, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public
I now propose in accordance with Standing Order 17.42(ix) that the committee resolves to meet in private for the remainder of today's meeting and the start of our meeting next week on 14 July. Are all Members content? I note that Members are content. I'd be…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Papers to note
Thank you very much indeed. The committee had been scheduled to take evidence from Welsh Government officials in March on NHS Wales escalation and intervention arrangements. Because officials were unable to attend, the committee agreed that I write with a…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Papers to note
Thank you very much, both. The second item to note is a letter from the Chief Executive and Clerk of the Senedd on recommendation 3 in the committee's report on the scrutiny of accounts 2020-21. The Commission has also provided a further update to…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Papers to note
We have a couple of papers to note, the first being a letter from the Chief Executive and Clerk of the Senedd on recommendation 1 made in this committee's report on the scrutiny of accounts 2020-21. Further to the letter, dated 2 February, responding to our…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Introductions, apologies and substitutions
Mike Hedges, yes. And Rhianon Passmore will be joining us at around 9.30 a.m. Do Members have any declarations of registrable interest they wish to declare that aren't already on the public record? Thank you. Please note that headsets are available in the…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Introductions, apologies and substitutions
Bore da. Croeso, bawb. Good morning and welcome, everybody, to the meeting of the Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee. We've had apologies from one Member. Is that correct or—?
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Winter fuel support scheme
I move amendment 2. Fuel poverty is a long-standing social justice issue in Wales, but the recent global energy price increases have brought the issue to the forefront. National Energy Action Cymru have called for the winter fuel support scheme payment to be…
, Plenary
Motion to annul the Non-Domestic Rating (Amendment of Definition of Domestic Property) (Wales) Order 2022
Will you recognise that this isn't about second home owners who won't register their home with the Valuation Office Agency and dodge council tax, that this is about Welsh local businesses? Will you recognise that every business that's contacted me—and there's…
, Plenary
Motion to annul the Non-Domestic Rating (Amendment of Definition of Domestic Property) (Wales) Order 2022
Will you take an intervention?
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Thank you—an interesting response. Of course, the court of human rights is outside the EU structure completely and, as you know, the UK played an integral part in establishing it, but there we are. Well, of course, the UK Government has been seeking to…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Diolch. Well, I hope that means, as they said, that that will deliver operational independence from politicians, especially. But, as I said here in March 2019 on a different subject, the Welsh Government and Plaid Cymru White Paper, 'Securing Wales' Future'…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Last September, referring to the Law Commission consultation paper on devolved tribunals in Wales to help shape the tribunal Bill for Wales, designed to regulate a single system for tribunals, I asked you for your initial response to the consultation paper's…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Diolch, Llywydd. Although there is no absolute doctrine of separation of powers in the UK, the concept of separation of powers between the legislature, i.e. Senedd, Executive, i.e. Welsh Government, and the judiciary has long applied in and across the UK to…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
I'm grateful to you for agreeing to attend next Monday's meeting of the cross-party on fuel poverty and energy efficiency, which will have a particular focus on vulnerable rural households, including those in rural Ynys Môn and across north Wales. Amongst…
, Plenary
Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: The Historic Environment (Wales) Bill
Diolch yn fawr. Thank you very much for your statement. Of course, we welcome measures to introduce, in the terminology used, modern, accessible and bilingual law for the purpose stated. But, of course, often, the devil is in the detail. So, in your written…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for items 7 and 8
We will now move back into private session, subject to Members' consent. So, I propose in accordance with Standing Order 17.42(ix) that the committee resolves to meet in private for the remaining items of today's meeting. Are all Members content? I see that…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Cardiff Airport: Evidence session with the Welsh Government
Well, thank you very much indeed, and that, you might be relieved to hear, brings us to the end of our questions for this session. So, I conclude again by thanking the three witnesses, Tracey Burke, Jonathan Moody and Stephen Rowan, for attending both the…
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Cardiff Airport: Evidence session with the Welsh Government
Thank you. Natasha.
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Cardiff Airport: Evidence session with the Welsh Government
Rhianon Passmore.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Cardiff Airport: Evidence session with the Welsh Government
You're quite right. It's Natasha Asghar.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Cardiff Airport: Evidence session with the Welsh Government
Thank you. I have a personal view too, which I won't disclose at this point, but will in private. So, thank you for that. Can I invite, therefore, to conclude the questioning, Rhys ab Owen?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Cardiff Airport: Evidence session with the Welsh Government
Okay, thank you. If I can invite Rhianon—Rhianon Passmore.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Cardiff Airport: Evidence session with the Welsh Government
—effectively there's a contract break. So, is there a cost involved in that?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Cardiff Airport: Evidence session with the Welsh Government
And the fact that, originally, the contract was due to run to 2023, so—
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Cardiff Airport: Evidence session with the Welsh Government
Yes, including the contract you have with Eastern Airways.
