National Assembly for Wales

To propose that the Senedd, in accordance with Standing Order 29.6 agrees that provisions in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, namely ‘Police covenant report’, ‘Increase in penalty for assault on emergency worker’, Part 2, Chapter 1 ‘Functions relating to serious violence’ (including ‘Functions relating to serious violence’, ‘Exercise of functions’, ‘Amendments to the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 etc’, and ‘General’), Part 2, Chapter 2 ‘Offensive weapons homicide reviews’, ‘Extraction of information from electronic devices: investigations of crime etc’, ‘Application of section 36 to children and adults without capacity’, ‘Requirements for voluntary provision and agreement’, ‘Code of practice about the extraction of information’, ‘Regulations about the extraction of confidential information’, ‘Authorised persons’, ‘Increase in penalty for offences related to game etc’, and ‘Intentionally or recklessly causing public nuisance’, in so far as they fall within the legislative competence of the Senedd, should be considered by the UK Parliament.

A Legislative Consent Memorandum was laid in Table Office on 28 May 2021 and Supplementary Legislative Consent Memoranda were laid in Table Office on 5 November 2021, 20 December 2021 and 7 January 2022 in accordance with Standing Order 29.2.

A copy of the Bill can be found on the UK Parliament website:

Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill