, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: Evidence session
Thank you. Could you just expand, just to broaden our understanding, why asking about what impact the individual applicant might have could cause a problem for some members of some communities but not others?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: Evidence session
That's great. Thank you very much indeed. As I said to the other witness and Members earlier, I'd be grateful if you could keep your responses as succinct as possible, given that we're on finite time slots and there's a lot we wish to get through with you…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: Evidence session
Thank you very much indeed. Well, can I welcome Chantal Patel, who has now been able to join us? So, croeso; welcome. Could you please just state your name and role for the record?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: Evidence session
Thank you. As we are short of time, can you perhaps just say 'yes' or 'no'—do you agree or not that British Sign Language should be incorporated into this?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: Evidence session
Thank you. Rhianon Passmore, I think your hand is up.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: Evidence session
Thank you. I understand you've got some questions later, but, obviously, come in at any time if you have supplementaries in relation to those or any other matters. Natasha Asghar, could you pick up again, please?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: Evidence session
Can I just bring in Rhianon Passmore, who I think has a supplementary question, before Natasha carries on?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: Evidence session
Thank you very much indeed. In that case, can I bring in Natasha Asghar?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: Evidence session
Thank you. Welcome to Rhianon Passmore. I've asked question 3, which I know you'd indicated interest in raising. While we're still on question 3, do you have any additional matters you'd like to question the witness about?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: Evidence session
Thank you very much indeed. Mabon.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: Evidence session
Thank you very much indeed. As you may be aware, the Wales Centre for Public Policy has recommended that candidates should provide short biographies that they've written themselves, rather than traditional curriculum vitaes—cvs. Do you think that could make a…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: Evidence session
Thank you very much indeed. As you might expect, we have a number of questions for you and therefore, I ask both yourself and the Members of the Senedd who are members of this committee to be as succinct as possible to enable us to cover as wide a range of…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: Evidence session
Well, we now move to our first evidence session on public appointments, and we have one witness with us currently, Dr Doyin Atewologun. We had another witness scheduled, Chantal Patel, who hasn't been able to join us yet. If she arrives during this session…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Paper to note
Great, thank you. Mabon, do you have any comments? Okay, that's great then. Are Members therefore content for the committee to refer to the letter as a part of its findings when we report on these matters? Thank you very much indeed.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Paper to note
Thank you. Can we capture that?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Paper to note
I think we have one paper to note, which is a letter from the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language on the appointment of the chief executive for the Commission for Tertiary Education…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Introductions, apologies and substitutions
[Inaudible.] Apologies for absence have been received from Mike Hedges MS, and Rhianon Passmore MS is due to join us later. Other Members are attending remotely. Do Members have any declarations of registrable interest that they wish to declare at this point?…
, Plenary
Short Debate: Why Wales needs a strategic plan to prioritise brain tumour research
When I attended the Brain Tumour Research awareness event on 25 April, I heard that brain tumours kill more children and adults under the age of 40 than any other cancer, yet historically, just 1 per cent of the national spend on cancer research has been…
, Plenary
Questions to the Senedd Commission
Okay, well, in addition to promoting the Welsh Parliament to the wider world, there’s still a need to promote this Parliament within the world of Wales itself. With less than half the electorate voting for anyone in the 2021 Welsh general election, it’s clear…
, Plenary
Questions to the Senedd Commission
1. What action is the Commission taking to promote the Welsh Parliament to the world? OQ59506
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip
Which means that 78,000 fewer households than estimated by the Welsh Government accessed that programme and £30 million to £35 million allocated for it wasn't utilised. Therefore, we need to learn from that, I hope you'll agree, so that we can better reach…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip
Thank you. As I said, the regulations governing Welsh benefits are set by the Welsh Government and this relates to a Welsh benefits system for the benefits already within the Welsh Government’s gift. I would appreciate a statement to the Senedd telling us…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip
Diolch, Llywydd. Your ministerial responsibilities, as you know, include co-ordination of cross-cutting measures to promote prosperity and tackle poverty. Speaking here last October in the debate on a Member's legislative proposal for a take-up of benefits…
, Plenary
Group 11: Wildlife—use of snares (Amendments 44, 45, 46, 43)
Nature is in crisis across Wales and we must tackle biodiversity loss. The state of nature report 2019 found that one in six species in Wales are threatened with extinction. The 'Review of the wider societal, biodiversity and ecosystem benefits of curlew…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
I call for two statements. Firstly, a statement from the health Minister, on diagnoses of coeliac disease. This is actually Coeliac Disease Awareness Week, 15-21 May, and coeliac disease is a serious lifelong illness, when the body's immune system attacks its…
