30 November 2023 , Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with the Independent Remuneration Board of the Senedd
Everybody else.
30 November 2023 , Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with the Independent Remuneration Board of the Senedd
Okay. So, just to get this right, what additional costs have there been in the budget associated with Senedd reform to date and forecast to the end of the term?
30 November 2023 , Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with the Independent Remuneration Board of the Senedd
Just to help us understand that, obviously we're not the Finance Committee, but what is the additional resource that's had to go in in order to cope with the Senedd reform?
30 November 2023 , Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with the Independent Remuneration Board of the Senedd
Yes. But I think most people would expect you, if you've got to do the determination work over a programme cycle of five years, that if that's going to be four years, there will be some—. It may not be clerking resource, as it were, secretariat service, but…
30 November 2023 , Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with the Independent Remuneration Board of the Senedd
Of course.
30 November 2023 , Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with the Independent Remuneration Board of the Senedd
So, there won't be a requirement for more frequent meetings or anything like that.
30 November 2023 , Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with the Independent Remuneration Board of the Senedd
Yes, because no allowances have been made for that, you see.
30 November 2023 , Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with the Independent Remuneration Board of the Senedd
So, in terms of your work, though, you've got this stock piece of work to review the allowance and determination every Senedd term. Presumably, at the moment, you build up to that over a period of time, and there's a certain amount of cost that you anticipate…
30 November 2023 , Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with the Independent Remuneration Board of the Senedd
But, of course, it is for you to determine what the pay and allowances of things like co-chairs are, isn't it? And you, again, will know the direction of travel, which we don't, in terms of the discussions that take place internally within the remuneration…
30 November 2023 , Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with the Independent Remuneration Board of the Senedd
I appreciate that you've just provided, effectively, the determination, and said, 'Do you think that these assumptions that are then being made might be fair?' But one of the assumptions that the regulatory impact assessment makes is about the number of…
30 November 2023 , Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with the Independent Remuneration Board of the Senedd
Can I just challenge a little bit on this? Because, of course, the Bill when it was published, or introduced—shouldn't it have been based on the 2023-24 determination, the outcome of which was known at the time?
30 November 2023 , Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with the Independent Remuneration Board of the Senedd
I mean, you know the direction of travel, if you like, in terms of the issues that the remuneration board is considering, in advance of the next Senedd. Are they still likely to be a fair reflection of the estimated costs, or not?
30 November 2023 , Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with the Independent Remuneration Board of the Senedd
And those figures were predicted on the basis of the 2022-23 determination, weren't they?
30 November 2023 , Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with the Independent Remuneration Board of the Senedd
Thank you, Chair, and thank you for coming to give evidence today. Can I just ask you to what extent you've been involved in helping the Government to predict the costs of this legislation, as far as the additional Members and the additional resources for…
29 November 2023 , Plenary
Statement by Sam Rowlands—Introduction of a Member-proposed Bill: Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill
Can I just say how much I support this Bill? I think it's a disgrace, frankly, that people are using the fact that there is going to need to be an investment in outdoor education not to allow this Bill to proceed. We all know that the Welsh Government's own…
29 November 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
I'm very, very pleased to hear that that requirement is in the new curriculum. One aspect of local history that is often overlooked, and was the topic of discussion at a recent cross-party group meeting on the armed forces and cadets, is our local military…
29 November 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
3. What action is the Welsh Government taking to ensure that schools teach learners about local history? OQ60326
28 November 2023 , Plenary
, 9. & 10. The Waste Separation Requirements (Wales) Regulations 2023, The Prohibition on the Incineration, or the Deposit in Landfill, of Specified Waste (Wales) Regulations 2023, and The Prohibition on Disposal of Food Waste to Sewer (Civil Sanctions) (Wales) Order 2023
I think there is a genuine point about people who are living in flats. The situation in Cardiff, for example, at the moment, is that everybody has a green bag with all of the recyclables mixed in that bag, and we stick it down a chute in the apartment complex…
28 November 2023 , Plenary
, 9. & 10. The Waste Separation Requirements (Wales) Regulations 2023, The Prohibition on the Incineration, or the Deposit in Landfill, of Specified Waste (Wales) Regulations 2023, and The Prohibition on Disposal of Food Waste to Sewer (Civil Sanctions) (Wales) Order 2023
Will you take an intervention?
28 November 2023 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Economy: Economic Mission: Priorities for a Stronger Economy
Noted.
28 November 2023 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Economy: Economic Mission: Priorities for a Stronger Economy
Minister, we thought you were going to make some sort of new, shiny announcement today. We've heard absolutely nothing new at all in anything that you've said. I made a note of all of the industries that you mentioned, by the way, in your document that was…
28 November 2023 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Trefnydd, can I call for two statements this week? Can I have a statement from the Minister with responsibility for apprenticeships in Wales and work-based learning? I had a meeting with Coleg—not Coleg Cambria, what's the other one—Coleg Llandrillo in my…
22 November 2023 , Reform Bill Committee
Papers to Note
Thank you.
22 November 2023 , Reform Bill Committee
Papers to Note
Chair, I'm happy to note those. Can I just check—? Obviously, I wasn't here last week, for which I tabled my apologies and a substitute was provided, but I am keen, obviously, still to ensure that there is an invitation extended to both the First Minister and…
22 November 2023 , Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with the Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales
Okay, thank you.
