, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
Okay, thank you. Can you, as well as you can, confirm what your understanding is with regard to where you had reached with the other steps, because we have a specific interest in the data? The second step was to establish a robust system for collecting data…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
Yes, Chair, if that's okay. I'd like to return to some of the questions with regard to diversity data that I touched on earlier. With the 'Reflecting Wales in Running Wales' report, the first intention was to collect and share data, and then there were five…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
Okay. I have no further questions. Thank you.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
Was the Senedd informed about the decision not to establish the governance group, do you know?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
Do you think that the failure to establish that governance group was a contributory factor to the lack of delivery against the strategy's objectives?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
Why, and who made that decision?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
But it is true to say, isn't it, that the governance group that had been set out in the strategy was never established, was it?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
There was detailed information in the strategy about the diversity and inclusion governance group in public appointments. There was information about the proposed membership and the terms of reference. Was that governance group established?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
There was a section about the governance of the strategy in the document, and it said this: ‘There is a need for a governance approach to ensure ownership of the strategy, to ensure scrutiny and support and to hold the leadership to account. And this needs to…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
So, at best, delivering action point 1 of objective 1 is going to be done very late. At worst, it perhaps hasn't been delivered at all, but we'll have to wait for the answer on that. But, even at best, this is not a good delivery record, is it, against that…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
But the strategy was quite clear, wasn't it? There was an entire paragraph emphasising the need to have the data relating to things like language, socioeconomic background, and geographical area, and we had a discussion about that, and we've corresponded with…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
Diolch, Gadeirydd. Gan fynd nôl, felly, at y strategaeth wreiddiol, 'Adlewyrchu Cymru wrth Redeg Cymru', cam gweithredu 1 nod 1 y strategaeth oedd casglu data gan holl aelodau presennol byrddau Cymru i sefydlu llinell sylfaen er mwyn dylanwadu ar gamau…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
I want to take us back to the original strategy, so if Natasha wants to finish her questions about the future, and then I'll come back on my issue, Chair.
, Plenary
Motion to establish a committee
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd, and the proposed Chair of the new committee. I stand in a personal capacity, but I also want to warmly welcome the creation of this committee. What better and striking and more inspiring title could it have than the Future Senedd…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Over the weekend at the Plaid Cymru conference, it was a pleasure for me to be able to honour Stuart Neale, who was the first openly LGBT+ person to stand for election in the name of Plaid Cymru, in 1972. It took 29 years, then, for us to elect the first…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
5. What steps will the Welsh Government take to encourage more people from traditionally under-represented groups, such as the LGBT+ community, to take part in politics? OQ61689
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: Welsh language communities
I agree with Alun Davies; I believe that this report is a milestone. Exactly as was the case in the creation of the Welsh Language Act 1993, where there was a party political consensus in favour of the Welsh language for the first time, I think this now is a…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Further and Higher Education: Tertiary education
To focus on the third C, community, in three years, we will be celebrating 100 years of further education in Ammanford since the establishment of the technical institute back in 1927. But those celebrations and those plans are under something of a cloud at…
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning: Energy and the green economy
The narrative that we hear more and more often from the UK Government is that—in this context in terms of the green economy—we have to build on a large scale, very swiftly, at a low cost, regardless of any other considerations, and I don't think that's the…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
I was wondering if I could have an urgent statement from the Government, preferably at the despatch box now, Minister, with regard to the response that you gave to the leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats, who asked whether the Government remained committed…
, Plenary
Motion under Standing Order 26.79 to withdraw the Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill
Seeing as we are being asked to withdraw a Bill that you presented before the summer to us, would you address the question that we've asked? What has changed over the summer that has caused you now to ask us to withdraw the Bill?
, Plenary
Motion under Standing Order 26.79 to withdraw the Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill
We achieved it once in one election and we went backwards, and that's the reality of the situation. If you want to have gender balance consistently, you need to write it into the fabric of your constitution. This is what this Bill does. I'm sorry to see that…
, Plenary
Motion under Standing Order 26.79 to withdraw the Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill
I will, certainly.
, Plenary
Motion under Standing Order 26.79 to withdraw the Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill
I think this is one of the most profoundly depressing moments that I've ever had in politics because what the Government is inviting Members of this Senedd to do is to vote against their principles, because a majority have already voted in favour of the…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Cardiff Airport
Okay. Thank you very much.
