Concise Minutes - Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 1 - Senedd

Meeting date: Monday, 12 November 2018

Meeting time: 14.30 - 14.46
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/5021

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Attendance

Category	Names
Assembly Members:	Mick Antoniw AM (Chair) Suzy Davies AM Dai Lloyd AM Lee Waters AM
Witnesses:
Committee Staff:	P Gareth Williams (Clerk) Sarah Sargent (Second Clerk) Mike Lewis (Deputy Clerk) Alys Thomas (Researcher) Gareth Howells (Legal Adviser)

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1 Introduction, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

Apologies were received from Dawn Bowden AM and Mandy Jones AM.

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

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2.1 SL(5)268 - The Home Loss Payments (Prescribed Amounts) (Wales) Regulations 2018

The Committee considered the instrument and was content.

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3 Written statements under Standing Order 30C

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3.1 The Maritime Transport Access To Trade And Cabotage (Revocation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

The Committee considered the written statement and commentary. Members agreed to write to the Welsh Government to highlight the Committee’s view that it would be appropriate for future written statements to state the relevant provisions to which the Welsh Government has given consent.

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3.2 The Heavy Goods Vehicles (Charging For The Use Of Certain Infrastructure On The Trans-European Road Network) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

The Committee considered the written statement and commentary. Members agreed to write to the Welsh Government to highlight the Committee’s view that it would be appropriate for future written statements to state the relevant provisions to which the Welsh Government has given consent.

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3.3 Fertilisers and Ammonium Nitrate Material (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

The Committee considered the written statement and commentary. Members agreed to write to the Welsh Government to highlight the Committee’s view that it would be appropriate for future written statements to state the relevant provisions to which the Welsh Government has given consent.

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3.4 The Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

The Committee considered the written statement and commentary. Members agreed to write to the Welsh Government to highlight the Committee’s view that it would be appropriate for future written statements to state the relevant provisions to which the Welsh Government has given consent.

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4 Papers to note

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4.1 Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Energy Planning and Rural Affairs to the Climate Change Environment and Rural Affairs Committee: UK Agriculture Bill

The Committee noted the letter.

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4.2 Letter from the Minister for Children, Older People and Social Care : Childcare Funding (Wales) Bill

The Committee noted the letter.

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4.3 Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Education: SL(5)256 - School Organisation Code

The Committee noted the letter.

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5 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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6 Statutory Instruments requiring Consent: Brexit and Statements made under Standing Order 30C: Handling

The Committee considered an updated paper on the handling of Written Statements made under Standing Order 30C.

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7 Sewel Convention: Approach to future work

Members agreed to undertake a piece of work on the Sewel Convention. The Committee agreed to consider terms of reference at a future meeting.

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