14. Debate: Legislative Consent Motion on the Coronavirus Bill

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 1:34 pm on 24 March 2020.

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Photo of Vaughan Gething Vaughan Gething Labour 1:34, 24 March 2020

Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer, and thank you to all Members who've contributed in the debate. I'll try to run through as wide a range of the points that were raised in my response, of course. A number of Members repeated points, or built on ones, that were made earlier on.

I want to thank Mick, and in fact all Members who spoke, for giving an indication of their support for the motion before us. Mick in particular asked, as did Alun Davies and Siân Gwenllian and a range of other people, about the reporting requirement that's in the Bill. I think it's now in clause 99 following amendments made yesterday, together with a six-month review that I think is in clause 98 now, and so I'm happy to give an undertaking on the record about the Welsh Government reporting to this Assembly on the use of powers on a regular basis. In practical terms, I think that in reality we'll be making public statements about the use of powers every time we use them, but then to want to gather together in one place a report on what's been done over a period of time. I'm happy to give that undertaking.