22 January 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Draft budget 2024-25: Ministerial evidence session
Sure.
22 January 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Draft budget 2024-25: Ministerial evidence session
Okay. Well, it would be very helpful if you could come back on that, because I think it's relevant to how well we are spending the money we're giving to FareShare and other food poverty organisations, because there is undoubtedly an issue here. You hear…
22 January 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Draft budget 2024-25: Ministerial evidence session
I appreciate that other departments also have to be focusing on equality and social justice, and you have a small budget in this department. I just want to look at how well the Government is using the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 in…
22 January 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Draft budget 2024-25: Ministerial evidence session
So, the main item on today's agenda is scrutiny of the draft budget for social justice. I'm very pleased to welcome Jane Hutt, the Minister for Social Justice; Hannah Blythyn, the Deputy Minister for Social Partnership; and your officials, Amelia John…
22 January 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Papers to note
There are two papers to note. One is correspondence between me and the Minister for Social Justice on the European Union settlement scheme, and the other is from Auditory Verbal UK on improving hearing outcomes for deaf babies. Are we content to note them?
22 January 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Okay. Thank you very much.
22 January 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Yes, I do, too.
22 January 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Prynhawn da. Welcome to the Equality and Social Justice Committee, which is broadcast live on Senedd.tv, and simultaneous translation from Welsh to English is available. I've had no apologies today; all Members are present. Are there any declarations of…
18 January 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Yes, please. I just want to ask you whether any of these 27 species of fruit trees, given the deficit we have in fruit that is native to Wales, and, instead, we're relying on imports from foreign countries, which also has environmental implications—. So, is…
18 January 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
That's a major worry. Okay. Thank you.
18 January 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Given that you've been successful in these prominent enforcements—where you are successful, are you able to recover your costs, or is it still a drag on your budget?
18 January 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Okay. But on enforcement there needs to be some real clarity. You've highlighted some of the successes you've had in chasing people who have been breaking the law, but there needs to be greater clarity to ensure that everybody is clear that, if they are…
18 January 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Okay, that’s clear. Just finally from me, what are the mechanisms you have in place to get feedback from the various stakeholders you need to engage with on the existing SLAs, which are around major things like flood-risk management, pollution, incident…
18 January 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Okay. I probably haven’t got time to go on much further on this, but we obviously need to do a lot more work on it. Can you just tell us—? I know you’ve agreed SLAs in 10 priority areas, which you name in the performance, and I just wondered what further…
18 January 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Yes, to some extent. I think the role you’re playing in PSBs is clearly an important one, because local authorities and health boards aren’t necessarily thinking climate emergency and nature emergency front and centre of what they’re doing, so hopefully…
18 January 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Okay. I'm sure the committee welcomes the focus on outcomes, because simply measuring outputs is not really cutting it where it needs to, given that we've got a nature emergency, a climate emergency and massive pollution problems. So, I really want to…
18 January 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Thank you. You published your new corporate plan at the end of March, 'Nature and People Thriving Together', and I understand the three well-being objective that you set yourselves, but I just wondered why you've still not published your strategic indicators…
17 January 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-2025: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
Okay.
17 January 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-2025: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
Okay. So, a decent proportion of the resources that you've outlined in the prevention section of your paper is going into this, and obviously other important things like smoking in pregnancy.
17 January 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-2025: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
Okay. Could you write to us with some detail on this, because it really is about how you're using the resources, i.e. the money, to drive that? I congratulate you on the work you've done on Healthy Start, but, clearly, there's a great deal more of work to do…
17 January 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-2025: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
Oh, well that's—. Congratulations. That's amazing, because originally I was being told by health visitors, 'We haven't got time to help people fill this in, and it's a complicated process.'
17 January 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-2025: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
Oh, really—what is it now, then?
17 January 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-2025: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
So, I just want to pick up on something that Sarah Murphy mentioned the other day in relation to the child poverty debate we had in the Chamber, which is that there were cookery classes funded by the European money that we used to get, and that is—. According…
17 January 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-2025: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
Thank you. First, congratulations on the success in making primary care much easier for people to get to see their doctor or their nurse. Certainly, in my inbox, I am not getting complaints about that any longer. So, I want to focus my 10 minutes on…
17 January 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-2025: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
Thank you.
