Agenda and minutes

Venue: Committee Room 2 - Senedd. View directions

Contact: Rhys Morgan 

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Transcript: Transcript for 11/03/2019 - External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee - Fifth Senedd

Items
Expected timing No. Item

(13.00-13.30)

1.

Preparing for Brexit - Briefing session with the Wales Audit Office

Mike Usher, Wales Audit Office

Mark Jeffs, Wales Audit Office

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

1.1        The witnesses introduced the Auditor General’s report to Members.

1.2        The witnesses responded to questions from Members.

 

(13.30)

2.

Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

Minutes:

2.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting.

2.2 Apologies were received from Michelle Brown, David Melding and Joyce Watson.

2.3 Suzy Davies attended as substitute for David Melding.

(13.30-14.30)

3.

Preparing for Brexit - scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Brexit Minister

Jeremy Miles AM, Counsel General and Brexit Minister

Piers Bisson, Welsh Government

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

3.1 The witnesses responded to questions from Members.

(14.30-14.35)

4.

Paper to note

4.1

Paper to note 1 - Correspondence from the Counsel General and Brexit Minister to the Chair regarding UK common frameworks - 1 March 2019

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

4.1 The paper was noted.

(14.35)

5.

Motion under Standing Order 17.42(vi) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting

Minutes:

5.1 The motion was agreed.

(14.35-14.50)

6.

Preparing for Brexit - consideration of evidence

Minutes:

6.1 Members considered the evidence received.

(14.50-15.00)

7.

Consideration of response to the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee report on the scrutiny of regulations under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018: progress report

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

7.1 Members considered and agreed the draft response, and agreed that it be sent to the First Minister.

(15.00-15.30)

8.

Scrutiny of international agreements

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

8.1 Members agreed to write to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to seek a clarification of his statement on responsibility for fisheries policy within the UK.