, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.7—previously considered
Can we group items 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3 together? The committee considered these three revised codes of practice in a meeting on 19 January and laid its reports the same day. Members are invited to note the Welsh Government responses to the reports, which have…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3—previously considered
Thanks, Jen. Do Members have anything they wish to ask? No. Are we happy to note the Welsh Government response? People are nodding, so I take that to be a 'yes'.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3—previously considered
Thanks, Jen. Do any Members wish to raise anything? No. Are we happy to note the Government's response? I take that to be a 'yes'. Made negative resolution instruments: the Procurement Act 2023 (Threshold Amounts) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2025. The…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3—previously considered
Item 5 is instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.22 or 21.3, previously considered. The Tax Collection and Management (Visitor Levy Costs) (Wales) Regulations 2026. The committee considered this instrument at its…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.7
Thanks, Jen. On to Members, is there anything they wish to raise? No. Are we happy to agree the reporting point? Yes.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.7
Thanks, Jen. Do Members have anything to raise? No. Are we happy to agree the reporting point? Okay. The Building Act 1984 (Commencement No. 1) (Wales) Order 2025. This Order is the first commencement Order made under the Building Act 1984 in relation to…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.7
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.7. The Building Safety Act 2022 (Commencement No. 6) (Wales) Regulations 2025. These regulations are the sixth commencement regulations made under the Building Safety Act 2022…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Thank you, Jen. Members, do you have anything to raise? No. Are we happy to agree the reporting points? Yes. I see people nodding.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Thanks, Jen. Do Members wish to raise anything? No. Are we happy to agree the reporting points? Yes. The Recognition of Professional Qualifications and Implementation of International Recognition Agreements (Regulation and Inspection of Social Care)…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Members, are we happy to agree the reporting points? Is there anything anybody would like to add? No. The Annual Returns (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2026. These regulations amend the Regulated Services (Annual Returns) (Wales) Regulations…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Thanks, Jen. Do Members have anything they wish to raise? No. Are we happy to agree the reporting points? Yes. Great. Thank you very much. On to instruments subject to the Senedd approval procedure, or what was previously known as the draft affirmative…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Thanks, Jen. Do Members have anything they wish to raise? No. Are we happy to agree the reporting points? Yes. The Regulated Services (Registration) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2026: these regulations amend the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Thank you, Jen. Members, do you have anything to add? No. Are we happy to agree the reporting points? I'll take that to be 'yes'. Item 3.3, the Building etc. (Amendment) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2025. These regulations amend the Building Regulations 2010…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Do Members have anything to raise? No. We'll thank Jen, then, and we will send these on. The Building (Higher-Risk Buildings Procedures) (Wales) Regulations 2025, draft report: these regulations are made under powers conferred by the Building Act 1984, as…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3. The Healthy Eating in Schools (Nutritional Standards and Requirements) (Maintained Primary Schools) (Wales) Regulations 2025: these regulations apply to local…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise no reporting issues under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
That takes us on to item 2, instruments that raise no reporting issues under Standing Order 21.2. The Non-Domestic Rating (Demand Notices) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2026. Billing authorities are required to serve demand notices on ratepayers for…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Introduction, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Introduction, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest: apologies have been received today from Mark Isherwood. There is no substitute. The meeting is being broadcast live on Senedd.tv and the Record of Proceedings will be published as usual…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Introduction, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Welcome to this meeting of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Motion to elect a temporary Chair under Standing Order 17.22 for the meeting on Wednesday 4 February 2026
Yes.
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning
I talk to a lot of constituents who are very supportive of Cardiff Airport. For most of us, it's our airport of choice, and I was very pleased to receive a brochure indicating the increase in number of summer destinations. It was very successful when run by…
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Final Budget 2026-27: Evidence session
Or by you?
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Final Budget 2026-27: Evidence session
Yes. You say this is a small amount of money, and whilst I support it coming, it's not going to make a huge difference. The one that would make a huge difference is dividend income. Is there any talk about devolving dividend income?
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Final Budget 2026-27: Evidence session
Okay. Thank you very much. I'm sure we're going to return to that in the next Senedd.
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Final Budget 2026-27: Evidence session
Yes, I think it's the rent I was talking about, specifically that driven by the pubcos—that you give the non-domestic rate relief, and the pubcos say, 'Oh, look, let's charge higher rent.' Is anybody reviewing that?
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Final Budget 2026-27: Evidence session
Thank you very much, and, on Welsh language informal use, you may remember that I've consistently asked about Twrw Tawe, which is a Welsh-language use club, which meets in Morriston, and how that allows Welsh speakers to use the language socially, so that's…