evidence

The Committee considered the evidence it heard from the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government in relation to the Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill.

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10    Statutory Instrument Consent Memorandum on the Legislative Reform (Disclosure of Adult Social Care Data) Order 2025

The Committee considered the Statutory Instrument Consent Memorandum and agreed to consider a draft report at its next meeting.

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11    Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Victims and Courts Bill

The Committee considered the Legislative Consent Memorandum and agreed to consider a draft report at a future meeting.

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12    Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (Memorandum No. 3) on the Mental Health Bill: Draft report

The Committee agreed its draft report subject to minor changes.

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

The Committee considered the Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum and agreed to consider a draft report at its next meeting.

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