Inquiry into the Granting of Powers to Welsh Ministers in UK Laws
Inquiry into the Granting of Powers to Welsh Ministers in UK Laws
The Constitutional
and Legislative Affairs Committee agreed to carry out an inquiry into the
practice of Acts of the UK Parliament conferring powers directly on Welsh
Ministers as well as related issues such as the operation of Devolution
Guidance Notes. It also considered the practice of designating Welsh Ministers
to make regulations to implement European Union obligations. The principle
under investigation was whether the National Assembly should carry the sole
responsibility for delegating such powers to Welsh Ministers.
The terms of reference for the inquiry were to examine:
- the extent of the current National Assembly scrutiny
of delegated powers given to Welsh Ministers through provisions in UK Acts
and through other statutory mechanisms;
- the
extent to which the National Assembly is able to exercise robust scrutiny
of such processes through its Standing Orders;
- the
relevance of the UK Government’s Devolution Guidance Notes in the light of
recent Welsh constitutional developments;
- the
procedures for Legislative Consent Motions compared to the position in the
other devolved legislatures;
- any
other matter relevant to the inquiry.
Business type: Committee Inquiry
First published: 04/03/2016
Documents
- Review of Outcomes Report PDF 590 KB
- Welsh Government Response to the Committee’s Inquiry into Powers granted to Welsh Ministers in UK Laws: Review of Outcomes, January 2014 PDF 69 KB View as HTML (2) 22 KB
- Letter from Secretary of State for Wales in relation to the Committee’s Inqiry into powers granted to Welsh Ministers in UK Laws: Review of Outcomes, 19 December 2014 PDF 63 KB
- Letter from First Minister to the Chair of the Committee relating to Recommendation 1 of the Review of Outcomes Report, 2 October 2013 PDF 96 KB
- Letter from Secretary of State for Wales to the First Minister in relation to the Committee's inquiry, 12 March 2013 PDF 53 KB
- Correspondence from the First Minister, 10 July 2013 PDF 85 KB
- 20 June 2012 - Business Committee Response to the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee’s Inquiry into Powers granted to Welsh Ministers in UK Laws PDF 109 KB
- Inquiry into Granting of Powers to Welsh Ministers - Report - March 2012
- CLA Committee letter of consultation PDF 140 KB View as HTML (9) 39 KB
- Annex to the CLA Committee letter of consultation PDF 212 KB View as HTML (10) 103 KB
- Consultation Response - CLA GP1 - Dylan Rees PDF 27 KB View as HTML (11) 6 KB
- Consultation Response - CLA GP2 - Dr Paul Cairney PDF 80 KB View as HTML (12) 22 KB
- Consultation Response - CLA GP3 - Daniel Greenberg PDF 115 KB View as HTML (13) 54 KB
- Consultation Response - CLA GP4 - Wales Governance Centre PDF 37 KB View as HTML (14) 17 KB
- Consultation Response - CLA GP5 - Farmers Union of Wales PDF 89 KB View as HTML (15) 29 KB
- Consultation Response - CLA GP6 - Welsh Refugee Council PDF 85 KB View as HTML (16) 17 KB
- Consultation Response - CLA GP6 - Welsh Refugee Council - Annex PDF 150 KB View as HTML (17) 16 KB
- Consultation Response - CLA GP7 - The Police Federation of England and Wales PDF 125 KB View as HTML (18) 24 KB
- Consultation Response - CLA GP8 - The Law Society PDF 551 KB
- Consultation Response - CLA GP9 - Alan Trench PDF 394 KB
- Consultation Response - CLA GP10 - Richard Parry PDF 67 KB View as HTML (21) 13 KB
- Consultation Response - CLA GP11 - First Minister of the Welsh Government PDF 314 KB
- Consultation Response - CLA GP12 – The Wales Office PDF 32 KB