Yn dilyn y datganiad ysgrifenedig a gyhoeddwyd ar 27 Mai, a wnaiff y Gweinidog egluro a fydd Llywodraeth Cymru yn gosod memorandwm cydsyniad deddfwriaethol, ac yn cyflwyno cynnig cysylltiedig, ar Ddeddf Lles Anifeiliaid (Dedfrydu) 2021 cyn iddi ddod i rym ar 29 Mehefin 2021?
A legislative consent memorandum on the Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Act 2021 was laid on 17 February 2021. However, given that the Act has passed into law while the Senedd was in recess, we do not intend to table a legislative consent motion, especially as the Act comes into force automatically on 29 June.
As I set out in my statement of 27 May, consideration of a legislative consent motion would not be a meaningful substitute for consideration of the Bill prior to Royal Assent, given that if the Senedd were to vote against the Bill, it would not be possible to prevent the Bill coming into force. It also fails to recognise that part of the purpose of the Sewel Convention is to facilitate dialogue between the legislatures of the United Kingdom, and its constituent nations – which was recognised by the Supreme Court in Miller as fundamentally important to the UK’s constitutional settlement.