30 January 2024 , Plenary
The general principles of the Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill and the financial resolution in respect of the Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill
Llywydd, the committee was tasked with undertaking the Stage 1 scrutiny of the Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill, or, as many of us refer to it, the Senedd reform Bill. We were not asked to consider whether the Senedd needed reform, or the shape of…
30 January 2024 , Plenary
The general principles of the Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill and the financial resolution in respect of the Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill
Diolch, Llywydd. Before I focus on the committee's report, I wish to express our thanks to the witnesses who gave evidence, and to those individuals who took time to submit a written opinion to the committee. Everything we heard and received was taken into…
24 January 2024 , Plenary
Short Debate: A burning issue: Tackling oesophageal and stomach cancer in Wales
I’d like to call on the Minister for Health and Social Services to reply to the debate—Eluned Morgan.
24 January 2024 , Plenary
Urgent Debate: Job losses at Tata Steel and the future of the steel industry in Wales
Thank you for taking the intervention. I partly enjoyed the history lesson, but do you agree with me, and as just highlighted there, that there is a future industry—not a past industry, there's a future industry—if the investment in green steel and different…
24 January 2024 , Plenary
Urgent Debate: Job losses at Tata Steel and the future of the steel industry in Wales
I thank you for taking the intervention, and I'm listening to you here very carefully, but I will say this: there is imported coke now. They're actually not using just the coke from the coke ovens; they're importing it now, so they can keep going, as they…
24 January 2024 , Plenary
Urgent Debate: Job losses at Tata Steel and the future of the steel industry in Wales
I thank you for taking the intervention. Can I ask you whether, in committee, you asked the Secretary of State for Wales were there any conditions placed upon the agreement? And if you didn't ask that, will you ask it next time he comes?
24 January 2024 , Plenary
Urgent Debate: Job losses at Tata Steel and the future of the steel industry in Wales
Thank you for taking the intervention, Tom. I appreciate what you're saying, and I'm looking forward to the free port; I've supported it from day one. But do you agree with me that that is years down the road, and it's not going to happen next year or the…
24 January 2024 , Plenary
Urgent Debate: Job losses at Tata Steel and the future of the steel industry in Wales
For the first five minutes, I agreed with everything you said, wholly. Llywydd, since last week's announcement from Tata, communities across my constituency of Aberafan wake up every day with anxiety and uncertainty for their futures. For my entire life, I…
24 January 2024 , Plenary
Urgent Debate: Job losses at Tata Steel and the future of the steel industry in Wales
Thank you, Luke, for calling for this debate this afternoon.
23 January 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Economy: Tata Steel
Minister, I'm standing here today representing my town, my communities, who have lived within sight of the steel works for the whole of their lives. In fact, for the whole of my life, I have lived within sight of the steelworks. We are devastated by the news…
13 December 2023 , Reform Bill Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public for the remainder of the meeting, and from the meeting on 10 January 2024
The next item is the motion to resolve to exclude the public for the remainder of the meeting under Standing Order 17.42, and also to exclude the members of the public from the meeting on 10 January under the same Standing Order. Are Members agreed with that…
13 December 2023 , Reform Bill Committee
Papers to Note
For Members, item 3 is papers to note. We have several, so if I go through them, I hope you will be happy to note them. The first one is the correspondence with the standards commissioner regarding the recall mechanisms, both the letter to the standards…
13 December 2023 , Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
Oh, I'm sure you will continue to discuss closed lists, don't worry. [Laughter.]
13 December 2023 , Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
Okay. Well, we've come to the end of our time. Can I thank you for your time this morning and your colleagues? As you know, Counsel General, you will receive a copy of the transcript. If you identify any factual inaccuracies, can you please let the clerking…
13 December 2023 , Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
You're quite right, the standards commissioner has responded—and it's part of our papers we will report on today—to our request about recall, and he has identified perhaps legislation that disqualifies individuals. So, that's an area I would have thought that…
13 December 2023 , Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
Our time is almost up—well, it actually is up, but I'm going to ask you one final question. We've been discussing recall as an option, and the Bill doesn't mention recall at all, and the question I'm asking is: should there be a consideration of recall within…
13 December 2023 , Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
We've got the evidence from our expert panels. If the Minister wishes to provide us with further information as to how the Government considers that, it's for the Minister to decide that.
13 December 2023 , Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
Okay. And now, we've almost come to the last questions, so I'm going to go to Jane.
13 December 2023 , Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
The other question I'll ask you is—. Clearly, since you mentioned the four-year terms, you've shortened it, I don't want to discuss where—. Because a lot of the evidence says that four years is as good a time as any, basically, but the clashes—. Now, I know…
13 December 2023 , Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
Okay. All right.
13 December 2023 , Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
Okay. Well, I'm just thinking, because we've heard earlier answers to the practicalities of things and all of a sudden, we're talking about a practicality, and then the response comes back as, 'Oh, it's a judgment decision.' We're just looking at the…
13 December 2023 , Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
Therefore, if you wanted to extend it, the legislation could say, 'No later than 18 months', which, according to the Llywydd's concern, is the time to get something established, to get the analysis and to do the work. That seems—. An additional timescale…
13 December 2023 , Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
On this particular point, Darren?
13 December 2023 , Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
I want to go on to a couple of points on the review of the operation of the Bill, and then I'll come back to Jane, who's got a couple of questions to continue asking you. The Llywydd has indicated that the timescales within the Bill are very tight…
13 December 2023 , Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
We are not going further on this point, but I've heard what the Counsel General said, and you've heard the questions raised to you, and the committee may well have a view on it in its report. I hope that, based upon your earlier comments that you take a keen…
