6 December 2021 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Thank you very much and thank you to you, Minister, for your time this afternoon. You know that I'm very concerned about the situation facing apprenticeships in Wales at the moment. I note that section 111 of the Bill allows you as Ministers to specify new…
30 November 2021 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I'm grateful to the First Minister for that response. You will remember that, last week, I asked him about the transport services that serve the borough of Blaenau Gwent, and I want to return to that this afternoon. I'm sure he will have shared the distress…
30 November 2021 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
7. Will the First Minister make a statement on the delivery of public services in Blaenau Gwent? OQ57273
29 November 2021 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Codes of Welsh law programme and proposals for the accessibility of Welsh law: Evidence session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
The other question was on updating legislation.gov.uk. But if I could, given that exchange, squeeze one tiny question in as well—and perhaps you might wish to write to us, Counsel General, with a response to this—about capacity with Welsh Government. Because…
29 November 2021 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Codes of Welsh law programme and proposals for the accessibility of Welsh law: Evidence session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
I'm grateful to you for that. I'm one of the few people in the country who's probably quite excited about this prospect. It's something that we've discussed in the previous Senedd, and it's something I look forward to seeing. In terms of maintaining the…
29 November 2021 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Codes of Welsh law programme and proposals for the accessibility of Welsh law: Evidence session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
So, what does it look like then? What would a code of law look like? To myself, who's in the best tradition of a barrack-room lawyer—no legal qualifications at all, but plenty of opinions—if I was to look at the code of law for social care, for example, what…
29 November 2021 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Codes of Welsh law programme and proposals for the accessibility of Welsh law: Evidence session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Okay. I'm grateful to you.
29 November 2021 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Codes of Welsh law programme and proposals for the accessibility of Welsh law: Evidence session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
I'm grateful to you for that, Chair. It may be useful if we agreed with the Counsel General that perhaps an exchange of letters or a memorandum of understanding may be appropriate, so that we agree with the Government the criteria that are used to take…
29 November 2021 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Codes of Welsh law programme and proposals for the accessibility of Welsh law: Evidence session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Chair, we could continue this conversation for the rest of the day and night.
29 November 2021 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Codes of Welsh law programme and proposals for the accessibility of Welsh law: Evidence session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
And that's the point I'm trying to get at, where the Government is on this. You've fought for Welsh democracy all your life, and there are very few people in this country who've shared such a deep and lasting lifelong commitment to creating democracy in Wales…
29 November 2021 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Codes of Welsh law programme and proposals for the accessibility of Welsh law: Evidence session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
And I don't disagree with that analysis, but that's not the question I was asking you, is it? It's about the whole-scale use of an LCM to deliver law, not just to amend law, to ensure that those jagged edges of the settlement are smoothed as much as they can…
29 November 2021 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Codes of Welsh law programme and proposals for the accessibility of Welsh law: Evidence session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
But you do have a choice, don't you? You're quite right in terms of legislation that affects the settlement, I've got no disagreement with you over that, and there are LCMs—the Armed Forces Bill, the policing Bill that you've described—where that would be a…
29 November 2021 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Codes of Welsh law programme and proposals for the accessibility of Welsh law: Evidence session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
There's scrutiny of the LCM, not scrutiny of the legislation.
29 November 2021 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Codes of Welsh law programme and proposals for the accessibility of Welsh law: Evidence session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
No, sorry. Can I stop you there? There is no scrutiny in the LCM process.
29 November 2021 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Codes of Welsh law programme and proposals for the accessibility of Welsh law: Evidence session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
I don't disagree with your analysis, Counsel General, on any of that. And the examples you've given to us I think are very reasonable and fair examples. The actions of the United Kingdom Government of placing I think it was 18 pages of law into the policing…
29 November 2021 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Codes of Welsh law programme and proposals for the accessibility of Welsh law: Evidence session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Yes. I don't know where to go after that. [Laughter.] In terms of where we are, you've spoken, both as Counsel General and prior to your appointment, about the importance of accessibility to law and you've always described it as a fundamental issue of social…
24 November 2021 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Regulation of animal rescue and rehoming centres
I wanted to say a short word in this debate this afternoon. If I look back over the years that I've served in this place, concerns about some animal shelters and rescue establishments are one thing that I saw in Mid and West Wales, and I see today in Blaenau…
24 November 2021 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Papers to note
Can I say, the last few weeks, the last month or so, in fact, have been amongst the most disappointing, and I think, frankly, disgraceful actions I've seen from any Government at any time? Trying to fix the appointment of an independent regulator for a friend…
24 November 2021 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Papers to note
I've got 4.9 here, a letter from the Scottish and Welsh Governments to the Secretary of State on Ofcom—[Interruption.]—
24 November 2021 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Papers to note
Yes, but I think we need to go further than simply asking for money, because I think that's the easiest thing in the world to do. It would be more surprising if witnesses didn't come here and say, 'We could do with some more money.' So, I think we've got to…
24 November 2021 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Papers to note
Can I say a word on that? Many of the issues raised in that correspondence have been raised with us by witnesses this morning, and there does seem to be a quite significant crossover of issues, particularly in terms of recovery from COVID and dealing with…
24 November 2021 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
One day inquiry on arts and creative industries
We'd be grateful. Thank you.
24 November 2021 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
One day inquiry on arts and creative industries
Sara, would it be possible for you to furnish the committee with that research from 2019, but also any updates you have on that—any commentaries that you could lay alongside those predictions?
24 November 2021 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
One day inquiry on arts and creative industries
Yes, just very quickly. Our first panel this morning had nothing good to say about Brexit, and I was just wondering if you were going to confirm that, or whether you had any light to shine on this darkness.
24 November 2021 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
One day inquiry on arts and creative industries
Do you want to start, Dyfrig?
