, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session with the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery on the Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Bill
I'm happy to join that consensus on my side of the table. I can't speak for other members of the committee, but certainly I'd have no objections.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session with the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery on the Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Bill
—that existed in England and that is now—
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session with the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery on the Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Bill
Oh, so this is the deadline—
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session with the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery on the Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Bill
The point you made about the Future Senedd Committee is actually a very good one. It might be useful for us to give that some thought as we approach the end of Stage 1 and go into Stage 2 on this legislation to ensure that those processes are actually matched…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session with the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery on the Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Bill
Thank you, and thank you very much for your time, Minister. It's probably fair to say that the committee hasn't been overwhelmed with responses to its consultation on this piece of legislation, but we always look for quality rather than quantity, don't we? I…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
—is appreciated.
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
I'm grateful to the Minister for her response. I very much agree with the question asked. This is an emergency for people across Wales. The Legislation, Justice and Constitution committee visited Parc prison just before Christmas and we visited the youth…
, Plenary
Statement by the First Minister: Delivering for Wales
I’m grateful to the First Minister for that statement. I very much welcome the priorities that the First Minister has set out this afternoon, and very much welcome the way in which she’s done that. She’s set out her vision for the future. I think we all…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Minister, you will have heard the exchange during questions on the issue of eHarley Street and the provision of primary care in my constituency and elsewhere in the Aneurin Bevan area. We discussed this matter before Christmas as well. It would be useful to…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I'm grateful to you, First Minister, for your earlier answer to our colleague Hefin David. The failure of eHarleyStreet is a disgrace, and my constituents and other people's constituents are finding that they're not only unable to access basic primary care…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Bill: Evidence session on procedural arrangements for subordinate legislation
We could spend the afternoon on this. [Laughter.] I'm grateful to you. Thank you very much. I'm grateful to you, Dr Tucker, as well.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Bill: Evidence session on procedural arrangements for subordinate legislation
And the European Parliament were still on recess. They came back in January and spent three months on the same thing. And during those three months, we all learnt about all the problems that we've become familiar with subsequently, as a consequence of that…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Bill: Evidence session on procedural arrangements for subordinate legislation
But you see, I remember, 20 years ago, being told almost exactly that by an up-and-coming special advisor in Downing Street about Ofcom, and that we needed to be able to legislate at speed to do all these different things, and they needed to take…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Bill: Evidence session on procedural arrangements for subordinate legislation
Just to conclude, we’ve had a conversation about delegated legislation this afternoon, but the reason that we’re having this conversation, of course, is because of the increase in skeleton Bills and framework Bills, which has happened over many years, but…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Bill: Evidence session on procedural arrangements for subordinate legislation
I've got no issue with pragmatism at all. I think we're probably coming from the same point of view in terms of the principle. My issue is that I don't want Ministers to have powers they don't need—or I don't believe they need. I believe power should reside…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Bill: Evidence session on procedural arrangements for subordinate legislation
I think that’s largely right in some cases, to be fair; I think that’s a reasonable criticism to make. But you are right, I would tend not to vote against a whole load of delegated or secondary legislation simply because I’ve got a problem with one part of…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Bill: Evidence session on procedural arrangements for subordinate legislation
So, what are those more elements of the same concern, then?
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Bill: Evidence session on procedural arrangements for subordinate legislation
Okay. I’m interested in that, Dr Fox, and I’m grateful to you as well. Dr Tucker, you outlined in an earlier answer one of your concerns, or you seemed to hint at least that you had other concerns in answer to Adam Price around the amendability of secondary…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Bill: Evidence session on procedural arrangements for subordinate legislation
I was interested, Ruth, in your proposal in answer to Adam about a sifting committee and the rest of it; I think that's a fascinating idea. But the conversations that we've had over many years about the scrutiny of delegated legislation—I don't disagree with…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Bill: Evidence session on procedural arrangements for subordinate legislation
I was actually quite enjoying the conversation that was going on there.
, Plenary
Debate: Remembrance
Thank you to each and every one of you who has served in our armed forces and with others: those people who have lost loved ones, people who are losing people now and people who remember that loss. Together, we must always remember, and as a nation we do…
, Plenary
Debate: Remembrance
I'm grateful to you, Presiding Officer. Can I also declare an interest as a member of the Reserve Forces and Cadets Association for Wales board? I think remembrance is both a personal and a collective experience for us all. I certainly was thinking of my…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Welsh Government response to UK Government budget
—in our services, our people and our communities to ensure that we have the opportunity to continue doing so in the future.
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Welsh Government response to UK Government budget
I very much agree that we should be investing in people and investing in public services. You can't come here—I'll be absolutely clear to the Conservatives—you can't come here every Wednesday afternoon demanding money be spent on anywhere under the sun and…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Welsh Government response to UK Government budget
I think it's really important that we have this debate because the budget is the most political thing that we do in the year, because it's where we say and where we state our priorities—what is important to us, what is important to us as a Parliament and what…
