Concise Minutes - Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee


Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 1 - Senedd

Meeting date: Monday, 9 January 2017

Meeting time: 14.30 - 15.55
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/3890


Attendance

Category

Names

Assembly Members:

Huw Irranca-Davies AM (Chair)

Dafydd Elis-Thomas AM

Nathan Gill AM

Dai Lloyd AM

David Melding AM

Witnesses:

Mark Drakeford AM, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government

Emma Cordingley, Welsh Government

Sarah Tully, Welsh Government

Committee Staff:

P Gareth Williams (Clerk)

Sian Giddins (Deputy Clerk)

Alys Thomas (Researcher)

Gareth Howells (Legal Adviser)

Katie Wyatt (Legal Adviser)

 

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Transcript

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1       Introduction, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

1.1 There were no apologies.

 

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2       Landfill Disposals Tax (Wales) Bill: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government

2.1 The Committee took evidence from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government.

 

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

 

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3.1   SL(5)042 - The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements and Default Scheme) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2017

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3.2   SL(5)044 - The Education Workforce Council (Registration Fees) Regulations 2017

3.0a The Committee considered the instruments and was content.

 

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

 

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4.1   SL(5)045 - The Welsh Language Standards (No. 6) Regulations 2017

4.1a The Committee considered the instrument and the Welsh Government response.

4.1b It noted the correspondence from Cymdeithas yr Iaith and the work of the Culture, Welsh Language and Communications Committee on the language standards.

4.1c The Committee agreed to report to the Assembly.

 

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4.2   SL(5)046 - The Local Election Survey (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2016

4.2a The Committee considered the instrument and agreed to report to the Assembly.

 

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5       Paper(s) to note

 

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5.1   Wales Bill: UK Government's response to the House of Lords Constitution Committee's report on the Wales Bill

5.1a The Committee noted the UK Government’s response.

 

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5.2   Wales Bill: Correspondence from the UK Government regarding clause 60 of the Wales Bill

5.2a The Committee noted the correspondence and agreed to write to the Secretary of State for Wales on the issue.

 

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5.3   Wales Bill: Fiscal framework for Wales

5.3a The Committee noted the statement.

 

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5.4   Call for evidence from the House of Lords Constitution Committee: Delegation of powers

5.4a The Committee noted the call for evidence.

 

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

 

6.1 The motion was agreed.

 

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7       Landfill Disposals Tax (Wales) Bill: Consideration of Evidence

 

7.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.

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