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General Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
It wasn't your summer holiday, then.
, Legislation Committee
General Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
The follow-on from that is: what conversations can we have as a committee and as a Senedd to make sure that we're keeping pace with whatever the Government is doing so that at least we can understand what's going on so that we can ask about and scrutinise the…
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General Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
Peter, if I may—. On that point, are you looking at other parliaments across the world and other governments that are looking at and maybe leading more in this field—I'm thinking of places like Singapore and certain other parts of the world where they seem to…
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General Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
Great. I'll bring in Peter.
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General Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
Huw.
, Legislation Committee
General Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
Adrian, did you want to come in?
, Legislation Committee
General Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
I'll bring Huw in.
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General Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
Yes. Yes, certainly. I'll bring Huw in afterwards.
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General Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
Thank you. Adrian, was it on this point, as I was about to bring in—? On this point.
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General Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
Kiera, did you want to—?
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General Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
So is there a capacity issue on the other side as well as drafting?
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General Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
Just on that point, it's 17 now. I know there are new Members around this table, so can you give us a sense of where it used to be and if there are any plans to change that?
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General Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
Thank you very much. therefore, we'll move on. We have questions to ask you this morning. We are going to pursue some specific areas during this discussion for about an hour and a half this morning. We're going to start with the legislative programme, looking…
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General Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
So, item 3 this morning is the general scrutiny session with the Counsel General and the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution. It's good to see you here. It's good to see that you found your way to this meeting room. It is nice…
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
So, just for you to bear in mind that this meeting is being broadcast live on Senedd.tv and the Record of Proceedings will be published as usual. Could I ask you all to turn your mobile devices to silent mode, please, and also for you to bear in mind that…
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Peter, I think you're by there.
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Thank you very much, everyone. A warm welcome to this meeting of the Legislation Committee. It's good to be here with you this morning, and thank you, Clerk, for doing that piece of work at the start. A warm welcome to our Members.
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Finance
Minister, as I mentioned to the First Minister yesterday, the devastating fire in Pantside clearly demonstrated how the risk of wildfires has changed. Homes there were destroyed and, frankly, we were very fortunate that no lives were lost. The firefighters…
, Plenary
Statement by the First Minister: Weather, wildfires, drought and resilience
The danger posed by mountain fires was brought home starkly by the devastating blaze at the Pantside estate in Newbridge, where homes were destroyed. This summer showed that these fires are becoming more ferocious, more complex and more dangerous as our…
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Statement by the First Minister: Weather, wildfires, drought and resilience
Thank you very much for this afternoon's statement, and thank you to everyone who tackled the fires over the summer.
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Papers to note
Yes, it's a framework.
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Papers to note
Just to say it's good to have these laid out. And as Josh was explaining earlier, maybe less vague—or the more vague line that we had in the responses in the past, I think this will help. But, as you say, there is more that we can look into on this, but it's…
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3—previously considered
Could I suggest, then, maybe rather than writing, maybe if officials could speak to the clerks of that committee, and as part of that briefing paper that they would produce for those Members, that it might be raised through that, just so that it's covered…
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3—previously considered
Following on from what Peter was saying, obviously, there may be more power to Peter's elbow in that committee. Would you suggest that maybe the Chair writes to the Chair of the committee to say, 'This is something that we're particularly interested in. If…
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Okay. I'd be interested in hearing what the Welsh Government have to say about it.
