Huw Irranca-Davies: As the responsible committee for considering consolidation Bills, we were tasked with determining whether the Bill should proceed through the Senedd as a consolidation Bill. Our aim was to satisfy ourselves: that the scope of the consolidation is appropriate; that the relevant enactments have been included within the consolidation exercise; that the consolidation exercise is correct and the...
Huw Irranca-Davies: Our report notes the Welsh Government’s view that the Bill makes relevant provision in relation to Wales as a result of the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020, or UKIMA, as I will now refer to it, and specifically that its requirements mean that the provisions in the Bill will allow the sale and marketing of PBOs—precision-bred organisms—in Wales, which is currently prohibited by...
Huw Irranca-Davies: Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. We laid our report on this LCM immediately after our meeting yesterday afternoon. The Minister will know we had very little time to consider the memorandum, given that it was laid on 8 December 2022, and we were asked to report by 16 January 2023. That period only included 11 days when the Senedd was sitting, but we've managed to turn it round. We do acknowledge what's...
Huw Irranca-Davies: Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Thank you, again. We laid our report on the Welsh Government's memorandum in respect of the Shark Fins Bill this morning and we came to two conclusions within our report. We made two recommendations to the Welsh Government. We agreed with the Minister's assessment that clauses 1, 2 and 3(5) of the Bill require the Senedd's consent. However, we note that the Welsh...
Huw Irranca-Davies: Thank you, once again, Dirprwy Lywydd, and thank you, Minister, also. We considered these regulations on 9 January, and our report has been laid to inform Members in this afternoon’s debate.
Huw Irranca-Davies: These regulations amend, as the Minister was saying, the 2013 regulations to uprate certain figures used to calculate an applicant’s entitlement to a reduction under a council tax reduction scheme. Our report on these regulations contained, as the Minister mentioned, two technical points, and I thank the Minister for providing a timely response. The first technical reporting point...
Huw Irranca-Davies: Llywydd, for those keeping count, our report on memorandum No. 3 was our fortieth report on legislative consent memoranda in this sixth Senedd.
Huw Irranca-Davies: We’re very busy.
Huw Irranca-Davies: So, with your invitation, Dirprwy Lywydd, I will speak in the two other debates on legislative consent motions for two other Bills this afternoon, at risk of boring everybody here within the Siambr, but such is the extent to which the UK Government is proposing and indeed the UK Parliament is passing legislation now on devolved matters. Now, I make this point because conclusions 2 and 3 in...
Huw Irranca-Davies: Thank you very much, Dirprwy Lywydd. We have produced two reports covering the three consent memoranda that have been laid by the Minister on this Bill—the first was completed last October, and the second was laid yesterday afternoon. Neither of our reports contain many conclusions or recommendations, so my comments in this debate will be very brief.
Huw Irranca-Davies: Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Minister, in welcoming the statement today and its very clear focus on social value and social partnership in the economy, can I ask whether Government Ministers will continue to work with those of us—and I draw the attention of the Chamber to my membership of the Co-operative Party and the chairing of the Senedd Co-operative group—those Members who want to see...
Huw Irranca-Davies: I thank Sam for bringing this question forward, because the potential here in the Celtic sea is, of course, for west Wales, and for the whole of the south Wales seaboard as well, in terms of manufacturing, supply chain, and so on. And we have to have that rigorous consenting regime as well, to make sure this works. But, can I ask you, First Minister—? Learning from the past is important...
Huw Irranca-Davies: That's really good to hear. We've got a lot more work to do, I know, but Cefn Cribwr Primary School were in today and I asked them, 'How many of you scoot, walk or cycle to school?' and nine out of 10 hands went up. It's really great to see, and if we could only replicate that across every primary school. But, because of the climate crisis, because of the health and well-being challenges...
Huw Irranca-Davies: Okay, I'd better declare my interest here as the Atlantic salmon champion, but biodiversity in our rivers is intrinsically tied up with issues of pollution, and the causes of pollution in our rivers are myriad, and resolving the problem will require a myriad of co-ordinated approaches, which I'm sure the Minister will want to see taken forward by the Wales better river quality...
Huw Irranca-Davies: 1. What steps is the Minister taking to improve biodiversity in the rivers of Wales? OQ58924
Huw Irranca-Davies: 7. How is the Minister working with the Minister for Climate Change to increase active travel to schools and colleges? OQ58925
Huw Irranca-Davies: Can I just begin by not only welcoming the statement, but genuinely welcoming the leadership that you, Minister, and Welsh Government have shown in this? It was great that you were out there, that you were not just out there, but actively engaged in those discussions, both on an international perspective, but also domestic perspective as well, and showing some of the things like the peatlands...
Huw Irranca-Davies: What assessment has the Welsh Government made of the impact of the rising cost of living on the people of Ogmore?
Huw Irranca-Davies: I genuinely congratulate Peter on getting it to this stage. It doesn’t have a good track record, getting private Members’ backbench business through this place. But genuinely, a lot of work has gone into this. My questions in a minute, really quickly, to rattle off, are: this is described frequently as ‘holistic’, but as Jenny pointed out, and if I had more time I’d point out as...
Huw Irranca-Davies: I think it is working.
