, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25—Pre-budget scrutiny
A warm welcome to you.
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25—Pre-budget scrutiny
Wonderful. As I say—
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25—Pre-budget scrutiny
Welcome back to the Finance Committee. We've just come out of private session with the chief economist and it was very fascinating. Our thanks to him for giving us some insight, and we might go into some of that information with the Finance Minister. And…
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25—Pre-budget scrutiny
Welcome back.
, Finance Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from items 4, 5, 7, 8, 9 and 10
So, for now, I propose, in accordance with Standing Order 17.42, that the committee resolves to exclude the public from items 4, 5, 7, 8, 9 and 10. Are Members content? Yes, I see that all Members are content, so we will go into private session until 10.15…
, Finance Committee
Papers to note
Thank you very much. I can see that nobody wants to make any comments there.
, Finance Committee
Papers to note
So, just if we can move on to the papers to note, we've got a raft of papers to note, as is quite normal after the summer recess. I think we'll note them, unless anybody has anything to add. We might want to get into some of this in private later, but other…
, Finance Committee
Papers to note
We're going to start this morning with the papers to note. We'll do that in a second, but then we will have a session with the chief economist, and that will be in private, and then we will return at 10.15 a.m. with the Minister for Finance in a public…
, Finance Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
A warm welcome to the first meeting in the new term of the Finance Committee. I'm very pleased to see everybody with us, and we have no apologies this morning. Happy new year to you all. So, this meeting is being broadcast live on Senedd.tv and a Record of…
, Plenary
Topical Questions
Over the summer, we were notified that the Cabinet were working through the summer on measures to mitigate the financial constraints that affected the current budget and which are likely to influence the design of the next budget. And we fully appreciate the…
, Plenary
Topical Questions
Thank you for that response.
, Plenary
Topical Questions
2. Will the Minister provide an update on the Welsh Government’s 2023-24 budget, in light of continued commentary by Ministers via the media over the summer? TQ836
, Plenary
Debate on the General Principles of the Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill
Finally, Llywydd, in our recommendation 6 we have asked the Minister to provide further information on the impact of the estimated cost for local authorities and other stakeholders of considering and implementing a smoke control area. We note the Minister's…
, Plenary
Debate on the General Principles of the Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill
Turning now to our specific recommendations, the committee notes that improving health is a key driver for the Bill, alongside mitigating the economic impact of air pollution and its impact on nature, as well as noise pollution and the wider implications of…
, Plenary
Debate on the General Principles of the Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill
Thank you, Llywydd. I welcome the opportunity to participate in today's debate. In our report, we came to one conclusion and we made six recommendations, and I thank the Deputy Minister for his comments so far. As has been the case recently with other…
, Plenary
Legislative Consent Motion on the Non-Domestic Rating Bill
In the case of the Non-Domestic Rating Bill, it is disappointing that the Welsh Government has not sought to introduce its own legislation on this matter, especially given the significance of non-domestic rate contributions to the Welsh budget. As was noted…
, Plenary
Legislative Consent Motion on the Non-Domestic Rating Bill
Thank you, Llywydd. As I've said previously, Plaid Cymru opposes LCMs as a point of principle. Decisions about Wales should be made in Wales.
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I agree with the comments made by Jayne, and thank you for your answers as well, First Minister. The way that Westminster has behaved towards Newport Wafer Fab demonstrates the importance of Wales having control over its economic levers. Until we have the…
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Yes, I agree with Joel there. I think this is, again, a very topical petition. I think writing to Age Cymru and the older people's commissioner would be good. Beyond that, speaking to young people—there are similar issues in trying to get around. And with bus…
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
I'd like to thank Elfed for bringing this petition forward, because it is extremely important, and if we're serious about reaching the target of 1 million Welsh speakers, these points need to be raised time and time again. Like Buffy, I'm a little…
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
First, I'd like to thank the children and the student members of Ysgol Mynydd Bychan for bringing this petition. It's good for raising the idea. As with a lot of things, when you come up with the idea, then you look into it in detail, and the response we've…
, Petitions Committee
New Petitions
Well, I think we're probably going to be spending quite a bit of time in Plenary and in committees, and there's a special committee been set up for the purposes of discussing these points, and, obviously, other committees within this place are going to be…
, Petitions Committee
New Petitions
My opposition to greyhound racing is noted on the record, so it doesn't come as any surprise that I'm not in favour of this particular petition, but, in the same way as Joel, there are obviously two petitions that have both gained a considerable following…
, Petitions Committee
New Petitions
Yes, it's an interesting petition and a very emotive subject. I've looked through some of the evidence that we've had and some of the correspondence that we've had from different aspects, and the one that strikes me is that the British Heart Foundation Cymru…
, Petitions Committee
New Petitions
Yes, I think this is very important. I don't think we should lose sight of it, so asking the other committee to look into it and then bringing it back once we've seen the report, and then maybe if there are any gaps, we can maybe look at it then. But I think…
