, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Diolch, Weinidog. Thirteen years of Tory-driven austerity and economic mismanagement have left public finances in dire straits, and the consequences will fall particularly hard on the people of Wales. It speaks volumes, doesn't it, about the sheer arrogance…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
These issues that we've been talking about, such as austerity and the cost-of-living crisis, have been exacerbated by the impact of the UK Government's hard Brexit, which continues to act as a heavy millstone on our economy. We all remember the now thoroughly…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Thank you, Llywydd. Good afternoon, Minister.
, Plenary
The Local Elections (Principal Areas) (Single Transferable Vote) (Wales) Rules 2023
Thank you, Minister, for bringing this forward. We welcome the introduction of these new rules to enable local authorities to conduct their elections according to a single transferrable vote system. This is a long-overdue reform that will, undoubtedly…
, Plenary
Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: The Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill
We're at the threshold of a new era in the history of Welsh democracy; a quarter of a century after Wales took its first tentative steps along the path of devolution, a range of new legislation, including the Bill before us today, will finally see our…
, Plenary
Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: The Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill
Thank you very much for this afternoon's statement.
, Plenary
Short Debate: Navigating Wales's Brain Drain: Challenges and Solutions
I realise that not everybody wishes to return to Wales after their degree, but I'd like this Government to place more emphasis on ensuring that there are more quality jobs for those people to come back to. Similarly, I'd like this Government to ensure that…
, Plenary
Short Debate: Navigating Wales's Brain Drain: Challenges and Solutions
Thank you to Luke for bringing this important debate forward today. And as one of those persons that you mentioned, Adam, who left Wales to study for a degree—I went to university in Sheffield and studied a degree in engineering, control systems engineering…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Community assets
I'm sure we're all familiar with many positives and benefits that come from community-owned and managed assets, but I want to draw your attention to some research that focuses on England that has been published. It demonstrates that areas that experience…
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
To declare, I've met with the team down in Magor, and they're doing sterling work there to raise this issue and to look at innovative transport links, and this station certainly would be that. We've met cross-party as well; there's cross-party support for…
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
[Inaudible.] I think it's important to keep the focus on this and just to be mindful of what that committee is doing and, obviously, on the back of this committee then to see if there are any gaps that need filling up. Some of the evidence that we've seen and…
, Petitions Committee
New petitions
Yes. [Inaudible.]—work out, I suppose, what we hope to get from the debate and what it will add to the public discourse. So, I think it needs to be taken under advisement and see how best to maybe move this forward. So, yes, I'd agree with you, Chair.
, Petitions Committee
New petitions
Diolch, Cadeirydd. It's an interesting petition, and I thank the constituent of yours for bringing it forward, because it makes some very interesting points. And we've had a pretty comprehensive response from the Minister, but there are some extra questions…
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session - P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
Okay, thanks. That's great, thank you.
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session - P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
Based on square foot or square metres.
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Evidence session - P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
Just something that's occurred to me. You talked earlier about £200 being the average. Would there be any merit in a standard tariff across Wales?
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session - P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
Okay. Thanks.
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session - P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
But not something where you'd have to pay something on an annual or a monthly basis.
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session - P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
Just on that bit, you're saying that the onus could be on the sellers, with your binder, but where does conveyancing come into this? Where does the legal aspect of making sure that—? Because obviously it's a legal document that is involved. Is the onus on the…
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session - P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
On that point, just thinking out loud and not having thought it through 100 per cent, but is there any scope, if the county council doesn't adopt, for community councils and community councillors to get involved in potentially helping with this sort of…
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session - P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
Okay. Thank you very much.
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Evidence session - P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
And is it one side more than the other, or is it fairly—? I suppose, who is to blame? Is it more that the public finances are being so squeezed at the moment that any liability that goes on to the local authority is causing them to find ways of not adopting?
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session - P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
Across Wales at the moment, what's the scale of that issue, with regard to builders not being able to hand over, or being left with public open space that they need to find a way of managing?
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session - P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
Diolch, Cadeirydd. Thank you very much for coming today. I'd like to start with—. Could you give us an outline of why we get into these arrangements, what the technical side of things are, what happens when new estates are built, and obviously, then, the…
, Finance Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting
So, I propose, in accordance with Standing Order 17.42, that the committee resolves to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting. Are Members content? I see that they are. So, we'll go into private session.
