30 November 2022 , Plenary
Debate on the Finance Committee Report—'Post-EU funding arrangements'
To close, Dirprwy Lywydd, this report shines a light on these funding arrangements and, more importantly, on how the funds operate in Wales and their impact on the communities that need them most. I would like to thank Members and the Minister for their…
30 November 2022 , Plenary
Debate on the Finance Committee Report—'Post-EU funding arrangements'
It highlights the complexity and the emotive matters that we have been discussing this afternoon. Just briefly, a few comments on the speakers. Peter, to start with, talked about that lack of engagement and that complexity of not talking to each other. Mike…
30 November 2022 , Plenary
Debate on the Finance Committee Report—'Post-EU funding arrangements'
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd, and I thank everyone for taking part in this debate this afternoon.
30 November 2022 , Plenary
Debate on the Finance Committee Report—'Post-EU funding arrangements'
Thank you, Mike. We recommend that an independent body should assess both the Welsh and UK Governments' claims around the levels of future funding and how this compares to previous EU funding. We are pleased that the Welsh Government has agreed to this…
30 November 2022 , Plenary
Debate on the Finance Committee Report—'Post-EU funding arrangements'
The new funding arrangements established since the UK left the EU represent a seismic shift in the way that money is allocated to Wales and the role of the Welsh and UK Governments in that process. Our overriding finding was that the successful implementation…
30 November 2022 , Plenary
Debate on the Finance Committee Report—'Post-EU funding arrangements'
Thank you very much, Llywydd, and I am delighted to move the motion and to open this debate on the Finance Committee’s report on post-EU funding arrangements. The issue of EU replacement funding has a particular salience in Wales, given that it was the…
30 November 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
I support efforts to establish a set of actions for all farmers in Wales in return for annual universal baseline payments that will promote biodiversity and boost the environment in our country. I do, however, share the concerns of farming unions that tenant…
30 November 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you for that answer.
30 November 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
1. How is the Government securing a viable future for farming? OQ58785
29 November 2022 , Plenary
& 10. The General Principles of the Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill and The Financial Resolution in respect of the Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill
I’d like to start with the membership of the social partnership council. It is a key consideration. We must ensure that this influential body will fully reflect all aspects of Welsh society. For this to happen there must be flexibility in the mechanism of the…
29 November 2022 , Plenary
& 10. The General Principles of the Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill and The Financial Resolution in respect of the Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill
Thank you, Llywydd, and thanks to Jenny Rathbone as Chair of the ESJ committee, my fellow Members and the clerking team and research service for their collaboration in the process of scrutinising this Bill; also thank you to the Deputy Minister for her…
28 November 2022 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Lobbying: Evidence Session 3
Thank you.
28 November 2022 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Lobbying: Evidence Session 3
Thank you very much.
28 November 2022 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Lobbying: Evidence Session 3
Fees and penalties, I suppose.
28 November 2022 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Lobbying: Evidence Session 3
Okay, thank you very much. With regard to those fees, do you think that is—? How enforceable are those? Obviously, if they don't pay up, is there recourse then to be able to—?
28 November 2022 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Lobbying: Evidence Session 3
And finally from me, Chair, if I may, I notice there's a fee every year to be on the register. Does that then cover the costs of the office, or is there additional cost involved?
28 November 2022 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Lobbying: Evidence Session 3
Obviously, then, you'd have no recourse to then deal with the parliamentary side of things. So, for parliamentarians you've got no teeth, as it were, on that side of things—that would be in ethics and standards.
28 November 2022 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Lobbying: Evidence Session 3
But no mention of who they've lobbied.
28 November 2022 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Lobbying: Evidence Session 3
From what you said earlier, it's fairly limited, the amount of information that you ask for in those quarterly returns.
28 November 2022 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Lobbying: Evidence Session 3
I've asked a couple already, thanks, Chair, but I've got a couple more, if I may. With regard to organisations or lobbyists that mistakenly put wrong information down, or that aren't aware that they need to register, what are your processes and to what…
28 November 2022 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Lobbying: Evidence Session 3
Thank you.
28 November 2022 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Lobbying: Evidence Session 3
Just following on a little bit from that, then, and it's a question I've asked others. Do you then require lobbyists to note, as part of the registration of activities, the amount of money that's been paid to them? Or is it more that if they are registered…
28 November 2022 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Lobbying: Evidence Session 2
Thank you very much, Chair. Thank you.
28 November 2022 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Lobbying: Evidence Session 2
That would be very useful. And then, from the other aspect, professional lobbyists, is there anywhere in the legislation that records the payments being made to lobbyists for access, or anything like that?
28 November 2022 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Lobbying: Evidence Session 2
Okay. What we had from Scotland was roughly the cost of the IT equipment, the IT system and how many full-time equivalent members of staff. So, something similar to that might give us a direct comparison to see—
