, Petitions Committee
New Petitions
Because it's talking about personal experience, I'm just wondering if we know anything from the petitioner's point of view. Have they taken it down other courses of recourse or not? What we potentially could do is close the petition down because of the…
, Petitions Committee
P-06-1346 Provide free and accessible public transport for under 18s in Wales to lower carbon emissions and boost growth
I was concerned, in your presentation, about the level of discrimination as well, which is a barrier to people using public transport. How extensive was that in your research, and have you given any thought to what sort of things we could put in place to help…
, Petitions Committee
P-06-1346 Provide free and accessible public transport for under 18s in Wales to lower carbon emissions and boost growth
Just a very short one. I’m just interested in, following on from what you both said around if—. Because the cost is so much more on a train than a bus, even though the bus might be harder to navigate, do people tend to go more for a bus because it’s cheaper…
, Petitions Committee
P-06-1346 Provide free and accessible public transport for under 18s in Wales to lower carbon emissions and boost growth
Diolch yn fawr.
, Petitions Committee
P-06-1346 Provide free and accessible public transport for under 18s in Wales to lower carbon emissions and boost growth
I'd like to come back, and maybe Ffion would like to take this, or maybe Kasia as well. Would you, therefore, be in favour of sharing—if there is a pot of money available, that that would be shared more in Valleys and rural areas, rather than with city…
, Petitions Committee
P-06-1346 Provide free and accessible public transport for under 18s in Wales to lower carbon emissions and boost growth
Thank you, Chair. A warm welcome to the committee this afternoon. It's great to see you here. Thank you for your presentation; it's been very interesting. We know that transport options in larger cities, like Cardiff and Newport, are easier and…
, Plenary
Topical Questions
I think I was listening to the statement that the Minister listened to, rather than the one that Peter listened to, because today's autumn statement offered nothing for Wales: nothing to help the 45 per cent of Welsh households in fuel poverty, nothing to…
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: The private rented sector
My electoral region covers six separate counties, with a combined population of almost 650,000 people. Within this area, there was not a single rented property to be found by the Bevan Foundation in February 2023 whose rent would be covered in full by the…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Finance and Local Government: The Local Government Finance (Wales) Bill
I'll be very quick. Clause 20 talks about using digital only to publicise council tax changes. Could you revisit the wording in that to make sure that publication is done in newspapers as well? Diolch.
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Finance and Local Government: The Local Government Finance (Wales) Bill
Diolch to the Minister for the statement today. As has already been alluded to, this Bill encompasses a wide range of measures that, taken together, will amount to the most radical and progressive reform of local government finances in the devolution era. The…
, Finance Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting and the meeting on 13 December
Therefore, I propose in accordance with Standing Order 17.42 that the committee resolves to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting and also the meeting on 13 December. Thank you very much.
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Yes. Excellent. There we are. That comes to the end of our questions today. Thank you very much. It was, as it always is, fascinating to understand or get under the bonnet of some of the figures that we've seen in the RIA on this, and in the implications of…
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Yes, it's good to see that that is filtering through and making—. You know, we've talked on different occasions about the cost of legislation and understanding the cost, and the anticipated cost and the actual cost when legislation is fulfilled and is on the…
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Mathew, you get to speak. [Laughter.]
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
There we are. Thank you. Over to you, Jack.
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
And then when it comes to ongoing costs, when it comes to a member of the public standing for elected office, where would the cost be borne then on translation for them? Would that be within the board and within the system, or would it be borne by the…
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
And within that figure—. I was listening to you give evidence in a different committee, and we talked a little bit about the Welsh language and translation and that sort of thing. Is that factored into that figure, and part of the brief would be to have a…
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Mike.
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
For example, it's quite easy to do it, I suppose, in Anglesey, because you know exactly where the border is and it's wholly within one local authority, but maybe in Caerphilly it would touch on a number of different constituencies.
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
On those pilots, and you've talked a lot about local authority areas, with boundaries changing and, obviously, counties crossing and having larger constituencies that maybe cross county borders—I can think of some in the south-east that cross those—would that…
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Thank you very much. Peter.
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
And with regard to that, then, as this Bill passes through, and you'll be doing a revised RIA, I assume, around Stage 3, will some of that feed into a revised RIA?
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Okay. And finally from me, you say more accurate costs will be known as the staffing structures of the commission are finalised. Can you outline what those structures may look like and the likely costs of that?
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
So, in that case, can you outline if there are any changes in the current funding arrangements for the local democracy and boundary commission to accommodate the establishment and the functions of the electoral management board?
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Thank you. I'd like to move on to the cost of establishing the electoral management board on a statutory basis. The annual running costs of the EMB are based upon EMB in Scotland. Can you provide further details of how much you have engaged with partners in…
