, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Papers to note
Okay, I think everyone's agreeing, in which case we'll note the letter and share a copy with the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee, who've agreed to undertake work on flood risk management, as we've just heard, which will be informed…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Papers to note
Okay, thank you very much. Members, do you have any comments on the letter received or the auditor general's summary?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Papers to note
We have a few items to note. Initially, a letter from Tracey Burke, who is the director general for the climate change and rural affairs group of the Welsh Government, to the Auditor General for Wales in response to the auditor general's report, 'A Picture of…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Introductions, apologies and substitutions
Bore da a chroeso, good morning and welcome to today's meeting of the Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee in the Senedd, Welsh Parliament. No apologies have been received for absence. I believe all Members are with us either in person or…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Palliative care
Our report found that lack of PPE and shortages of end-of-life medication, especially in the early days of the pandemic, were common issues reported by health and social care workers providing palliative care in the community. In many cases, palliative and…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Palliative care
Diolch, Llywydd. Our motion today notes the cross-party group on hospice and palliative care's inquiry on experiences of palliative and end-of-life care in the community during the COVID-19 pandemic in Wales. The motion is based entirely on the evidence-based…
, Plenary
90-second Statements
This week marks World Autism Acceptance Week, which aims to change attitudes towards autistic people and their families. As part of its sixtieth anniversary year, the National Autistic Society collaborated with autistic people to create a vision of a society…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Well, I'd suggest it goes a little bit further than that. And this, I have to say, reeks of an unethical Government, with the Minister following her predecessors in seeking to silence the truth tellers and bury accountability. However, moving on, the Windsor…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
And I'd therefore be grateful if the Counsel General could answer the question I put at the beginning: what advice would he now give to the health Minister in the context of this worrying statement?
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
I strongly contend that these are matters that fall within the brief—
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Well, what advice would you now give to the health Minister, in the context of the statement I've received on behalf of all the former independent members of the health board—respected people in north Wales—stating, 'We believe she is setting healthcare in…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Diolch, Llywydd. The Welsh Government's 'NHS Wales Induction Guide for Independent Board Members' includes: 'The aim is to have a single set of values which guide how we work, change culture and shape the way we behave. Living these values means being…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Hear, hear.
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
In your written statement on the cost-of-living energy crisis yesterday, you welcomed both the decision to bring prepayment energy charges in line with customers who pay by direct debit, announced in the UK Government budget, and Ofgem's extended ban on the…
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& 12. Legislative Consent Motion on the Procurement Bill: Motion 1, and Legislative Consent Motion on the Procurement Bill: Motion 2
Thank you, Llywydd, for the opportunity to contribute to this debate as Chair of the Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee, or PAPAC. The Business Committee agreed that the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee, or LJC committee, and…
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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you. The findings of the recent Equality and Human Rights Commission's report 'Challenging adult social care decisions in England and Wales' include: local authorities make daily decisions about people's access to social care and people have a right to…
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Questions to the First Minister
7. What guidance does the Welsh Government provide to local authorities on social care decision making? OQ59336
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Ministerial scrutiny session—The co-operation agreement
Thank you. What actually is being done to stabilise the sector and workforce to ensure that services are there to meet demand, not only in terms of statutory services but also incorporating other providers, such as those I mentioned—hospices, independent care…
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Ministerial scrutiny session—The co-operation agreement
Diolch. Thank you. Next week, I'll be leading a debate on the cross-party group of hospice and palliative care's inquiry into experience of palliative and end-of-life care in the community during the COVID-19 pandemic. During the evidence, we received a lot…
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Cost of Living
Diolch. Thank you. Going back 18 years, I remember calling for EMAs to be introduced in Wales, when they were being piloted in England but not Wales, and leading our position at the time to support their introduction, but with the condition stating that, yes…
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Cost of Living
Thank you. As you know, currently, the main schemes available are Arbed and Nest, and Arbed is area based in the way that you described, primarily focused on social housing. But Nest has been predominantly demand led, and I think that that's where the…
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Cost of Living
Okay, well, directly related to that, analysis by NEA and the Fuel Poverty Coalition in Wales—you mentioned Jane Davidson, and she and I jointly signed that when it was launched in 2009—and the evidence that they have found is that the current iteration of…
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Cost of Living
When you say ‘in place’, do you mean it will be operational before next winter, or simply in place and ready to go the following year?
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Cost of Living
Thank you very much indeed. When speaking in the Chamber in support of the motion on prepayments referred to earlier, on Wednesday, I noted that the UK business Secretary had written to energy suppliers stating they should stop forcing vulnerable customers…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Bus emergency scheme
As somebody who was a bus traveller before deregulation, I can assure you that it wasn't the golden age of public transport. But, nonetheless, do you recognise that, in England, for six years under the 2017 transport bus services Act, they've already been…
