, Finance Committee
Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
Donald Rumsfeld talked about known unknowns, and I'm going to talk about the big known unknown, which is pay. You don't know—and that's not a criticism; no-one knows—what a pay review body will produce, whether that would be acceptable, whether that would…
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
I was going to say: can you write to us when you have that information? Because I don't think there wouldn't be any benefit in bringing you in to talk to us, but, writing to us, we'd have that information ready.
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
And following on from that, are we making any progress on actually doing away with these limits, which are unusual? They exist as a tool to stop the SNP massively overspending and creating a financial crisis, which there's a fear that they would do if they…
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
I'll ask the other question on this when you've finished that one.
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
Just two very brief questions on this. I think that, traditionally, capital schemes have drifted during the year because of the difficulty of getting contractors. But you've got then the other side—you've got the increase in costs that are incurred due to…
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Devolution of justice and policing
Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. We quite regularly have these debates about the devolution of policing and the criminal justice system. I know, because I've led some of them. In Britain, we have had piecemeal devolution, whilst in the USA, Germany, and…
, Plenary
Debate on the Health and Social Care Committee Report—Dentistry
Would you agree that we need to have it near or at a medical school, because of the benefits of people working between the two of them?
, Plenary
Debate on the Health and Social Care Committee Report—Dentistry
Will you take an intervention?
, Plenary
Debate on the Health and Social Care Committee Report—Dentistry
This is an example where committees work well: examining in detail an area that needs scrutiny and public discussion. Like many other Members, I get a large number of queries about access to dentists, especially when a local dental practice stops seeing NHS…
, Plenary
Questions to the Senedd Commission
I chair the PCS cross-party group in the Senedd. The Senedd has prided itself for very good reason on being a good employer, and I am sure most Members, if not all Members in here, are very pleased that we see ourselves, and have been seen by others, as being…
, Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Partnership: Armed Forces Day
Yes.
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: The Warm Homes Programme
Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. I very much welcome the statement from the Minister. Everyone needs and deserves a warm home. A cold home has a serious effect on health and, for children, can cause underperformance in school. I welcome that all…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
I'm asking for a Government statement on the use of open-source software. Open-source software is computer software that is released under a license in which the copyright holder grants users the rights to use, study, change and distribute the software and…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
I just want to say very unequivocally that primates are not suitable to be kept as pets, and certainly homes are not suitable for keeping primates. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has needed to rescue monkeys whose welfare has been…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
8. What is the Welsh Government's policy on the keeping of primates as pets? OQ59629
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Can I thank the Minister for that response? Invest-to-save is a project I've consistently supported. Using investment to produce long-term savings by greater efficiency will increase productivity. This is the way forward for the public sector, assuming we're…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
7. Will the Welsh Government provide an update on the invest-to-save programme? OQ59628
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: The Infrastructure (Wales) Bill
I very much welcome this statement. Infrastructure is one of the three pillars for driving successful economic growth, along with access to finance and high-quality education. I also want to stress the importance of planning to control development and to stop…
, Plenary
Statement by the First Minister: Raising Wales’s International Profile—An update on the Welsh Government’s international relations activity
And supporting their clubs.
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Can I thank the First Minister for that response? The unemployment rate over recent years in Wales has been lower than the UK average. I know we've had a blip in the last couple of months. We know that the median salaries in Wales are lower than that of the…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
4. Will the First Minister make a statement on the percentage of the Welsh workforce working in higher-paid economic sectors? OQ59638
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting
Content.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: Evidence session
Like me. [Laughter.]
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: Evidence session
Okay, thank you.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: Evidence session
Okay. And finally from me, is the time commitment required of public appointments aligned with the time commitments set out in the recruitment advertisement? What I'm saying, in a very long sort of way, is, they may say that it needs one day a week, or half a…
