Agenda - Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee

Meeting Venue:

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

Meeting date: 30 June 2025

Meeting time: 13.30
For further information contact:

P Gareth Williams

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddLJC@senedd.wales

Hybrid

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Public meeting

(13.30 - 14.45)

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1 Introduction, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

(13.30)

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2 Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs

(13.30 – 14.30) (Pages 1 - 18)

Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Bill, as introduced

Explanatory Memorandum

Statement of policy intent

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

Naomi Matthiessen, Deputy Director, Landscapes, Nature and Forestry Division, Welsh Government

Alice Teague, Deputy Director, Marine and Biodiversity Division, Welsh Government

Bernadette Payne, Lawyer, Legal Services, Welsh Government

Joel Scoberg-Evans, Lawyer, Legal Services, Welsh Government

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-21-25 - Paper 1 - Briefing paper
LJC(6)-21-25 - Paper 2 - Submission from Green Alliance

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Break

(14.30 - 14.35)

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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 Inter-Institutional Relations Agreement

(14.35 – 14.40)

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

(Pages 19 - 21)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-21-25 - Paper 3 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip: Inter-Ministerial Group on Work and Pensions, 23 June 2025
LJC(6)-21-25 - Paper 4 - Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Inter-Ministerial Standing Committee, 24 June 2025
LJC(6)-21-25 - Paper 5 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning: Tourism Inter-Ministerial Group, 25 June 2025

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4.2 Correspondence from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: The Welfare of Animals (Transport) (Amendment) Regulations 2025

(Pages 22 - 23)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-21-25 - Paper 6 - Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, 23 June 2025

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5 Papers to note

(14.40 – 14.45)

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5.1 Written Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Border Controls on imports into Wales from Ireland

(Pages 24 - 25)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-21-25 - Paper 7 - Written Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, 24 June 2025

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5.2 Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language to the Finance Committee: Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill

(Pages 26 - 27)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-21-25 - Paper 8 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language to the Finance Committee, 24 June 2025

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6 Motion under Standing Order 17.42(vi) and (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting

(14.45)

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Private meeting

(14.45 - 16.40)

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7 Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Bill: Consideration of evidence

(14.45 – 15.00)

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8 Constitutional Change in Ireland and the implications for Wales: Briefing with Professor Colin Harvey - Queen's University Belfast

(15.00 – 15.40)

Professor Colin Harvey - Queen's University Belfast

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9 Statutory Instrument Consent Memorandum on the Legislative Reform (Disclosure of Adult Social Care Data) Order 2025: Draft report

(15.40 – 15.45) (Pages 28 - 32)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-21-25 - Paper 9 - Draft report

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10 Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Bill

(15.45 – 15.55) (Pages 33 - 41)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-21-25 - Paper 10 - Legal Advice Note

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11 Bus Services (Wales) Bill: Draft report

(15.55 – 16.15) (To Follow)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-21-25 - Paper 11 - Draft report

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12 Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (Memorandum No. 2) on the Bus Services (No. 2) Bill: Draft report

(16.15 – 16.25) (Pages 42 - 50)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-21-25 - Paper 12 - Draft report

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13 The Welsh Government's planning Consolidation Bills

(16.25 – 16.40) (To Follow)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-21-25 - Paper 13 - Discussion paper
LJC(6)-21-25 - Paper 14 - Briefing paper

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