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2 March 2026Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Introduction, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Apologies have been received today from Mark Isherwood. Are there any declarations of interest? I see there are none. The meeting is being broadcast live on Senedd.tv, and the Record of Proceedings will be published as usual. Please can Members ensure that…
2 March 2026Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Introduction, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Good afternoon, and welcome to this meeting of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee.
26 February 2026Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
SLCM on the Public Office (Accountability) Bill: evidence session with Huw Irranca-Davies MS, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Thank you. I wasn't expecting detailed answers on the questions. I just wanted the questions to be raised so that they will be being thought of and be in the public domain before it eventually becomes law. Thank you, Cadeirydd.
26 February 2026Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
SLCM on the Public Office (Accountability) Bill: evidence session with Huw Irranca-Davies MS, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Thank you for that. That leads me on to my last question. I'm going to give an example in another area. The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, for example, used to produce a book on local government finance for England and Wales. They now…
26 February 2026Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
SLCM on the Public Office (Accountability) Bill: evidence session with Huw Irranca-Davies MS, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Which codes will need to be updated if the Bill is passed?
26 February 2026Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
SLCM on the Public Office (Accountability) Bill: evidence session with Huw Irranca-Davies MS, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Okay. You'll be pleased to know I'm moving off local government now. Have the Welsh Government officials undertaken initial work to identify which codes will need to be updated if the Bill is passed?
26 February 2026Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
SLCM on the Public Office (Accountability) Bill: evidence session with Huw Irranca-Davies MS, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Carrying on again with local government, have the Welsh or UK Government undertaken any assessment of the cost to implement the Bill for devolved public bodies in Wales, including things such as staff training?
26 February 2026Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
SLCM on the Public Office (Accountability) Bill: evidence session with Huw Irranca-Davies MS, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Yes.
26 February 2026Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
SLCM on the Public Office (Accountability) Bill: evidence session with Huw Irranca-Davies MS, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Okay. Continuing with the WLGA, can the Deputy First Minister provide an update on discussions with the WLGA in relation to the duplication of existing Welsh law?
26 February 2026Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
SLCM on the Public Office (Accountability) Bill: evidence session with Huw Irranca-Davies MS, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Well, can I just urge you to produce an advice note on this for councillors? I just gave health, but as to the Welsh Local Government Association, which I'm going to talk about next, all the people who attend the Welsh Local Government Association…
26 February 2026Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
SLCM on the Public Office (Accountability) Bill: evidence session with Huw Irranca-Davies MS, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Diolch, Cadeirydd. I'd like to first of all start talking about local government. You've talked about when councillors are acting as cabinet members and when they're not acting as cabinet members, but isn't there a grey area when they represent a local…
24 February 2026Plenary
Legislative Consent Motion: The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Diolch, Llywydd. The Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee reported on the first two memorandums in October 2025 and laid its second report on memorandum No. 3 at the end of last month. Memorandum No. 4 was laid last week, in recess. We have not…
24 February 2026Plenary
Legislative Consent Motion: The Pension Schemes Bill
Diolch, Llywydd. The Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee report on the legislative consent memorandum for this Bill was laid last November. As stated in the report, the committee agrees with the assessment made by the Welsh Government in that…
24 February 2026Plenary
Legislative Consent Motion: The Victims and Courts Bill
Diolch, Llywydd. The Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee has laid two reports on the Welsh Government's legislative consent memoranda for this Bill. The committee's first report was laid last July. This report considered the first legislative…
24 February 2026Plenary
The Higher Education (Fee Limits) (Wales) Regulations 2026
Diolch, Llywydd. The Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee considered the draft regulations on 9 February and the Welsh Government's response yesterday. The committee's report contains one merits reporting point, which notes that, in the explanatory…
24 February 2026Plenary
The Building Safety Act 2022 (Consequential Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2026
Diolch, Llywydd. The Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee considered the draft regulations on 9 February and the Welsh Government's response yesterday. The committee's report contains four technical reporting points. The first identifies an…
24 February 2026Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
I am requesting an update on the Swansea bay metro proposals. This needs to include when Landore and Cockett railway stations are intended to be reopened. The statement also needs to include an update on real-time bus information at bus stops, some of which…
23 February 2026Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
Can I move a motion under Standing Order 17.42(vi) and (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting? Is that agreed? Yes, thank you.
23 February 2026Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
Yes. But I think, Alun—I've pointed this out continually on this; I'll just finish on this—we did, before the last Senedd, move dissolution later, as in not four or five weeks, but down to two weeks or so in order to allow us to do certain actions. But that's…
23 February 2026Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
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Well, we postpone—. All right, I'll rephrase it. We postpone the dissolution to the last possible day—not the one we've got now—in order to allow us to come back.
23 February 2026Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
Okay, thank you, Adam. Of course, if I remember rightly, we were able, as a Senedd, to come back after we were in an election period to vote on something in a previous Senedd because of the urgency of it. So, I think that—
23 February 2026Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
Adam.
23 February 2026Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
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Yes.
23 February 2026Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
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Mark.
23 February 2026Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
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Alun.