14 Rhagfyr 2022 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Lovely, great. Well, croeso cynnes. Thank you very much for making yourselves available today. I'd like to start with looking at the economic context and to clarify some of the overall principles and aims underpinning the budget, and how inflation has changed…
14 Rhagfyr 2022 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Croeso cynnes to the Minister. Nice to see you, hot off the back of your statement yesterday. So, we'll crack on with the first session with yourself. I think you're with us today and then you're with us in January. Could you introduce yourself and your…
14 Rhagfyr 2022 , Finance Committee
Papurau i'w nodi
Lovely, thank you. Great. Okay, we'll move on then.
14 Rhagfyr 2022 , Finance Committee
Papurau i'w nodi
We'll move on to the papers to note. There are a raft of papers to note with quite a few letters going backwards and forwards. I'd just like to pick up on paper to note 10. We've had a letter back from the First Minister about the implications of Bills, the…
14 Rhagfyr 2022 , Finance Committee
Cyflwyniad, ymddiheuriadau, dirprwyon a datgan buddiannau
Bore da. Croeso i'r cyfarfod yma o'r Pwyllgor Cyllid. Dŷn ni'n mynd i fod yn craffu ar y gyllideb, ac mae gennym ni'r Gweinidog hefo ni'r bore yma. Dŷn ni wedi derbyn ymddiheuriad gan Rhianon, felly croeso cynnes i Joyce; mae Joyce Watson yn mynd i ymuno hefo…
13 Rhagfyr 2022 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Datganiad a Chyhoeddiad Busnes
A gawn ni ddatganiad gan y Llywodraeth ar y gwasanaeth tân os gwelwch yn dda, Trefnydd? Fel llawer a welodd adroddiad ITN ar Wasanaeth Tân ac Achub De Cymru neithiwr, roeddwn i wedi dychryn. Ni ddylai fod unrhyw le i gasineb at fenywod o fewn y gweithle, ond…
13 Rhagfyr 2022 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Cwestiynau i'r Prif Weinidog
Diolch, Prif Weinidog. Ddoe, roedd hi'n bedair blynedd ers i chi ddechrau ar eich swydd yn Brif Weinidog. Yn y cyfnod hwnnw, rydym ni wedi gweld gwelliant i sefyllfa rhai o'n cymunedau—. Nid ydym wedi gweld gwelliant—. Dydw i ddim hyd yn oed yn gallu darllen…
13 Rhagfyr 2022 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Cwestiynau i'r Prif Weinidog
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12 Rhagfyr 2022 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i lobïo: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Thank you, Vikki. Diolch, Ben.
12 Rhagfyr 2022 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i lobïo: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
So, if a register was forthcoming, how would be the best way of handling that with your members in particular? Would it be a rolling start, or any thoughts around that?
12 Rhagfyr 2022 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i lobïo: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
No, just: what challenges would a register cause for your members?
12 Rhagfyr 2022 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i lobïo: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Diolch, Ben. Diolch, Vikki.
12 Rhagfyr 2022 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i lobïo: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
And do you think—perhaps finally from me, really—that Wales is, because of the nature of our society, the nature of our Parliament compared to Westminster in particular, that a potentially self-regulated industry in Wales, as the lobbying industry seems to…
12 Rhagfyr 2022 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i lobïo: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
So, do you think that—? You talked there about the different types of lobbying and different types of organisations. So, do different forms of lobbying pose different levels of threat to the democratic institutions that they're trying to lobby?
12 Rhagfyr 2022 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i lobïo: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
I'm just thinking of some of possibly your smaller members that don't have that capacity at all. Is there an inequality then between their ability to influence?
12 Rhagfyr 2022 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i lobïo: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
You were talking about the TSPC earlier, and the CPA, and your members, and I'm just wondering how far the problem potentially goes, and whether or not it goes there at all, of some voluntary organisations having a public affairs person employed; some people…
12 Rhagfyr 2022 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i lobïo: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Diolch, Vikki. Hello, Ben. We've looked at the benefits of lobbying. I'd like to flip it over and look at the other side of the coin. Does lobbying pose any problems to or obstruct the proper functioning of representative democratic politics?
12 Rhagfyr 2022 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i lobïo: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Yes. Based on what you've just said—lobbying is a small sector, effectively, in Wales—why is it potentially better? Is it because it self-regulates? Why haven't we had the scandals? Is it just because we're better people? [Laughter.]
12 Rhagfyr 2022 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i lobïo: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
So, which ones are better than others?
12 Rhagfyr 2022 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i lobïo: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
So, following on from that, then, do different forms of lobbying pose different levels of threat to democratic institutions?
12 Rhagfyr 2022 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i lobïo: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
So, do you think that different forms—? Sorry. Gemma's arrived. I'll let Gemma—. Sorry, Gemma.
12 Rhagfyr 2022 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i lobïo: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
So, is it—touching on something that you said earlier—that smaller charities might not be able to employ a specific person to do public engagement whereas the larger ones can, does lobbying potentially exacerbate that, and the ones with the deepest pockets…
12 Rhagfyr 2022 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i lobïo: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
We've looked at some of the benefits of lobbying. I'd like to look at the other side of it—the flip of the coin, if you like—so, the disvalue of lobbying. Does lobbying pose any problems to, or obscure or obstruct the proper function of the representative…
12 Rhagfyr 2022 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i lobïo: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Diolch, Vikki, a bore da, Naomi.
12 Rhagfyr 2022 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Offerynnau sy’n cynnwys materion i gyflwyno adroddiad arnynt i’r Senedd o dan Reol Sefydlog 21.2 neu 21.3.
Yes, that's it.
