16 April 2024 , Plenary
& 9. The general principles of the Local Government Finance (Wales) Bill and the financial resolution in respect of the Local Government Finance (Wales) Bill
We're discussing the two taxes that are most disliked by the rich. It is very difficult to avoid council tax, and it's very difficult to avoid business rates. I support the proposals for council tax to include a regular revaluation exercise to ensure people…
16 April 2024 , Plenary
Nominations for Committee Chairs
I'd like to nominate Alun Davies.
16 April 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
The main problem with healthcare in Swansea East is that, in certain GP practices, it is very difficult to get a primary care appointment. If they tell the primary care provider that it is urgent, they are told, 'Go to A&E.' Patients are visiting A&E as they…
20 March 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 (Part 2)
Thank you.
20 March 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 (Part 2)
You have. So, all you have to do is get one of your clever IT people to type in 'postcode', and ask for the first four bits that come up under postcode, and you get the postcode, and then search 'Welsh language' with a 'yes' or a 'no', and just search all the…
20 March 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 (Part 2)
It's always dangerous to assume something. I assume you've got a database of all the people you've got on public bodies.
20 March 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 (Part 2)
Can I just add something on geography? All we want is the first part of the postcode. We don't want SA6 6RR. I wouldn't want my full postcode, but SA6 covers almost 30,000 households, so in no way does that individually identify me.
20 March 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 (Part 2)
Okay.
20 March 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 (Part 2)
No, in terms of the Welsh Government—. We've dealt with the student loans part of it, but was any money paid out late in the year to avoid paying it back?
20 March 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 (Part 2)
The question is: was any money paid out late in the year? Is the answer 'no'?
20 March 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 (Part 2)
Okay, thank you for that. If student loans were run by anybody but Government it would be called a Ponzi. But the question I asked you was: was any money paid out late in the year—of cash?
20 March 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 (Part 2)
The former Permanent Secretary told our predecessor committee that the Welsh Government sets its budget income high to avoid losing the income for Wales. And we know that that hasn't always worked. However, the Welsh Government income for 2022-23 exceeded its…
20 March 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 (Part 2)
Thank you.
20 March 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 (Part 2)
Okay. What is the de minimis number?
20 March 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 (Part 2)
Just for clarification, you mean every single one is noted in this; if it was a £5,000 claim, it would be in the accounts.
20 March 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 (Part 2)
Okay, that's it from me. Thank you, Chair.
20 March 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 (Part 2)
I think it'll be much more difficult to get comparative data. It's always difficult to get comparative data, and organisations that are not performing as well as they think they are don't like to provide comparative data, or they provide it in such a…
20 March 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 (Part 2)
Okay. We'll discuss that next year, if we're all still here. [Laughter.]
20 March 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 (Part 2)
Through the Chair, can you write to us and tell us how many key performance indicators you've got? And can you also tell us if they've got weightings?
20 March 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 (Part 2)
You mentioned performance—how many key performance indicators have you got? It's a number.
20 March 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 (Part 2)
How many key performance indicators do you have? And do they have different weightings?
20 March 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 (Part 2)
Local government have got March as the date each year—. I'll check that with the auditor general, because my knowledge was that they had to complete theirs by September, but local government have got, for one year, until March the next year to complete them…
20 March 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 (Part 2)
Can I just follow on from what Natasha asked? Your accounts have to be completed substantially later than other public bodies such as local government, don't they?
20 March 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Papers to note
Content to note it. It's just important information.
20 March 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Papers to note
Yes, sorry.
