24 November 2021 , Finance Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
And finally from me, going back to data collection, which is an interest of mine—I was making a living doing some of that: can you produce a list of the additional data collection you're going to need? What I mean is that you know that—. How are you going to…
24 November 2021 , Finance Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Okay. Thank you. I've talked about the register, and I don't think I'm going to get any further on the costs of that. Can I just talk about Part 5 that requires the preparation of learner protection plans? Really good idea. Could you outline what you believe…
24 November 2021 , Finance Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
I won't push you any further on this, but I would have thought you could have just transferred across the data you had now to create a new database. Obviously, that doesn't seem to be the case. Moving on, we've had a joint response from Universities Wales and…
24 November 2021 , Finance Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Sorry, I just find it difficult to understand that the Welsh Government, via other parts, are paying these organisations for training, and there are people registering for qualifications, yet you don't know who they are and you're going to have to set up a…
24 November 2021 , Finance Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
The Bill confers new powers on the commission, including maintaining a register of providers and keeping a database with data collated from education providers and the Welsh Government. I'm surprised that you don't have a database of providers at the moment…
23 November 2021 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Second Homes and Affordability
I very much welcome the statement by the Minister. If we had a surfeit of housing, then second home ownership would not be a problem, but unfortunately, we have a shortage of accommodation across Wales and in certain parts of Wales, a massive shortage. I find…
18 November 2021 , Health and Social Care Committee
Paper(s) to note
Well, it was my question on standard spending assessments and expenditure by local authorities, comparing how much they're spending against what they're calculated to need for social services. I did ask that, if you may remember, several times. Mr Heaney…
18 November 2021 , Health and Social Care Committee
Paper(s) to note
Happy and content. Can I raise one item when we go into private?
18 November 2021 , Health and Social Care Committee
Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with mental health and psychological support organisations
And one other point is privacy—if you've got IT equipment, you've got your own room and the doors are locked et cetera. When you're in a place where there are lots of other people, you lose your privacy when you're engaging via ICT.
18 November 2021 , Health and Social Care Committee
Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with mental health and psychological support organisations
Thanks, Russ. I'd like, first of all, to say that I'm very pleased to hear you talking about early intervention—that is something that I've talked about for a long time. The other thing I talk about is fairness. You talk about people accessing digitally…
18 November 2021 , Health and Social Care Committee
Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with primary care organisations
Thank you.
18 November 2021 , Health and Social Care Committee
Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with primary care organisations
Let me just finish on this—my GP practice does home visits, but I could take you to some GP practices in Swansea that don't.
18 November 2021 , Health and Social Care Committee
Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with primary care organisations
Can I thank you for that answer? Julian Tudor Hart, or the late Julian Tudor Hart, was a friend of mine, and, of course, he spent all of his career in the Afan valley, above Port Talbot. The other question I've got, which really leads off what you've just…
18 November 2021 , Health and Social Care Committee
Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with primary care organisations
Both of us put me off mute at the same time then. I'm glad Julian Tudor Hart and the inverse care law were mentioned earlier. It's something I feel very keen on promoting and trying to do something about. Is it any surprise that people who are hungry, who…
18 November 2021 , Health and Social Care Committee
Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with primary care organisations
Very briefly, is it not true that if you want flexible working, the only way you can get it is by becoming an agency nurse, because the NHS and health boards are not very keen on flexible working? So, if you want to work three days a week or you don't want to…
16 November 2021 , Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Climate Change: COP26
Possibly not.
16 November 2021 , Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Climate Change: COP26
Annual reduction in miles travelled.
16 November 2021 , Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Climate Change: COP26
I welcome the statement and the opportunity to question the Minister. COP26 was a disappointment; I think everybody is of that view. When you saw the number of planes landing, it was easy to see that it was not going to be a success. Too many countries put…
16 November 2021 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
I would like to ask for two statements, the first on the Welsh Government's policy on outsourcing—directly or by Welsh Government-funded bodies in Wales, such as Sport Wales. I am opposed to outsourcing, because I believe there is a serious danger of either a…
16 November 2021 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Can I thank you, First Minister, for your reply? Making Wales a nation where everybody gets paid at least the real living wage is one of my ambitions. Whilst the Welsh Government cannot instruct private companies that have no funding from the Welsh…
16 November 2021 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
3. What assessment has the Welsh Government made of the percentage of the Welsh workforce earning at or above the real living wage? OQ57177
10 November 2021 , Finance Committee
Audit Wales—Scrutiny of the Estimate 2022-23 and Interim Report: Evidence session
Okay. Thank you very much.
10 November 2021 , Finance Committee
Audit Wales—Scrutiny of the Estimate 2022-23 and Interim Report: Evidence session
And my final question is on consultation with audited bodies on fees. If the audited bodies are happy, who are we to object, because it's really a contract between you and them. Have you started consulting them, and are they happy?
10 November 2021 , Finance Committee
Audit Wales—Scrutiny of the Estimate 2022-23 and Interim Report: Evidence session
You include a cost of £51,000 for national insurance contributions. Every other organisation in Wales, including the health service, will be absorbing that next year within their budgets. Everybody is going to have exactly the same pressure; why are you…
10 November 2021 , Finance Committee
Audit Wales—Scrutiny of the Estimate 2022-23 and Interim Report: Evidence session
Moving on to fee income, it's planned to increase by 4.3 per cent. Apart from health, I'm sure every other body you're auditing would like to be indexed against you, because—and I'm just being pessimistic here—I don't think the local authority upgrade is…
