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Scrutiny of the Welsh Governments Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22 - Evidence Session - part 2
Okay, great. You provide narrative but do not include a breakdown of the Welsh Government’s other financial assets. Can you tell me why that is the case, please?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Governments Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22 - Evidence Session - part 2
Thank you so much, Chair. I'd just like to ask our panel today, in relation to core expenditure on grants, which come to the sum of £20.8 billion of the Welsh Government's operating expenditure of £21.4 billion for 2021-22, do you think that this balance is…
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Governments Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22 - Evidence Session - part 1
Thank you so much, Chair.
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Governments Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22 - Evidence Session - part 1
Thank you, Sally-Ann. I'm about to say something that might be misconstrued in a number of ways, but I like to have lots of dates in place. You have not yet published your pay policy statement for 2022, so I'd like to know why this is the case and, coming…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Governments Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22 - Evidence Session - part 1
Okay. Thank you for answering the question. Moving forward, the Welsh Government's director of propriety and ethics partially retired from 1 September 2021. I'd like to know what processes you followed for this decision and how the approach is different…
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Governments Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22 - Evidence Session - part 1
So, would you say approximately under 100 or 150?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Governments Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22 - Evidence Session - part 1
Dr Goodall, roughly how many individuals are there on this level or band that could be part of this particular equation, going forward?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Governments Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22 - Evidence Session - part 1
Thank you for that. Now, the Welsh Government did not actually report any of the changes to the former Permanent Secretary's working arrangements from 1 April 2018 to 1 April 2019 in its accounts for 2018-19 and 2019-20 respectively. So, going forward now…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Governments Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22 - Evidence Session - part 1
Thank you so much, and I do appreciate your answer. It does sound like you are embarking upon a lot of different ways to try and make things as seamless as possible, going forward, but I have a few more questions, if that's okay. So, His Majesty's Treasury…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Governments Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22 - Evidence Session - part 1
Thank you so much, Chair, and good morning, everybody. I know that there is one matter in relation to the accounts previously that has certainly perplexed me and members of the committee as well, and that's the payment to the former Permanent Secretary, and…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
I'd like to wish you and all of my colleagues here in the Chamber and beyond a very, very happy St David's Day. Minister, I know that you've probably heard this line from many of my colleagues over time and over many years, but it's no secret that Labour has…
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Papers to note
I'm content to follow the advice of Matt to wait until March.
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Papers to note
Happy, Chair, for now, yes
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Habilitation training for sight-impaired children
I’ve been very fortunate since having been elected that I was able to work quite closely with Andrea Gordon. Now, she’s from Guide Dogs Cymru and, through her, I was able to meet numerous individuals who actually have visual impairments, and it really made me…
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Topical Questions
No, I don't think you have.
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Topical Questions
I'd like to thank my colleague, Delyth Jewell, for actually raising this as a question today. Now, with all due respect, the end of March was set to be the cut-off point for BES 3, as it was commonly known, and now, we are finding out that it obviously gets…
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thanks, Minister. I've been contacted by a constituent who says that he was recently attacked by a large dog on a public footpath in Newbridge. He goes on to say that he has been bitten twice by dogs in public places over the last six years, and his son has…
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
8. What plans does the Minister have to improve the control of dogs? OQ59114
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Climate Change: The Roads Review and National Transport Delivery Plan
Deputy Minister, you had a real chance here to get Wales moving again by giving communities across Wales infrastructure they not only need, but really deserve. Residents in all four corners of Wales have been on tenterhooks for nearly two years while this…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Free ports
No. [Laughter.] And since being a Member, I've had an immeasurable number of meetings and attended incalculable events with individuals, groups and organisations across Wales on their plight to get their bid approved and I must say that they've all been very…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Free ports
Thank you so much to my colleague, Darren Millar, for bringing this important debate forward. Having spoken on the subject on quite a few occasions, I sincerely don't hold the same view as you, Luke Fletcher. In fact, I think free ports present a fantastic…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Minister, you've read a lot of reports; I've read a fair number of reports now on education, having had many questions with you over the past few years. Now, statistically, we all know that children growing up in poverty and disadvantaged areas are less…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Thanks, Minister. I recently met and received a presentation from the developers behind a proposed solar energy farm at Craig Y Perthi near Uskmouth power station. Solar power, I'm sure you know better than anyone, is currently one of the cheapest forms of…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
3. What progress has the Welsh Government made towards its target of meeting 70 per cent of Wales's electricity demand from renewable sources by 2030? OQ59073
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Business Statement and Announcement
Minister, may I ask for a statement from the Minister for Climate Change regarding the historic dumping of toxic waste at Ty Llwyd quarry at Ynysddu? Caerphilly County Borough Council is now the owner of the site, having compulsorily purchased the quarry, but…
