15 Tachwedd 2023 , Finance Committee
Goblygiadau ariannol y Bil Etholiadau a Chyrff Etholedig (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Thank you very much. There are a lot of interdependencies between this Bill and others, in particular the Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill, and that Bill needs to gain Royal Assent for some of the work in this Bill to actually make sense and to come…
15 Tachwedd 2023 , Finance Committee
Goblygiadau ariannol y Bil Etholiadau a Chyrff Etholedig (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth
In the RIA, you've outlined a number of benefits that have not been monetised. Are you able to elaborate on what analysis you took to determine the potential quantifiable benefits within those and how you will monitor the delivery of those benefits to ensure…
15 Tachwedd 2023 , Finance Committee
Goblygiadau ariannol y Bil Etholiadau a Chyrff Etholedig (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Right. So, you talked about the White Paper earlier. That covered some of the areas included in the Bill but not all the areas. Are you satisfied that you have adequately engaged with stakeholders on all aspects of the Bill, in particular in terms of the cost…
15 Tachwedd 2023 , Finance Committee
Goblygiadau ariannol y Bil Etholiadau a Chyrff Etholedig (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Are they going to be significant or are they going to be—? What sort of order of magnitude—?
15 Tachwedd 2023 , Finance Committee
Goblygiadau ariannol y Bil Etholiadau a Chyrff Etholedig (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth
And because this Bill has elements of it that are frameworks, so you're going to be looking at coming back with secondary legislation, how have you allocated for the costs involved in secondary legislation in this process? Can you give us a flavour of what…
15 Tachwedd 2023 , Finance Committee
Goblygiadau ariannol y Bil Etholiadau a Chyrff Etholedig (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Can you clarify what the opportunity costs of the Bill are?
15 Tachwedd 2023 , Finance Committee
Goblygiadau ariannol y Bil Etholiadau a Chyrff Etholedig (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Wonderful, thank you very much. Croeso cynnes to this meeting. We've got an hour or so to go through some questions with you this morning. Obviously, you'll have a transcript of this afterwards to check for accuracy. I'd like to start by exploring the Welsh…
15 Tachwedd 2023 , Finance Committee
Goblygiadau ariannol y Bil Etholiadau a Chyrff Etholedig (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth
We move on to our third item on the agenda this morning, which is the evidence session on the financial implications of the Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill. We welcome the Minister and officials. Would you be able to introduce yourself and your…
15 Tachwedd 2023 , Finance Committee
Goblygiadau ariannol y Bil Etholiadau a Chyrff Etholedig (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Croeso cynnes yn ôl. Dŷn ni wedi cael newid Gweinidog, so mae hynny'n beth da.
15 Tachwedd 2023 , Finance Committee
Diweddariad ar sefyllfa ariannol Llywodraeth Cymru yn ystod y flwyddyn 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Okay. Thank you very much. Diolch yn fawr iawn. Obviously, there's a transcript going to be available for you just to check for accuracy afterwards, but diolch yn fawr iawn. Thank you very much for your time. Diolch. We'll just take a short break.
15 Tachwedd 2023 , Finance Committee
Diweddariad ar sefyllfa ariannol Llywodraeth Cymru yn ystod y flwyddyn 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
No reductions. Sorry, I misheard.
15 Tachwedd 2023 , Finance Committee
Diweddariad ar sefyllfa ariannol Llywodraeth Cymru yn ystod y flwyddyn 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
So, with—. If it's demand led, the demand is going up because we've got more and more legislation coming through, but that has had a cut in people, basically, or not being able to recruit people.
15 Tachwedd 2023 , Finance Committee
Diweddariad ar sefyllfa ariannol Llywodraeth Cymru yn ystod y flwyddyn 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Thank you very much. Well, that brings us to time and we've got the Counsel General coming in now to give us evidence on the financial impacts of the Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill, so that will be interesting. And I suppose the question that we…
15 Tachwedd 2023 , Finance Committee
Diweddariad ar sefyllfa ariannol Llywodraeth Cymru yn ystod y flwyddyn 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Jack, did you have a final question?
15 Tachwedd 2023 , Finance Committee
Diweddariad ar sefyllfa ariannol Llywodraeth Cymru yn ystod y flwyddyn 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
And I suppose it boils down then, from this committee's point of view, or from this Senedd's point of view, to that not seeing the movements within the MEGs until later creates that uncertainty as well—what demand-led services within education, or within…
15 Tachwedd 2023 , Finance Committee
Diweddariad ar sefyllfa ariannol Llywodraeth Cymru yn ystod y flwyddyn 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
With regards to that conversation you've had with local authorities and the pressures, and going on from what Jack was saying, especially around education and other services, especially social care and that sort of element—.
15 Tachwedd 2023 , Finance Committee
Diweddariad ar sefyllfa ariannol Llywodraeth Cymru yn ystod y flwyddyn 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
If you want to take that question, and then maybe the Minister can answer.
15 Tachwedd 2023 , Finance Committee
Diweddariad ar sefyllfa ariannol Llywodraeth Cymru yn ystod y flwyddyn 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
If I may, Jack, on that point, you've talked about protecting the RSG, and, obviously, you're the Minister for local government as well as finance. What conversations have you had with the local authority leaders with regards to everything else that goes…
15 Tachwedd 2023 , Finance Committee
Diweddariad ar sefyllfa ariannol Llywodraeth Cymru yn ystod y flwyddyn 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Thank you. Jack.
15 Tachwedd 2023 , Finance Committee
Diweddariad ar sefyllfa ariannol Llywodraeth Cymru yn ystod y flwyddyn 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
That's the difference. So, effectively 100 per cent, plus the £61 million, so if you're moving £147 million potentially from capital to revenue, 'How does that mechanism work?' I suppose is what we're asking.
15 Tachwedd 2023 , Finance Committee
Diweddariad ar sefyllfa ariannol Llywodraeth Cymru yn ystod y flwyddyn 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
So, you've overprogrammed by £61 million. Does that mean then that you're cutting that to be able to switch parts of that, or are you—
15 Tachwedd 2023 , Finance Committee
Diweddariad ar sefyllfa ariannol Llywodraeth Cymru yn ystod y flwyddyn 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
It was good to get that pinned down. I'll come to Peter.
15 Tachwedd 2023 , Finance Committee
Diweddariad ar sefyllfa ariannol Llywodraeth Cymru yn ystod y flwyddyn 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
But on the conversations you've had with the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, the outgoing one, what's going to be your process now to engage with the incoming one, I suppose, is my question.
15 Tachwedd 2023 , Finance Committee
Diweddariad ar sefyllfa ariannol Llywodraeth Cymru yn ystod y flwyddyn 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
On that, I'm assuming—maybe rightly or wrongly, you can put me right—have you already written to the new Chief Secretary to the Treasury to firm up assumptions that you made based on the discussions that you had with their predecessor?
15 Tachwedd 2023 , Finance Committee
Diweddariad ar sefyllfa ariannol Llywodraeth Cymru yn ystod y flwyddyn 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Okay. Thank you. Mike.
