, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Group 14: Annual reports (Amendments 83, 7)
Diolch yn fawr. Thank you very much. In line with what I've said previously, this is a follow-on from the previous group of amendments, and it boils down to what gets measured gets done. So, by adding the focus and reporting lines in, the Minister will make…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Group 13: Procurement strategies (Amendments 79, 110, 80, 81, 71, 82)
Thank you, Minister. I understand where you're coming from, and I do think that it goes to the heart of being able to say what gets measured gets done and having things specific in legislation to say that it puts the focus on authorities to keep these things…
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Group 13: Procurement strategies (Amendments 79, 110, 80, 81, 71, 82)
Diolch, Cadeirydd. For anyone following Welsh politics for the last decade or so, it will come as no surprise that I will be bringing forward amendments at this point in proceedings. What I'm about to say can apply equally to groups 13 through to 16. Public…
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Group 11: Outsourcing and workforce code (Amendments 5, 68, 6)
Just to say that I agree with the Minister and I'm happy to support the amendments, but I think that there might be a way of going a little bit stronger on it, and I'd urge her to look into that for Stage 3 and to see if it could go a little bit further than…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Group 10: Social public works clauses (Amendments 62, 76, 63, 77, 78, 64, 65, 66, 67, 92)
Move.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Group 10: Social public works clauses (Amendments 62, 76, 63, 77, 78, 64, 65, 66, 67, 92)
The final amendment of ours in this grouping will give Ministers the power in the future to amend the table in section 27 via regulations. It would only allow Ministers to add categories, not to remove them, and would be subject to the affirmative resolution…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Group 10: Social public works clauses (Amendments 62, 76, 63, 77, 78, 64, 65, 66, 67, 92)
Also, in terms of the Welsh language, amendment 77 adds Welsh as a category to the table. It's already a policy of the Government to increase the number of Welsh language spaces, including workplaces, across the country. Adding the Welsh language to this…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Group 10: Social public works clauses (Amendments 62, 76, 63, 77, 78, 64, 65, 66, 67, 92)
Amendment 76 is crucial to make sure the Bill and the model clause, as Welsh Ministers will be obliged to publish under this section, set the gold standard in ensuring that new jobs and investment flowing from major construction contracts benefit groups and…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Group 10: Social public works clauses (Amendments 62, 76, 63, 77, 78, 64, 65, 66, 67, 92)
In terms of the second amendment, it strikes one that the Welsh language is absent from this table, and it's vital that has its appropriate place alongside the other priorities noted in the table in terms of the categories that we want to develop in major…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Group 10: Social public works clauses (Amendments 62, 76, 63, 77, 78, 64, 65, 66, 67, 92)
Diolch, Cadeirydd. I'll speak to the first of several amendments in this key area of the Bill, in Part 2. We've submitted three amendments to section 27 of the Bill, pertaining to social public works clauses in major construction contracts. For the first, in…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Group 9: Socially responsible public procurement (Amendments 98, 99, 75, 100, 2, 101, 102, 103, 3, 104, 105, 4, 106, 60, 107, 61, 108, 109, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115)
Yes.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Group 9: Socially responsible public procurement (Amendments 98, 99, 75, 100, 2, 101, 102, 103, 3, 104, 105, 4, 106, 60, 107, 61, 108, 109, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115)
Diolch, Chair. Our amendment 75 aims to strengthen section 24 of the Bill by making it clear that the public bodies have a global responsibility as well as a responsibility to their own local area. A number of organisations have been calling for the inclusion…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Group 6: Sub-groups of the SPC (Amendments 44, 74, 45, 46, 47)
Thank you, Chair. Amendment 74 places a duty on the SPC public procurement sub-group to include individuals from the third sector or voluntary sector in Wales. Our amendment in this group will place a duty on the social partnership council to have those…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Group 5: Social Partnership Council: duration of appointments (Amendments 36, 73, 39)
Yes, please.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Group 5: Social Partnership Council: duration of appointments (Amendments 36, 73, 39)
Thank you, Chair. Amendment 73 imposes a two-term limit—that means six years—on members appointed to the SPC. The amendment in this group imposes a two-term limit on the members who are appointed, and having term limits for membership appointed to the social…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Group 4: Social Partnership Council: nominations by TUC Cymru Wales (Amendments 72, 94, 95)
Thank you, Minister, and thank you, Chair. Thank you for those comments. It is important that there's transparency within the SPC. I welcome that letter from the TUC, and certainly want to see that, as this Bill moves forward, we see some strengthening in…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Group 4: Social Partnership Council: nominations by TUC Cymru Wales (Amendments 72, 94, 95)
Thanks to everybody who has been involved in this drafting process and amendment process. This amendment, as with all our amendments, is submitted in good faith and with a view to making this legislation as robust and beneficial to our country as possible…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Group 4: Social Partnership Council: nominations by TUC Cymru Wales (Amendments 72, 94, 95)
Thank you, Chair, and thank you to everyone who helped me to draft these amendments.
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 8
There we are. Thank you very much for your time. Obviously, that was a little bit lighthearted, but obviously they're very difficult decisions you've had to make, and thank you for your time, as always, coming here and giving evidence. We'll mull over what…
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 8
Finally, you mentioned The Lord of the Rings earlier; the smallest people or the smallest things can sometimes have the biggest impact. In this budget, is there something small that's going to have a big impact?
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 8
And Mike, I think, wanted to come in on that.
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 8
Okay. I've got two questions—I'm just looking at the time—if you're okay for two more minutes. The Institute for Fiscal Studies told us that it would be worthwhile doing more analysis of what can be done to improve the efficiency of the NHS, and in particular…
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 8
So, do you believe that you've given sufficient funding in the budget process to be able to deliver all that?
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 8
Just finally, a couple of questions from me. We heard earlier, and we've heard from yourselves that you've got your priority areas, and you've outlined the priority areas. And we heard in evidence that, if everything's a priority, nothing's a priority, and…
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 8
Peter.
