Agenda - Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee


Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 4, Tŷ Hywel

Meeting date: 29 September 2025

Meeting time: 13.00
For further information contact:

P Gareth Williams

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddLJC@senedd.wales


Hybrid

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Public meeting

(13.00 - 16.15)

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1       Introduction, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

(13.00)                                                                                                             

 

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2       Building Safety (Wales) Bill: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government

(13.00 – 14.00)                                                                                (To Follow)

Building Safety (Wales) Bill, as introduced

Explanatory Memorandum

Statement of policy intent

Supporting material for Sections 3 and 4 of the Bill

Additional supporting documents for the Bill

 

Jayne Bryant MS, Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government

Tania Nicholson, Deputy Director, Housing Quality, Welsh Government

Jo Newth, Lawyer, Welsh Government

Kim Phelps, Head of Building Safety Occupation Phase Policy, Welsh Government

Steve Pomeroy, Head of Fire Services, Welsh Government

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-26-25 - Paper 1 - Briefing paper

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Break

(14.00 - 14.15)

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3       Planning (Wales) Bill and Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Bill: Evidence session with the Law Commission for England and Wales

(14.15 - 15.45)                                                                           (Pages 1 - 21)

Professor Alison Young, Law Commissioner for Public Law and the Law in Wales

Henni Ouahes, Head of Public Law for England and Wales

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-26-25 - Paper 2 - Briefing Paper

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Break

(15.45 – 15.50)

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

(15.50 – 15.55)                                                                                   (Page 22)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-26-25 - Paper 3 - Draft report

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Affirmative Resolution Instruments

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4.1   SL(6)646 - The Corporate Joint Committees (Amendment to the Local Government Act 2003) (Wales) Regulations 2025

                                                                                                                          

 

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

(15.55 – 16.00)                                                                                                

 

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Made Negative Resolution Instruments

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5.1   SL(6)647 - The School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions (Wales) Order 2025

                                                                                                 (Pages 23 - 25)

Order

Explanatory Memorandum

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-26-25 - Paper 4 - Draft report

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Affirmative Resolution Instruments

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5.2   SL(6)645 - The Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications and Site Visits) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2025

                                                                                                 (Pages 26 - 29)

Regulations

Explanatory Memorandum

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-26-25 - Paper 5 - Draft report

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5.3   SL(6)648 - The Health Impact Assessment (Wales) Regulations 2025

                                                                                                 (Pages 30 - 31)

Regulations

Explanatory Memorandum

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-26-25 - Paper 6 - Draft report

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6       Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3 - previously considered

(16.00 – 16.05)                                                                                                

 

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

                                                                                                 (Pages 32 - 35)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-26-25 - Paper 7 - Letter to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery, 24 September 2025
LJC(6)-26-25 - Paper 8 - Letter from the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery, 22 July 2025

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7       Inter-Institutional Relations Agreement

(16.05 – 16.10)                                                                                                

 

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8       Papers to note

(16.10 – 16.15)                                                                                                

 

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8.1   Correspondence from the Welsh Government: The Welsh Government's response to the Committee's report on the Welsh Government's Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (Memorandum No. 2) on the Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Bill

                                                                                                 (Pages 36 - 37)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-26-25 - Paper 9 - Welsh Government response, September 2025

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

(16.15)                                                                                                             

 

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Private meeting

(16.15 - 17.20)

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10    Building Safety (Wales) Bill: Consideration of evidence

(16.15 – 16.30)                                                                                                

 

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11    Planning (Wales) Bill and Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Bill: Consideration of evidence

(16.30 – 16.45)                                                                                                

 

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12    International Agreements

(16.45 – 16.55)                                                                         (Pages 38 - 42)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-26-25 - Paper 10 - Research Briefing

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13    Annual report 2024-25: Draft report

(16.55 – 17.20)                                                                                (To Follow)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-26-25 - Paper 11 - Draft report

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