5. Legislative Consent Motion on the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:22 pm on 8 February 2022.

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Photo of Mick Antoniw Mick Antoniw Labour 4:22, 8 February 2022

I thank the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee for their detailed consideration of what is a very technical piece of legislation and, of course, the reference that he made was with regard to certain changes and amendments that were made that apply to the firefighters' pension provisions, which were the result of legislative action, which I think ended up in the Supreme Court with regard to certain equality issues.

Just to conclude, really: the provisions of the Bill are there about providing flexibility to meet the business needs of the courts and tribunals, and I think they do lead constructively into what I hope will be future legislation in respect of the implementation of the recommendations of the Law Commission with regard to Welsh tribunals. Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd.