Victims and Prisoners Bill - Report (2nd Day) – in the House of Lords am 5:56 pm ar 23 Ebrill 2024.
Lord Bellamy:
Moved by Lord Bellamy
74: Clause 15, page 12, line 31, leave out “children or” and insert “under the age of 18 or who”Member’s explanatory statementThis Amendment replaces a reference to “children” with a reference to under-18s.
75: Clause 15, page 12, line 39, at end insert—“(8) The Secretary of State must consult the Welsh Ministers before issuing guidance under this section, so far as the guidance relates to a matter provision about which would be within the legislative competence of Senedd Cymru if it were contained in an Act of the Senedd (ignoring any requirement for the consent of a Minister of the Crown imposed under Schedule 7B to the Government of Wales Act 2006).”Member’s explanatory statementThis amendment requires the Secretary of State to consult the Welsh Ministers about guidance to be issued under Clause 15, so far as it relates to a matter provision about which would be in the legislative competence of Senedd Cymru.
Amendments 74 and 75 agreed.
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