Meeting Venue:
Video Conference via Zoom
Meeting date: Monday, 15 March 2021
Meeting time: 09.30 - 10.48
This meeting can
be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/11068
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Names |
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Members of the Senedd: |
Mick Antoniw MS (Chair) Carwyn Jones MS Dai Lloyd MS David Melding MS |
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Committee Staff: |
P Gareth Williams (Clerk) Sarah Sargent (Second Clerk) Gareth Howells (Legal Adviser) |
1 Introduction, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
The Chair confirmed that, in accordance with Standing Order 34.19, he had determined that the public were excluded from the Committee’s meeting in order to protect public health.
There were no apologies or substitutions.
2 Instruments that raise no reporting issues under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
2.1 SL(5)756 - The Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2021
The Committee considered the instrument and was content.
2.2 SL(5)779 - The Official Statistics (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2021
The Committee considered the instrument and was content.
3 Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
3.1 SL(5)770 - The Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) (Amendment) Regulations 2021
The Committee considered the instrument and agreed to report to the Senedd in line with the reporting point identified.
3.2 SL(5)757 - Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (Consequential Amendments and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2021
The Committee considered the instrument and the Welsh Government response and agreed to report to the Senedd in line with the reporting points identified.
3.3 SL(5)758 - The Education Workforce Council (Interim Suspension Orders) (Additional Functions) (Wales) Order 2021
The Committee considered the instrument and agreed to report to the Senedd in line with the reporting point identified.
3.4 SL(5)769 - The Agricultural Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021
The Committee considered the instrument and Government response, and noted that the instrument had been withdrawn and replaced by The Agricultural Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021.
3.5 SL(5)783 - The Land Transaction Tax (Temporary Variation of Rates and Bands for Residential Property Transactions) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2021
The Committee considered the instrument and agreed to report to the Senedd in line with the reporting points identified.
4 Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3 - previously considered
4.1 SL(5)764 - The Corporate Joint Committees (Amendment of Schedule 6 to the Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011) Regulations 2021
The Committee noted the Welsh Government response.
5 Written Statements under Standing Order 30C
5.1 WS-30C(5)217 - The Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Kyoto Protocol Registry) (Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021
The Committee noted the statement and the commentary. In addition, the Committee agreed to seek further clarification from the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd in relation to the statement.
6 Papers to note
6.1 Letter from The Kennel Club: The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (Wales) Regulations 2021
The Committee noted the letter and agreed to draw it to the attention of the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs.
6.2 Letter from the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs: Committee report on the Welsh Government's Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Environment Bill
The Committee noted the letter from the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs.
6.3 Letter from the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs: The Official Controls (Temporary Measure) (Covid-19) (Amendments) Regulations 2021 and The Organics (Amendment) Regulations 2021
The Committee noted the letter from the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs.
7 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
The Committee agreed the motion.
8 Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill - consideration of draft report
The Committee considered its draft report on the Welsh Government’s Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill, and agreed to finalise it outside of Committee.
9 Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Armed Forces Bill - consideration of draft report
The Committee considered its draft report on the Welsh Government’s Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Armed Forces Bill, and agreed to consider a revised version at its next meeting.
10 Legacy work - consideration of draft report
The Committee considered a revised draft of its legacy report and agreed to consider a further amended draft at the next meeting.