Relations with the UK Government

Andrew RT DaviesConservative

15 January 2025, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Papers to note

That is a very good question. On 2.8, the legislative consent—

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Julie JamesLabour

13 January 2025, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee

Evidence session with the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery on the Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Bill

…have already met with The National Archives, who advised everything was in hand, and officials in the Wales Office and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport were preparing advice for Ministers ahead of the Christmas recess. We're not aware that any issues were identified or anticipated. So…

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Jayne BryantLabour

8 January 2025, Plenary

Short Debate: The case for leaseholder reform in Wales

…be subject to the consent of the Senedd. My predecessor outlined several benefits of this approach in legislative consent memorandums laid during the passage of the 2024 Act. The arguments for working jointly on leasehold reform remain strong. The law underpinning leasehold is complex and…

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Carolyn ThomasLabour

8 January 2025, Plenary

Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal: A Bill on pet abduction

…resources would have been okay, because this would have all been taken forward together, maybe, as a legislative consent motion. But the fact remains that something needs to be done. A neighbour's dog went out of the door when she was just getting the shopping in. She left the door ajar. She looked…

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Ken SkatesLabour

8 January 2025, Plenary

Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales

…Railways. But I spoke with the rail Minister and the Secretary of State for Transport and indeed the Secretary of State for Wales just before Christmas, where we went through some of those, if you like, oven-ready projects. The first and most obvious one that could be delivered in a comparatively…

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Ken SkatesLabour

8 January 2025, Plenary

Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales

…projects. This is something that I’ve already discussed with the new UK Ministers in transport and the Wales Office, and it’s something that we’re keen to work with other organisations and businesses on, to make sure that we can deliver infrastructure projects quicker and to budget. Now, there are…

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Ken SkatesLabour

7 January 2025, Plenary

Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales: Port of Holyhead

…staff across the west coast of Great Britain? I should also say that I met with both Jo Stevens, the Secretary of State for Wales, and with Heidi Alexander, the Secretary of State for Transport, to discuss this matter in the first few days that the issue became a crisis. And I have to say that the…

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Rhun ap IorwerthPlaid

7 January 2025, Plenary

Questions to the First Minister

…of our National Assembly. We remember that today and her commitment too as a Minister here and in the Wales Office. And Peter Rogers was one of those unique characters and political figures. He was a plain speaker if ever there was one, and we disagreed on almost everything politically, but I came…

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Mike HedgesLabour

6 January 2025, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee

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…which sought further clarity on comments made by the Cabinet Secretary in the Plenary debate on the legislative consent motion for the Bill. During the debate, the Cabinet Secretary stated that a written statement was issued instead of a supplementary legislative consent memorandum in respect of a…

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Mike HedgesLabour

11 November 2024, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee

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…As the Bill makes provision in relation to Welsh devolved matters, the Minister states that a legislative consent memorandum will be laid in due course. Are Members content to note this written statement? Yes. Item 5.3, correspondence from the Finance Committee to the Counsel General and Minister…

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Kevin Thomas

7 November 2024, Finance Committee

Audit Wales - Scrutiny of the Estimate 2025-26 and Interim Report: Evidence session

As you say, the final part of our estate strategy is a move of our west Wales office next spring. We anticipate annual savings of about £10,000 a year from that new arrangement, so moving down from £85,000 to about £75,000 per annum. As part of that move, we've also included £60,000-worth of capital…

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Mike HedgesLabour

7 November 2024, Finance Committee

Audit Wales - Scrutiny of the Estimate 2025-26 and Interim Report: Evidence session

…phase of the office move programme is due to be completed next year with the relocation of your west Wales office. Can you share information on the new lease costs, as well as any other costs, and details of projected savings?

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Kevin Thomas

7 November 2024, Finance Committee

Audit Wales - Scrutiny of the Estimate 2025-26 and Interim Report: Evidence session

…for 2025-26, that has reduced slightly because of the anticipated savings from the move in our west Wales office next year. But, as you say, our cash requirement has increased, because of the end of that rent-free period. We did provide the committee with some correspondence following last year's…

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