Current category: Europe
06/07/2018
Urgent clarity needed on post-Brexit regional funding
With a further round of negotiations and discussions in Westminster and Wales on the priorities for Brexit this week, the…
02/05/2018
UK common frameworks on agriculture and environment.pdf – May-2018
Welsh Local Government Association response to the National Assembly for Wales Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee's inquiry into common UK frameworks required in the absence of EU law when we leave the EU. Consultation on UK common frameworks on agriculture and environment.
02/05/2018
Health and Harmony – The Future for Food, Farming and the Environment in a Green Brexit.pdf – May-2018
Welsh Local Government Association response to the UK Government Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs' consultation on Health and Harmony - The Future for Food, Farming and the Environment in a Green Brexit.
20/02/2018
‘Change is the only certainty’ in post-Brexit rural communities
Rural counties in Wales will need enhanced support to prepare for the big changes brought by Brexit, council leaders have…
02/02/2018
Inquiry into Wales’ future relationship with the European Union.pdf – Feb-2018
Welsh Local Government Association response to the National Assembly for Wales, External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee's inqury - Wales’ future relationship with the European Union.
02/11/2017
Inquiry into resilience and preparedness – Welsh Government’s administrative and financial response to Brexit and its support for public services.pdf – Nov-2017
Welsh Local Government Association response to the National Assembly for Wales, External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee's inqury - Resilience and preparedness: the Welsh Government’s administrative and financial response to Brexit.
02/05/2017
NAfW Great Repeal Bill Consultation.docx – May-2017
The WLGA submitted a response to the National Assembly for Wales’ consultation on the Great Repeal Bill and its implications for Wales, which contributed to the final report. The WLGA’s main line is that certain key principles must guide the process of repatriating laws back to the UK. These principles are listed in our response. We felt it was important to submit a response to this initial consultation to put an early marker down, and ensure that local government is fully involved in the legislative planning for Brexit (as the sphere of government that currently implements the majority of EU legislation).
02/11/2016
Implications of ‘Brexit’ for Wales.pdf – Nov-2016
Welsh Local Government Association response to the consultation on the implications for Wales of Britain exiting the European Union, undertaken by the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee at the National Assembly for Wales.