, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Introductory evidence session with the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
So, can I take from your remarks, Minister, that it will not be an inquiry that the Government will be commissioning? Because, in fairness, in opposition Plaid Cymru stood shoulder to shoulder with the demands and voted on several occasions, as the record…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Introductory evidence session with the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
On your comment about the delivery unit that you've created, obviously, many delivery units have been created by successive First Ministers, some within the office of First Minister, others within the Cabinet Office. How will your unit be that much more…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Introductory evidence session with the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
So, for the next four years, there'll be no meaningful reform in local government under the Government?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Introductory evidence session with the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
Right, my questions. That's what happens when you don't come to the pre meeting. [Laughter.] Minister, one of the things that has blighted many Governments in this Parliament is obviously the inability to tackle local government reorganisation. When you're…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Introductory evidence session with the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
Thank you.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Introductory evidence session with the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
So, will you be commissioning it as a matter of urgency?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Introductory evidence session with the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
Could I just interject, Minister, because we've only got an hour? It is a fact that that evidence doesn't exist—comprehensive evidence doesn't exist.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Introductory evidence session with the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
Just a brief supplementary, if I could, Minister. You said that the vacancy rate and then the reapplying or the readvertising of the jobs is consistent across many public services, and it's something that we don't want to see; we want to fill the vacancies as…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
Warm words, Minister, but little substance. The reality is that we found out, with the COVID committee that was set up in the previous Senedd term, that unless witnesses were compelled to give evidence, that committee was thwarted in its endeavours to get to…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. Minister for delivery, it is vital that Plaid Cymru stick to their commitment prior to the election, and voted on many times in this Chamber, that they would enact a COVID inquiry—not a review, an inquiry. Can you confirm…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, one of the inquiries that the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee undertook at the end of the last Senedd term was to look at the Global Centre of Rail Excellence. It was made clear to us that an incoming Government would have to make a…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Valedictory evidence session with Adrian Crompton, Auditor General for Wales
Thank you, Chair. Auditor general, thank you for the work you've done over the last eight years, and your officials in particular. Could I ask you, in relation to the paper that you submitted to the committee, you emphasised productivity and the importance of…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Rural Resilience and Sustainability
With respect, Minister, that letter only came four weeks ago from an organisation that would be very familiar with the workings of HCC, and they said the culture has not changed. And you didn't answer the question that I put to you, which you supported in…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Rural Resilience and Sustainability
Thank you, Presiding Officer. Minister, you would have been included in a letter that was sent to spokespeople from the NSA about issues at Hybu Cig Cymru—an issue you would be very familiar with from your time as opposition spokesperson. The Economy, Trade…
, Plenary
Debate: Fair Funding
[Inaudible.]—many of these debates have been tabled over the years, and there's been a consensus in this Chamber, because people genuinely want to see resource spent wisely in Wales and if we can get more resource. What I'm baffled at is, from the three…
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy: New Development Agency for Wales
Minister, thank you for your statement. You began your response to the previous contribution from the Labour spokesperson by saying that they were very good questions. The good thing about putting good questions is that you want some good answers back. I have…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Could I take you up on that point, First Minister, about coherence? We have growth deals and city deals in Wales at the moment, covering the whole of Wales. How will the new development agency work with those growth and city deals so you don't get that…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Leader of the house, could we have a statement from the Government Minister responsible for Government delivery and the constitution? In his statement last week, he referred constantly to the COVID review rather than the COVID inquiry that the Government…
, Plenary
Reform UK Debate: A Welsh Rivers Act
Well, that's the point of our amendment and it's something that I've stood on since 2019, when I had this job at that time, and called for NRW to be reformed and reconstituted, so that you spun out the commercial operations, such as the Forestry Commission…
, Plenary
Reform UK Debate: A Welsh Rivers Act
Thank you very much, Deputy Presiding Officer. I move the amendment in the name of Paul Davies on the order paper this afternoon. We will be supporting the motion this afternoon, but I have to say I start from the premise, as a Conservative, that, actually…
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Rural Resilience and Sustainability: Priorities for Rural Resilience and Sustainability
Yes.
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Rural Resilience and Sustainability: Priorities for Rural Resilience and Sustainability
Minister, thank you for your statement this afternoon. When I was reading it, I did think that that firebrand politician that used to sit this side of the Chamber had turned into the canary in the cage that his officials had put him in, and there was nothing…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, I've been here now for nearly 20 years, and I've never heard a Member put down their local high street, for obvious reasons. It's electoral suicide. But what we've seen over those 20 years, regrettably, is a decline in every high street across…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, electoral reform is always important to make sure that the electorate engage fully with the opportunity to cast their opinion via the ballot box. Your manifesto touched on electoral reform in local government, which is an area that hasn't seen…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Rural Resilience and Sustainability
Thank you, Minister. There are three parties in this Chamber who want to see a healthy wildlife population and a healthy farm population. It is vital that you encapsulate that support now and use that support to bring forward this new strategy. Twenty-seven…
