12 January 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Thank you for that detailed supplementary question. The Human Rights Act review, with a view to creating a new bill of rights, is something that has to be taken very, very seriously indeed. In fact, the Member will be aware that a joint statement has been…
12 January 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Thank you for your question. Last month, the UK Government launched a consultation on the Human Rights Act 1998. I have concerns about these proposals. My officials and I will be carefully scrutinising the detail to determine the impact on Welsh law and to…
12 January 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Well, I thank Joel for that question, and, yes, the point you raise in respect of the role of local authorities is right, and also in terms of the obligations of private landowners who have coal tips on their property, or even sometimes part of coal tips, as…
12 January 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Okay. Thank you for a variety of important points in respect of coal tips, and I think your constituency—your region—and the constituency I represent obviously have a large number of coal tips. I suppose the starting point, of course, is that when the 1994…
12 January 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
I thank the Member for her question. Safeguarding our communities remains the Welsh Government’s top priority and we will continue to discharge our devolved responsibilities to do so. We have commissioned the Law Commission to review the legislation, and we…
12 January 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
I thank the Member for that supplementary question. You raise a number of interesting points. The first one—. Of course, the latter point you raise is: have I as a Minister actually considered doing that? Well, of course, the Member will be aware that…
12 January 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Thank you for the supplementary question. You raise a very important point that is an ongoing one. Of course, we do have a digital strategy for Wales, which is a programme for government commitment that makes clear that for people who cannot, or decide not…
12 January 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Thank you for the question. The Welsh Government assesses UK Government initiatives as they arise to ensure that access to justice considerations have been fully considered. Digital technology has the potential to expand access to justice, but the system has…
12 January 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Thank you for the question, and, of course, the Member wrote about this in an article in Nation.Cymru, which I read and I agreed with. I agree with him in, firstly, welcoming the work of the Law Commission in the detailed report that we have, which is under…
12 January 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Thank you very much for that question, Rhys. In my written statement welcoming the publication of the report, I made it clear that the Government strongly endorses the fundamental principle of the recommendations made. We will set out more detail on our plans…
12 January 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
It is a very important point in respect of the operation of parliaments across the UK, not just in respect of secondary legislation but, of course, the increased use of framework legislation, which ultimately leads to the same powers going to executives and…
12 January 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Well, thank you. You do raise a very important point, and it's a point that I consider across the board in respect of the overall impact of UK legislation legislative consents, and the impact on the devolution settlement. And there are many contradictions and…
12 January 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Can I firstly thank you for those further comments? Just to say, in respect of the remuneration, again, I'm sorry if you haven't had the letter, but, certainly, I know I had a written request from one of your Members, Mr Joel James, who asked for that…
12 January 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Well can I say firstly, if you haven't had the letter from me, then apologies for that. Of course, you have the information from the budget, and, of course, I think in previous answers I did refer to the forthcoming budget. In terms of the cost of operating a…
12 January 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Thank you for the question. The constitution commission has a budget designed to enable it to carry out its important work of engagement with the people of Wales.
12 January 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
I thank the Member for that supplementary question. Perhaps I could start by saying that the Cardiff to Anglesey service is a public service obligation. It is fully subsidised by the Welsh Government, which it has been able to do under retained EU…
12 January 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
I thank the Member for the question. The service is currently suspended due to the impact of the pandemic, which continues to impact heavily on the global aviation industry. Against this backdrop and at the appropriate time, full and proper consideration will…
12 January 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Firstly, can I thank you for that very important supplementary question? Just to say in starting that I, of course, met with Sir Christopher Bellamy and many of the points that you're raising are points that I have raised. And I'm also very grateful to the…
12 January 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Thank you for the question. Sir Christopher Bellamy makes many essential recommendations about the criminal justice system and criminal legal aid. The extent to which the UK Government accept his recommendations is going to be a good test of the extent to…
29 November 2021 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Codes of Welsh law programme and proposals for the accessibility of Welsh law: Evidence session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
As indeed I do, Chair.
29 November 2021 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Codes of Welsh law programme and proposals for the accessibility of Welsh law: Evidence session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Of course.
29 November 2021 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Codes of Welsh law programme and proposals for the accessibility of Welsh law: Evidence session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
I'll bring Dylan in when we come to the software issue. I'm afraid I am part of the slide-rule generation, so software's not one of my specialities, other than that we can see its growing importance, both in terms of digitisation within the legal profession…
29 November 2021 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Codes of Welsh law programme and proposals for the accessibility of Welsh law: Evidence session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
I will write to you on that. Just to say on that, of course, I think it is important that the Senedd and the committee actually understand the scale of the legislative demands that there are, not just from Brexit, the pandemic, and so on, but in terms of the…
29 November 2021 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Codes of Welsh law programme and proposals for the accessibility of Welsh law: Evidence session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
I can probably do another 10 minutes.
29 November 2021 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Codes of Welsh law programme and proposals for the accessibility of Welsh law: Evidence session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
One thing I can tell you, Alun, is that, as we go into the new year, we’re looking very closely at the legislative programme—the legislation is going to come forward in years 2, 3 and possibly looking at year 4—and implementation features equally within that…
