, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
I'm grateful to the Minister for that response, and it's good to hear about the progress that's being made in this area. There are some reports that I've received that do cause some concern. I've heard from local farmers, for example, that the service is…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
6. Will the Minister make a statement on the progress of the Gwaredu Scab project in Wales? OQ60385
, Plenary
The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2023
As the Trefnydd has said, this is mainly a technical motion, but, of course, as the Minister's comments have confirmed, there is a broader framework and a broader context to all of this. We in Plaid Cymru also oppose the principle underpinning the original…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session with the Welsh Government: Amgueddfa Cymru—Museum Wales
Ok, Chair. I've no further questions.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session with the Welsh Government: Amgueddfa Cymru—Museum Wales
I want to turn briefly to the issue of the contradictions between the arrangements set out in 'Managing Welsh Public Money' and the calling-in arrangements, as they've been called. You've already covered much of this in your earlier remarks, but you said that…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session with the Welsh Government: Amgueddfa Cymru—Museum Wales
But the museum, in their evidence to the committee last week, referred to the legal advice that they had received pointing to what was termed 'technical governance failures', which then led their legal advisers to conclude that there was a possibility that a…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session with the Welsh Government: Amgueddfa Cymru—Museum Wales
In your letter to the committee, you said that Welsh Government feels that Audit Wales 'had not been able to provide any examples...where governance failures had occurred resulting in loss or damage to Amgueddfa Cymru.' But doesn't this entire situation flow…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session with the Welsh Government: Amgueddfa Cymru—Museum Wales
Can I just ask as well, is it standard practice in a mediation of this nature for it to be accepted that one of the parties gets to nominate the mediator?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session with the Welsh Government: Amgueddfa Cymru—Museum Wales
The legal advice.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session with the Welsh Government: Amgueddfa Cymru—Museum Wales
Thank you. Well, perhaps if we could just continue on that very point for a minute. I think what Natasha Asghar is referring to is this question of why the auditor general was not furnished, either by yourselves as Welsh Government or by the museum, with the…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Last month, Hayden Dental in Carmarthen said that they would bring their NHS service to an end at the end of the year. That follows very similar developments to the west in Whitland, to the east in Llandeilo and to the south in Cross Hands and so on and so…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
The Fflecsi Bwcabus service came to an end at the end of last month in Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire and, in light of that, a request has been made that the buses themselves should be returned to Transport for Wales. Is the Government willing to give a…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session
And to conclude, on my part, at least, section 38(4) sets out the procedure in terms of campaign finance and third parties, if I'm right. This subclause states that this committee, as well as the Llywydd's Committee, has to be consulted on these issues. Why…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session
Section 20(18) refers to material changes. What is the meaning of that term and who decides what they are?
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session
Section 20 outlines the Senedd procedure that must be followed when making electoral reform regulations. It provides an enhanced scrutiny procedure for those regulations, such as the requirement in specified circumstances for a Senedd committee to consider…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session
Good to have it on the record, nevertheless.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session
In the context of the changes that occurred as a result of the legislation on the UK level in terms of the Electoral Commission last year, a question mark has been raised, not least by the Electoral Commission itself, according to the reports, with regard to…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session
Does that give the Electoral Commission some sort of veto? And why give the Electoral Commission a role in that, rather than the new Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru, which also has a role in the pilot process?
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session
Before a successful pilot is turned into permanent policy, the Electoral Commission—I think I'm right in saying—has to recommend that.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session
Section 19 enables the Welsh Ministers to change electoral law, as we've already heard, on a permanent basis, following a pilot. These regulations are subject to an enhanced scrutiny process, but why should such important changes to electoral law be…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session
Okay. That's helpful, thank you.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session
Counsel General, these powers do allow you to use pilots to create additional criminal offences, don't they, because that's why you have the affirmative procedure referred to in your—
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session
But, legally, you could—. I understand that the politics of it might proscribe other approaches, but a pilot could be held, could it, for universal voting, using this legislation?
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session
Yes. Just to continue on a theme, then, would it be possible to use these powers to change voting from a Thursday to a Sunday? Would it be possible to introduce online voting, voting by mobile phone, voting in supermarkets and other places, and, indeed, a…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session
Yes. Okay. Thank you.
