, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Thank you for that answer, Counsel General. The UK Government has used a statutory instrument to increase the spending limit of the next general election by an amazing 80 per cent, to £35 million, with no parliamentary debate. Only the Conservative Party has…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
1. What assessment has the Welsh Government made of the fairness of the electoral system for Senedd elections? OQ60414
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Climate Change
Thank you. On Saturday, I joined the North West Wales Climate Action Group. It was a youth-led event called 'We rise for our future'. And thank you, Minister, for receiving cards from them earlier, where they put their climate change messages inside. They…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Water Quality
I welcome, following the lead of Ministers, that stakeholders are now taking responsibility and working together on delivery plans to address pollution of our rivers and unlock planning, especially in north-east Wales. Many landowners are not maintaining…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, public services are at the heart of our communities, providing health, transport, education, housing, to name just a few, as well as being a major employer. More than a decade of austerity, loss of EU funding and massive inflationary pressures…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
2. What steps is the Welsh Government taking to mitigate any impact from the Chancellor’s autumn statement on public services in Wales? OQ60412
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence from the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Thank you. Thank you, Chair.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence from the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Okay. There were concerns as well about keeping it independent, and who would actually manage the information, so that it's not manipulated for political purposes. I was surprised, actually, at the amount of concern raised regarding it. Because, for me, it…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence from the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
How it's going to be resourced. I think for local government as well, in particular, there'd be hundreds of candidates—for tiny community council elections and county council. So many candidates there—it was a real concern. So, how to make it workable, and…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence from the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
There was real concern about who would be responsible for it—the creation, management and administration of the platform—from both the Welsh Local Government Association and the electoral co-ordination board as well. So, how would you ensure that whoever…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence from the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Okay. Well, the committee heard evidence that the UK Home Office hosts an information platform for the police and crime commissioner elections, and evidence shows that usage of the platform is low, so how would you ensure that the platform was well used?
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence from the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Good afternoon, Counsel General. I'm just going to ask some questions on the voter information platform. So, some witnesses argued that there's already a lot of information freely available, so what would the voter information platform legislated for in this…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of Museum Wales - Autumn 2023
In the Senedd, we had a really good display; it was a curlew and auk event, which had been worked on with Sean Harris and the team from the Clwydian Range AONB, and had some pieces from the national museum, and the display cabinet was borrowed from there. I…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of Museum Wales - Autumn 2023
I'd love it. And the gardens are beautiful too. Thank you, Chair.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of Museum Wales - Autumn 2023
That sounds very interesting—self-catering at St Fagans, my favourite place.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of Museum Wales - Autumn 2023
The tailored review also calls for an entrepreneurial culture to be embedded in the museum, and, in 2017, Dr Thurley said that the commercial performance of the museum was 'extremely poor'. So, has anything changed since then? And is that something that…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of Museum Wales - Autumn 2023
Thanks for that clarification. That was my next question.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of Museum Wales - Autumn 2023
Thank you. You mentioned earlier that 20 of the tailored review themes related to governance. What are the other key themes in the tailored review? And are they dependent on specific funding for you to be able to carry them out?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Arts Council of Wales - Autumn 2023
—about Theatr Clwyd? [Inaudible.] Is it still affordable, given inflation and construction costs? I attended the panto in the big top last night, which was fantastic. So, just really an update on Theatr Clwyd, if that's possible.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Arts Council of Wales - Autumn 2023
Can I just ask my last question, Chair—
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Arts Council of Wales - Autumn 2023
Okay. Are you happy—? Is the arts council happy with the extent it contributes across different Welsh Government policy areas, for example, health, international relations and tackling poverty?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Arts Council of Wales - Autumn 2023
Okay. Thank you. Earlier, you talked about how the arts contribute across different Welsh Government policy areas, including health, international relations and tackling poverty. How is it funded for work it does in those areas beyond traditional arts…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Arts Council of Wales - Autumn 2023
I'll just jump on to further questions, the ones later on, as many have been covered already. Could you tell me who has the responsibility for supporting grass-roots music venues? Is it the arts council, or the Welsh Government via Creative Wales?
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Papers to note
This committee—sorry, I get confused—we can look at the budgets generally, but not the detail of each service area. Is that correct? That's why it has to go to that area to look at it. So, education would have to look at education. Okay. And we look at the…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Papers to note
We'll be discussing that budget soon, won't we?
