28 September 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Audit Wales brief: NHS digital transformation
Sorry to interrupt, just one final bit. The first answer you gave me was that there is not enough investment or we need to divert some day-to-day spending into digital change. Are you changing your mind now? You're saying you're not sure if we should be…
28 September 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Audit Wales brief: NHS digital transformation
I suppose that's the balance though, right? Is the problem that we need to spend more money or is the problem that the systems we're chucking money towards are not effective? If we don't know which is the issue, we're kind of in a little bit of trouble. I can…
28 September 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Audit Wales brief: NHS digital transformation
Do you think more than it currently invests?
28 September 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Audit Wales brief: NHS digital transformation
So, sorry, just in short, you would agree with the statement that NHS Wales requires more funding for investing in future digital change.
28 September 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Audit Wales brief: NHS digital transformation
One of my main takeaways from your report is that a lot of money is being spent on digital and technology services. Most of that is going towards keeping existing systems going rather than delivering digital change. This to me sounds a lot like the evidence…
28 September 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Audit Wales brief: NHS digital transformation
Chair, just to jump in on that, that was an interesting thing you said, answered. People are being asked about their digital skills for day-to-day digital stuff that they're expected to do in their job. What's the point of that, given that, surely, a manager…
22 September 2026 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Trefnydd, I would like to call for a Welsh Government statement from the Minister for Finance regarding the Welsh rates of income tax during the Senedd term, in particular whether she has made any request to any civil servant on assessing the impact of an…
22 September 2026 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Diolch, Brif Weinidog. Part of this Act places a duty on your Government to bring in rules banning false or misleading statements of fact, made before or during an election, to affect who is elected. It also lets your Government set out what does and does not…
22 September 2026 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
10. Will the First Minister provide an update on the implementation of the Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Act 2026? OQ64560
21 September 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Audit Wales Brief: Additional Learning Needs (ALN)
My main takeaway from this Audit Wales report on ALN is that the data is just not there. Have you looked at how England has this data, and is that any better?
21 September 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Audit Wales Brief: NHS accounts 2025-26
Thank you.
21 September 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Audit Wales Brief: NHS accounts 2025-26
I understand that, but I'm trying to understand the scale of how important this is. Because we've spoken about that someone's been overpaid slightly—well, I don't think that's a massive issue and we can resolve it, and it probably already has been resolved…
21 September 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Audit Wales Brief: NHS accounts 2025-26
Yes. Your audit reports usually say something bad all the time. But how bad is this? Because I read it and I go, 'This is mental.' But I'm wondering what are your opinions on just how bad you think this financial situation is.
21 September 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Audit Wales Brief: NHS accounts 2025-26
You're saying it's happened before, it's happened now, it's probably going to happen again. Is that because it's too complicated? I don't understand how we fix this.
16 September 2026 , Plenary
Short Debate: Congestion isn't inevitable: How the Welsh Government and Cardiff Council can improve the lives of motorists in Cardiff and the surrounding regions
Diolch, Lywydd. I'd like to give one minute of time to Joe Martin, Jason O'Connell, Huw Thomas, Stephen Senior, Leticia Gonzalez and, last but not least, Iain McIntosh. Cardiff has a congestion problem—a serious congestion problem. I have had the privilege to…
16 September 2026 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Finance
Thank you. You've spoken about cuts, but not taxes. However, actions speak louder than words. From April, the Welsh Government has introduced a higher business rates multiplier for larger premises. Is this the direction that you think this Government is going…
16 September 2026 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Finance
I don't understand how that was a shock when you became finance Minister, because it was already known that there would be a reduction, unless you just didn't do your research before becoming finance Minister. Anyway, Plaid Cymru went into the Senedd election…
16 September 2026 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Finance
Diolch, Ddirprwy Lywydd. Last weekend, on BBC Politics Wales, you said you were, quote, 'quite shocked' by the financial pressures facing the Welsh Government and the reality of the Welsh budget when you came into the role of finance Minister. So, Minister…
15 September 2026 , Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Finance: Rebalancing the non-domestic rates system
I'd first like to thank the finance Minister for taking the time out of her busy day to join us here in the Senedd, but if I'm truthfully honest, I'm not sure what the point was, given you'd already announced to the press in writing what you were going to do…
14 September 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Introductory evidence session with the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
Is there not a risk that that's going to slow things down, because a certain body might say, 'We really need to collect this data? Great, let's go for it, because we need some analysis. Oh, hang on, let's not do it yet because we need to ring up 12 other…
14 September 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Introductory evidence session with the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
[Inaudible.]—reason for that. I assume they've got different goals and strategies, and so need different data.
14 September 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Introductory evidence session with the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
Would putting AI to make something like a Government public service like the NHS be in your role or not?
14 September 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Introductory evidence session with the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
Brilliant. I mean, as also a data engineer, I know that these codes—. There is an answer to these codes, but the thing is that they're locked behind a system that you have to laboriously request an FOI to get an answer to, and I think the public would be much…
14 September 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Introductory evidence session with the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
You've mentioned dashboards and how to present the data. I've been a data analyst in the past and produced hundreds of different dashboards, and I can tell you they can't really do much if the data itself is impenetrable. I've got a sample here from the Welsh…
14 September 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Introductory evidence session with the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
The public has access to a few databases of Government expenditure—for example, £25,000 plus, they're all listed there. Are you happy with how that data is presented to the public at the moment?
