, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: interim evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
Okay, diolch. Welsh Government accepted the predecessor committee's recommendation to provide information on the number of staff dismissed for poor performance and those placed on performance improvement plans. That information was promised by September, but…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: interim evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
Okay. It's good there's assurance that that information is there, but it seems to have taken quite a long time to unpick this. When will we see that latest information published?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: interim evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
Diolch, Chair. Welsh Government failed to implement the new system for collecting and publishing senior officials' declarations of interest in 2024-25. Given previous concerns raised by this committee about outdated registers, can you tell us why this is…
, Plenary
Reform UK Debate: Local referendums on council tax rises
I took your intervention. Councillors have to make difficult decisions, but that's how local democracy works. That's what accountability means. Political leadership isn't just about the promises you make. It's about being responsible for the consequences of…
, Plenary
Reform UK Debate: Local referendums on council tax rises
I've just explained that councils have faced austerity for the last 16 years. As a county councillor, I've seen that first-hand. But, look, the question that you've got to answer is: if a referendum rejects the increase needed to maintain services, what are…
, Plenary
Reform UK Debate: Local referendums on council tax rises
Yes.
, Plenary
Reform UK Debate: Local referendums on council tax rises
I think we all know that communities are really struggling in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis, and, of course, nobody wants to pay more council tax, especially in these circumstances, and the pressures that are on people at the moment are very real. We…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
NHS Finances: evidence session with NHS Wales health boards
That's the follow-on, isn't it—is there more, in terms of best practice, that we can be pulling out here that can be shared. Diolch.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
NHS Finances: evidence session with NHS Wales health boards
I will try and be quick. Just going back to financial stability and the barriers to that, we've heard a bit about inflation, pay settlements, agency spend and so on, and I understand that every health board is different, but what I've not really heard, or at…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
NHS Finances: evidence session with NHS Wales health boards
I think Alun's reflected the frustration, that it feels like we're not really moving forward, and I say that as somebody who represents a constituency in north Wales, and, obviously, we've got the situation we have with Betsi. So, I would be interested to…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
NHS Finances: evidence session with NHS Wales health boards
No, go ahead.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
NHS Finances: evidence session with NHS Wales health boards
Thanks for that. Following on from that, we were told in a recent meeting by Audit Wales that a qualified regularity opinion for not meeting the statutory duty is actually becoming the norm now and it's losing its punch. I'd be interested to know if all of…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
NHS Finances: evidence session with NHS Wales health boards
Could you talk us through what the consequences are for health boards not meeting the first statutory duty and the Auditor General for Wales qualifying the regularity opinion as a result? I suppose it's maybe a question for one person to start, maybe Phil.
, Constitution, Justice and External Affairs Committee
Inter-institutional Relations Agreement: evidence session
Diolch yn fawr iawn, both. You've given us a lot of food for thought. I think there's a real challenge there for us in terms of Sarah's last point and getting that balance right between keeping things broad enough to be flexible but not being too limited by…
, Constitution, Justice and External Affairs Committee
Inter-institutional Relations Agreement: evidence session
Diolch, Nick. Sarah, anything to finish off?
, Constitution, Justice and External Affairs Committee
Inter-institutional Relations Agreement: evidence session
Diolch. I'm just mindful of time. I want to bring in Nick, and then maybe if I ask Sarah just to think about anything we haven't covered in her final questions.
, Constitution, Justice and External Affairs Committee
Inter-institutional Relations Agreement: evidence session
Okay. I'm going to move on to the external affairs element. I'm just mindful of time and we've got a couple of Members who haven't had a chance to contribute, so I'm going to change things around. I'll bring Darren in first, then Nick, and then Sarah if we've…
, Constitution, Justice and External Affairs Committee
Inter-institutional Relations Agreement: evidence session
Okay. Thanks, John. Lynne.
, Constitution, Justice and External Affairs Committee
Inter-institutional Relations Agreement: evidence session
Diolch. John.
, Constitution, Justice and External Affairs Committee
Inter-institutional Relations Agreement: evidence session
Diolch. We've got Josh next. I know we've picked up on some of this already, haven't we, Josh?
, Constitution, Justice and External Affairs Committee
Inter-institutional Relations Agreement: evidence session
Oh, sorry, Lynne.
, Constitution, Justice and External Affairs Committee
Inter-institutional Relations Agreement: evidence session
Diolch, Gwyn. Sarah.
, Constitution, Justice and External Affairs Committee
Inter-institutional Relations Agreement: evidence session
Okay, diolch.
, Constitution, Justice and External Affairs Committee
Inter-institutional Relations Agreement: evidence session
Gwyn.
, Constitution, Justice and External Affairs Committee
Inter-institutional Relations Agreement: evidence session
Diolch. I'm just going to bring Sarah in, before I bring Gwyn in on a second question.
