, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 2
I have nothing further to ask, Chair.
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 2
I'm fairly certain you're right, but bits of it can. What I'm asking you: are you prepared to talk to the Minister to discuss if some of the bits of the Bill that have almost universal support, could actually be fitted in either into current legislation being…
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 2
Thank you. Diolch, Peredur. A lot of what I was going to ask was answered in the first part, which is, as you know, not unusual. We're not allowed to talk about the policy, so I will try and circumvent that and hope that you don't call me out of order. Could…
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 1
No, just something that I will raise with Peter as well: I think that I will follow that advert, 'It's good to talk', and suggest that the Minister has further discussions with Peter about what can be carried out without actually having to pass a Bill. Would…
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 1
If I can push on something I raised earlier, what can be done in there that you think is good, but just by ministerial action rather than needing a Bill? I think one of the great weaknesses we have as a Senedd, and dare I say Ministers as well, is we want a…
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 1
I do. I share the Minister's concern about the food commissioner. I think of the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales and what that's cost and how little, if anything, that's achieved. I have a view that, unless there's a specific reason for a…
, Plenary
Short Debate: Benefits of medical research in Wales
Can I thank Russ George for giving me a minute in this debate, but, more importantly, thank him for bringing this debate into the Chamber and putting forward a lot of ideas that I fully support? I want to continue the point made by Russ on the economic…
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Income tax devolution
Do you share my concern about the use of dividend income to reduce the amount of tax being paid, and that we don't get any share of the dividend income of people who get paid by dividends in Wales?
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Income tax devolution
I think it's always good to discuss taxation, especially when it's being discussed not as part of the budget-setting process. I think if we could perhaps repeat this sort of debate again, well away from the budget, because I think it's got far deeper meaning…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Free ports
No, I'm not allowed—[Inaudible.] I only asked if the MP for Ynys Môn—
, Plenary
Topical Questions
The Minister has answered part of what I was going to raise, because the Minister is quite used to me talking about the problem of people having standing charges. I understand from The Observer last Sunday that standing charges can be up to 50p a day. Most of…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
I think you've seen just how much of a problem this is for very many of us representing constituencies. As the Minister is aware, I have two high-rise developments in Swansea East, Altamar and South Quay. In fact, the Minister might drive past them on her way…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Yes.
, Plenary
Debate: The Draft Budget 2023-24
I will be voting for this budget, despite having very serious concerns about it. If the Senedd was unable to set a budget, there's no shortage of members of the Westminster Government who would be only too happy to say, 'Devolution does not work. We can set…
, Plenary
Debate: The Draft Budget 2023-24
I was going to say it's based upon the standard spending assessment, the rates support grant, taking into account the ability of councils to raise money. Would you have to also change the standard spending assessment in order to change the rates support grant?
, Plenary
Debate: The Draft Budget 2023-24
Will you take an intervention, Peter?
, Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Partnership: The LGBTQ+ Action Plan
I welcome the statement today and the Welsh Government's support for the LGBTQ+ community. I welcome the commitment to making Wales the most LGBTQ+ friendly nation in Europe. I fully support the vision to improves the lives and outcomes for LGBTQ+ people. I…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Welsh Government Workforce Planning: Evidence session (part 2)
Yes.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Welsh Government Workforce Planning: Evidence session (part 2)
I've concluded. I've not gone onto the wrong page. [Laughter.]
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Welsh Government Workforce Planning: Evidence session (part 2)
Thank you. I'll be talking about my view on the digital set-up later on this month, where I have serious concerns. But I think the idea—. You believe that some things are done best by being done centrally, and some by having an external organisation; have you…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Welsh Government Workforce Planning: Evidence session (part 2)
Finally, from me—a real 'finally', this time. You've created organisations such as the Centre for Digital Public Services, which is arm's length, or semi arm's length—why? And why would it work better outside Government than inside Government?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Welsh Government Workforce Planning: Evidence session (part 2)
What alternative delivery mechanisms or other opportunities to work differently are realistically available to the Welsh Government to manage staff requirements and running costs?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Welsh Government Workforce Planning: Evidence session (part 2)
Sorry, I've jumped ahead of myself. I've lost where I should have been, sorry. Please ignore that. My pages got stuck together.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Welsh Government Workforce Planning: Evidence session (part 2)
Thank you. Finally, from me: how, overall, is the delegation and accountability framework working so far?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Welsh Government Workforce Planning: Evidence session (part 2)
Just carrying on from that, when you were in the health board, health boards had doctors, they had nurses, they had physiotherapists, they had people specialised and skilled. I would guess that, when you were in the health board, you had very few people, if…
