Concise Minutes - Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee


Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 1 - Senedd

Meeting date: Monday, 24 June 2019

Meeting time: 14.30 - 14.39
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/5445


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Attendance

Category

Names

Assembly Members:

Mick Antoniw AM (Chair)

Mark Isherwood AM (In place of Suzy Davies AM)

Dai Lloyd AM

Mike Hedges AM (In place of Dawn Bowden AM)

Witnesses:

Committee Staff:

Sarah Sargent (Second Clerk)

Rachael Davies (Deputy Clerk)

Gareth Howells (Legal Adviser)

Rhiannon Lewis (Legal Adviser)

 

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1       Introduction, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

Apologies were received from Dawn Bowden and Carwyn Jones. Mike Hedges attended as a substitute for Dawn Bowden. Apologies were also received from Suzy Davies. Mark Isherwood attended as a substitute.

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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)418 - The Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (County Borough of Blaenau Gwent) Designation Order 2019

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2.2   SL(5)419 - The Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (County Borough and City of Newport) Designation Order 2019

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2.3   SL(5)420 - The Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (County Borough of Torfaen) Designation Order 2019

The Committee considered the instruments and was content.

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

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3.1   SL(5)417 - The School Performance and Absence Targets (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2019

The Committee considered the instrument, along with the Government response, and will report to the Assembly in line with the reporting point identified.

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4       Written statements under Standing Order 30C

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4.1   WS-30C(5)133 - The Environment (Legislative Functions from Directives) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

The Committee noted the written statement and commentary, and agreed to write to the Welsh Government to seek clarification, as per the commentary provided by Assembly lawyers.

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5       Paper(s) to note

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5.1   Letter from the Rt Hon David Lidington MP to Bruce Crawford MSP: Parliamentary scrutiny of intergovernmental relations and common frameworks

The Committee noted the letter from the Rt Hon David Lidington MP.

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5.2   Letter from the Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services: Children (Abolition of Defence of Reasonable Punishment) (Wales) Bill

The Committee noted the letter from the Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services.

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5.3   Letter from the Counsel General: Legislation (Wales) Bill

The Committee noted the letter from the Counsel General.

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5.4   Letter from the Minister for Education: The Education (Student Support) (Postgraduate Master's Degrees) (Wales) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

The Committee noted the letter from the Minister for Education.

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

The Committee agreed the motion.

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7       Senedd and Elections (Wales) Bill: Update

The Clerk provided a brief update on the publication arrangements for the Committee’s report on the Senedd and Elections (Wales) Bill.

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