Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee

 

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 2 - Senedd

 

 

 

Meeting date:

Monday, 12 January 2015

 

 

 

Meeting time:

14.31 - 15.45

 

 

 

This meeting can be viewed on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/2591

 

 

Concise Minutes:

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Assembly Members:

 

David Melding AM (Chair)

Alun Davies AM

Suzy Davies AM

William Powell AM

Simon Thomas AM

 

 

 

 

 

Witnesses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Committee Staff:

 

P Gareth Williams (Clerk)

Ruth Hatton (Deputy Clerk)

Joanest Varney-Jackson (Legal Adviser)

Lisa Salkeld (Legal Adviser)

Stephen Boyce (Researcher)

 

 

 

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1    Introduction, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

There were no apologies or substitutions.

 

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

 

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<AI3>

2.1  CLA473 - The Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2014

 

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2.2  CLA474 - The Water Industry (Undertakers Wholly or Mainly in Wales) (Information about Non-owner Occupiers) Regulations 2014

 

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2.3  CLA475 - The Rural Development Programmes (Wales) Regulations 2014

 

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2.4  CLA476 - The Firefighters’ Pension (Wales) Scheme (Amendment) Order 2014

 

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2.5  CLA478 - The Firefighters’ Compensation Scheme (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2014

 

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2.6  CLA479 - The Common Agricultural Policy (Integrated Administration and Control System and Enforcement and Cross Compliance) (Wales) Regulations 2014

 

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2.7  CLA480 - The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements and Default Scheme) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2015

 

The Committee noted the statutory instruments and was content. In relation to CLA479, the Legal Adviser agreed to provide a note to Committee.

 

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<AI10>

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

 

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<AI11>

3.1  CLA477 - The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2014

 

The Committee noted the statutory instrument and will report to the Assembly.

 

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<AI12>

3.2  CLA485 - The Non-Domestic Rating (Multiplier) (Wales) (No.2) Order 2014

 

The Committee noted the statutory instrument and will report to the Assembly.   The Committee agreed to write to the Government to look at ways in which future instruments are dealt with.

 

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<AI13>

4    Subsidiarity Monitoring Report May to December 2014

The Committee noted the report and was content.

 

 

 

</AI13>

<AI14>

5    Papers to note

The Committee noted the papers.  In relation to the letter from the Minister on the Planning (Wales) Bill, Members welcomed the detailed information outlining the relationship between the Planning (Wales) Bill, the Well-being of future Generations (Wales) Bill, and the Environment (Wales) Bill.

 

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<AI15>

6    Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the following business:

The Committee agreed to conduct the remainder of the meeting in private.

 

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<AI16>

6.1  Forward Work Programme

 

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6.2  Draft Report Planning (Wales) Bill