, Finance Committee
Review into the operations, processes and investigations carried out by the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales: Evidence session
At least half of the people are going to be unhappy in any investigation, and sometimes more than half, because although you're finding on behalf of somebody, you don't find as strongly as they wanted you to find on behalf of them. We deal, as Members, with…
, Finance Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
I chair the cross-party group on PCS.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Papers to note
I think the £24,000 to £25,000 is interesting, but what about blocks of £24,000, with 10 blocks of £24,000 consecutively paid to the same company? Would it be actually picked up as £240,000, or would each one be dealt with separately? And I think we need to…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Papers to note
Mark, can I come in?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Papers to note
I think more important than the reply is the fact that we've identified something, or Adrian's team has identified something, that is a problem. I think it would be right for us to take this out into the Senedd as a whole. As Mark and Natasha are well aware…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Papers to note
Are we going to ask for a debate on this?
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
There will always be a limited budget, so it’s important to set priorities. We’ve asked for Barnett to be replaced by a needs-based formula. But as the local government formula shows, a needs-based formula is complicated, and not everyone agrees with the…
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Education: Welsh-medium education through late immersion
I welcome the statement by the Minister. The younger the pupil, the better the immersion works. I'm told in Gwynedd there's an immersion unit in Welsh for pupils up to year 9. In other counties, there is only an immersion unit for primary school pupils…
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning: Economic Growth
The Welsh economy has performed poorly against the UK average, especially against London and the south-east of England for the whole of the post-war period. We have a smaller proportion of our population working in higher wage sectors such as life sciences…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
Item 6 is a motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting. In accordance with Standing Order 17.42(vi), I invite the committee to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting. Do…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
Item 5, papers to note. Under general correspondence to note are papers 9 and 10. We have correspondence with the Secretary of State for Wales and UK Government Ministers for inter-governmental relations, inviting them to appear before committee to discuss…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Inter-institutional relations agreement
Item 4, notification of correspondence under the inter-institutional relations agreement. This is a standing item on our agenda, however there's nothing to consider under this item today.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3—previously considered
I think you're absolutely right there, Natasha. Kate, is there anything you want to add? I'll take that to be a 'no'. Okay. Are we happy to carry out the suggestions of Natasha and Kate? Yes.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3—previously considered
Thank you, Kate. Do Members have any comments or questions? No. Are we happy to—?
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3—previously considered
Item 3, instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3—previously considered. The Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas (Procedure and Interest Rate) (Wales) Regulations 2024: the committee considered this…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Thank you, Kate. Do Members have anything they want to add? No. Are we happy to agree the reporting points? Yes.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Thanks, Kate. On to Members—do we have anything to raise? Are we happy to agree the reporting points? Yes. Item 2.4, the Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022 (Designation of Providers) Regulations 2024. These regulations make provision about the…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Thanks, Kate. Do Members have any points you want to raise? Are we happy to agree the reporting points? Yes. Thank you. Item 2.3, the Firefighters’ Pension Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2024. These regulations ensure that…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Thank you. Have Members got anything they want to raise? No. On to item 2.2, the Charges for Residues Surveillance (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2024. These regulations amend the 2006 regulations of the same name to update the charges payable to the…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Item 2, instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3. Item 2.1, the Special Procedures Licensing Committees (Wales) Regulations 2024, draft report. These regulations are part of a suite of regulations, some of…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Introduction, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Apologies have been received today from Adam Price and we have Llyr Gruffydd with us today as a substitute. Diolch, Llyr. As a reminder, the meeting is being broadcast live on Senedd.tv and the Record of Proceedings will be published as usual. Please can…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Introduction, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Welcome to this meeting of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee, which is a virtual meeting today.
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales – Scrutiny of the Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24 and the Annual Plan 2024-25: Evidence session
Thank you.
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales – Scrutiny of the Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24 and the Annual Plan 2024-25: Evidence session
So, when we're having a discussion this time next year, you'll be saying there's nothing in the red.
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales – Scrutiny of the Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24 and the Annual Plan 2024-25: Evidence session
Which is a sort of—. If you were investigating somebody who wasn't doing that, you'd probably tell them off in your report. So, how many have you got that are in the red?
