Agenda - Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee


Meeting Venue:

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

Meeting date: 20 October 2025

Meeting time: 11.00
For further information contact:

P Gareth Williams

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddLJC@senedd.wales


Hybrid

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Public meeting

(11.00 – 12.00)

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1       Introduction, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

(11.00)                                                                                                             

 

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2       Prohibition of Greyhound Racing (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs

(11.00 – 12.00)                                                                           (Pages 1 - 16)

Prohibition of Greyhound Racing (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

Jackie Price, Head of the Greyhound Team, Welsh Government

Elizabeth Thomas, Lawyer, Welsh Government

Holly Miles, Lawyer, Welsh Government

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-29-25 - Paper 1 - Briefing paper

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3       Motion under Standing Order 17.42(vi) and (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the following items: 4, 9, 10 and 11

(12.00)                                                                                                             

 

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Private meeting

(12.00 – 12.15)

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4       Prohibition of Greyhound Racing (Wales) Bill: Consideration of evidence

(12.00 – 12.15)                                                                                                

 

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Break

(12.15 – 13.00)

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Public meeting

(13.00 - 13.20)

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

(13.00 – 13.05)                                                                                   (Page 17)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-29-25 - Paper 2 - Draft report

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Affirmative Resolution Instruments

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5.1   SL(6)654 - The Non-Domestic Rating (Description of Differential Multipliers) (Wales) Regulations 2025

                                                                                                 (Pages 18 - 19)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-29-25 - Paper 3 - Written Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language, 7 October 2025

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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

(13.05 – 13.10)                                                                                                

 

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6.1   SL(6)650 - The Sheep Carcass (Classification and Price Reporting) (Wales) Regulations 2025

                                                                                                 (Pages 20 - 23)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-29-25 - Paper 4 - Report
LJC(6)-29-25 - Paper 5 - Welsh Government response

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

                                                                                                 (Pages 24 - 26)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-29-25 - Paper 6 - Report
LJC(6)-29-25 - Paper 7 - Welsh Government response

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6.3   SL(6)598 - The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Wales) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2025

                                                                                                 (Pages 27 - 29)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-29-25 - Paper 8 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, 14 October 2025
LJC(6)-29-25 - Paper 9 - Letter to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, 26 September 2025

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7       Inter-Institutional Relations Agreement

(13.10 – 13.15)                                                                                                

 

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7.1   Correspondence from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: The Phytosanitary Conditions (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025

                                                                                                 (Pages 30 - 32)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-29-25 - Paper 10 - Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, 14 October 2025

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8       Papers to note

(13.15 – 13.20)                                                                                                

 

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8.1   Correspondence from the Business Committee: Review of Public Bill and Member Bill processes

                                                                                                 (Pages 33 - 34)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-29-25 - Paper 11 - Letter from the Business Committee, 10 October 2025

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8.2   Correspondence from the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery: The UK Government's review of the UK Internal Market Act 2020

                                                                                                 (Pages 35 - 36)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-29-25 - Paper 12 - Letter from the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery, 13 October 2025

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8.3   Correspondence to the Chairs' Forum: Consultation: Reviewing Committee Effectiveness in the Sixth Senedd

                                                                                                 (Pages 37 - 40)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-29-25 - Paper 13 - Letter to the Chairs’ Forum, 15 October 2025

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8.4   Correspondence from the Minister for Children and Social Care to the Children, Young People and Education Committee: Family Drug and Alcohol Courts Working Group Discussion Paper

                                                                                                 (Pages 41 - 52)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-29-25 - Paper 14 - Letter from the Minister for Children and Social Care to the Children, Young People and Education Committee, 16 October 2025

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Private meeting

(13.20 – 14.00)

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

(13.20 – 13.35)                                                                       (Pages 53 - 102)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-29-25 - Paper 15 - Draft report

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

(13.35 – 13.55)                                                                     (Pages 103 - 124)

Consultation responses

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-29-25 - Paper 16 - Letter from the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery, 10 October 2025
LJC(6)-29-25 - Paper 17 - Letter to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery, 29 September 2025
LJC(6)-29-25 - Paper 18 - Letter from the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery to the Finance Committee, 10 October 2025

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11    Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (Memorandum No. 4) on the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill

(13.55 – 14.00)                                                                     (Pages 125 - 129)

Attached Documents:
LJC(6)-29-25 - Paper 19 - Legal Advice Note

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