Meetings
Making Laws in Wales
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Meeting: 20/01/2016 - Plenary - Fourth Assembly (Item 4.)
Debate on the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee's report on Making Laws in Wales
NDM5922
David Melding (South Wales Central)
The
National Assembly for Wales:
Notes
the report of the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee on its
inquiry into Making Laws in Wales, laid in the Table Office on 8 October 2015.
The
Welsh Government's response to the report was laid in the Table Office on 13
January 2016.
The
Assembly Commission's response to the report was laid in the Table Office on 13
January 2016.
Supporting
Documents
Constitutional
and Legislative Affairs Committee's report
Welsh
Government’s response
Assembly
Commission's response
Business
Committee’s response
Decision:
The item started
at 14.25
NDM5922 David
Melding (South Wales Central)
The National Assembly for Wales:
Notes the report of the Constitutional and
Legislative Affairs Committee on its inquiry into Making Laws in Wales, laid in
the Table Office on 8 October 2015.
The motion was agreed in accordance with
Standing Order 12.36.
Meeting: 21/09/2015 - Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 6.3)
Draft Report: Making Laws in the Fourth Assembly
CLA(4)-22-15 – Paper 12 – Draft Report
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 4 , View reasons restricted (6.3/1)
Meeting: 14/09/2015 - Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 5.3)
Draft Report Making Laws in the Fourth Assembly
CLA(4)-21-15
– Paper 15
– Draft Report
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 6 , View reasons restricted (5.3/1)
Meeting: 13/07/2015 - Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 4)
Inquiry into Making Laws in the Fourth Assembly: Draft Report
CLA(4)-20-15 – Paper 6 – Covering Paper
CLA(4)-20-15 – Paper 6
Annexe 1 – Responses
from Expert Panel
CLA(4)-20-15 – Paper 6
Annexe 2 – Survey
Results
CLA(4)-20-15 – Paper 6
Annexe 3 – Draft
Report
CLA(4)-20-15 – Paper 6
Annexe 4 – Report
from Charles Mynors
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 8 , View reasons restricted (4/1)
- Restricted enclosure 9
- Restricted enclosure 10
- Restricted enclosure 11
- Restricted enclosure 12
Meeting: 15/06/2015 - Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 5)
Making Laws in the Fourth Assembly
Expert Panel:
Consideration of the Draft Report Paper 4
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 15 , View reasons restricted (5/1)
Meeting: 08/06/2015 - Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 6)
Draft Report: Inquiry into Making laws in the Fourth Assembly
CLA(4)-15-15 – Paper 10 – Draft Report
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 18 , View reasons restricted (6/1)
Meeting: 01/06/2015 - Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 6)
Inquiry into Making Laws in the Fourth Assembly: Draft Report
CLA(4)-14-15 - Paper 14
– Draft
Report
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 21 , View reasons restricted (6/1)
Meeting: 18/05/2015 - Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 2)
2 Evidence in relation to the Inquiry into Making Laws in the Fourth Assembly
(Indicative time 14.30)
Huw Vaughan Thomas, Auditor General for Wales
Martin Peters, Wales Audit Office
CLA(4)-13-15
– Paper 1 – Written Evidence
CLA(4)-13-15
– Paper 1 A – Annex
CLA(4)-13-15
– Research Service Briefing
Supporting documents:
- CLA(4)-13-15 - Paper 1, item 2 PDF 74 KB
- CLA(4)-13-15 - Paper 1A, item 2 PDF 268 KB
- CLA(4)-13-15 - Research Service Briefing , View reasons restricted (2/3)
Minutes:
The
Committee took evidence from Huw Vaughan Thomas, the Auditor General for Wales
and Martin Peters Compliance Manager, at the Wales Audit Office.
Meeting: 11/05/2015 - Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 5)
Making Laws in the Fourth Assembly - Key Issues
CLA(4)-12-15 – Paper 11 – Covering Paper
CLA(4)-12-15 – Paper 12 – Key Issues
CLA(4)-12-15 – Paper 13 – Summary of Written
Evidence
CLA(4)-12-15 – Paper 14 – Results of
Questionnaire
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 30 , View reasons restricted (5/1)
- Restricted enclosure 31
- Restricted enclosure 32
- Restricted enclosure 33
Meeting: 27/04/2015 - Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 5)
5 Correspondence in relation to the Inquiry into Making Laws in the Fourth Assembly
CLA(4)-11-15 – Paper 9 - Letter from the Minister for Finance and Government Business
CLA(4)-11-15 – Paper 10 - Letter from First Legislative Counsel
CLA(4)-11-15 – Paper 11 - Letter from the Chair of the Finance Committee
Supporting documents:
- CLA(4)-11-15 - Paper 9, item 5 PDF 343 KB
- CLA(4)-11-15 - Paper 10, item 5 PDF 634 KB
- CLA(4)-11-15 - Paper 11, item 5 PDF 166 KB
Meeting: 23/03/2015 - Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 2)
2 Evidence in relation to the Inquiry into Making Laws in the Fourth Assembly
(Indicative time 13.30)
Rt.Hon
Carwyn Jones AM, First Minister
Jeff
Godfrey, Welsh Government
Dylan
Hughes,First Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel, Welsh
Government
CLA(4)-09-15 – Paper 1 – Written Evidence
CLA(4)-09-15 – Research Service
Briefing
CLA(4)-09-15 – Briefing Annex A
CLA(4)-09-15 – Draft Transcript, 16
March 2015
Supporting documents:
- CLA(4)-09-15 - Paper 1, item 2 PDF 487 KB
- CLA(4)-09-15 - Research Service Briefing , View reasons restricted (2/2)
- CLA(4)-09-15 - Briefing Annex A - , View reasons restricted (2/3)
- CLA(4)-09-15 - Draft Transcript , View reasons restricted (2/4)
Minutes:
The
Committee took evidence from the Rt.Hon Carwyn Jones AM, First Minister.
Meeting: 16/03/2015 - Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 6)
6 Evidence in relation to the Inquiry into Making Laws in the Fourth Assembly
Public session
(Indicative time 15.00)
The
Rt.Hon Sir David Lloyd Jones, Chair, Law Commission
Elaine
Lorimer, Chief Executive, Law Commission
CLA(4)-08-15 – Paper 7 – Written Evidence
CLA(4)-08-15 – Research Service
Briefing
Supporting documents:
Minutes:
The
Committee took evidence from the Rt.Hon Sir David Lloyd Jones, Chair of the Law
Commission and Elaine Lorimer, Chief Executive of the Law Commission.
Meeting: 16/03/2015 - Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 2)
2 Evidence in relation to the Inquiry into Making Laws in the Fourth Assembly
(Indicative time 13.30)
Jane
Hutt AM, Minister for Finance and Government Business
Jeff
Godfrey, Welsh Government
Gill
Lambert, Welsh Government
CLA(4)-08-15 – Paper 1 – Written Evidence
CLA(4)-08-15 – Research Service Briefing
Supporting documents:
- CLA(4)-08-15 - Paper 1, item 2 PDF 487 KB
- CLA(40-08-15 - Research Service Briefing , View reasons restricted (2/2)
Minutes:
The
Committee took evidence from Jane Hutt AM, Minister for Finance and Government
Business.
The
Minister undertook to provide the Committee with information regarding the
protocol for government White Papers and draft Bills and a note on the changes made to the draft
Human Transplantation (Wales) Bill as a result of consultation prior to its
subsequent introduction.
Meeting: 09/03/2015 - Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 3)
Evidence in relation to the Inquiry into Making Laws in the Fourth Assembly
(Indicative time 2.30pm)
Dr
Ruth Fox, Director and Head of Research Hansard Society
CLA(4)-07-15 – Research Briefing
Minutes:
The
Committee took evidence from the Hansard Society.
Meeting: 09/03/2015 - Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 7)
Law in other Jurisdictions
CLA(4)-07-15 – Paper 9 – Law in Other
Jurisdictions
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 60 , View reasons restricted (7/1)
Meeting: 09/03/2015 - Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 2)
2 Evidence in relation to the Inquiry into Making Laws in the Fourth Assembly
(Indicative time 1.30pm)
Dylan
Hughes,
First
Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel, Welsh Government
Huw
Davies, Senior Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel, Welsh
Government
Terry
Kowal, Senior Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel, Welsh
Government
CLA(4)-07-15 – Paper 1 – Written Evidence
CLA(4)-07-15 – Annex
CLA(4)-07-15 – Research Service
Briefing
Supporting documents:
- CLA(4)-07-15 - Paper 1, item 2 PDF 487 KB
- CLA(4)-07-15 - Annex, item 2 PDF 1 MB View as HTML (2/2) 668 KB
- CLA(4)-07-15 - Research Service Briefing , View reasons restricted (2/3)
Minutes:
The
Committee took evidence from the Office of the Legislative Counsel.
Meeting: 02/03/2015 - Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 7)
Update on the Inquiry into Making Laws in the Fourth Assembly
No
paper – oral update
Meeting: 02/03/2015 - Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 5)
5 Evidence in relation to the Inquiry into Making Laws in the Fourth Assembly
(Indicative time 2.45pm)
Elaine
Edwards
CLA(4)-06-15 – Paper 6 – Written evidence
CLA(4)-06-15 – Research Service
Briefing
Supporting documents:
- CLA(4)-06-15 - Paper 6, item 5 PDF 190 KB View as HTML (5/1) 29 KB
- CLA(4)-06-15 - Research Service Briefing , View reasons restricted (5/2)
Minutes:
The
Committee received evidence from Elaine Edwards, Undeb Cenedlaethol Athrawon
Cymru (UCAC)
Meeting: 09/02/2015 - Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 4)
4 Evidence in relation to the Inquiry into Making Laws in the Fourth Assembly
(indicative time 3.30pm –
4.00pm)
Welsh Language
Commissioner
Meri Huws, Welsh Language Commissioner
Dyfan
Sion, Director of Policy and Research
CLA(4)-05-15 – Paper 3 – Written Evidence
CLA(4)-05-15 – Research Service
Briefing
Supporting documents:
- CLA(4)-05-15 - Paper 3, item 4 PDF 318 KB View as HTML (4/1) 26 KB
- CLA(4)-05-15 - Research Service Briefing , View reasons restricted (4/2)
Minutes:
The
Committee received evidence from the Welsh Language Commissioner.
Meeting: 09/02/2015 - Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 2)
2 Evidence in relation to the Inquiry into Making Laws in the Fourth Assembly
(indicative time 2.30pm – 3.15pm)
Queen’s Printer
Carol
Tullo, Director, Information Policy and Services
John
Sheridan, Head of Legislation Services
Malcolm
Todd, Head of Information Policy
CLA(4)-05-15 – Paper 1 – Written Evidence
CLA(4)-05-15 – Research Service
Briefing
Supporting documents:
- CLA(4)-05-15 - Paper 1, item 2 PDF 607 KB View as HTML (2/1) 66 KB
- CLA(4)-05-15 - Research Service Briefing , View reasons restricted (2/2)
Minutes:
The
Committee received evidence from the Queen’s Printer.
Meeting: 02/02/2015 - Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 3)
3 Evidence in relation to the inquiry into making Laws in the Fourth Assembly
(Indicative time 3.00pm
– 3.45pm)
Elaine
Edwards, General Secretary UCAC
CLA(4)-04-15 – Paper 1 – Written Evidence
CLA(4)-04-15 – Research Service
Briefing
Supporting documents:
- CLA(4)-04-15 - Paper 1, item 3 PDF 189 KB View as HTML (3/1) 29 KB
- CLA(4)-04-15 - Research Service Briefing , View reasons restricted (3/2)
Minutes:
This
item of business has been postponed to a future meeting date.
Meeting: 19/01/2015 - Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 7)
Evidence in relation to the inquiry into Making Laws in the Fourth Assembly
(Indicative time 3.40pm)
Civitas Law
Graham
Walters
Minutes:
The
Committee received evidence from Graham Walters.
Meeting: 19/01/2015 - Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 8)
8 Evidence in relation to the inquiry into Making Laws in the Fourth Assembly
(Indicative time 4.00pm)
Welsh Local Government
Association
Marie
Rosenthal, Lawyers in Local Government;
Naomi
Alleyne, WLGA;
Tim
Peppin, WLGA;
Daniel
Hurford, WLGA
CLA(4)-02-15 – Paper 13 – Written Evidence
Supporting documents:
Minutes:
The
Committee received evidence from the Welsh Local Government Association.
Meeting: 19/01/2015 - Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 6)
6 Evidence in relation to the inquiry into Making Laws in the Fourth Assembly
(Indicative time 3.00pm)
British Medical
Association
Dr
Stephen Monaghan, Chair of the BMA Welsh Council Legislation Subcommittee
Mr
Andrew Cross, Assistant Secretary, BMA Cymru Wales
Dr
Rodney Berman, Senior Policy Executive, BMA Cymru Wales
CLA(4)-02-15 – Paper 12 – Written Evidence
CLA(4)-02-15 – Research Service
Briefing
Supporting documents:
- CLA(4)-02-15 - Paper 12, item 6 PDF 136 KB
- CLA(4)-02-15 - Research Service Briefing , View reasons restricted (6/2)
Minutes:
The
Committee received evidence from the British Medical Association.
Meeting: 24/11/2014 - Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 6)
Evidence in relation to the Making Laws Inquiry
(indicative time 3.30pm)
Mick
Antoniw AM;
Peter
Black AM;
Bethan
Jenkins AM;
Darren
Millar AM
Minutes:
The
Committee took evidence from a panel of Assembly Members who had taken their
own Bills through the legislative process, or were in the process of doing so.
Meeting: 24/11/2014 - Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 5)
5 Evidence in relation to the Making Laws Inquiry
(Indicative time 2.30pm)
Dame
Rosemary Butler AM, Presiding Officer
CLA (4)-29-14 – Paper 5 – Written evidence
CLA(4)-29-14 – Research Service
Briefing
Supporting documents:
- CLA(4)-29-14 - Paper 1, item 5 PDF 11 MB
- CLA(4)-29-14 - Research Service Briefing , View reasons restricted (5/2)
Minutes:
The
Committee took evidence from the Presiding Officer.
Meeting: 17/11/2014 - Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 2)
2 Evidence in relation to the Making Laws Inquiry
(Indicative time 1.30pm)
Theodore
Huckle QC, Counsel General
CLA(4)-28-14 – Paper 1 – Written evidence from
the Welsh Government
CLA(4)-28-14 – Research Service Briefing
CLA(4)-28-14 –Briefing Statement
Supporting documents:
- CLA(4)-28-14 - Paper 1, item 2 PDF 487 KB
- Research Service Briefing , View reasons restricted (2/2)
- Briefing- Statement , View reasons restricted (2/3)
Minutes:
Evidence
was received from Theodore Huckle QC, Counsel General for Wales.
Meeting: 10/11/2014 - Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 7)
Making Laws Inquiry
CLA(4)-27-14 – Paper 14 – Feedback from 13
October Pierhead Event
CLA(4)-27-14 – Paper 15
- Notes
of roundtable discussions
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 115 , View reasons restricted (7/1)
- Restricted enclosure 116
- Restricted enclosure 117
- Restricted enclosure 118
Meeting: 06/10/2014 - Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 5)
Making Laws in the Fourth Assembly
CLA(4)-24-14 – Paper 7 –
Summary
of Written Evidence
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 121 , View reasons restricted (5/1)
Meeting: 15/09/2014 - Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 5)
Making Laws Inquiry - Update
CLA(4)-21-14
– Paper 30 – Update paper
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 124 , View reasons restricted (5/1)
Meeting: 07/07/2014 - Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 3)
Making Laws Inquiry
CLA(4)-19-14
– Paper 12 - Discussion with the communication team
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 127 , View reasons restricted (3/1)
Meeting: 10/03/2014 - Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 3)
Inquiry Making Laws in the Fourth Assembly
CLA(4)-08-14
– Paper 3 – Draft Consultation Letter
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 130 , View reasons restricted (3/1)
Meeting: 03/03/2014 - Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 4)
Inquiry on Making Laws in Fourth Assembly
CLA(4)-07-14 – Paper 11 – Approach paper
CLA(4)-07-14 – Paper 12 – Revised terms of reference
CLA(4)-07-14 – Paper 13 – Revised consultation questions
CLA(4)-07-14 – Paper 14 – Detailed consultation questions
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 133 , View reasons restricted (4/1)
- Restricted enclosure 134
- Restricted enclosure 135
- Restricted enclosure 136
Meeting: 17/02/2014 - Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 4)
Inquiry on Making Laws in the Fourth Assembly
CLA(4)-06-14
– Paper 7 Approach to Inquiry on Making Laws in the
Fourth Assembly
CLA(4)-06-14
– Paper 7 Annexe 1 Original Scoping Paper
CLA(4)-06-14
– Paper 7 Annexe 2 Terms of Reference
CLA(4)-06-14
– Paper 7 Annexe 3 Counsultees
CLA(4)-06-14
– Paper 7 Annexe 4 Consutlation Questions
CLA(4)-06-14
– Paper 7 Annexe 5 Expert Adviser
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 139 , View reasons restricted (4/1)
- Restricted enclosure 140
- Restricted enclosure 141
- Restricted enclosure 142
- Restricted enclosure 143
- Restricted enclosure 144