22 Mai 2024 , Finance Committee
Cysylltiadau rhynglywodraethol cyllidol: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 6
If I may, and I might be trampling over something you'll ask later, one of the things that this committee has done with the committees in Scotland and in Northern Ireland is set up an inter-parliamentary forum that tries to look at the commonality of the…
22 Mai 2024 , Finance Committee
Cysylltiadau rhynglywodraethol cyllidol: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 6
Peter.
22 Mai 2024 , Finance Committee
Cysylltiadau rhynglywodraethol cyllidol: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 6
We saw in the autumn, when the then Minister for Finance and Local Government, now Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution and Cabinet Office, put out a statement to say that one of things that she was hoping to do to manage a £900 million black hole in…
22 Mai 2024 , Finance Committee
Cysylltiadau rhynglywodraethol cyllidol: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 6
[Inaudible.]—not necessarily Crickhowell community council or town council, but local authorities have got a lot more fiscal flexibility than the Welsh Government have in borrowing powers and that element. Some of that hasn't changed for a decade or more, so…
22 Mai 2024 , Finance Committee
Cysylltiadau rhynglywodraethol cyllidol: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 6
Okay. There we are. Well, I'll bring Mike Hedges in to take things forward.
22 Mai 2024 , Finance Committee
Cysylltiadau rhynglywodraethol cyllidol: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 6
One of the key differences between some of the others and FISC is that FISC does have a secretariat that is able to drive some of that. So, rather than the rules, they have a body that tries to do some of that work. Does that stem out of the Treasury liking…
22 Mai 2024 , Finance Committee
Cysylltiadau rhynglywodraethol cyllidol: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 6
But it might be, then, that it's more down to, as you both said earlier, relationships, and that the interpersonal relationships of Ministers and Cabinet Secretaries might have more of a bearing than the actual rules that are laid out.
22 Mai 2024 , Finance Committee
Cysylltiadau rhynglywodraethol cyllidol: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 6
No, but hypothesise.
22 Mai 2024 , Finance Committee
Cysylltiadau rhynglywodraethol cyllidol: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 6
Okay. You talked earlier about FISC and that that was something that has been happening, and Ministers and Cabinet Secretaries have been liaising on that and working. We've also heard that FISC has its own rules compared with other standing committees. What…
22 Mai 2024 , Finance Committee
Cysylltiadau rhynglywodraethol cyllidol: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 6
It may be a bit—
22 Mai 2024 , Finance Committee
Cysylltiadau rhynglywodraethol cyllidol: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 6
So, it feels that one of the key principles is transparency and being able to understand what's happening, because I suppose if you're trying to design something new you'd need to know what you're dealing with to start off with, and if that's cloaked in some…
22 Mai 2024 , Finance Committee
Cysylltiadau rhynglywodraethol cyllidol: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 6
So, is there an element there, as Mike says, as mayoral areas are finding their feet more and more, and that sort of devolution is happening within England—? Does it open the door to a conversation around Barnett and fiscal structures and understanding how…
22 Mai 2024 , Finance Committee
Cysylltiadau rhynglywodraethol cyllidol: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 6
Right.
22 Mai 2024 , Finance Committee
Cysylltiadau rhynglywodraethol cyllidol: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 6
So, you've both worked in Whitehall and around Westminster. Are Westminster and Whitehall geared up to deal with devolution?
22 Mai 2024 , Finance Committee
Cysylltiadau rhynglywodraethol cyllidol: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 6
So, do you think—? I suppose it's early days yet to see how that beds in, but, because of that churn, is it that we're not able to draw any conclusions yet or are there encouraging shoots there?
22 Mai 2024 , Finance Committee
Cysylltiadau rhynglywodraethol cyllidol: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 6
There we are. Any thoughts in general, really, on the reforms that have been going through and some of that work that—?
22 Mai 2024 , Finance Committee
Cysylltiadau rhynglywodraethol cyllidol: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 6
Lovely. Well, thank you very much. Thank you. We appreciate your time this morning—coming in and sharing your, hopefully, expertise with us this morning and your thoughts on inter-governmental relations when it comes to fiscal aspects. I'd like to start this…
22 Mai 2024 , Finance Committee
Cysylltiadau rhynglywodraethol cyllidol: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 6
Thank you very much.
22 Mai 2024 , Finance Committee
Cysylltiadau rhynglywodraethol cyllidol: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 6
The next item is the fiscal inter-governmental relations evidence session 6. And I'd like to welcome our witnesses here—croeso cynnes. It's good to see you both. I wonder if you would introduce yourselves for the record, please.
22 Mai 2024 , Finance Committee
Cysylltiadau rhynglywodraethol cyllidol: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 6
Croeso nôl i'r cyfarfod yma o'r Pwyllgor Cyllid. Rydyn ni'n symud ymlaen rŵan i eitem 8.
22 Mai 2024 , Finance Committee
Cynnig o dan Reol Sefydlog 17.42(ix) i benderfynu gwahardd y cyhoedd o eitemau 5 ,6, 7 a 9
I'm now going to propose, in accordance with Standing Order 17.42, that the committee resolves to exclude the public from items 5, 6, 7 and 9. So, we'll go into private. Diolch yn fawr iawn.
22 Mai 2024 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Atodol Gyntaf 2024-25: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Chomisiwn y Senedd
Yes. Excellent. Well, thank you very much for your time this morning, and at pretty short notice as well, so I do appreciate that. There will be a transcript available for you to check for accuracy.
22 Mai 2024 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Atodol Gyntaf 2024-25: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Chomisiwn y Senedd
And now to the last question, from Peter.
22 Mai 2024 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Atodol Gyntaf 2024-25: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Chomisiwn y Senedd
Peter.
22 Mai 2024 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Atodol Gyntaf 2024-25: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Chomisiwn y Senedd
If we were to be minded to agree this, does that help in those trade union negotiations, to be able to show a statement of intent, I suppose, or that support?
