, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
Thank you. I don't want to make this sound insignificant in any way, but we're engaging in the usual engagement that we always have when there's a Bill going through Parliament. So, we have a number of policy officials and lawyers who watch UK Bills to make…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
Diolch, Rhys. Whilst we do not know what the final content of the assisted dying Bill will be, it's likely that it will relate to a reserved matter. We are in regular contact with the UK Government to understand and plan for the implications for the people of…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
Thank you very much, Rhys. We do continue to work on the development of a tribunals Bill through which we will address recommendations of both the Commission on Justice in Wales and the Law Commission report on devolved tribunals in Wales. The recommendations…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
Diolch, Rhys. Tribunal reform is very much at the heart of our ambition for the justice system in Wales, and a programme of work to which we remain completely committed. The timing of legislation associated with the programme will be announced in due course.
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
Diolch, Delyth. I, too, am extremely proud of the Act, and for anyone of us who's attended an international function—I was just discussing this with the Deputy First Minister very recently, actually—it's really striking, isn't it, how people come up to you…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
Diolch, Delyth. The Act was specifically designed to strengthen existing governance systems to improve the well-being of Wales. Welsh legislation has drawn from, and supplemented, the Act’s provisions, including, for example, our Social Partnership and Public…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
Diolch, Delyth. That was certainly an issue with the previous Government. In my previous role, I had a very large number of very frustrating discussions with the previous UK Government on this and their inability, really, to see quite how far in advance Wales…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
Diolch, Delyth. The most effective way of implementing extended producer responsibility for packaging is on a UK-wide basis due to the flows of packaging and packaging waste across borders. The scheme will enable consistency across the UK while enabling Wales…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
Thank you very much, Mick. I just want to start by saying that, of course, we're not starting from scratch, and I'm very grateful that we're able to build on the work that you started when you were Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution, as well as…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
Thank you for that question, Mick. Access to justice is fundamental to the rule of law and it is in real peril in many areas. It is of course largely a reserved area. The previous UK Government left office with multiple urgent issues, all of which need to be…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
Thank you, Alun. We absolutely do start from the position that legislation in devolved areas should be made in the Senedd, with accessibility of the law being one of the principles underpinning that. You know from previous conversations that we've had that I…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
Certainly. The Welsh Government lays legislative consent motions in the Senedd in accordance with Standing Order 29, and is guided by the Cabinet principles on UK Bills when deciding whether to recommend consent to UK Bills.
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
I'm aware of those amendments going through. I'm very happy to say, of course, that we'll consult with the Senedd. That's a very different thing from Senedd approval. But of course, any Government Minister who is dealing with the appointment of a commissioner…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
There are several different versions of Crown consent, just to be really clear. We do seek Crown consent where we’re making legislation that impacts on the rights and obligations of the Crown. We’re in communication with them on the other issues, I think…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
Thank you very much for that question, Adam. I’m not aware, I’m afraid, of whether the Welsh Government has had that specific discussion on the Crown Estate. I will make enquiries and come back to you. We are of course still looking to see what aspects of the…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
We're not currently having any discussion that I'm aware of with the Law Commission on this point. We have been discussing as a Cabinet the various issues around conflicting policy areas, and that will continue. I will write to you, Mark, about whether we…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
Thank you, Mark. It's a very important point and a very important report as well. So, I have had a very recent discussion with my colleagues the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice and the Deputy First Minister around the further devolution of youth justice…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
Thank you for the question, Mark—it’s a very important question. I have now met with the Law Society. I actually met with them just very shortly after the last question session. We had a long discussion, a very useful discussion, about level 7…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
Well, I just fundamentally disagree with your characterisation of what’s happened in the UK budget. I don’t think, as the First Minister just said in First Minister’s questions, that it’s helpful at all to do the kind of scaremongering that you’ve just done…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
Yes, as a Cabinet, we welcome the significant investment announced in the UK budget and the additional funding this will bring to Wales. The Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language will provide more detail later today, and we are working through its…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
Yes. That's a very good question, Alun. So, there is a Cabinet office inside the Welsh Government and that Cabinet office works to the First Minister, and my role is to assist that Cabinet office in its functions. It is to make sure that the Cabinet office…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
Thank you, Alun. The First Minister set out the Government’s priorities in her statement on 17 September. It remains the responsibility of the relevant portfolio Cabinet Secretaries to lead the delivery of these priorities. My role provides my Cabinet…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session with the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery on the Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Bill
Pleasure.
, 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 don't know', Chair, is the answer, but I will find out.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session with the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery on the Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Bill
Let's find out.
