Agenda - Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee


Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 4, Tŷ Hywel

Meeting date: 13 October 2025

Meeting time: 14.00
For further information contact:

P Gareth Williams

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddLJC@senedd.wales


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Public meeting

(14.00 - 15.10)

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1       Introduction, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

(14.00)                                                                                                             

 

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2       Planning (Wales) Bill and Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Bill: Evidence session with Planning Officers Society Wales

(14.00 - 14.50)                                                                           (Pages 1 - 13)

Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Bill, as introduced

Explanatory Memorandum

 

 

Planning (Wales) Bill, as introduced

Explanatory Memorandum

 

 

Sara Morris, Director of Place and Engagement, Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority, and Chair, Planning Officers Society Wales

Harriet Lavender, Head of Planning, Pembrokeshire County Council, and Treasurer, Planning Officers Society Wales

Dr Sarah Groves-Phillips, Corporate Manager for Planning Services, Ceredigion County Council, and Vice Chair, Planning Officers Society Wales

 

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-28-25 - Paper 1 - Briefing paper

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Break

(14.50 - 14.55)

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

(14.55– 15.00)                                                                                                 

 

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Affirmative Resolution Instruments

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3.1   SL(6)653 - The Free-Range Poultrymeat Marketing Standards (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2025

                                                                                                 (Pages 14 - 16)

Regulations

Explanatory Memorandum

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-28-25 - Paper 2 – Draft report
LJC(6)-28-25 - Paper 3 - Written Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change & Rural Affairs, 30 September 2025

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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

(15.00 – 15.05)                                                                                                

 

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4.1   SL(6)634 - The Amendments to Subordinate Legislation (Minimum Landing Size and Miscellaneous Corrections) (Wales) Order 2025

                                                                                                 (Pages 17 - 22)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-28-25 - Paper 4 – Report
LJC(6)-28-25 - Paper 5 – Welsh Government response

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

                                                                                                 (Pages 23 - 25)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-28-25 - Paper 6 – Report
LJC(6)-28-25 - Paper 7  – Welsh Government response

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4.3   SL(6)652- The National Health Service (Concerns, Complaints and Redress Arrangements) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2025

                                                                                                 (Pages 26 - 28)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-28-25 - Paper 8 – Report
LJC(6)-28-25 - Paper 9 – Welsh Government response

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5       Inter-Institutional Relations Agreement

(15.05 - 15.10)                                                                                                

 

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5.1   Correspondence from the Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: Procurement Act 2023 (Specified International Agreements) (Amendment)) Regulations 2025

                                                                                                           (Page 29)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-28-25 - Paper 10 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language, 9 October 2025

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6       Papers to note

(15.10– 15.15)                                                                                                 

 

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6.1   Written Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery: Draft of the Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Bill

                                                                                                 (Pages 30 - 31)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-28-25 - Paper 11 – Written Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery, 6 October 2025

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6.2   Written Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: Draft of the Development of Tourism and Regulation of Visitor Accommodation (Wales) Bill

                                                                                                           (Page 32)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-28-25 - Paper 12 – Written Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language, 6 October 2025

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6.3   Correspondence to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government: Building Safety (Wales) Bill

                                                                                                 (Pages 33 - 38)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-28-25 - Paper 13 – Letter to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government, 7 October 2025

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6.4   Written Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Update on the Review of the Control of Agricultural Pollutions Regulations

                                                                                                 (Pages 39 - 40)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-28-25 – Paper 14 – Written Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, 8 October 2025

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7       Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) and (ix) to resolve to exclude the public  from the following items: 8, 9, 10 and 12

(15.10)                                                                                                             

 

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Private meeting

(15.10 - 16.00)

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

(15.10 - 15.20)                                                                                                

 

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9       Chairs' Forum Review of Committee Effectiveness: Consideration of response

(15.20 - 15.30)                                                                         (Pages 41 - 44)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-28-25 - Paper 15 – Draft response

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10    Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Bill: Draft report

(15.30 - 15.55)                                                                         (Pages 45 - 91)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-28-25 - Paper 16 - Draft report

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Break

(15:55 - 16:00)

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Public meeting

 

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11    British Sign Language (Wales) Bill: Evidence session with the Member in charge of the Bill, Mark Isherwood MS

(16.00 - 16.45)                                                                       (Pages 92 - 103)

British Sign Language (Wales) Bill, as introduced

Explanatory Memorandum

Statement of policy intent for subordinate legislation to be made under the Bill

 

 

 

Mark Isherwood MS, Member in charge of the Bill

Gareth Rogers, Bill Manager, Senedd Commission

Aled Evans, Legal Adviser, Senedd Commission

 

 

British Sign Language interpretation is available on Senedd.tv

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-28-25 - Paper 17 – Briefing Paper

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Private meeting

(16.45 - 17.00)

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12    British Sign Language (Wales) Bill: Consideration of evidence

(16.45 - 17.00)                                                                                                

 

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