Concise Minutes - Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee


Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 1 - The Senedd

Meeting date: Monday, 5 March 2018

Meeting time: 14.30 - 15.20
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/4496


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Attendance

Category

Names

Assembly Members:

Mick Antoniw AM (Chair)

Mandy Jones AM

Dai Lloyd AM

David Melding AM

Witnesses:

Committee Staff:

P Gareth Williams (Clerk)

Ruth Hatton (Deputy Clerk)

Alys Thomas (Researcher)

Gareth Howells (Legal Adviser)

Sarah Sargent (Secretariat)

 

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1       Introduction, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

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

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2.1   SL(5)192 - The Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Directed Surveillance and Covert Human Intelligence Sources) (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2018

The Committee considered the instrument and reports to the Assembly in line with the merits point identified.

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2.2   SL(5)190 - The Welsh Revenue Authority (Powers to Investigate Criminal Offences) Regulations 2018

The Committee considered the instrument and will report to the Assembly in line with the merit point identified.

The Committee agreed to include an additional point for reporting relating to an anomaly between the regulations and the explanatory memorandum relating to compliance of PACE Codes. The Committee would welcome a government response to that point.

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3       Papers to Note

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3.1   Welsh Government Written Statement: report on the consultation for Welsh Revenue Authority ("WRA") to have access to criminal powers

The Committee noted the written statement.

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

The motion was agreed.

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4.1   Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Bill: Draft Report

The Committee considered the draft report.

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4.2   Law Derived from the European Union (Wales) Bill

The Committee considered legal briefing in relation to the Bill due to be introduced later this week.

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