Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 3:16 pm on 22 January 2020.
Diolch, Llywydd. We considered the legislative consent memorandum for the Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Bill at our meeting on Monday of this week, and we laid our report yesterday. Given the limited time available to us, it was not possible to look in detail at the LCM and the proposals in the Bill. However, we have made three conclusions. Before speaking about our first conclusion, I want to briefly note the regulation-making power in clause 3. Clause 3, which relates to the retention of EU legislation, has five regulation-making powers, all of which permit the modification of primary legislation and are, therefore, Henry VIII powers. We welcome the fact that clause 3 regulations will be subject to the made or draft affirmative procedure.