Concise Minutes - Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee


Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 4 - Tŷ Hywel

Meeting date: Monday, 16 April 2018

Meeting time: 08.00 - 10.16
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/4761


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Attendance

Category

Names

Assembly Members:

Mick Antoniw AM (Chair)

Mandy Jones AM

Dai Lloyd AM

David Melding AM

Witnesses:

Alun Cairns MP, Secretary of State for Wales

Geth Williams, Wales Office

Committee Staff:

P Gareth Williams (Clerk)

Sarah Sargent (Second Clerk)

Ruth Hatton (Deputy Clerk)

Alys Thomas (Researcher)

Gareth Howells (Legal Adviser)

 

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1       Introduction, Apologies and Substitutions

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2       The EU (Withdrawal) Bill: Evidence session

The Committee took evidence from the Secretary of State for Wales.

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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)200 - The National Health Service (Dental Charges) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018

The Committee considered the instrument as 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)205 - The Land Transaction Tax (Transitional Provisions) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018

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

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4.2   SL(5)204 - The Digital Government (Welsh Bodies) (Wales) Regulations 2018

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

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5       Instruments that raise no reporting issues under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3 but have implications as a result of the UK exiting the EU

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5.1   SL(5)203 - The Local Authorities (Capital Finance and Accounting) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018

The Committee considered the instrument and was content.

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6       Supplementary Report: SL(5)190 - The Welsh Revenue Authority (Powers to Investigate Criminal Offences) Regulations 2018

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7       Supplementary Report: SL(5)191 - The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (References to Welsh Revenue Authority Financial Investigators) Order 2018

The Committee considered the supplementary reports and agreed to lay them before the Assembly.

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8       Papers to note

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8.1   European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

The Committee noted the correpondence.

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8.2   Letter from Llywydd: UK Governance post Brexit Report

The Committee noted the letter from the Llywydd.

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8.3   Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Services: Public Health (Minimum Price for Alcohol) (Wales) Bill

The Committee noted the letter from the Cabinet Secretary.

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8.4   Letter from Simon Thomas AM, Member in Charge of the Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Bill

The Committee noted the letter form the Member in charge.

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8.5   Welsh Government Statement: Draft Legislation (Wales) Bill

The Committee noted the statement.

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8.6   Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance: Law Derived from the European Union (Wales) Bill

The Committee noted the letter from the Cabinet Secretary.

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8.7   IWA Event Note on the Impact of the EU Withdrawal Bill on the devolved legislatures and their respective powers

The Committee noted the event note.

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9       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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10   Consideration of evidence from the Secretary of State for Wales

The Committee considered the evidence received from the Secretary of State.

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11   European Union (Withdrawal) Bill: Latest Developments

The Committee noted the latest developments paper provided by the Research Service.

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12   UK Governance post Brexit: Summary of Evidence draft report

The Committee considered and agreed the draft report.

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