Diolch Dirprwy Lywydd. We considered these very technical regulations, grouped for debate this afternoon, at our meeting on 8 March. My comments this afternoon will focus on the Corporate Joint Committees (Amendment of Schedule 6 to the Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011) Regulations 2021, and the Corporate Joint Committees (Transport Functions) (Wales) Regulations 2021. We've not made any comments regarding the other regulations being considered in this group, and we've laid clear reports in relation to those regulations. Our report on the Corporate Joint Committees (Amendment of Schedule 6 to the Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011) Regulations 2021 contains two technical and one merits reporting point.

Our first technical point noted that the subject heading of the regulations should include 'local government', to indicate the area of law to which the instrument relates. The Welsh Government agrees with our view and, in its response to our report, has indicated that, should the regulations be approved this afternoon, the additional subject heading will be included in the version to be signed by the Minister.

Our second technical point relates to what we considered to be an error in the powers cited in the preamble to the regulations. The Welsh Government disagrees with our assessment on this, and its response to our report sets out the rationale for the cited powers.

Our single merits reporting point highlights what we consider to be an irrelevant reference in the explanatory memorandum that accompanies the regulations. The Welsh Government has agreed with our assessment, and I note that the explanatory memorandum has been updated to replace the erroneous reference.

Moving on to our report on the Corporate Joint Committees (Transport Functions) (Wales) Regulations 2021, our report contains just one merits point, which again relates to the subject heading of the regulations. The subject heading of the regulations currently drafted refers to 'local government, Wales'. However, the main focus of the regulations is the transfer of local transport-related functions to the relevant newly formed corporate joint committees. As such, it is unclear why the subject heading does not include also 'transport'. Again, the Welsh Government agrees with our view and has indicated that, should the regulations be approved this afternoon, the additional subject heading will be included in the version to be signed by the Minister. Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd.