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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Good morning. A warm welcome to this meeting this morning of the Finance Committee. We have a lot of work to do this morning, so I'm going to press ahead quickly. This meeting is being broadcast live on Senedd.tv, and the Record of Proceedings will be…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: The UK Government's Elections Bill
I imagine most of us involved in this debate have spent a fair amount of time trudging the streets in our patch, knocking doors, and talking politics to strangers. It's an aspect of being a member of a political party that I genuinely enjoy. Occasionally, it…
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Motion under Standing Order 10.5 to appoint the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales
The committee firmly believes that a pre-nomination hearing ensures open and transparent scrutiny of the candidate identified as the most suitable from the recruitment process. It also provides the committee, and ultimately the Senedd, with additional…
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Motion under Standing Order 10.5 to appoint the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales
As outlined in the committee’s report, it is vital that the committee’s selection process meets the expectations of the people of Wales in terms of robustness and transparency. It's also vital that the process is conducted in a way that removes it from any…
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Motion under Standing Order 10.5 to appoint the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales
I'm glad to say that the recruitment process attracted many excellent candidates and it gives me great pleasure to move this motion today, on behalf of the Finance Committee, to nominate the preferred candidate, Michelle Morris, to Her Majesty for appointment…
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Motion under Standing Order 10.5 to appoint the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales
Thank you very much, Llywydd. As Members will be aware, the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales is a Crown appointment made on the nomination of the Senedd under Schedule 1 to the Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2019. The Finance Committee, as the…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Diolch, Weinidog. One of the main parts of the co-operation agreement was the free-school-meals policy, which will benefit so many families. I'm proud that Plaid Cymru has helped to bring this to fruition from September of this year. This policy has major and…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
3. Will the Government provide an update on plans to deliver free school meals to primary school pupils? OQ57510
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being: Update on the Substance Misuse Delivery Plan 2019-22
Diolch, Ddirprwy Weinidog. I welcome the statement that's been issued this afternoon and I thank you for the namecheck in the statement and for mentioning the cross-party group that I've helped to set up with the assistance of the fantastic staff at the drugs…
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Reform of Hospice Funding
Sorry. When you contextualise this announcement today in terms of the financial security that we need for children's hospices, I'm sure there'll be well-spread agreement in our Parliament today, and it's not only long overdue, but it's very, very much welcome…
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Reform of Hospice Funding
The two children's hospices in Wales have been the poor relations in the UK when it comes to state support. Before this announcement, our hospices received less than 10 per cent of their budget from state sources. By way of comparison, children's hospices in…
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Reform of Hospice Funding
Thank you to the Minister for this afternoon's statement. May I begin by saying that it's not just an excellent day for the Urdd for celebrating its centenary today, and the fact that we are celebrating Santes Dwynwen's Day, but relevant to this statement, I…
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Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting and the meeting on 28 January 2022
In accordance with Standing Order 17.42, I propose that the committee resolves to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting and from the meeting on 28 January. Are all Members content? I see that they are. Thank you very much. We'll go into…
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Scrutiny of The Landfill Disposals Tax (Tax Rates) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2021
Thank you very much for joining us this morning, and for giving of your time so generously. So, thank you.
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Scrutiny of The Landfill Disposals Tax (Tax Rates) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2021
If you think of what it was, then I'd be interested particularly in the answer to that, so drop me a line. Thank you so much for your time this morning. Thanks to Members for their diligence in asking questions and thanks for the fullness of your answers…
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Scrutiny of The Landfill Disposals Tax (Tax Rates) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2021
Thank you very much. That was a little bit of a different one to finish off with.
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Scrutiny of The Landfill Disposals Tax (Tax Rates) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2021
Thank you very much. I've just got one final question, and it's a little bit of a different question, I suppose. Over the scrutiny sessions you've been involved with with ourselves and with other committees, what was the most challenging question you were…
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Scrutiny of The Landfill Disposals Tax (Tax Rates) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2021
I think Rhianon might want to come in as well, so if we could unmute Rhianon. There we are.
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Scrutiny of The Landfill Disposals Tax (Tax Rates) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2021
I think Mike would like to come in, and I think Rhianon would as well. So, Mike first.
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Scrutiny of The Landfill Disposals Tax (Tax Rates) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2021
I've got a question here on Welsh Government policy with regard to UK-operated schemes. In light of the continuing disagreement regarding whether or not funding still being received from the EU funding programmes is counted by UK Government as providing the…
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Scrutiny of The Landfill Disposals Tax (Tax Rates) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2021
Okay, thank you for that. It was just that I had skipped over it earlier, so I just thought I'd ask that one. We've got a quarter of an hour left to go. Mike, yes. Bear with me a second. There we are.
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Scrutiny of The Landfill Disposals Tax (Tax Rates) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2021
Thank you. I'm just going to circle back to one question that I had earlier that I didn't ask. The Wales Governance Centre estimated that, by the end of the budget period, £185 million of increased funding will be due to the improved outlook for devolved…
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Scrutiny of The Landfill Disposals Tax (Tax Rates) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2021
If I may, sorry, Rhianon, on that particular point, what would be very interesting in your discussion with the Minister would be whether or not a single type of application might be done as well, so that rather than, as we talked about grants earlier, going…
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Scrutiny of The Landfill Disposals Tax (Tax Rates) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2021
Yes, I concur.
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Scrutiny of The Landfill Disposals Tax (Tax Rates) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2021
Thank you very much, and we'll come on to Rhianon's questions.
