, Finance Committee
Audit Wales - Scrutiny of the Estimate 2025-26 and Interim Report: Evidence session
Could you remind us what percentage rise that will be as an overall percentage figure?
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales - Scrutiny of the Estimate 2025-26 and Interim Report: Evidence session
A warm welcome to you and thank you for the documentation we've had in advance. We've seen each other fairly recently as well, so it's good to see you again. We'll now go on to some questions on the estimate and then on the interim report. We've got quite a…
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales - Scrutiny of the Estimate 2025-26 and Interim Report: Evidence session
Great. A warm welcome to you.
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales - Scrutiny of the Estimate 2025-26 and Interim Report: Evidence session
Welcome.
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales - Scrutiny of the Estimate 2025-26 and Interim Report: Evidence session
I'll move on to item 3, which is the scrutiny of the estimate for 2025-26 on the interim report of Audit Wales. I'm glad to see four witnesses with us this morning. It's good to see you. Are you able to introduce yourselves for the record, please? We'll start…
, Finance Committee
Papers to note
We have four papers to note. Are we content to note those? I see that we are. Those are all noted, so we'll move on to item 3.
, Finance Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Good morning and welcome to this meeting of the Finance Committee. It's great to see the Members all here online, and we have our witnesses also with us this morning. This meeting is being broadcast live on Senedd.tv and the Record of Proceedings will be…
, Plenary
Topical Questions
Crashes like this one that took place in Powys last month have thankfully become a very rare occurrence. It resulted in the death of a passenger, and my sympathies and condolences go out to his family and friends, but this could have been much worse and I…
, Plenary
Topical Questions
Thank you for that response, Cabinet Secretary.
, Plenary
Topical Questions
2. What assessment has the Welsh Government made of other Transport for Wales trains fitted with the automated safety system intended to spray sand during wheel slippage which failed on a train involved in the recent fatal crash in Powys, and what is the…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
Thank you for that response. During the last few weeks, I've been having discussions with the education profession on the use of e-sgol in my region. As you said, this resource was established online originally to help with the provision of sixth form in…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
6. Will the Cabinet Secretary provide an update on the use of e-sgol in South Wales East? OQ61811
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
Okay, that’s not quite as positive as what the finance Secretary said yesterday, but I know there are lots of things to be worked through. I’ll look forward to getting that update from you. Finally, can the Cabinet Secretary assure us that consequentials from…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
Diolch. It is disappointing that that assurance isn’t there at the moment. I’m sure you are listening to local authorities. I’ve been speaking to them as well, and they are making those asks as to how much of that £1.7 billion will be coming their way to help…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. 'Austerity has ended'—these were the words of the First Minister yesterday. I know it will be news to the councils across Wales that are in the midst of a financial crisis, facing a £559 million shortfall. They need a 7 per cent…
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: The UK Budget
It's not an exaggeration to say that there is a funding crisis in local government. With councils in Wales facing spending pressures of over £0.5 billion this year alone, which are expected to rise to almost £0.75 billion by 2027-28, it's clear that the…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
The planned uplift in employer national insurance contributions will have huge financial repercussions for the third sector. The National Council for Voluntary Organisations has estimated it could be as much as £1.4 billion a year across the UK. It has been…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Thank you very much for that response. I'm pleased that some work is already being done.
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
2. What is the First Minister's assessment of the impact of the UK Government's budget announcement on the third sector in Wales? OQ61810
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence Session 11
Okay. Thank you. Diolch, Cadeirydd.
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence Session 11
And finally, Chair, if I may. With the aspects of what we've been discussing this morning, are there any examples anywhere in the world that you've come across, through research or through others, where they've got this right in some elements or partially…
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence Session 11
And what about in the courts? You have a right of appeal in British courts, so where does that—? This offence could have meant that you've not been able to stand at this election, or you've been removed from office, somebody else has been put in your place…
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence Session 11
And any thoughts about either a defence or being able to correct the record? So, that aspect of, 'I made a genuine mistake; it wasn't wilful deception, but I did deceive people because I said something that was factually incorrect.' Any thoughts about how…
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence Session 11
If a new offence of deception was introduced, any thoughts around that process? And following on from what you were saying there, those real-world examples that you were talking about, are there any pitfalls that you can see or any procedural aspects through…
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence Session 11
Thank you very much for joining us this morning, and it's been very interesting to listen to you this morning.
