Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee

Report: CLA(4)-10-12 : 14 May 2012

The Committee reports to the Assembly as follows:

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

Negative Resolution Instruments

CLA138 - The Fire and Rescue Authorities (Improvement Plans) (Wales) Order 2012

Procedure: Negative.

Date made: 21 April 2012.

Date laid: 25 April 2012.

Coming in to force date:21 May 2012

CLA139 - The Assembly Learning Grants and Loans (Higher Education) (Wales) (No.2) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2012

Procedure: Negative.

Date made: 26 April 2012.

Date laid: 27 April 2012.

Coming in to force date:18 May 2012

CLA140 - The Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (County of Ceredigion) Designation Order 2012

Procedure: Negative.

Date made: 29 April 2012.

Date laid: 1 May 2012.

Coming into force date:4 June 2012

CLA141 - The Food Additives (Wales) (Amendment) and the Extraction Solvents in Food (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2012

Procedure: Negative.

Date made: 27 April 2012.

Date laid: 2 May 2012.

Coming into force date:23 May 2012

Affirmative Resolution Instruments

None

Instruments that raise reporting issues under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3

Negative Resolution Instruments

None

Affirmative Resolution Instruments

None

Other Business

Committee Inquiries: Inquiry into the establishment of a separate Welsh jurisdiction

The Committee took oral evidence from Professor R. Gwynedd Parry, Professor of Law and Legal History, Director of the Hywel Dda Institute, Swansea University.

Resolution to Meet in Private

In accordance with Standing Order 17.42(vi) the Committee resolved to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting to discuss the evidence submitted thus far on the Inquiry into the establishment of a separate Welsh jurisdiction.

David Melding AM

Chair, Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee

14 May 2012