Concise Minutes - Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee


Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 1 - Senedd

Meeting date: Monday, 3 April 2017

Meeting time: 14.00 - 16.48
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/3902


Attendance

Category

Names

Assembly Members:

Huw Irranca-Davies AM (Chair)

Dafydd Elis-Thomas AM

Dai Lloyd AM

David Melding AM

Witnesses:

Carl Sargeant AM, Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children

John Rees, Welsh Government

Katie Wilson, Welsh Government

Committee Staff:

P Gareth Williams (Clerk)

Tanwen Summers (Second Clerk)

Gerallt Roberts (Deputy Clerk)

Alys Thomas (Researcher)

Gwyn Griffiths (Legal Adviser)

Lisa Salkeld (Legal Adviser)

Gareth Howells (Legal Adviser)

Sam Mason (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 Nathan Gill AM.

 

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2       Abolition of the Right to Buy and Associated Rights (Wales) Bill: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children

2.1 The Committee took evidence from the Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children, Carl Sargeant AM.

 

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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)085 - The Bathing Water (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2017

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3.2   SL(5)086 - The Local Authorities (Standing Orders) (Wales) (Amendment) 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)084 - The Smoke Control Areas (Exempted Classes of Fireplaces) (Wales) Order 2017

4.1a The Committee considered the instrument and noted a Government response, provided in hard copy, to the draft report on the instrument.

4.2b The Committee agreed to report to the Assembly in line with the draft report.

 

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5       Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Assembly under Standing Order 21.7

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5.1   SL(5)087 - The Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW) Financial Management Code

5.1a The Committee considered the draft Code and noted a Government response, provided in hard copy, to the draft report on the instrument.

5.2b The Committee agreed to report to the Assembly in line with the draft report.

 

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6       Papers to note

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6.1   Trade Union (Wales) Bill: Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government

6.1a The Committee noted the correspondence.

 

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6.2   UK Government's White Paper on the 'Great Repeal Bill'

6.2a The Committee noted the White Paper.

 

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

7.1 The motion was agreed.

 

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8       Briefing by the Chief Legal Adviser to the Assembly on the 'Great Repeal Bill'

8.1 The Committee received a joint briefing with the External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee on the ‘Great Repeal Bill’.

 

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9       Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Bill: Draft report

9.1 The Committee considered the draft report.

9.2 The Committee agreed to consider a further draft of the report at its next meeting.

 

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10   Trade Union (Wales) Bill: Draft report

10.1 The Committee agreed the draft report.

 

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