13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Reform Bill Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Aelodau ac Etholiadau): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda’r Gweinidog
Heledd.
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Reform Bill Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Aelodau ac Etholiadau): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda’r Gweinidog
But if the Senedd, in undertaking that review and looking at the annual reports, decided it wanted to take action, it would have to bring forward legislation. There are no regulations in place that will allow it to take this. This Bill does not allow them to…
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Reform Bill Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Aelodau ac Etholiadau): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda’r Gweinidog
But on that last point, this goes back to the question from Sarah Murphy on the pre-appointment hearings that you stated you'd be interested to hear our views on, and other processes already in place. Pre-appointment hearings take place for some positions…
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Reform Bill Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Aelodau ac Etholiadau): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda’r Gweinidog
Okay. And moving on, therefore, and to the democracy and boundary commission, and to Sarah.
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Reform Bill Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Aelodau ac Etholiadau): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda’r Gweinidog
But if you talk about even 50 per cent of that figure you've just quoted, that's a 200,000 increase in the electorate, which would have a major impact. So, is that 10 per cent, actually, trying to avoid excessive changes being required, which you're…
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Reform Bill Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Aelodau ac Etholiadau): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda’r Gweinidog
Can I just ask one further question then on that matter? You've talked about futureproofing, and you've mentioned yourself, now, the Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill that's going through, which will provide automatic registration if it's successful…
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Reform Bill Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Aelodau ac Etholiadau): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda’r Gweinidog
Thank you for that, and welcome back—I think we've met you all in the first session. We go straight into questions, if that's okay. We are in a slightly different order than we would have been normally, but I'll lead off with Darren.
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Reform Bill Committee
Bil Senedd Cymru (Aelodau ac Etholiadau): Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda’r Gweinidog
We move on to item 2, and, before we start, Sarah Murphy, unfortunately, is stuck in traffic on the M4. She is scheduled to arrive, so she'll be a little bit late, but she is on her way. Can we go on to item 2 on the business, which is our evidence session…
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Reform Bill Committee
Cyflwyniadau, ymddiheuriadau, dirprwyon a datgan buddiannau
Good morning. Can I welcome Members and the public to this morning's evidence session for the Reform Bill Committee? Before we go into our business today, can I first of all remind Members that the broadcast is live on Senedd.tv, and that a transcript of the…
8 Rhagfyr 2023 , Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Cynnig o dan Reol Sefydlog 17.42 i benderfynu gwahardd y cyhoedd o weddill y cyfarfod hwn
I now propose under Standing Order 17.42 to exclude the public for the remainder of today's meeting. Are Members content to do so? Therefore, we will now move into private session for the remainder of the meeting.
8 Rhagfyr 2023 , Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Sesiwn i graffu ar waith y Gweinidog - y cytundeb cydweithio
Thank you. We have gone beyond the time, so I'm going to call a halt there. Can I thank you both for your attendance this morning? As you both will understand, you will get a copy of the transcript. If there are any factual inaccuracies, can you please let…
8 Rhagfyr 2023 , Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Sesiwn i graffu ar waith y Gweinidog - y cytundeb cydweithio
A final question from me. It's nothing to do with Senedd reform, but back to financial issues. You've said this morning that everything is ring-fenced within the agreement. Therefore, I'm going to ask a simple question: when you do find underspends in areas…
8 Rhagfyr 2023 , Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Sesiwn i graffu ar waith y Gweinidog - y cytundeb cydweithio
The reason I ask is that clearly, in your response to the committee, you highlighted the fact that—. A supermajority will be required to succeed in any reform, and that is one of the things you put forward in your consultation response to the previous…
8 Rhagfyr 2023 , Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Sesiwn i graffu ar waith y Gweinidog - y cytundeb cydweithio
We've come to the end of the time allocated. I'm going to take the Chair's privilege and ask the two last questions. My colleagues on the Senedd Reform Bill Committee would be disappointed with me if I didn't raise that particular point. As we saw in the…
8 Rhagfyr 2023 , Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Sesiwn i graffu ar waith y Gweinidog - y cytundeb cydweithio
Jack.
8 Rhagfyr 2023 , Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Sesiwn i graffu ar waith y Gweinidog - y cytundeb cydweithio
I need to move on, because time is getting shorter and I've got a couple of areas I do want to cover. John Griffiths on public transport.
8 Rhagfyr 2023 , Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Sesiwn i graffu ar waith y Gweinidog - y cytundeb cydweithio
I'm moving on then to Jenny Rathbone.
8 Rhagfyr 2023 , Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Sesiwn i graffu ar waith y Gweinidog - y cytundeb cydweithio
Llyr Gruffydd.
8 Rhagfyr 2023 , Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Sesiwn i graffu ar waith y Gweinidog - y cytundeb cydweithio
Moving on now, we'll go on to John Griffiths.
8 Rhagfyr 2023 , Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Sesiwn i graffu ar waith y Gweinidog - y cytundeb cydweithio
And I appreciate that Rhun ap Iorwerth, obviously, has been involved in this only for the last six months and not the whole two-year period.
8 Rhagfyr 2023 , Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Sesiwn i graffu ar waith y Gweinidog - y cytundeb cydweithio
Mark.
8 Rhagfyr 2023 , Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Sesiwn i graffu ar waith y Gweinidog - y cytundeb cydweithio
So, what I'm saying is, you didn't look at including it, or look if you could add it into the agreement?
8 Rhagfyr 2023 , Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Sesiwn i graffu ar waith y Gweinidog - y cytundeb cydweithio
Can I, before Mark comes in—? It's back to my first question, in a sense. You've highlighted the fact that meals during the Christmas holidays, for example, was outside of the co-operation agreement, but the question is: would you rethink the co-operation…
8 Rhagfyr 2023 , Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Sesiwn i graffu ar waith y Gweinidog - y cytundeb cydweithio
Mark.
8 Rhagfyr 2023 , Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Sesiwn i graffu ar waith y Gweinidog - y cytundeb cydweithio
Thank you for that. Just to give clarification on the other two, they are the national care service, but we'll come on to that later on, and also the ongoing work to provide sustainable public services.
