, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3—previously considered
Yes. Thank you.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3—previously considered
That ambiguity.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3—previously considered
May I just ask, as a matter of fact, on the basis of any experience where this has arisen previously, before the text is amended to ensure consistency, what would happen, in general terms, if there were to be a legal challenge? How would one decide which text…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session
Thank you very much.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session
May I just ask one question? Perhaps a more general question that's beyond the scope of our discussions on this specific Bill, but bearing in mind our specific responsibilities, are there any things that you'd like to share with us in terms of your experience…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session
Thank you very much.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session
Fine. Okay.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session
So, would one way of interpreting the difference of view between yourself and the Minister be that you, because of your stance, would put residential outdoor education at the same level of importance in general terms as RSE education? So, if you see it as…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session
If there was some clause that set out a transition programme with investment and funding in the sector, to grow it and to create a stable basis for the sector in terms of this provision, but also, as part of that, to grow the capacity to do so through the…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session
I don’t want to presuppose where the committee will be on this, nor do I want to go into the policy questions, but one of the things, perhaps, that we are trying to get to here is this question of the legislative impact of this clause. Because, as a committee…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session
Isn't the Urdd and its historic sites, and the newer sites that it has built, part of this sector? So, isn't there already capacity at some level, at least, to provide through the medium of Welsh?
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session
We'll move on. There is an argument that there could be a potential tension in the provision at the moment that notes that guidance must provide that residential outdoor education be provided in Welsh, but only subject to availability. How would you respond…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session
Just to build on that last point, are there other examples that would be useful for the committee to be aware of where that same approach has been taken, namely where there are provisions related to guidance in legislation that compel the Minister to include…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session
Okay. We'll move on, therefore, to the proposed guidance. The Minister, in his evidence to this committee on 22 January, stated that the guidance—and this is a quote from the English— 'is asking Ministers to do things that guidance should not ask Ministers to…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session
Yes. If I could start by welcoming the Member to this scrutiny session this afternoon and also those who have been supporting him. I'd like to thank him in the first place for showing commitment to this important area, and the care he and others who have been…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session with the Welsh Government: Building Safety in Wales
Yes, and in some cases, they're context specific. So, the major risk in an NHS environment, for example, has specificities that would mean that that would need to be reflected in their own risk register. I think that's fine.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session with the Welsh Government: Building Safety in Wales
In terms of your estate, you have a different system in order to identify need. I had seen, at the beginning of the year, for example, Betsi Cadwaladr had said that a percentage of their buildings weren't safe for patients, et cetera. So, there's a sort of…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session with the Welsh Government: Building Safety in Wales
And just for me to understand this properly, the risk rating is amber. Is that to do with your responsibilities in terms of safety and the regulation of buildings in general, or is it to do with your estate?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session with the Welsh Government: Building Safety in Wales
In terms of your internal risk management processes within the Government estate itself, and the public sector, to what extent has this discussion and the work of the auditor general, et cetera, led to change in terms of how you identify and respond to risk…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session with the Welsh Government: Building Safety in Wales
There's a clear rule, at the moment, in terms of the definition of buildings that are automatically a high risk. But in thinking about buildings that don't naturally sit in that category, and they're not identified as high-risk buildings, there is a concern…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session with the Welsh Government: Building Safety in Wales
Let's turn to that, then. Why have you come to the same conclusion as the auditor general—and it's reflected in Hackitt, to some extent, isn't it—that work done in this field, in terms of the scrutiny of councils on the regulation of buildings et cetera, is…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session with the Welsh Government: Building Safety in Wales
As well as the indicators relating to process—the speed of the service et cetera—have you tried to balance those KPIs in terms of the results, insofar as building safety, as part of the framework?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session with the Welsh Government: Building Safety in Wales
In terms of the draft and your consultation on this, what were the main changes from the draft to the final version in terms of the consultation responses that you received?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session with the Welsh Government: Building Safety in Wales
Without going into all the details in terms of the parts or sub-parts that you've already referred to—some have already been published and one is still to be finished—could you give us the headlines just in terms of the main principles of the framework that…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session with the Welsh Government: Building Safety in Wales
Yes, right. Okay.
