, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Water (Special Measures) Bill: evidence session
Is there a particular timeline you have in place, as to when you'll be in a better position to give us a timeline as to when that may actually take place?
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Water (Special Measures) Bill: evidence session
Before exercising any powers going forward, do you have any plans to make a commitment to undertake a consultation with the relevant stakeholders on a draft of the regulations?
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Water (Special Measures) Bill: evidence session
Okay, great. Delegated powers under clause 6 of the Bill would allow the Welsh Ministers to specify in regulations the offences where automatic penalties must be imposed by Natural Resources Wales. Do you think it's appropriate for this to be a delegated…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Water (Special Measures) Bill: evidence session
Okay. And the different structures have been taken into account whilst making the Bill.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Water (Special Measures) Bill: evidence session
Thank you so much, Chair. Thank you so much for the answers you've given so far. You mentioned, Minister, earlier on, about how various companies have different structures in Wales, particularly you touched upon Welsh Water, for example—they're operating as a…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
Okay. Thank you, Chair.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
So if, for example, we're in a situation six months, a year, down the line and we say, 'Okay, there is a massive issue with regard to knowledge', for example, of people in mid Wales not being aware of the opportunities available to them, what would you do?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
Sorry, Chair, if I could ask a supplementary question to that. I'm all for diversity—it's kind of a given here—and I think everyone else on the committee is equally of the same thought process. I'm a proud Member for south-east Wales. I love my region. I know…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
Thank you. Just following on from what Rhianon said, I totally appreciate the pace that you've got, the programme that you've got with people trying to learn more about the system, but I think, as a committee, we want end results. And I think having the right…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
Okay. Great. Thank you so much, Chair.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
Okay, thank you so much. I appreciate you have a lot on your plate in relation to everything you've just stated to the committee, but can you set out a timeline for the production of and consultation of a replacement strategy?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
Okay, fair enough. Given that the time period originally covered by the strategy was between 2020 and 2023, can you give us any clarity on the current status, as it stands?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
I'm a person who loves spoilers and I appreciate what you've mentioned to my colleague Rhianon Passmore about the data being collected, it's not just been put in form. Is there any insight that you can give us as to some of the data that you've collated so…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
Yes, of course.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
Okay, great.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
Okay, fair enough, all right. And what measures and things are you doing to ensure that that is driven through and comes through?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
Good morning, gentlemen. In my questioning, it's going to be a bit more about the future of the strategy itself, if that's okay. We have heard on many occasions that the diversity of public appointments remains a ministerial priority, and you're both nodding…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Papers to note
Is it worth asking them for a timeline, if they have one in place? I appreciate 2026 is far away for some, but it's not far away for many of us who are thinking about elections. I think if we could ask if they have even a small structural plan in place to get…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Papers to note
I would like, if we can, to defer until we have the session in January with them, but definitely touch on these areas, please, when it comes to questioning, when it comes to looking into it, because hopefully, by that point, all of this Competition and…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Papers to note
Chair, I’m not happy with the letter. There are a couple of issues that I have with this letter. I appreciate, as mentioned in one of the paragraphs, commercial confidentiality to a point when it comes to Cardiff Airport, but I think there comes a point where…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Papers to note
I'm content to note the letter.
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Teaching of reading skills in schools
Schools should be places where our children are nurtured and equipped with essential skills to set them up for life, because, after all, they are indeed our country's future. Yet, sadly, as we all know, that isn't often the case here in Wales, with…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales
Thank you so much for your response, Cabinet Secretary. I think it’s fair to say that west Wales is often deprioritised when it comes to transport projects, particularly, and perhaps due to the rurality of the area and its less densely populated geographical…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales
Thank you for the response, Cabinet Secretary, and I do look forward to those updates as time progresses. Last week, we heard the exciting news that a Welsh company had made a breakthrough with a new innovative solution to address electric vehicle charging…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales
Thank you so much, Presiding Officer. Cabinet Secretary, as you're well aware, the Senedd rarely votes unanimously on one given topic. However, when it comes to fair funding from high speed 2, it's something that we've all agreed on, that Wales is owed…
