3 July 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Welsh Language
5. What is the Welsh Government doing to support employee ownership of businesses? OQ61375
2 July 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I thank you for that answer, First Minister. The Welsh Government has, of course, got a proven track record of helping the economy in Mid and West Wales, through its support for micro, small and medium-sized businesses in the region, businesses like LEB…
2 July 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
2. What is the Welsh Government doing to improve the economy in Mid and West Wales? OQ61374
27 June 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill : direct payments for healthcare - evidence session with ADSS Cymru and the WLGA
I'm just wondering if you're seeing any of this now, and I suspect you are, all of you, and how easy it is to resolve it without the person who should be receiving the service being adversely affected.
27 June 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill : direct payments for healthcare - evidence session with ADSS Cymru and the WLGA
Of course, there could be a disincentive, and it's following on, isn't it, for health boards to promote the use of direct payments, and you've sort of covered it. If the individual remains under local authority care, then the health boards don't have to pay…
27 June 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill : direct payments for healthcare - evidence session with ADSS Cymru and the WLGA
Good afternoon. I'm going to talk about some of those issues and complexities between what is healthcare and what is social care, and there seem to be views that local authorities are having to fund more complex care packages, because the bar has been raised…
27 June 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill : provision of social care services to children - evidence session with ADSS Cymru
I just didn't see how those two things came together. Thank you.
27 June 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill : provision of social care services to children - evidence session with ADSS Cymru
Perhaps I'm misunderstanding this, but it's not what I was understanding, that any Minister would have a hands-on, predetermined scope to do what you just described. My understanding was the transition period for different types of services, rather than an…
27 June 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill : provision of social care services to children - evidence session with ADSS Cymru
It does say that—and it carries on to the next bit, just to continue where you've left off—in the regulation-making powers of the Bill, there is an allowance for Welsh Ministers to determine the end of the transition period and the ability to set different…
27 June 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill : provision of social care services to children - evidence session with ADSS Cymru
Thank you. I'm not going to ask some of the other questions, because they've clearly been answered in previous questions. But one of the questions talks about the time frame from the WLGA for transitioning from that market, the mixed market, to a non-profit…
27 June 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill : provision of social care services to children - evidence session with ADSS Cymru
Good afternoon. I'd like to know or have an idea of your understanding of the national number of new not-for-profit placements that are required and what are the biggest challenges in delivering them? We've just heard one from Craig. What more could the Welsh…
27 June 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: provision of social care services to children - evidence session with private and independent providers and representative bodies
I'm particularly going to go back to residential care and the comments that you've made that there's no significant level of preparatory activity taking place to achieve the total number of residential care places that would be needed if you have this…
27 June 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: provision of social care services to children - evidence session with private and independent providers and representative bodies
Good morning. I'm going to ask about potential barriers. I think that's what we've been hearing, really, so far. But, on the specific barriers, I'd be interested to know how many will transition to not-for-profit status. In the evidence from children's home…
27 June 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: provision of social care services to children - evidence session with not-for-profit providers
I was just going to ask: is that as a consequence directly of the Bill, or was that the case anyway? Just for clarity, so that we know what we're going to report back. But also we've met, obviously, with the Minister taking this through, and it's been—. We've…
27 June 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: provision of social care services to children - evidence session with not-for-profit providers
Yes. This will be the last question from me. So, the preparatory work for delivering the Bill, what is your view of that, including what's being delivered by local authorities as a result of the £68 million allocated by Welsh Government to support that…
27 June 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: provision of social care services to children - evidence session with not-for-profit providers
Yes. I was going to ask Sarah—and I take very seriously the points that you're making—. The idea, as I understand it from the Bill, is to give people better terms and conditions at work, and a greater value, by removing that excess profit, and reinvesting…
27 June 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: provision of social care services to children - evidence session with not-for-profit providers
Yes. Good morning, everybody. I'm going to examine any potential barriers to the implementation of the Bill. So, Barnardo's, you did say that social care in Wales is not currently in a state from which to make a significant change and that there's a…
26 June 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for North Wales and Transport
Thank you for that. There's been a lot of discussion about the data today, and we all know that it's a snapshot in time and that data can fluctuate and change. One of the interesting things that has come out is that the insurance company Esure are seeing a 20…
26 June 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for North Wales and Transport
5. What consideration has the Cabinet Secretary given to the police data released on 20 mph collisions? OQ61322
26 June 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Papers to note
Yes.
26 June 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for North Wales and Transport
Yes, people will be concerned about the decarbonisation and the targets for 2028. So, you've got 50 per cent of the bus fleet to be zero tailpipe emissions by 2028; we haven't got much time. And also the other group of people that are anxious to meet this but…
26 June 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for North Wales and Transport
There was, of course, the differential—and we propped it up with public funds—between the farebox and the running cost. Has that gap closed?
26 June 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for North Wales and Transport
Yes, we're going down the track. [Laughter.] So, how do you consider Transport for Wales's recent rail performance? Do you think it's satisfactory, or are you looking for further improvement?
26 June 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for North Wales and Transport
Twenty-two.
26 June 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for North Wales and Transport
There was supposed to be a delivery plan that was set to be delivered by 2020. But I'm going to go back to one of the earlier questions I asked about justice within active travel. If you try to buy a bike, you need a few bucks in the bank to do that. The…
