, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 6
So, do you think you're having to curtail your ambition because of what's happened?
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 6
Alwyn.
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 6
Does anybody want to add to that—Sally, maybe?
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 6
Welcome to everybody. We'll crack on. As I said, we've got quite a bit of ground to cover. Obviously, the NHS budget, and the social services budget, is a huge chunk of the Government budget and is under the spotlight at the moment as well. I'd like to start…
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 6
Thank you very much, and a very warm welcome to you.
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 6
Lovely. And Alwyn.
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 6
Welcome. Thank you. Dave.
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 6
Diolch, Darren. Sally.
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 6
Welcome this morning. Welcome to our witnesses online and witnesses in the room. Would you be able to introduce yourselves and where you're coming from, or who you're representing? If we start in the room and then we'll go over to Dave and Alwyn. So, if we…
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 6
We'll move on to the first session this morning, namely the scrutiny—. With us today we have representatives from the NHS and social services.
, Finance Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Good morning and a very warm welcome to the Finance Committee this morning. We're continuing with our scrutiny of the Welsh Government draft budget. We have been looking at sessions, and we have the Minister joining us later this afternoon. We are expecting…
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Management of NHS pressures
Our NHS is at breaking point. Something has to give. There have been long-standing problems with patient flow through hospitals. When you combine this with an increased pressure on our emergency service and more and more patients being added to waiting lists…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
I raise this matter as there have been problems occurring on common land within my region. The current relaxed model of ownership and accountability means that all it takes is a rogue landowner to expose the inherent flaws within the system. Without going…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you for that response.
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
3. What is the Minister doing to help manage common land in South Wales East? OQ58943
, Plenary
Initial Consideration Debate on the Historic Environment (Wales) Bill
We welcome the introduction of this Bill to create a consolidated, accessible and modernised legislative framework for the conservation of Wales's historic environment that will better reflect the dynamics of the devolution landscape. We hope this will make…
, Plenary
Initial Consideration Debate on the Historic Environment (Wales) Bill
Thank you very much to the committee and the Chair for the work that they've done, and thank you to the Counsel General for bringing this Bill forward.
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Lobbying: Evidence Session
Does that mean not just Ministers? That means any one of us.
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Lobbying: Evidence Session
Diolch. Sorry, Natasha, for cutting across.
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Lobbying: Evidence Session
Just on that point, should the register then be extended to meetings with senior advisers? Should they fall under the same level of expectation as a Minister?
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Lobbying: Evidence Session
Thank you. Diolch, Vikki.
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Lobbying: Evidence Session
And finally from me, if I may, Chair, we've talked a little bit about different types of lobbying and that informal sitting next to somebody in a dinner or a meeting in an office or whatever those might be. There's online, you've got by letter, you've got all…
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Lobbying: Evidence Session
You've talked in your previous answers and in that answer as well, and you've indicated that lobbying can undermine transparency and can create inequality of access. I'm just wondering what your thoughts were on what the—. Talking about the Canadian system…
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Lobbying: Evidence Session
Thank you. That's great. And I certainly would be interested in seeing some of that stuff from Canada as well. We've looked a little bit at Ireland already, but thanks for that. But, going on to my substantive questions on the disvalue of lobbying, as opposed…
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Lobbying: Evidence Session
Diolch, Vikki, a bore da, Rachel. Before I move on to the flip side of the coin, the disadvantages or disvalue of lobbying, those things that you were mentioning to John, is there somewhere in the world that you operate in, or have colleagues in, who do that…
