, Plenary
Debate: Draft Budget 2022-23
This debate would be improved if we had alternative proposals, even if only at the level of ministerial budgets, from the Conservatives, who weren't willing to accept any interventions, and Plaid Cymru. It's easy to spend additional money. Perhaps you ought…
, Finance Committee
Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Bill: Evidence session 4
Thank you very much.
, Finance Committee
Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Bill: Evidence session 4
Fundamental changes would be different, but the actual simple changes are done quickly.
, Finance Committee
Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Bill: Evidence session 4
I think that is the key, isn't it? I always believe that operational management is the most important part of any organisation. We talk about strategic and we talk about tactical, but the operational managers are the ones who matter. I think that if it can be…
, Finance Committee
Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Bill: Evidence session 4
If I can paraphrase your answer: 'Not yet, but possibly in the future.' The other question I'd like to raise is: the aim of the Welsh tax Bill is to enable Welsh Ministers to make changes if a court or tribunal does something that would have serious affects…
, Finance Committee
Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Bill: Evidence session 4
Diolch, Cadeirydd, and I just think that I probably know the answer to this question, but I think we need it for the record. Have there been any aspects of existing legislation that have been problematic when carrying out the administration of devolved taxes?
, Finance Committee
Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Bill: Evidence session 3
Thank you. On a similar point, to the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, the question is: section 2 of the Bill enables the Welsh Ministers to make regulations to impose or extend a liability to a penalty. Can you elaborate on why you…
, Finance Committee
Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Bill: Evidence session 3
A more specific question to the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants: in your written evidence, you say things like 'the retrospective legislative approach is the solution of last resort'. Can you explain why you think this, and should the ability…
, Finance Committee
Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Bill: Evidence session 3
Thank you. Some people have said that the purposes are too vague. Do you think they're too vague, and what improvements should be made, or would or could be made, to them?
, Finance Committee
Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Bill: Evidence session 3
Diolch, Gadeirydd. Really, can you think of, or do you know of, any occasion in the devolved context in recent years where the availability of the powers proposed in the Bill would have been useful to Welsh Ministers?
, Finance Committee
Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Bill: Evidence session 2
I was going to say the point I—. I'll start off by saying, Lakshmi, it's nice to see you again. I was going to start by saying that that's the advantage of council tax, isn't it, in that it's very difficult to avoid? I think that taxes like that have a…
, Finance Committee
Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Bill: Evidence session 2
Okay. Thank you very much for that. Moving on, what are your views on the Bill enabling Welsh Ministers to make changes retrospectively, and do you see any particular risks arising from the use of these powers retrospectively?
, Finance Committee
Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Bill: Evidence session 2
Diolch, Gadeirydd. I was going to ask further questions on the purposes, but I think we've exhausted them. I want to make two comments, neither of which falls under the Welsh Government. Surely the answer to the problem of claiming money back that has been…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Launch of the new Health and Social Care Regional Integration Fund
I very much welcome the statement by the Minister on the social care regional integration fund. Integrated social care and health, with patients at the heart of provision, has got to be what we're all aiming for. I remember when Jane Hutt launched the first…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
I would like to ask for two statements from the health Minister. The first one is regarding non-resuscitation in hospitals. I've been told by the COVID bereaved relatives group that non-resuscitation has been used without any discussion with relatives…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Hospital discharge and its impact on patient flow through hospitals: evidence session with NHS bodies
Thank you very much.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Hospital discharge and its impact on patient flow through hospitals: evidence session with NHS bodies
Gill wants to come in.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Hospital discharge and its impact on patient flow through hospitals: evidence session with NHS bodies
On the additional money you're going to have next year, assuming the budget goes through, which I'm fairly confident it will, how much of that additional money—5 per cent, 10 per cent, 8 per cent is probably the norm—will you be putting into primary care as…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Hospital discharge and its impact on patient flow through hospitals: evidence session with NHS bodies
Everybody talks to us about the importance of primary care, the importance of care in the community, yet the figures I've seen—and tell me if they're wrong—is that the proportion of health board money, in every health board, spent on primary care compared to…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Hospital discharge and its impact on patient flow through hospitals: evidence session with NHS bodies
Thank you. If I can move on, what short-term actions could be implemented quickly to relieve pressures on the system?
, Health and Social Care Committee
Hospital discharge and its impact on patient flow through hospitals: evidence session with NHS bodies
Okay. Can I move on now to, perhaps, solutions? Something I believe, and you might tell me I'm absolutely wrong, but I think one of the problems with delayed discharge is too many people coming to the emergency department who shouldn't be there, who are…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Hospital discharge and its impact on patient flow through hospitals: evidence session with NHS bodies
Okay. Well, if I move on now, Age Cymru reports that a recurring theme they hear from older people is poor or no communication with the next of kin and sometimes with the patient themselves. Do you recognise that, and, if you do, what are you doing to rectify…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Hospital discharge and its impact on patient flow through hospitals: evidence session with NHS bodies
You haven't misunderstood me. The examples I've had are of somebody who was medically able to be discharged on a Friday, but couldn't get discharged until the Monday because the pharmacy was not available for them until Monday morning.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Hospital discharge and its impact on patient flow through hospitals: evidence session with NHS bodies
On discharge, before I move on to support for the family, the question I've got is: my experience from a number of constituents is that discharges have been delayed because they've been waiting for pharmacy. Do you recognise that? It doesn't…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Hospital discharge and its impact on patient flow through hospitals: evidence session with allied health professionals
Thank you, Dai. There are a lot of officers in local authorities whose first rule is, 'Don't do anything that will get me into any trouble', and that is the first thing they want to do. And, 'If this doesn't fit neatly into what I've been told can be done…
