, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session 2
So, you're delivering that now without legislation, so will legislation help?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session 2
I'm going to talk a little bit about socially responsible public procurement—it's hard to say it at times, but hopefully it's easier to do. To what extent are the proposals in the Bill related to socially responsible public procurement likely to deliver…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session 2
Thanks, Chair, and thanks, everyone, for giving of your time this afternoon.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session 1
Thank you.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session 1
Can I just come in with a quick question to both of you? If you were to move forward 10 years, and this legislation has been in place, and you're looking back and saying, 'Well, that was the step change that happened because this legislation was put in…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session 1
Okay. No problem. Thank you, Chair.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session 1
Okay. Yes, certainly. Sue, I don't know if it's more within what you would do, or would it be better off asking colleagues?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session 1
Excellent, yes. That would be good, if that's okay, Chair. Thank you. My last question is about in what sort of circumstances do you believe that Welsh Ministers should use the powers under section 41 of the Bill to investigate how a contracting authority…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session 1
Okay, thank you very much. Obviously, we're talking about the implementation of the Act and we've seen in the explanatory memorandum that it highlights the time that it's taken for public bodies in Scotland to consistently apply the measures. What would be a…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session 1
Are there particular instances, maybe, of changes to data and things that might need to be captured as part of this Bill that would be problematic for you—potential addresses of invoices, that sort of thing, or is that sort of information already kept? Either…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session 1
Thanks. And Richard.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session 1
Thanks, Chair. I'd like to focus a little bit on socially responsible public procurement. My first question is in two parts, and it depends on your world view and whether or not you're glass half empty or half full, I suppose. So, the first bit is how these…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session 1
Okay. Thank you.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session 1
Just a quick one, picking up on what you were saying there, and you're talking a little bit about the chances of things becoming a little bit too bureaucratic and that it requires a cultural shift. Is enshrining the membership in law going to stifle…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Ministerial scrutiny
Thanks, Chair. That partially answers part of the question that I have on what impact these MoUs have and have had, and, maybe in relation to the international strategy, how do they link together?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Ministerial scrutiny
Oh, sorry. Yes, no problem. With regards to the memorandums of understanding that we've got with regions and countries, some are listed on the website, and some are referenced in the overseas office reports, and others are referenced elsewhere. Would it be…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Ministerial scrutiny
No, not on that bit, no. Thank you.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Ministerial scrutiny
Just a quick supplementary on what Hefin was saying there about people like Castle Dairies. When we're out and about in our regions and our constituencies, talking to businesses, talking to people, what would be the expectation from yourself, with those…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Ministerial scrutiny
Yes, if I may. I think you're on the record, First Minister, as saying that you're not going to miss any opportunities to raise human rights issues with the Qatari authorities, and I think the Minister for Economy has done so already in a visit in May. How do…
, Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Empowering communities
I think it’s, as we’re calling it here today, time to do something about it, so it’s good to—[Interruption.] Anyway. There will be many communities in Wales that have lost community assets over the last decade without the legislation. I can provide a recent…
, Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Empowering communities
Yes, certainly.
, Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Empowering communities
It's great to see so much support from across the Chamber. Community is, no doubt, important wherever you live in the world. I may be biased, but I think that community is extra special to people living in Wales. We are, by nature, an outgoing, kind and…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
The vast majority of my region is made up of working-class communities where the cost-of-living crisis is being felt most acutely. The announcement last week that interest rates on student loans would be capped at 7.3 per cent to prevent them rising to 12 per…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
Thank you very much for that response.
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
9. How is the Government encouraging children in South Wales East to embark on further education? OQ58221
