25 Mai 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Gwerthuso Deddf Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol a Llesiant (Cymru) 2014: Panel 1
And what would you say in regard to the pushback around that?
25 Mai 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Gwerthuso Deddf Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol a Llesiant (Cymru) 2014: Panel 1
That's not a problem. That's fine. Thank you for that. So, as you know, there's always a direct pushback, isn't there, when there's any request for any type of ring-fencing of resources. Could you extrapolate briefly on why you would recommend that…
25 Mai 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Gwerthuso Deddf Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol a Llesiant (Cymru) 2014: Panel 1
You're going to refer back to that.
25 Mai 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Gwerthuso Deddf Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol a Llesiant (Cymru) 2014: Panel 1
To interrupt you and to get to the nub of this, what is your opinion, based on what you've fulfilled in this regard—what is your opinion, then, in terms of the challenges in implementing the legislation?
25 Mai 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Gwerthuso Deddf Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol a Llesiant (Cymru) 2014: Panel 1
Yes, please, if you could. I'm just looking for your overall summation of the challenges in implementing this legislation fully.
25 Mai 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Gwerthuso Deddf Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol a Llesiant (Cymru) 2014: Panel 1
Encapsulate it for me.
25 Mai 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Gwerthuso Deddf Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol a Llesiant (Cymru) 2014: Panel 1
I know that. I apologise.
25 Mai 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Gwerthuso Deddf Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol a Llesiant (Cymru) 2014: Panel 1
Thank you. Diolch, Chair. There's obviously a huge amount of cultural change that's been engendered by the Act, but, let's be honest, there is a massive holistic workforce capacity issue behind all of this. So, within a lens of improving well-being and…
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24 Mai 2023 , Cyfarfod Llawn
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18 Mai 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Adfywio Canol Trefi: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Thank you. Diolch. Thanks, Chair.
18 Mai 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Adfywio Canol Trefi: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Thank you. My final question is a big question. I've heard what you've all said in regard to the appropriateness and fit-for-purpose nature of what we currently have in terms of planning policy, rather than on the implementation side. But as I sort of…
18 Mai 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Adfywio Canol Trefi: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Okay. Thank you. In regard to office accommodation in our towns that is surplus to requirements, what is the general thinking around this?
18 Mai 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Adfywio Canol Trefi: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Okay. In regard to living locally and working locally and the Welsh Government's target of 30 per cent of the Welsh workforce doing so, is there any tracked or measured trajectory on what impact that might have in terms of our town centres?
18 Mai 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Adfywio Canol Trefi: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
No, no, that's absolutely fine. We could have a whole session in terms of transport access in this regard, couldn't we, so I'm hoping that we've covered that in enough depth. Do you feel that the local planning system is, though, flexible enough to support…
18 Mai 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Adfywio Canol Trefi: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Yes. I was able to hear—
18 Mai 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Adfywio Canol Trefi: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Thank you. And in regard to what committee members have touched upon earlier, do you feel that transport access issues are going to be integral to the delivery of Welsh Government ambitions in terms of a 'town centre first' approach?
18 Mai 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Adfywio Canol Trefi: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Okay. I'll keep the questioning brief. Do we feel, and do our witnesses feel, that the 'town centre first' policy approach is deliverable?
18 Mai 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Adfywio Canol Trefi: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
[Inaudible.]—Chair, because my reception is not working and we're going to try and reconnect. Thank you.
18 Mai 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Adfywio Canol Trefi: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Thank you. That's a very full response. What are we actually doing to grow planners? What are we actually doing to make those planning officers be able to [Inaudible.] local government to be able to carry out the frameworks that we are instructing around?
18 Mai 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Adfywio Canol Trefi: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Thank you. I'm not going to keep pushing on this, but in regard to capacity, we can have all the high-level inspirational plans, but in terms of implementation around this particularly difficult area, if we don't have local planners in place who are able to…
18 Mai 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Adfywio Canol Trefi: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Thank you. I'm not going to try and unmute; it's going to be done for me, I need to recall. Thank you so much for that. Obviously, in terms of the reduction in planners within local authorities, the capacity is very different now and the need is great. If I…
18 Mai 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Penodiadau Cyhoeddus: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Sorry. Can I just follow that up? I know you want to close the session, but in regard to the fact that Wales is a very, very diverse geographical country, we know that, for instance, Cardiff and Swansea and Wrexham, et cetera, there's always been this…
18 Mai 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Penodiadau Cyhoeddus: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Okay. Thank you. Have you got any comments either? No. I think that's it, Chair.
18 Mai 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Penodiadau Cyhoeddus: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Okay. That's quite clear. So, my final question is around something that I did touch upon earlier, and that is concerning something, actually, that the Commissioner for Public Appointments has also touched upon and highlighted. We've talked about…
