Concise Minutes - Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee


Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 2 - Senedd

Meeting date: Monday, 12 September 2016

Meeting time: 14.30 - 15.25
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/3697


Attendance

Category

Names

Assembly Members:

Huw Irranca-Davies AM (Chair)

Michelle Brown AM

Dai Lloyd AM (In place of Dafydd Elis-Thomas AM)

David Melding AM

Committee Staff:

P Gareth Williams (Clerk)

Naomi Stocks (Second Clerk)

Sian Giddins (Deputy Clerk)

Gwyn Griffiths (Legal Adviser)

Gareth Howells (Legal Adviser)

 

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Transcript

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1       Introduction, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

1.1 Apologies were received from Dafydd Elis-Thomas. Dai Lloyd substituted.

 

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

2.0a The Committee considered the instruments and was content.

 

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2.1   SL(5)007 - The Food for Specific Groups (Information and Compositional Requirements) (Wales) Regulation 2016

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2.2   SL(5)010 - The National Curriculum (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2016

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2.3   SL(5)011 - The National Curriculum (Desirable Outcomes, Educational Programmes and Baseline and End of Phase Assessment Arrangements for the Foundation Phase) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2016

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2.4   SL(5)012 - Water Quality and Supply (Fees) (Undertakers Wholly or Mainly in Wales) Order 2016

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

3.0a The Committee considered the instrument and agreed to report to the Assembly.

 

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3.1   SL(5)013 - The Food Hygiene (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2016

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4       Paper(s) to note

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4.1   Wales Bill: Correspondence from the Committee to the Secretary of State for Wales

4.1a The Committee noted the correspondence and agreed its approach to seeking a meeting with the Secretary of State to discuss the Committee’s consideration of the Wales Bill.

 

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4.2   Wales Bill: Correspondence with the House of Lords Constitution Committee

4.2a The Committee noted the correspondence and agreed to meet with the House of Lords Constitution Committee on 12 October to discuss the Wales Bill.

 

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4.3   Written Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure: Consultation on proposals for secondary legislation to support the Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2016 and various best-practice guidance documents

4.3a The Committee noted the statement and agreed to write to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure welcoming the approach outlined in the statement.

 

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4.4   SL(5)005 - The Waste (Meaning of Recovery) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2016: Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs

4.4a The Committee noted the correspondence and agreed to write to the Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs to reiterate the concerns of its predecessor Committee about regulations that amend primary legislation using the negative rather than the affirmative procedure

 

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4.5   Correspondence from the Llywydd: Committee Statements in Plenary

4.5a The Committee noted the correspondence and agreed to write to the Llywydd to note its support for the greater integration between Plenary and committee work.

4.5b The Committee agreed to request time for a statement on its work on the Wales Bill ahead of its visit to the House of Lords Constitution Committee.

 

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4.6   Remits of Committees: External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee

4.6a The Committee noted the correspondence.

 

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

5.1 The motion was agreed.

 

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6       Wales Bill: Legal briefing and update

6.1 The Committee received a legal briefing and an update on the Wales Bill.

 

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7       Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee: Ways of working

7.1 The Committee discussed its ways of working and agreed to return to the issue at a later date.

 

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