13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Y Bil Cyllid Llywodraeth Leol (Cymru): Tystiolaeth gan y Gweinidog Cyllid a Llywodraeth Leol
Yes, okay. Minister, it's a pretty complicated scene, really, I think, isn't it, in terms of the way that the law around council tax has grown incrementally, really, over some 30 years now. One possibility, I guess, would have been a consolidation Bill that…
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Y Bil Cyllid Llywodraeth Leol (Cymru): Tystiolaeth gan y Gweinidog Cyllid a Llywodraeth Leol
If you could share that, Minister, it would be useful. We always welcome any information that's going to aid us in our deliberations. In terms of accountability, could you expand on your statement that this Bill, if it goes ahead as planned, would result in a…
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Y Bil Cyllid Llywodraeth Leol (Cymru): Tystiolaeth gan y Gweinidog Cyllid a Llywodraeth Leol
Yes, Carolyn, please.
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Y Bil Cyllid Llywodraeth Leol (Cymru): Tystiolaeth gan y Gweinidog Cyllid a Llywodraeth Leol
Okay.
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Y Bil Cyllid Llywodraeth Leol (Cymru): Tystiolaeth gan y Gweinidog Cyllid a Llywodraeth Leol
Yes, okay. Nonetheless, the explanatory memorandum states 'There is a future choice in respect of whether to continue to raise local revenues based on property or on other measures of wealth and ability to pay.' It goes on to talk about some of the risks and…
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Y Bil Cyllid Llywodraeth Leol (Cymru): Tystiolaeth gan y Gweinidog Cyllid a Llywodraeth Leol
Yes, although in the—[Interruption.]—explanatory memorandum—. Sorry, Debra—go on.
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Y Bil Cyllid Llywodraeth Leol (Cymru): Tystiolaeth gan y Gweinidog Cyllid a Llywodraeth Leol
Minister, one possibility, of course, is a local tax system based on income. Has that been ruled out?
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Y Bil Cyllid Llywodraeth Leol (Cymru): Tystiolaeth gan y Gweinidog Cyllid a Llywodraeth Leol
In terms of that, obviously, this Bill is about operating better, as Welsh Government would say, within the current context of the established non-domestic rates and council tax systems, and, as you say, there is other work going on, Minister, but…
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Y Bil Cyllid Llywodraeth Leol (Cymru): Tystiolaeth gan y Gweinidog Cyllid a Llywodraeth Leol
Thank you very much, all of you. And, yes, don't worry at all, Debra. Many of us are suffering slightly with pre-Christmas ailments that tend to be going around and we're well used to dealing with hearing and amplification issues on the committee, so thank…
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Y Bil Cyllid Llywodraeth Leol (Cymru): Tystiolaeth gan y Gweinidog Cyllid a Llywodraeth Leol
Item 2 on our agenda today is an evidence session with the Minister for Finance and Local Government regarding the Local Government Finance (Wales) Bill. Croeso. Welcome, Minister, to committee this morning, and welcome to your officials as well. Would you…
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Cyflwyniad, ymddiheuriadau, dirprwyon a datgan buddiannau
Welcome, everyone, to this meeting of the Local Government and Housing Committee. We've received apologies today from Luke Fletcher MS, and Mabon ap Gwynfor MS is substituting for his colleague. Welcome back to the committee, Mabon. The meeting is being held…
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Dadl ar Gynnig Deddfwriaethol gan Aelod: Bil ar reoleiddio casglwyr dyledion
A gaf fi ddechrau drwy longyfarch Jack am gyflwyno'r cynnig deddfwriaethol gan Aelod heddiw, a thalu teyrnged i Cyngor ar Bopeth hefyd, am y gwaith da iawn y maent yn ei wneud gyda chymaint o bobl sy'n dibynnu ar eu gwasanaethau, yn enwedig yn ystod y cyfnod…
8 Rhagfyr 2023 , Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Sesiwn i graffu ar waith y Gweinidog - y cytundeb cydweithio
Okay. Just very quickly, if I might, Chair: at this stage, then, is there anything you could say about timing and resource for implementing the findings of this study?
8 Rhagfyr 2023 , Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Sesiwn i graffu ar waith y Gweinidog - y cytundeb cydweithio
Yes, on public transport, in terms of the west Wales corridor innovation study, carried out by Transport for Wales, is that going to be published shortly, and do you agree with the findings?
8 Rhagfyr 2023 , Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Sesiwn i graffu ar waith y Gweinidog - y cytundeb cydweithio
I hear what you say about the uplift, First Minister, which, obviously, was very welcome. Cymorth Cymru and Community Housing Cymru conducted a survey that found that 75 per cent of housing support providers are running at a deficit, and 77 per cent are…
8 Rhagfyr 2023 , Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Sesiwn i graffu ar waith y Gweinidog - y cytundeb cydweithio
Diolch yn fawr, Cadeirydd. I wonder if we could move on to the commitment to end homelessness, that it should be brief, rare and unrepeated. It's that time of year now, I think, when the weather is bad, that it's even more concerning to see people sleeping…
8 Rhagfyr 2023 , Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Cadw'n gynnes a chael bwyta y gaeaf hwn
Okay. Thank you, again, for that. Just finally from me, Chair, if we move on to the discretionary advice fund, we saw record demand last winter, and I think we probably all expect to see even greater demand this time around. So, what can you say in terms of…
8 Rhagfyr 2023 , Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Cadw'n gynnes a chael bwyta y gaeaf hwn
If we move on to advice and the funding of advice, I heard what you said earlier on that matter, but, nonetheless, I wonder what Welsh Government's counter-analysis is in terms of the single advice fund and the sufficiency of funding available, given the…
8 Rhagfyr 2023 , Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Cadw'n gynnes a chael bwyta y gaeaf hwn
Ocê. Diolch yn fawr, Prif Weinidog.
8 Rhagfyr 2023 , Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Cadw'n gynnes a chael bwyta y gaeaf hwn
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation, First Minister, and, indeed, the Bevan Foundation here in Wales have done some useful work, I think, in terms of providing a little bit more clarity on the basics of addressing need and helping vulnerable families and people in…
8 Rhagfyr 2023 , Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Cadw'n gynnes a chael bwyta y gaeaf hwn
Diolch yn fawr, Cadeirydd. First Minister, if we could go back to what you were saying earlier about Welsh Government spend and the extent to which it reaches those most in need. Obviously, we're in the context of 13 years of austerity and the effects of…
8 Rhagfyr 2023 , Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Cadw'n gynnes a chael bwyta y gaeaf hwn
I hope so, Chair. I'm just looking at what the expert group said, Prif Weinidog, about maximising the benefit from expenditure, because there's so little resource around, as we know. In Newport, there was an event the other week where a supermarket was…
7 Rhagfyr 2023 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Cynnig o dan Reol Sefydlog 17.42(ix) i benderfynu gwahardd y cyhoedd ar gyfer gweddill y cyfarfod
Item 5 is a motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting. Again, is committee content to do so? I see that you are. We will move into private session.
7 Rhagfyr 2023 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Papurau i’w nodi
Okay. The next item on our agenda today, then, is item 4, which is papers to note. Paper 1 is a response from the Minister for Finance and Local Government to our report on diversity in local government. And we do note that our recommendations have been…
7 Rhagfyr 2023 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Bil Etholiadau a Chyrff Etholedig (Cymru): Tystiolaeth gan y Cwnsler Cyffredinol a Gweinidog y Cyfansoddiad
Thank you for coming in.
