, Plenary
Debate on the Standards of Conduct Committee Report—Fourteenth report to the Sixth Senedd under Standing Order 22.9
Thank you. I was concerned there that I had a new job. The Chair, of course, is in the Chamber. I'd like to thank Natasha for her comments and I do note them of course. Our report is clear and is presented with cross-party recommendations, so I call on the…
, Plenary
Debate on the Standards of Conduct Committee Report—Fourteenth report to the Sixth Senedd under Standing Order 22.9
Thank you, Llywydd. As a member of the Standards of Conduct Committee, I formally move the motion. The committee considered the report of the standards commissioner in relation to a complaint made against Natasha Asghar MS regarding a tweet that used…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
—and not to rehearse the same argument, because the Grange is something that is not best served with some of the public transport links that have been there, and, obviously, that bus service that Natasha talked about was jettisoned after six months, could you…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Following on from Natasha's question—
, Finance Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting
I intend to go into private session now. So, under Standing Order 17.42(ix), I propose that the committee resolves to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting. No problem. Thank you very much.
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Pre-budget scrutiny—Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
Thank you very much for joining us this morning. Sorry that we’ve run over time a little, but we're very pleased—. There will be a transcript for you, so that you can check that it’s accurate.
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Pre-budget scrutiny—Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
Thank you, excellent. Okay, thank you very much.
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Pre-budget scrutiny—Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
Mike alluded to a couple of questions there that we might write to you on. One would be on budget protocol. We’ve had a good discussion over the past couple of years, really, with your predecessor. Hopefully, that engagement will continue with you in…
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Pre-budget scrutiny—Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
And I think our report will, hopefully, make interesting reading for you when we do publish it.
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Pre-budget scrutiny—Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
Thank you. Mike.
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Pre-budget scrutiny—Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
Okay.
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Pre-budget scrutiny—Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
I'm very conscious of time. I know Rhianon wanted to come in, but I'd rather bring Mike in, if we can, unless you've got a very short question.
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Pre-budget scrutiny—Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
It's certainly something that this committee is very interested in, so anything that you can share, as that work develops, then we'd be very interested in seeing. Peter.
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Pre-budget scrutiny—Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
Where are you with looking into commissioning any work around additional bands, which would help alleviate some of the pressure—that lady you were talking about—similar to a Scottish model, where you've got more and more bands? Something I know we've…
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Pre-budget scrutiny—Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
Because there's been a lot in the press around that as well. So, we'd be very interested in understanding that.
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Pre-budget scrutiny—Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
Just on that, is that work looking at avoidance as well?
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Pre-budget scrutiny—Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
That's something I'm sure this committee could write to the ONS about and ask them about those points. I'll bring Peter in.
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Pre-budget scrutiny—Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
It might be something that this committee could write to the ONS about and ask them about that. Would it be helpful for you to have regular good data coming through from them?
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Pre-budget scrutiny—Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
How often does the ONS produce those figures?
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Pre-budget scrutiny—Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
I'll bring Mike in and then Peter.
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Pre-budget scrutiny—Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
Those holistic things that we were talking about there, like the gender budgeting, are strategic across all aspects of Government. From your experience of doing the role before, and First Minister and health Secretary, how will you use that experience to…
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Pre-budget scrutiny—Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
Were there any outliers—as in things that were different—within some of the things that you've been doing and some of the things that we came up with?
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Pre-budget scrutiny—Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
Rhianon, if I may, also, the Cabinet Secretary mentioned in the statement yesterday that we’re in the process of putting a report together around inter-governmental relations. Obviously, you gave—. I can’t remember who gave evidence. I think it was Rebecca…
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Pre-budget scrutiny—Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
Thank you. Diolch.
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Pre-budget scrutiny—Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
Which we'd be in support of. We'll be happy to add our weight to that, then.
