, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: Evidence session with the Member in charge
Diolch, Alun. The Welsh Government carried out a public consultation on the proposals in the Bill during 2022. Why did you not consult on a draft Bill?
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: Evidence session with the Member in charge
Diolch. Alun.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: Evidence session with the Member in charge
Yes, very much so.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: Evidence session with the Member in charge
Apologies, Adam.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: Evidence session with the Member in charge
It still isn't coming through to the Minister.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: Evidence session with the Member in charge
I'm hearing it now. Are you?
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: Evidence session with the Member in charge
Thank you. Next, Adam.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: Evidence session with the Member in charge
Thank you very much. Can I welcome you all to this meeting, and can I start directly with the first question? Are you satisfied that the Bill is within the Senedd's legislative competence, and can you provide us with an update as to whether Minister of the…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: Evidence session with the Member in charge
That takes us on to item 2, the Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill and an evidence session with the Minister. Minister, would you like to introduce yourself and your officials?
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Croeso. Welcome to this hybrid meeting of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee. We have no apologies for today's session. The meeting is being broadcast live on Senedd.tv and a Record of Proceedings will be published as usual. In terms of…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Local Partnerships LLP
Thank you very much.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Local Partnerships LLP
And the final question from me. The Local Partnerships report and financial statements for 2022-23 suggest the Welsh Government accounted for over half its income from services recharged. How do the rest of the members feel about it, and is it viable?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Local Partnerships LLP
Thank you for that. I've served on several boards of varying types, from the school governors right the way through to a local health board, and the one thing I do remember is that there were very few formal votes, and when you end up having formal votes…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Local Partnerships LLP
Thank you very much. I have a couple of questions for Mr Wong, as the Welsh Government's representative on the Local Partnerships board. In its written evidence, the Welsh Government notes actions of the Local Partnerships board require the approval of a…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Local Partnerships LLP
Thank you. Why did the Welsh Government irrevocably waive any distributions from its 5 per cent holding in Local Partnerships?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Local Partnerships LLP
Thank you. Did you ask to join, or did they ask you to join?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Local Partnerships LLP
Diolch, Cadeirydd. What initiated the Welsh Government's membership of Local Partnerships in 2018?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Papers to note
Content to note.
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Thank you for that answer. River pollution is a problem across Wales, with the Wye and Usk having serious problems with pollution. With the River Tawe, we have raw sewage discharge, agricultural pollution and microplastics. Agriculture is a leading cause of…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
6. What assessment has the First Minister made of river pollution levels? OQ61222
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
That takes us on to item 5, a motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting. Yes? Are we happy with that? Yes.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
Sam, are you happy? Yes, okay. Item 4.3 is a written statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Housing, Local Government and Planning on the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act and the Renters (Reform) Bill. Written statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Housing…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
Item 4 is papers to note. We have a paper to note on correspondence between the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport and International Relations Committee and the UK Government on the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill. The letter predates…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Inter-institutional relations agreement
On to item 3, notifications and correspondence under the inter-institutional relations agreement. We have notifications and correspondence received in accordance with the inter-institutional relations agreement. Item 3.1 is correspondence from the Welsh…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Do Members have any comments or observations? No. Are we happy to agree the reporting points? Yes.
