WRITTEN STATEMENTS OF OPINION TABLED ON 14/11/2008
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OPIN-2008- 0091 - Role of the Welsh Affairs Committee in scrutinising LCOs
Raised By:
Mike German
Subscribers:
Eleanor Burnham 17/11/2008
Jenny Randerson 17/11/2008
Peter Black 18/11/2008
Mick Bates 18/11/2008
Kirsty Williams 20/11/2008
Role of the Welsh Affairs Committee in scrutinising LCOs
The National Assembly for Wales:
Notes that the role of the Welsh Affairs Committee in scrutinising LCOs is to ensure that the powers requested do not:
fall foul of the Government of Wales Act 2006 or any other UK or European law;
extend beyond the borders of Wales;
threaten the constitutional make-up of the UK or the legal jurisdiction of England and Wales.
Believes that the Committee should only consider policy objectives as a way of establishing the above.
Deplores that the Committee’s recommendations on the Affordable Housing LCO have been made based on policy objectives.