Legislative Consent: Agriculture Bill
Legislative Consent: Agriculture Bill
This
is a matter where the consent of the National Assembly for Wales is sought by
the UK Government to legislate on an issue which could normally fall within the
competence of the Assembly.
The
Agriculture
Bill (the Bill) was introduced in the House of Commons on 12 September
2018.
The
Agriculture Bill seeks to provide the legal framework for the United Kingdom to
leave the Common Agricultural Policy and establish a new system in its place.
Legislative
Consent Memorandum
The
Welsh Government laid a Legislative Consent Memorandum (LCM) on the Bill before
the National Assembly on 4
October 2018.
The Constitutional and
Legislative Affairs Committee published its report (PDF
715KB) on the LCM on 4 January 2019.
The Climate Change, Environment
and Rural Affairs Committee published its report (PDF 1261 KB)
on the LCM on 4 January 2019.
Supplementary
Legislative Consent Memorandum
On 26 March 2019, the Welsh Government laid a Supplementary
LCM.
The Constitutional
and Legislative Affairs Committee published its report (PDF
171KB) on the Supplementary LCM on 7 June
2019.
The Climate Change, Environment
and Rural Affairs Committee published its report (PDF
2029KB) on the Supplementary LCM on 11
June 2019.
The Bill failed to complete its passage through UK Parliament
before Dissolution. This means the Bill will make no further progress.
Business type: Legislative Consent
Reason considered: Government Business;
Status: Complete
First published: 23/10/2018
Documents
- Legislative Consent Memorandum - The Agriculture Bill - 10 October 2018
- Business Committee Timetable: Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Agriculture Bill - 10 October 2018 PDF 57 KB View as HTML (2) 13 KB
- Revised timetable for consideration of the Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Agriculture Bill - November 2018
- Timetable for consideration of the Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Agriculture Bill - April 2019
- Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee - Report on the Welsh Government's Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Agriculture Bill
- Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee - Report on the Welsh Government’s Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (Memorandum No 2) on the Agriculture Bill - June 2019
- Correspondence
- Letter from the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs - 25 July 2019 PDF 401 KB
- Letter from the Chair of the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee to the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs - 7 June 2019 PDF 75 KB
- Letter from the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs - 26 March 2019 PDF 1 MB
- Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs to the Chair of the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee - 5 December 2018 PDF 1 MB
- Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs, 11 October 2018 PDF 1 MB
- Letter to the Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs - 24 September 2018 PDF 82 KB
- Climate Change, Enviroment and Rural Affairs Committee Report on the Legislative Consent Memorandum in relation to the Agriculture Bill - 4 January 2019
- Climate Change, Enviroment and Rural Affairs Committee Report on the Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum in relation to the Agriculture Bill - 11 June 2019
- Welsh Government response to the Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee reports on the LCM and Supplementary LCM for the Agriculture Bill - 25 July 2019
- Correspondence from the Chair, Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee to the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs - 14 May 2019 PDF 73 KB
- Correspondence from the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs - 10 December 2018 PDF 222 KB
- Correspondence from the Chair, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, House of Commons - 6 February 2019 PDF 275 KB
- Correspondence from the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs to the Chair - 26 March 2019 PDF 1 MB
- Correspondence from the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs to the Chair - 21 May 2019 PDF 1 MB
- Correspondence from the Chair, Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee to the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs - 3 January 2019 PDF 66 KB
- Correspondence to the Chair, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, House of Commons - 8 January 2019 PDF 106 KB
- Correspondence to Lord Teverson, Chair, EU Energy and Environment Sub Committee, House of Lords - 8 January 2019 PDF 106 KB
- Correspondence from the Chair, Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee to the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs - 11 June 2019 PDF 74 KB