20 Rhagfyr 2023 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2024-25: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
If we grow the tax base, then we will have more money, won't we? I'm not sure why we can't have in-year reconciliation, or certainly one-year-later reconciliation. Why do we have to wait three years to get the reconciliation? Have you had this discussion with…
20 Rhagfyr 2023 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2024-25: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
The Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts for devolved Welsh taxes, published alongside the autumn statement, were revised upwards by around £150 million for 2024-25 compared to the March forecast. Do you anticipate any changes to funding due to…
20 Rhagfyr 2023 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2024-25: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
To me, it appears ridiculous—and I don't know whether the Minister agrees—that we don't have the same powers over borrowing and the same powers over use of reserves that exist with Swansea Council.
20 Rhagfyr 2023 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2024-25: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Just finally on that, the National Farmers Union—the Farmers Union of Wales, to get it right; it's the Farmers Union of Wales—have said that basic farm payments should be capped. Why don’t you agree with them?
20 Rhagfyr 2023 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2024-25: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
I want to make one comment. You can always reprofile capital, can't you, and you can always drift it on; just drifting it from March to April moves it into a future year. So, I assume that that's going to be happening. There are areas, and you've mentioned…
14 Rhagfyr 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Penodiadau cyhoeddus: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Llywodraeth Cymru
Yes, but making things available and having people applying are entirely different, and what I'm saying is that, if you show people who have been appointed, I think that people will see, 'Ah, people like me can be appointed', otherwise it's only for other…
14 Rhagfyr 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Penodiadau cyhoeddus: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Llywodraeth Cymru
Moving on to awareness of opportunities, we talked a lot about that earlier. You can only apply if you know the vacancy occurs, and there does seem to be a group of people who are in the know and a huge portion of the population who are not in the know. What…
14 Rhagfyr 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Penodiadau cyhoeddus: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Llywodraeth Cymru
You stated in written evidence that the PBU were working with knowledge and analytical services and the race and disability evidence units in Welsh Government to collect diversity data for boards of regulated public bodies. You said that questionnaires were…
14 Rhagfyr 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Penodiadau cyhoeddus: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Llywodraeth Cymru
Fine. I think perhaps we can agree to differ on that. A couple of more questions I've got: how do the actions set out in the year 1 action plan relate to the work the PBU is carrying out with the knowledge and analytical services and the race and disability…
14 Rhagfyr 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Penodiadau cyhoeddus: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Llywodraeth Cymru
Should every board have a Welsh speaker?
14 Rhagfyr 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Penodiadau cyhoeddus: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Llywodraeth Cymru
Mae pobl fel Adam yn dewis siarad Cymraeg.
14 Rhagfyr 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Penodiadau cyhoeddus: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Llywodraeth Cymru
I'll follow on from Adam.
14 Rhagfyr 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Penodiadau cyhoeddus: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Llywodraeth Cymru
I'm only asking you about data that you've got. You've got people's employment; they fill it in, don't they? And you've got where people live, because they fill in their postcodes. These are things you've got. I'm not asking you to collect data you haven't…
14 Rhagfyr 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Penodiadau cyhoeddus: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Llywodraeth Cymru
Therefore, shouldn't you be collecting employment data? I think you should collect postcode data and look at that, but we've gone through that. But on employment data, you do tend to get a group of people—. If I can go on to something that's nothing to do…
14 Rhagfyr 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Penodiadau cyhoeddus: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Llywodraeth Cymru
Or where people are employed. Again, I would guess that solicitors and other people in legal professions are massively over-represented. But you talk about diversity; if you had four solicitors, and one was LGBT, one was of south Asian origin, one was female…
14 Rhagfyr 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Penodiadau cyhoeddus: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Llywodraeth Cymru
That's why I said the first part of the postcode. Because SA6, where I live, covers about 10,000 to 15,000 people, so you don't have a GDPR problem with it and you actually identify areas, and what you'll find is the areas where you don't get anybody. I would…
14 Rhagfyr 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Penodiadau cyhoeddus: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Llywodraeth Cymru
Can I move on to data on diversity? Do you collect the first part of the postcode of everybody you appoint, and do you actually map that out to see if some areas have many, many more people on boards and some areas have none?
14 Rhagfyr 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Penodiadau cyhoeddus: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Llywodraeth Cymru
Evidence gathered by the committee highlighted that many of the issues identified in the 2020 strategy remain of significant concern. Are you disappointed that these same issues don’t appear to have improved during the three years since the strategy has been…
14 Rhagfyr 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Penodiadau cyhoeddus: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Llywodraeth Cymru
Witnesses have said that they have seen no evaluation or information on progress to deliver the strategy. Can you clarify how progress has been monitored and measured, and why hasn't it been more widely communicated?
14 Rhagfyr 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Penodiadau cyhoeddus: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Llywodraeth Cymru
What is the current status of the action plan? We had an action plan for year 1, but nothing has been published beyond year 1. Can you explain why?
14 Rhagfyr 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Penodiadau cyhoeddus: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Llywodraeth Cymru
Thank you very much. An action plan for year 1 was published that included targets for delivery in 2021-22. Were all those targets met?
14 Rhagfyr 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Penodiadau cyhoeddus: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Llywodraeth Cymru
Diolch, Gadeirydd. I'd like to ask some questions on the diversity and inclusion strategy. In written evidence to the committee in January 2022, the Permanent Secretary told the Committee that the Welsh Government’s diversity and inclusion strategy for public…
14 Rhagfyr 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Cyflwyniad, ymddiheuriadau a dirprwyon
Yes, it is.
14 Rhagfyr 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Cyflwyniad, ymddiheuriadau a dirprwyon
Just for the record, I'd like to declare that I live in Morriston. That's mentioned in one of the reports.
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Dadl ar Gynnig Deddfwriaethol gan Aelod: Bil ar reoleiddio casglwyr dyledion
Rwy'n cefnogi'r Bil a gyflwynwyd gan fy nghyd-Aelod Jack Sargeant. Pam mae pobl yn mynd i ddyled, a beth y gellir ei wneud i'w helpu? Mae rhai'n mynd i ddyled oherwydd cam-drin sylweddau neu gaethiwed gamblo. Yr hyn sydd ei angen ar y bobl hyn yw cymorth a…
