, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Cabinet Manuals and the Ministerial Code
We are quite familiar with complaints coming in to us as a public accounts committee, and to the auditor general—things that would apparently be vexatious. The last question from me: is there a danger, when you have investigations taken by civil servants…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Cabinet Manuals and the Ministerial Code
Terms that have been used are 'significant complaint' and 'undeniable breach'. Are they solely decided on by the First Minister?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Cabinet Manuals and the Ministerial Code
And it could be anybody. It doesn't have to be a civil servant, it could be a lawyer, it could be a judge. It could be, in cases of financial complaint, an accountant.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Cabinet Manuals and the Ministerial Code
If we turn to the independent adviser, is there a person who’s set up as an independent adviser who the First Minister would go to, or do you recommend an independent adviser, or is the First Minister able to choose somebody they wish for an independent…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Cabinet Manuals and the Ministerial Code
Diolch, Cadeirydd. Paragraph 1.7 of the ministerial code indicates the First Minister has options on how they can deal with complaints about ministerial conduct. Can you talk the committee through these options and the role that Welsh Government civil…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
Bellway Homes last September signed a legal agreement with the Welsh Government regarding the Altamar development. The agreement required an independent survey to be carried out, and this was done in February 2024. Bellway only released the survey results at…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
6. Will the Cabinet Secretary provide an update on remediation works being carried out on privately owned tall residential buildings in Wales following the Grenfell Tower fire? OQ61584
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
Sorry, I was waiting to be unmuted then.
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning: Tata Steel
As a former steelworker, I find it's a very sad week. We've seen the end of iron and steel making in Wales. I worked in Port Talbot, I worked in both the iron making and the steel making, and the concast. What happens at an electric arc furnace is not steel…
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government: More homes towards ending homelessness
That we have a shortage of housing is well known—just check the contacts that we all have from people in serious housing need. We do not have enough social housing. We need local authorities to be able to borrow against the value of new-build housing, thus…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
I'm asking for two Government statements. The first is on paediatric palliative care. In 2016, the Welsh Government said 'To support this work, the Paediatric Palliative Care Needs Assessment will provide robust data on which to plan services for the children…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
At item 8, in accordance with Standing Order 17.42, I invite the committee to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting. Do Members agree? Yes.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
Papers to note. Item 7, we have papers to note: a statement by the First Minister on inter-governmental relations. Members are invited to note the statement made by the First Minister in Plenary on 24 September in relation to inter-governmental relations. The…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Inter-institutional relations agreement
We have notifications and correspondence under the inter-institutional relations agreement—correspondence from the Welsh Government on the inter-ministerial group meetings. We have a letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate…
, 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
Do Members have anything to raise? No. Are we happy to move on? Okay.
, 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 any Members have anything to add? No. Item 5.3 is the Agricultural Holdings (Requests for Landlord’s Consent or Variation of Terms and the Suitability Test) (Wales) Regulations 2024. The committee also considered this instrument at its…
, 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
Good. Thank you. Item 5.2 is the Listed Buildings (Partnership Agreements) (Wales) Regulations 2024. The committee considered this instrument at its meeting on 23 September and laid its report the same day. Members are invited to note the Welsh Government…
, 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
Moving on to item 5, we have instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3 that have been previously considered by us. Item 5.1 is the Agricultural Tenancies (Requests for Landlord’s Consent or Variation of…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Okay, yes.
, 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. Does anyone have anything to add? No. Next are items 4.6, 4.7, 4.8 and 4.9. I'm going to suggest that we group these related instruments together for convenience. The regulations under items 4.6 to 4.9 fully enact Part 4 and Schedule 3 of the…
, 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. Do Members have anything to add? No. Okay. Affirmative resolution instruments: the Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes (Amendment) Order 2024. This Order extends the territorial scope of the 2023 Order of the same name to include Northern Ireland…
, 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 very much. Are we happy to agree that? Yes. The Applications for Scheduled Monument Consent (Wales) Regulations 2024. Paper 7 is the draft report. These regulations make provision about applications for scheduled monument consent, including the form…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Do we have anything to raise? No. Are we happy to agree? Okay. Item 4.3, the Scheduled Monuments (Partnership Agreements) (Wales) Regulations 2024. We have a draft report and, under paper 26, the Welsh Government response. These regulations make provision…
, 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 any Members have any comments? No. The Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023 (Consequential Provision) (Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2024. We have a draft report. These regulations make amendments to secondary legislation that are…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
We're on to item 4, instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3. As I mentioned earlier, the regulations under 4.1 to 4.4 form part of the implementation of the Historic Environment (Wales) Act. These…
