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.