, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session on the Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill
Thank you very much. Laura Anne.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session on the Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill
Mick is next.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session on the Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill
When you mention postcode, do you mean the first two parts of the postcode, like SA6, or do you mean the whole postcode? If you have the whole postcode, it gets very close to identifying people.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session on the Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill
Next, Adam Price.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session on the Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill
I think it's probably going to be good news for public toilets, actually.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session on the Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill
Diolch, Gweinidog. Laura.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session on the Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill
Diolch. Laura.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session on the Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill
Diolch. Laura.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session on the Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill
Diolch. Laura Anne Jones.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session on the Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill
Diolch. The explanatory memorandum accompanying the Bill does not discuss human rights. What account have you taken of human rights in preparing the Bill?
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session on the Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill
Diolch yn fawr, Gweinidog. If I can start with the first question, are you satisfied the Bill is within the Senedd's legislative competence?
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session on the Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill
Can I move on to item 2, evidence on the Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill? Can I welcome the Minister, Mark Drakeford, to the committee? Would you like to introduce your officials, or would they like to introduce themselves?
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Introduction, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Can I welcome Members to this meeting of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee? I would like to take this opportunity to welcome Laura Anne Jones to the committee and to thank Natasha Asghar for her contribution. Apologies have been received…
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session 7
Well, speaking as someone who’s a great fan of Flying Start, I thank you for that, and I think that one of the things this committee could do, and my colleagues agree with me, is try and tease out from the finance Minister exactly what the funding of Flying…
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session 7
Okay. Thank you. The final question from me: to what extent does the draft budget address your priorities? What would you have liked to have seen in the draft budget, and what would like to take out to fund it?
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session 7
And on the distribution, sometimes it tells you more about age than it does about relative poverty, and older people tend to be better off, only because they tend to have grown-up children and they tend not to have all the costs associated with a child.
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session 7
Okay. Thank you very much for that. Tell me if I've got this wrong, really, on transport, you're saying we're spending a higher proportion on trains than buses, and the poorer people are the ones who use buses.
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session 7
Thank you; that's very helpful. Distribution analysis reports state that the budget provides far greater impact upon the 20 per cent of the population who have the least. What are your thoughts on this analysis, and what populations do you think could have…
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session 7
Can I start off with housing? I agree with you entirely that we need much more council housing. I was one of the people who came from a generation who benefited from the provision of good-quality council housing. It's unfortunate that Treasury rules don't…
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session 6
And keeping some of the capital, or all of the capital, receipts.
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session 6
It's on capital. You've talked about the importance of digital. As somebody who earned my living in it and almost worked in this building in the distant past when Welsh Health Common Services Authority were based here, I'm very much committed to the use of…
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session 6
I know we're struggling for time; I'll only ask one question.
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session 6
Oh, I didn't know you were speaking about national insurance as part of the workforce. Yes, certainly. On the national insurance increase, you're going to get that covered by the Welsh Government, do you expect? Some of the people who contract to you won't…
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session 6
No, I've finished my workforce things, so—.
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session 6
Thank you. I think Darren—
