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Speeches and questions in Plenary and in committees, newest first. The Llywydd's and deputies' chairing of Plenary is left out.

6,434 speeches and questions

22 November 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Transport for Wales
Oh, I see. Did you want to make your point first, then, Jenny, and we can address them together?
22 November 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Transport for Wales
I've also got Huw and Jenny who wanted to come in as well, so—
22 November 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Transport for Wales
Interesting. Thank you. Joyce.
22 November 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Transport for Wales
Huw just wants to come in on this, I think. Huw.
22 November 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Transport for Wales
Thank you. We'll move on to Joyce.
22 November 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Transport for Wales
Thank you. Jenny, did you want to come in?
22 November 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Transport for Wales
Could you give us examples, and maybe an outline of how you are performing against some of those?
22 November 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Transport for Wales
Because I was going to ask, what baseline are you using, then? Or is it just a case of getting started?
22 November 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Transport for Wales
—stuff and the corporate performance, because your paper says that the corporate performance scorecard isn't publicly available at present whilst you work to benchmark those key performance indicators? Given that that broadly reflects what you told us 18…
22 November 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Transport for Wales
Yes, sure. I know we're going to drill down into some of these issues around growth and other things in a moment. Can I just come back to the corporate—
22 November 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Transport for Wales
Huw.
22 November 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Transport for Wales
Okay. Clearly, there are financial pressures. I don't know if you want to tell us anything about this current financial year or the outlook for next year, or is that too early for you to—
22 November 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Transport for Wales
No, I wasn't suggesting that. No, but it's always a tussle, isn't it, to find that.
22 November 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Transport for Wales
It's striking that balance, isn't it, between accountability and experience.
22 November 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Transport for Wales
Okay.
22 November 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Transport for Wales
Yes, Ministers are suffering from the bends, I think, there are so many deep-dives going on. [Laughter.]
22 November 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Transport for Wales
With the Government, or internally?
22 November 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Transport for Wales
—streamlined, more effective, because clearly what you've articulated to us in the past about the number of touch points that you had with Government in your negotiations, it seemed to us to be quite ridiculous?
22 November 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Transport for Wales
But, in terms of process, are you now much more satisfied that things are more—
22 November 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Transport for Wales
We'll move on to the second item, which is our annual scrutiny of Transport for Wales. This is something that we did last in March of last year, so it's timely that you are with us here once again for this scrutiny session, to gather evidence, primarily, for…
22 November 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest
Excellent. Interpretation equipment is available for simultaneous translation from Welsh to English. Do Members have any declarations of interest to make? No, I see that there are none. I should also note that we have received an apology from Janet…
22 November 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest
All in order? Is it working? Yes.
22 November 2023Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to this meeting of the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee. Welcome, Members, to this committee meeting. This meeting is being held in a hybrid format, and aside from the adaptations relating to…
16 November 2023Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting
Content.
16 November 2023Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Papers to note
Happy to note, yes.