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Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
In accordance with Standing Order 17.42(vi) and (ix), I invite the committee to resolve to exclude the public from the rest of today's meeting. Do Members agree? Thank you.
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Papers to note
So, moving on to papers to note, outgoing correspondence, we are talking about the correspondence that we discussed last week. I'll go through it. A letter to the Cabinet Minister for Finance, the Council Tax (Discounts, Disregards and Exemptions) (Wales)…
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3—previously considered
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3 previously considered. This is a standing agenda item, but there are no instruments to consider under this item today.
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Thank you. Any other comments? Adrian. No. That's fine. Thank you. Are we content to agree the report? Thank you.
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Thank you. Do Members have any comments or observations?
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
That's a fair point, yes. Anything else? No. Thank you. Are we content to agree the report? Thank you. Moving on, the Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2026. You have the draft report and letter from the…
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
I think so.
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Okay, it's noted. Any comments?
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Thank you, Kate. Do Members have any comments or observations? Yes, Sarah.
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Next one, the Scallop (Amendment of Minimum Conservation Reference Sizes) (Wales) Regulations 2026. In your pack, starting at page 3, you have the draft report and the written statement dated 5 October 2026. These regulations amend the assimilated European…
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Instruments that raise no reporting issues under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Moving on to instruments that raise no reporting issues under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3, the first one is the Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Act 2026 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2026. The papers start on pack page No…
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Prynhawn da, bawb. Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to today's meeting of the Legislation Committee. We've received apologies from Peter Fox. Any declarations of interest before we proceed? No. Thank you. The meeting is being broadcast on Senedd.tv and the…
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Welsh Labour Debate: Palliative and end-of-life care
There are some areas of public policy where we can talk comfortably about budgets, targets, frameworks and commissioning arrangements. But end-of-life care is ultimately about something much more fundamental. It's about how we treat another human being when…
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Legislative Consent Motion: The Armed Forces Bill
Diolch, Ddirprwy Lywydd. I'd like to begin by thanking my fellow committee members for their work on the legislative consent memorandum, which was laid before I was elected Chair. The committee has considered 15 memoranda since June 2026. It has been a…
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The Child Minding and Day Care Exceptions (Revocation and Transitional Provision) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026
Diolch, Ddirprwy Lywydd. The Legislation Committee agreed its report on this draft Order on 28 September and noted the Welsh Government's response the following week. Our report includes one technical reporting point made under Standing Order 21.2(v) as a…
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Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
In accordance with Standing Order 17.42(ix), I invite the committee to resolve to exclude the public from the rest of today's meeting. Do Members agree? Thank you.
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Papers to note
Thank you. Are Members content to note the correspondence? Thank you.
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Papers to note
We can make all this clear.
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Papers to note
Thank you.
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Papers to note
It's for both ends. And in relation to your point, Pred, yes, we'll include that in the letter, because this particular scenario puts the Welsh language at a disadvantage. Any other comments? Thank you. Next are the letters on the legislative consent…
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Papers to note
Yes, absolutely. Yes, we need to. Point noted, but we—
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Papers to note
Yes.
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Papers to note
Thank you.
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Papers to note
Thank you.
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Papers to note
You're content to proceed. There's just one point I'd like to make. The letter at item 5.5—. Oh, no. We'll move on, actually, to papers received now. We have a letter from the Cabinet Minister for Rural Resilience and Sustainability about the draft Persistent…
