6 November 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Supporting Ukrainians in Wales: evidence session with Welsh Government senior officials
How did the Welsh Government decide what it wanted to include in its initial wraparound offer at welcome centres, including why the offer was more generous than support provided to other immigrant groups?
6 November 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Supporting Ukrainians in Wales: evidence session with Welsh Government senior officials
Thank you. Moving on somewhat, but it’s topical, the likelihood is that Ukraine is going to fall in the next 12 months. American support is about to disappear, or if it does continue it’ll continue on Putin’s side rather than the Ukrainian side. Are you…
6 November 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Supporting Ukrainians in Wales: evidence session with Welsh Government senior officials
What, if any, thought has the Welsh Government given to updating external guidance issued to Welsh public bodies on expectations around publishing contract award notices, alongside updating its internal guidance?
6 November 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Supporting Ukrainians in Wales: evidence session with Welsh Government senior officials
Thank you for that. What has the Welsh Government done to implement the auditor general's recommendation to work with local authorities to review whether to retrospectively publish contract award notices for the welcome centres, and how many it expects to be…
6 November 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Supporting Ukrainians in Wales: evidence session with Welsh Government senior officials
Diolch, Cadeirydd. How did the Welsh Government work with local partners to ensure that the welcome centres were adequate to meet the needs of Ukrainians while securing value for money? And how did you work with the previous Ukrainian community? I live in…
6 November 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Papers to note
Diolch, Gadeirydd. Why will the Welsh Government not publish the standard spending assessments for each local authority, and the calculations of them, rather than just giving a final amount? If they produced the calculations—. No-one can tell you whether this…
6 November 2024 , Plenary
Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee Report, 'Annual Report: European Union Settlement Scheme'
Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. The LJC committee is responsible for international obligations, including UK-EU agreements, and the withdrawal agreement is one of them. The committee is also responsible for the constitutional aspects of external affairs…
6 November 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
Thank you for that answer, Minister. In terms of co-operative housing, Wales and the rest of Great Britain have substantially less co-operative housing than Europe and North America. Why is co-operative housing so popular in places as diverse as New York City…
6 November 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
6. Will the Cabinet Secretary provide an update on co-operative housing in Wales? OQ61773
5 November 2024 , Plenary
& 10. The Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022 (Designation of Providers) Regulations 2024 and the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research (Registration and De-registration of Tertiary Education Providers in Wales) Regulations 2024
Diolch, Deputy Presiding Officer. The LJC committee considered these draft regulations early in October. The committee produced a clear report on the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research (Registration and De-registration of Tertiary Education…
5 November 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: The UK Budget
Taxation is not a burden, it's our entry fee to a civilised society. I welcome many of the measures in the budget, I especially welcome the increase in the minimum wage, for far too many people that is the hourly rate they will receive. I'm disappointed that…
5 November 2024 , Plenary
Legislative Consent Motion: The Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill
Diolch. The LJC committee reported on the Welsh Government’s legislative consent memorandum on the Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill in mid October. The committee agrees with the Cabinet Secretary’s analysis in the memorandum that clauses 1…
4 November 2024 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
Okay. Thank you. Item 11.6, a written statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales, UK Government amendments to the Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill. The Cabinet Secretary informs us the UK Government has tabled an…
4 November 2024 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
So you wish to write accordingly.
4 November 2024 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
Okay. Alun.
4 November 2024 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
I think there's general agreement on that. What can we do? We spend a lot of our time in different committees pretending we've got the power to make people come and give evidence to us. But if we can't make the First Minister come and give evidence on an area…
4 November 2024 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
A written statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: independent commission and review of the water sector. This written statement informs the Senedd that the Deputy First Minister has, jointly with the…
4 November 2024 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Inter-institutional relations agreement
Item 10, notifications and correspondence under the inter-institutional relations agreement—a written statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: the Sea Fisheries (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024…
4 November 2024 , 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 very much.
4 November 2024 , 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
Members, are you happy? Yes. Item 9.3, the Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas (Procedure and Interest Rate) (Wales) Regulations 2024. The committee considered this instrument at its meeting on 30 September. Following that meeting, we wrote to the…
4 November 2024 , 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
Yes. Everybody happy with that? Yes. Item 9.2, the Education (Amendments Relating to the Co-ordination of School Admission Arrangements) (Wales) Regulations 2024. The committee considered this instrument at its meeting on 21 October, and laid its report the…
4 November 2024 , 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
Are we happy to do that? Natasha.
4 November 2024 , 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
Item 9 is instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Orders 21.2 or 21.3. Item 9.1, the Local Government Finance (Consequential and Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) (Secondary Legislation) (Wales) Regulations 2024. The…
4 November 2024 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Any Members want to raise any points? No. Are we happy to write, as laid out there by Kate? Yes.
4 November 2024 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Okay, right. Are we happy to agree the reporting points? Yes. On to item 8.2, the Land Transaction Tax (Relief for Special Tax Sites) (Wales) Regulations 2024. These regulations amend the Land Transaction Tax and Anti-avoidance of Devolved Taxes (Wales) Act…
