, Plenary
Questions to the Senedd Commission
Yes.
, Plenary
Questions to the Senedd Commission
As I said earlier, for many deaf people, their preferred communication method is BSL and that means that they can fully understand what is being said. To get a full understanding, they definitely need BSL. Lip reading won't provide it, they'll get a fair…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice
It is very important that people who have hearing loss have access, if they need one, to a British Sign Language translator when attending medical appointments, when dealing with councils and other public services. I often compare it with me and speaking…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice
6. Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on access to public services for people who have hearing loss? OQ61123
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for North Wales and Transport
For most of my constituents, public transport means buses. It is important that buses are organised so that through travel is possible without lengthy waits. I want to highlight the need for evening bus services. Does the Minister agree that we need an…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General
Thank you.
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General
I disagree with the Counsel General. He said turnout was low; I'd say it was very low. There was a lack of interest in the election. People who vote in all other elections stayed at home. It was possibly the first ever election where people voting by post…
, Finance Committee
Fiscal Inter-governmental Relations: Evidence session 5
Thank you.
, Finance Committee
Fiscal Inter-governmental Relations: Evidence session 5
I was just going to say, as a fairly political point, that we really do need to get the devolution settlement, certainly in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, to be exactly the same, so you know what's devolved and what isn't, and you know what you're…
, Finance Committee
Fiscal Inter-governmental Relations: Evidence session 5
Thank you. And finally from me—this, really, carries on from what I said earlier—would it help if we didn't actually have of an end-of-year really key point, but that we could actually move money across years, i.e. borrow from next year or pay into next year…
, Finance Committee
Fiscal Inter-governmental Relations: Evidence session 5
You talked earlier about late funding announcements. We know that we have the autumn fiscal statement, which, quite often, becomes the winter fiscal statement, and that the pluses and minuses have to be netted off. Does that cause you any problems, and would…
, Finance Committee
Fiscal Inter-governmental Relations: Evidence session 5
Thank you very much. The Treasury's announcements on devolved funding can be unpredictable in terms of timing and lack of transparency regarding Barnett consequentials. I think you said something very similar to that in your opening remarks. In Wales, we've…
, Finance Committee
Fiscal Inter-governmental Relations: Evidence session 5
The committee has heard that the inclusion of a secretariat was a modest but important step forward. How effective is the inter-governmental relations secretariat in its impartiality, and what are the benefits of it?
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: GP practices and funding
I'm convinced about the importance of primary care in Wales. Firstly, I would like to thank those working in primary care for what they are doing for us as patients. When primary care is working well, then it reduces pressure on all the other parts of the…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution and Cabinet Office
Council tax was not meant to be fair. It was brought in to replace the hated poll tax. As it currently exists, it's regressive, but also very difficult to avoid, compared to income tax, which is progressive, but which is very easy to avoid, especially by the…
, Finance Committee
Review into the operations, processes and investigations carried out by the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales: Evidence session
Of course, it's done differently in Scotland. I'll stop there, Chair.
, Finance Committee
Review into the operations, processes and investigations carried out by the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales: Evidence session
If you have them, I think I certainly would—I don't know whether the rest of the committee would—find it very useful. And on to my final question: are you the right body to deal with councillor complaints? You do a tremendously good job in health and local…
, Finance Committee
Review into the operations, processes and investigations carried out by the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales: Evidence session
Okay. Two very simple questions to follow. Do you keep a record of the number of council officer complaints about councillors and the number of councillor on councillor complaints? Have you got numbers for those?
, Finance Committee
Review into the operations, processes and investigations carried out by the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales: Evidence session
Thank you, but, actually, the case I was talking about was about a complaint about the whole of the Labour group on Swansea Council, and it was explained to you or your organisation—you certainly weren't there—that the decision to take action was outside your…
, Finance Committee
Review into the operations, processes and investigations carried out by the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales: Evidence session
Yes. This is before your time. How many of your complaints, which you are proceeding with, have been stopped by the action of a member going via a solicitor to explain that what you were doing was wrong?
, Finance Committee
Review into the operations, processes and investigations carried out by the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales: Evidence session
[Inaudible.]—time. [Inaudible.]—the actions of some of your predecessors. How many of those complaints against councillors have been stopped following the councillor getting a letter sent from a solicitor explaining why you shouldn't be proceeding?
, Finance Committee
Review into the operations, processes and investigations carried out by the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales: Evidence session
Thank you. Can you outline how the code of conduct team operates in regard to processing incoming complaints and who makes decisions as to whether a complaint proceeds to investigation? I declare an interest here because I received a complaint for which we…
, Finance Committee
Review into the operations, processes and investigations carried out by the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales: Evidence session
Yes. The next question is will the findings of the review be presented to the public—i.e. be made publicly available.
, Finance Committee
Review into the operations, processes and investigations carried out by the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales: Evidence session
To what extent will the review consider the broader processes at the PSOW relating to code of conduct complaints, and will it consider things like the training and guidance provided to staff?
, Finance Committee
Review into the operations, processes and investigations carried out by the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales: Evidence session
To what extent will the review consider the broader processes at the PSOW relating to code of conduct complaints, and will it consider things like the training and guidance provided to staff? And I'm well aware that your predecessor was a former parliamentary…
