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3 October 2024Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session
Thank you very much for coming in this morning. We'll now take a short break until 10:45. Thank you.
3 October 2024Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session
Okay. Thank you very much.
3 October 2024Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session
Okay. And of course, we've got 2032 looming beyond that, beyond the following election as well.
3 October 2024Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session
I'm not going to hold you to it, it's just so that we know roughly where we're going.
3 October 2024Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session
So, is that a year into it, or two years into it, or when? What in your—?
3 October 2024Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session
Well, talking about today's meeting, there will be, obviously, a Record of Proceedings. [Laughter.] But I've just got one final question. You've talked about this being a step-change budget and we're obviously on a trajectory towards 2026. So, are we on…
3 October 2024Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session
And a big element of that as well is having facilities, and the actual working environment not having cracks in windows and cracks in walls, so it adds to that element.
3 October 2024Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session
Just on that, something that this committee's very focused on is staff well-being. As you develop your plans for changes to the building, moving onwards with the democratic project that we've got here in Wales, and moving devolution on, when it comes to the…
3 October 2024Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session
Peter.
3 October 2024Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session
I'll come on to Mike Hedges, and I think we're probably going to run over a little bit.
3 October 2024Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session
We'll certainly take you up on that offer, because it is a technical area, and I can see the logic as to why you’d do some as a technical briefing. But I think we owe people out there—. If we're spending this sort of money, and we're talking about Welsh…
3 October 2024Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session
Rhianon has been very patient there on the screen. I'll bring Rhianon back in.
3 October 2024Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session
I'll bring Rhianon in—. Did you want to come in on that point?
3 October 2024Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session
Okay, Mike.
3 October 2024Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session
I know that Mike has a supplementary on this, but do you want to come in first, Rhianon?
3 October 2024Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session
Okay. Thank you. We'll go back to Rhianon, then. Thank you.
3 October 2024Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session
Okay. That's coming, yes. Peter, did you want to come in on that, or was it something else?
3 October 2024Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session
And what makes up that project fund? What's pushing that increase?
3 October 2024Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session
I think Simon just wants to add to that, Rhianon.
3 October 2024Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session
Okay. Thank you very much. At that point, I'll bring Rhianon Passmore in for some questions, please.
3 October 2024Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session
Very good.
3 October 2024Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session
So, where was the main push-back? What was the feeling, and what have you had to change in sharpening up maybe some of those arguments, and maybe putting more detail behind it? What sorts of things have you been doing?
3 October 2024Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session
So, after that engagement, did anything change?
3 October 2024Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session
How's the—? I know you've been engaging with Senedd groups, parliamentary groups. You've been dealing with—. Obviously, you've been speaking to the unions; you've been doing some of that engagement work. What's been the feedback and how has that been…
3 October 2024Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session
Peter.