Agenda - Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee


Meeting Venue:

Video conference via Zoom

Meeting date: 22 September 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

                                                                                                                          

 

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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

(13.30 – 13.35)                                                                                                

 

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3.1   SL(6)644 - The Education (Student Support) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2025

                                                                                                     (Pages 1 - 4)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-25-25 - Paper 1 - Report
LJC(6)-25-25 - Paper 2 - Welsh Government response

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4       Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.7 - previously considered

(13.35 -13.40)                                                                                                 

 

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4.1   SL(6)617 - Code of Practice on the exercise of social services functions in relation to Part 4 (...) and Part 5 (...) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014

                                                                                                     (Pages 5 - 6)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-25-25 - Paper 3 - Letter from the Minister for Children and Social Care, 11 September 2025

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5       Inter-Institutional Relations Agreement

(13.40 – 13.45)                                                                                                

 

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

                                                                                                     (Pages 7 - 9)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-25-25 - Paper 4 - Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Interministerial Group for Net Zero, Energy and Climate Change, 15 September 2025
LJC(6)-25-25 - Paper 5 - Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Inter-Ministerial Group for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 16 September 2025
LJC(6)-25-25 - Paper 6 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: Inter-Ministerial Group for Health and Social Care, 17 September 2025

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6       Papers to note

(13.45 – 13.50)                                                                                                

 

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6.1   Correspondence from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: The Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Bill

                                                                                                 (Pages 10 - 29)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-25-25 - Paper 7 - Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, 12 September 2025

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6.2   Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Education: Memorandum of Understanding Welsh Ministers and HM Prison and Probation Service

                                                                                                           (Page 30)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-25-25 - Paper 8 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Education, 16 September 2025

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6.3   Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning: Publication of the Statement of Strategic Priorities to Great British Energy

                                                                                                 (Pages 31 - 32)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-25-25 - Paper 9 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning, 16 September 2025

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6.4   Correspondence from the Chair of the House of Commons Procedure Committee: Laying of bilingual Statutory Instruments

                                                                                                 (Pages 33 - 36)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-25-25 - Paper 10 - Letter from the Chair of the House of Commons Procedure Committee, 17 September 2025
LJC(6)-25-25 - Paper 11 - Letter to the Chair of the House of Commons Procedure Committee, 6 March 2025

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7       Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) and (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of today's meeting

(13.50)                                                                                                             

 

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Private meeting

(13.50 - 15.30)

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8       The Planning (Wales) Bill and the Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Bill: Consideration of draft correspondence

(13.50 – 14.05)                                                                         (Pages 37 - 40)

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

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9       Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (Memorandum No. 2) on the Crime and Policing Bill

(14.05 – 14.15)                                                                         (Pages 41 - 46)

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

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10    Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (Memorandum No. 4) on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Draft report

(14.15 – 14.25)                                                                         (Pages 47 - 54)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-25-25 - Paper 14 - Draft report

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11    Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (Memorandum No. 4) on the Bus Services (No. 2) Bill

(14.25 – 14.40)                                                                         (Pages 55 - 72)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-25-25 - Paper 15 - Legal Advice Note
LJC(6)-25-25 - Paper 16 - Draft report on Memorandum No. 3 and Memorandum No. 4

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12    Statutory instruments previously considered

(14.40 – 14.50)                                                                       (Pages 73 - 101)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-25-25 - Paper 17 - Paper

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13    SL(6)615 - The Senedd Cymru (Representation of the People) Order 2025: Consideration of draft correspondence

(14.50 – 15.00)                                                                     (Pages 102 - 103)

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

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14    Monitoring report

(15.00 – 15.10)                                                                     (Pages 104 - 126)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-25-25 - Paper 19 - Monitoring report

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15    Commission on Justice in Wales recommendations: Research proposal

(15.10 – 15.20)                                                                     (Pages 127 - 128)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-25-25 - Paper 20 - Research paper

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16    Correspondence from the Chairs' Forum to Committees: Reviewing Committee Effectiveness in the Sixth Senedd

(15.20 - 15.30)                                                                                (To Follow)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-25-25 - Paper 21 - Paper

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