, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise no reporting issues under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
So, we'll move on to item 2, instruments that raise no reporting issues under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3. Item 2.1. These regulations amend the Education (Student Information) (Wales) Regulations 2017 to reflect changes made by the Tertiary Education and…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Introduction, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Prynhawn da. Good afternoon. Can I welcome Members to this meeting of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee? We have no apologies. As a reminder, the meeting is being broadcast live on Senedd.tv, and the Record of Proceedings will be published…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: NHS waiting lists
We've had this discussion in private, let's have it in public: will you be bringing the Conservative budget forward when the budget debate takes place?
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: NHS waiting lists
I did the triple science, as it was then, which was GCE chemistry, physics and biology. Did you?
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: NHS waiting lists
I did the equivalent of triple science, which was GCE chemistry, physics and biology. Did you?
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Diolch. I want to stress the importance of social care, not just in facilitating speedy hospital discharge, but also in reducing the number of people needing to enter hospital and improving the life experiences of those who receive social care. Does the…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
5. Will the Cabinet Secretary provide an update on the provision of social care in Wales? OQ61359
, Finance Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Okay. I'll just finish with this, and this is more a policy position, there's an awful lot of unofficial kinship carers in the system, which you know as the Member for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney, as I know as the Member for Swansea East.
, Finance Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
I was just going to say, on this, we know of kinship and you talked about kinship earlier. There's an awful lot of grandparents, for reasons to do with family breakdowns, and often drugs, who have ended up looking after their grandchildren—willingly, I might…
, Finance Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Happy to. You intend to implement the continuing healthcare direct payment provisions in spring 2026 and the RIA notes the movement from social care to CHC direct payments is likely to take some time, involving a good deal of preparation and set-up. However…
, Finance Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Can we do mine in writing?
, Finance Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
One comment. I think the range is very useful. It's far better than when you initially did it as a Government, where you just picked a spot halfway between the highest and lowest and we had that figure. I think having a range brings more certainty into it…
, Finance Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
In elderly care, you've had the example of companies selling all their properties and then renting them back. So, the capital came in, which is now sitting nicely in their bank, and therefore they are making little or no profit, but they've actually got…
, Finance Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
In England, in terms of schools, when they privatised a large chunk of the school system, they eliminated profit. But there are easy ways around it, aren't there? You charge professional fees, you charge management fees, you charge for your payroll, you…
, Finance Committee
Fiscal Inter-governmental Relations: Evidence session 8
Or stalled.
, Finance Committee
Fiscal Inter-governmental Relations: Evidence session 8
All you're asking for is the same powers that every local authority in England and Wales actually have of moving money into and out of reserves, isn't it?
, Finance Committee
Fiscal Inter-governmental Relations: Evidence session 8
And you've never appealed it.
, Finance Committee
Fiscal Inter-governmental Relations: Evidence session 8
There are those of us—I'll finish on this—in this room who believe that HS2 is a local infrastructure project, and as it's got smaller and smaller in its benefits, then, certainly, large parts of England are also excluded. People in Cornwall, people in East…
, Finance Committee
Fiscal Inter-governmental Relations: Evidence session 8
You used the words 'transport infrastructure project' twice—see, I do pay attention. If it were a transport infrastructure project, not a rail infrastructure project, Wales would get a Barnett consequential, wouldn't it?
, Finance Committee
Fiscal Inter-governmental Relations: Evidence session 8
You've told us a lot of things there. Can I just ask you a question on something we're all interested in, which is HS2? HS2 has a multiplier of nought. Everybody in this room, possibly with the exception of you, doesn't believe that it should have a…
, Finance Committee
Fiscal Inter-governmental Relations: Evidence session 8
The 1 January redundancy notices because there's no certainty over whether funding will continue or not for organisations that are running with limited reserves is something that we all want to avoid, don't we? My final question—and it's awfully…
, Finance Committee
Fiscal Inter-governmental Relations: Evidence session 8
It's not just us, of course, who'll want to have it, it's lots of people outside there who want to have it in order to talk to both you and us. So, the longer we have, the more we can engage with the public and interested bodies.
, Finance Committee
Fiscal Inter-governmental Relations: Evidence session 8
Always be wary of what you wish for. You noted in your written evidence that the timing of UK fiscal events can cause the Welsh Government challenges, which could be mitigated by the UK Government setting dates for its fiscal events well in advance. You must…
, Finance Committee
Fiscal Inter-governmental Relations: Evidence session 8
I would just make the comment that Barnett is an awful lot better than if we just had our population share.
, Finance Committee
Fiscal Inter-governmental Relations: Evidence session 8
Evidence that we've received to this inquiry notes that the UK is the exception when it comes to the absence of an explicit needs-based element in devolved funding. What dialogue have you had with the Treasury regarding an explicit needs-based funding…
