, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Introductory evidence session with the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
Great. Keeping to the topic of transparency, given your role is in Government effectiveness, I wonder: have you had a look at the transparency of Government expenditures?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Introductory evidence session with the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
In the Chamber earlier this year, you announced that Plaid Cymru would be supporting Reform's motion on the creation of a lobbyist register. You said: 'Being open and transparent is one of those values that our First Minister has set out for us as a…
, 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
I just want to understand the aims of the Government.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Introductory evidence session with the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
Which is the most important? Because you could have a button here that would double the income of everybody in Wales; that obviously reduces real child poverty and increases relative child poverty.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Introductory evidence session with the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
I think that this has a fast answer. You mentioned child poverty there as a metric. Are you referring to real child poverty or relative child poverty? Because they're two very different metrics.
, Plenary
Debate: The First Supplementary Budget 2026-27
Minister, this is a minority Government and, over the last few weeks, this Senedd has demonstrated that Plaid cannot simply assume that others will just fall into line and vote with them. If the Government wants to secure the support of this Chamber, it must…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
Responding to the COVID inquiry's fifth report today, the First Minister rather vaguely said that Plaid remains committed to reviewing the Wales COVID response. In March, Plaid said it would hold a short, sharp and focused review of the Welsh Government's…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
I'll take that as a 'no'.
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
Thank you for your answer, Minister. You are responsible for your party's programme for government, and that programme did take a significant blow last week. Just like the supplementary budget that you are hoping to pass, with votes you don't have, your…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
Diolch, Ddirprwy Lywydd. Minister, last week, your Government came to the Senedd and asked for permission to go to Westminster and argue for a different funding model. In a crushing defeat for you and your colleagues, this Senedd refused to grant that…
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Questions to the First Minister
I'll take that as a 'no'. A key component of the Welsh Government's administrative spend is the estate it owns and manages. According to the most recent and cutely named 'State of the Estate' report, published in April, we see that the Welsh Government has…
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Questions to the First Minister
1. Has the Welsh Government made any tangible cost savings in any department during this Senedd so far? OQ64428
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Valedictory evidence session with Adrian Crompton, Auditor General for Wales
But you don't think—. For example, for all the recommendations the previous committee made in the legacy report, it’s not about dealing with complexity, it's focusing on Industry Wales spending strange money and things like that. Do you think we should be…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Valedictory evidence session with Adrian Crompton, Auditor General for Wales
Coming back to Andrew's question and your answer on the web of complexity and the fact that, eight years ago, Audit Wales was saying the same stuff you're saying now, when it comes to the pipeline of change, from getting information from you to it being…
, Plenary
Debate: Fair Funding
I'll come back to that in a bit. The question is, though—. We have to use that as a baseline, right? There's no point saying, 'Well, we don't know what the answer is, therefore, let's just ignore the data we have available to us because it isn't perfect.' The…
, Plenary
Debate: Fair Funding
This debate about funding is full of grand pronouncements from Plaid Cymru. It's full of heady rhetoric and misty-eyed platitudes. Let's talk about facts and what we know to be true. Firstly, let's be clear on what fair funding means. We know that Plaid Cymru…
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy: New Development Agency for Wales
Thank you, Minister, for your statement. An hour ago, I asked the First Minister a very important question about the future of the Development Bank of Wales and the WDA. Unfortunately, though quite unsurprisingly, I did not get an answer from the First…
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Questions to the First Minister
Diolch, Brif Weinidog. A little birdie has told me that in that statement we won't specifically know what the Welsh development agency will mean for the Development Bank of Wales. Previously, Plaid have said the WDA will potentially make equity investments in…
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Questions to the First Minister
3. Will the First Minister provide an update on the establishment of a Welsh development agency? OQ64325
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Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, your party supported the banning of greyhound racing in Wales. As a result, it will be fully banned in Wales as early as next April. I am seriously concerned that Plaid Cymru's thirst for banning British cultural sports will not stop here…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Finance
Minister, in your manifesto, you say you want to increase borrowing powers by increasing the Senedd's total capital debt limit to £3 billion. Reform is clear: we are against further borrowing powers, because there's only one thing worse than having your taxes…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Finance
I'm sorry, Minister, I can't accept that wishy-washy answer. Mark Drakeford is not only the former Minister of finance, but was also a former First Minister. If we want the public to take this Parliament and Welsh Government seriously, the public need a clear…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Finance
Diolch, Lywydd. Minister, I'd first like to say something nice by putting on the record my thanks for the multiple meetings you've held with me regarding the budget ahead of yesterday, and for releasing the supplementary budget hours rather than minutes…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Finance: The First Supplementary Budget 2026-27
Diolch, Lywydd. Thank you, Minister. Your supplementary budget's own documents claim that you inherited a fiscally challenging environment. Inherited, as though you were a bystander. Your party supported the last Government's budget only five months ago, and…
