, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
One of the situations that arise that cause concern for people, and that's maybe what you were partly referring to, and it does impact my constituency and James Evans's constituency currently in terms of the suggestion of having pylons across our…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
One of the concerns that arises in this kind of context, where the policy intention is to create a system that's easier for the Government to achieve its aims in terms of infrastructure—thinking about developments of national significance, for example, and…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
I'm going to turn to a new topic now, namely human rights. The explanatory memorandum accompanying the Bill does not discuss the link or the impact of the Bill, potentially, on human rights. What account have you taken of the impact of this Bill on human…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Good afternoon, Minister. Could we just turn to a new topic, namely human rights? The—
, Plenary
Motion to note the annual report on the Senedd Commission's Official Languages Scheme for 2022-23
I'm grateful to the Members who have contributed and I welcome the comments made and the suggestions that have been made. And if I could request some patience and some leeway because I've only just been appointed to the post. And therefore, as is traditional…
, Plenary
Motion to note the annual report on the Senedd Commission's Official Languages Scheme for 2022-23
Members will now be familiar with the statistical information that is published as part of the annual report. The information is vital for the Commission, and for us as Members, and the public, to be able to monitor several areas within the scope of the…
, Plenary
Motion to note the annual report on the Senedd Commission's Official Languages Scheme for 2022-23
Excellent. He'll be pleased to hear that. Members of the Senedd will be aware that the Senedd Commission is required, in accordance with the Official Languages Act 2012, to submit an annual report on its work in providing bilingual services, including any…
, Plenary
Motion to note the annual report on the Senedd Commission's Official Languages Scheme for 2022-23
Thank you very much, Dirprwy Lywydd. I’m pleased to present the Senedd Commission's annual report on its official languages scheme for 2022-23 before the Senedd today. In doing so, I would like to thank my predecessor as Commissioner, Rhun ap Iorwerth—my…
, Plenary
Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: The Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill
I have to say, Counsel General, I've yet to meet a Conservative that has persuaded me that they believe in private what they are saying stridently in public on this, like so many other matters. Look, what we are trying to do here, actually, is to find a local…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the First Minister
Once again, taking the same approach as the previous question I asked, more long-term, structural changes in the relationship are things to be discussed in due course, but looking beyond the next election, three or four quick things that could be done to at…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the First Minister
Thank you, very much, Chair. Three and a half years have lapsed since the United Kingdom, unfortunately from my point of view, left the European Union. According to the Minister for Economy, our role, or rather the role of other stakeholders—. Welsh…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the First Minister
Generous.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the First Minister
Well, just a question, really, about the second element of capacity, about the skills, the resources needed within the Welsh Government to cope with the level of LCMs that are coming from Westminster, and whether that has been under review. It's quite ironic…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the First Minister
Just very briefly, two questions with regard to capacity. You talked about the huge increase in terms of LCMs. Do you agree in principle that there is a need to look to increase the time available in Plenary in order to facilitate greater scrutiny by our…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the First Minister
Just practically, in terms of the process that you go through when the UK Government publishes its legislative programme, is it only at that point that you would then identify—? Or what is the relationship between that decision by the UK Government about its…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the First Minister
As you reveal the deterioration that has been in the inter-governmental relationship, First Minister, it struck me that that too has led to a deterioration, if you will, in the inter-parliamentary relationship. We don't talk as much about the relationship in…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the First Minister
Yes, just to ask a factual question, more than anything else, and a supplementary question on top of that, in a way. I remember reading a reference to a dispute between the Northern Ireland Executive and the Treasury—I don't remember whether that had happened…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the First Minister
Thank you, Chair. May I invite you, First Minister, as you have outlined why you believe that there will be a hiatus, with not much taking place as far as the relationship and the implementation of that inter-governmental relationship before the next…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Yes, certainly, that would be beneficial.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Well, this is the third example this afternoon of something that hasn’t been presented or put forward bilingually, because it is tabled jointly with the UK Westminster Parliament. But the fact that we are having to raise this as a technical point reflects the…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Thank you very much, Chair.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Okay.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
I think I am entirely suggesting a parallel process. But I think it would be useful for the committee, if it were possible, if there are examples of what I was referring to specifically, which is Welsh Government drafted amendments that have been accepted by…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
I just wanted to just, very briefly, just on that, but taking that process through, this is a very unique or a very particular set of circumstances, so these are amendments, and Ministers in Westminster are often explicitly saying, 'This has been drafted by…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
The cases where the UK Government operates in devolved areas contrary to the wishes of the Senedd are a cause of concern, of course. But there are examples, aren't there, where both Governments have been able to come to an agreement after a dispute, where the…
