, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Group 1: Social Partnership Council: chairing, meetings and procedure (Amendments 12, 15, 16, 18, 22, 25, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 34, 35, 38, 40, 41, 42, 1, 43, 48)
Oh, okay. Sorry. Fine. So, when do we come back to—?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Group 1: Social Partnership Council: chairing, meetings and procedure (Amendments 12, 15, 16, 18, 22, 25, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 34, 35, 38, 40, 41, 42, 1, 43, 48)
Okay, I beg your pardon. So, we—.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Group 1: Social Partnership Council: chairing, meetings and procedure (Amendments 12, 15, 16, 18, 22, 25, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 34, 35, 38, 40, 41, 42, 1, 43, 48)
Joel, do you wish to move to amendment 15? Do you wish to put amendment 15?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Group 1: Social Partnership Council: chairing, meetings and procedure (Amendments 12, 15, 16, 18, 22, 25, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 34, 35, 38, 40, 41, 42, 1, 43, 48)
The question is that amendment 12 be agreed. Does any Member object? [Objection.] We will now proceed to a vote on amendment 12. Will all those in favour please raise your hand? And all those against. So, one Member in favour, five against. So, that amendment…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Group 1: Social Partnership Council: chairing, meetings and procedure (Amendments 12, 15, 16, 18, 22, 25, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 34, 35, 38, 40, 41, 42, 1, 43, 48)
Thank you, Minister. I call on Joel James to reply to the debate.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Group 1: Social Partnership Council: chairing, meetings and procedure (Amendments 12, 15, 16, 18, 22, 25, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 34, 35, 38, 40, 41, 42, 1, 43, 48)
I'd now like to call on the Member in charge to speak to amendment 1, and any other of the amendments in front of us on this subject.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Group 1: Social Partnership Council: chairing, meetings and procedure (Amendments 12, 15, 16, 18, 22, 25, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 34, 35, 38, 40, 41, 42, 1, 43, 48)
Thank you. Anybody else wish to speak on this? Jane.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Group 1: Social Partnership Council: chairing, meetings and procedure (Amendments 12, 15, 16, 18, 22, 25, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 34, 35, 38, 40, 41, 42, 1, 43, 48)
Ken. Ken Skates.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Group 1: Social Partnership Council: chairing, meetings and procedure (Amendments 12, 15, 16, 18, 22, 25, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 34, 35, 38, 40, 41, 42, 1, 43, 48)
So, the first group of amendments relates to the social partnership council chairing, meetings and procedure, and the lead amendment is amendment 12. I call on Joel James to move and speak to the lead amendment and any other amendments in that group.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: Stage 2—Consideration of amendments
So we'll move straight on to the sole item of business for today, which is Stage 2 of the Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill. We will adhere to the marshalled list and take each group of amendments relating to that subject matter. I'll…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Bore da. I'd like to welcome all Members to today's meeting of the Equality and Social Justice Committee. We've had apologies from Sioned Williams and Altaf Hussain, and I'd like to welcome Peredur Owen Griffiths and Joel James, who will be substituting for…
, Plenary
Debate on the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee Report: 'The future of bus and rail in Wales'
Would you be prepared to pay £1?
, Plenary
Debate on the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee Report: 'The future of bus and rail in Wales'
On this issue of equality, I just wondered if you'd picked up, in the report, the suggestion by Professor Barry that, perhaps we ought to get older people, who currently don't pay at all, to pay £1, and that would then give us more money to perhaps lower the…
, Plenary
Debate on the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee Report: 'The future of bus and rail in Wales'
The park and ride system is absolutely excellent. It costs you £2 for the whole family and then you don't have all the sweat and bother of trying to find a car parking place. Those arrangements are available right around the city, so that is not an argument…
, Plenary
Debate on the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee Report: 'The future of bus and rail in Wales'
Thank you for your intervention, and you're completely wrong. You're wrong because—
, Plenary
Debate on the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee Report: 'The future of bus and rail in Wales'
I accept that argument, Alun, and I think it's a well-made point. But I think, clearly, we've got to develop more services, and we can't hammer people. I would be in favour of using those fiscal levers as soon as there are those alternatives. Clearly, if you…
, Plenary
Debate on the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee Report: 'The future of bus and rail in Wales'
Professor Mark Barry, who was one of our witnesses, and who's a transport expert, told us that Wales has been poorly served by the rail industry ecosystem for the last 30 to 40 years in terms of investment and enhancement funding. That takes us back to…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Thank you very much for that reply, which is extremely useful to clarify that. I just wondered if I could probe you on what financial assessment you may have done on the different models that local authorities are using, as the rise in food prices is far…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
7. What financial assessment has the Minister made of local authorities' approach to investing in school catering? OQ58952
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Sustainable Communities for Learning
Thank you very much for your leadership on this in ensuring that all new projects are going to have to be zero carbon. I'm particularly interested to find out how South Point Primary School in the Vale of Glamorgan is sharing the learning from this project…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Economy: Economic Priorities and UK Government Relations
One of the key strategic infrastructure projects that depends on UK Government support is making progress on the recommendations of the Burns commission to strengthen the east-west rail lines between Newport and Cardiff and beyond, which are the backbone of…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Draft budget 2023-24: ministerial evidence session
Thank you very much. Thank you very much, Ministers and your officials, for your presence today. Obviously, we'll send you a transcript to ensure that we've captured your remarks accurately, and also there are one or two follow-up issues we'll pick up with…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Draft budget 2023-24: ministerial evidence session
Okay, thank you. And lastly from me is really how you set out your budget so that it can be scrutinised in terms of impact, and also alignment with the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) 2015 Act. Can you provide us an example where a funding decision…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Draft budget 2023-24: ministerial evidence session
Okay. Another holy grail is the sharing of back-office costs of all the different commissioners who will come under your portfolio, Minister. So, what influence does Welsh Government have in encouraging the various commissioners to think of sharing the…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Draft budget 2023-24: ministerial evidence session
Okay, thank you very much. Obviously, the budget overall of the Welsh Government is a much reduced sum of money compared with what we'd expected to see, even in last November's autumn statement, and I just wondered if you could point to anything that is being…
