, Finance Committee
First Supplementary Budget 2024-25: Evidence session with the Senedd Commission
Mike, before you go on, we didn't explore it too much before, the filling of posts and taking time to fill posts. Did that create any additional pressure on the members of staff doing roles within those teams? How did that delay or elongating some of that…
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First Supplementary Budget 2024-25: Evidence session with the Senedd Commission
Thanks. I'll go over to Mike Hedges.
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First Supplementary Budget 2024-25: Evidence session with the Senedd Commission
Peter.
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First Supplementary Budget 2024-25: Evidence session with the Senedd Commission
And what does that then look like from—? You're going to be bringing forward a draft budget for next year. Are some of those conversations happening? How will you handle it? What's going to happen?
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First Supplementary Budget 2024-25: Evidence session with the Senedd Commission
Okay. You talked about some of that core stuff that I think we could probably all agree on—security and scrutiny and those elements. Are there any nice-to-haves that could be reduced to save some money towards this fairly large bill?
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First Supplementary Budget 2024-25: Evidence session with the Senedd Commission
Okay. You mentioned there that sort of benchmarking against Welsh Government, and the intention is for this one-off adjustment to the pay scales to make them comparable with equivalent grades. Given that the Commission’s pay grading system is separate from…
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First Supplementary Budget 2024-25: Evidence session with the Senedd Commission
So, thinking that through, then, if we decided that we weren't minded to agree this, could you give—? You've mentioned some ideas there of what could be affected: could you clarify exactly what would have to go, basically?
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First Supplementary Budget 2024-25: Evidence session with the Senedd Commission
Okay. Thank you for that. Your proposed supplementary budget, therefore, is asking for funding for the entire cost of the proposed addition to the 3 per cent pay award already included in your budget. Given the wider pressures on public funding, what…
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First Supplementary Budget 2024-25: Evidence session with the Senedd Commission
And with delaying filling vacancies and some of that, and that being baked into future years, what's the longer term aspect of that? Is it going to create any future problems, rather than just in this in-year?
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First Supplementary Budget 2024-25: Evidence session with the Senedd Commission
So, has that impacted, then, on the services that the Commission provided?
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First Supplementary Budget 2024-25: Evidence session with the Senedd Commission
Fantastic, thank you very much. We've received the draft supplementary budget from yourselves and some supporting documentation. We considered that last week and looked at the three points within there that were the substantive requests that you were making…
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First Supplementary Budget 2024-25: Evidence session with the Senedd Commission
Welcome.
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First Supplementary Budget 2024-25: Evidence session with the Senedd Commission
Okay. Diolch yn fawr.
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First Supplementary Budget 2024-25: Evidence session with the Senedd Commission
We're looking at the first supplementary budget in the evidence session with the Senedd Commission, and we've got a newly minted Commissioner with us. Croeso, Hefin. Maybe you could introduce yourself, and then the rest of the witnesses could introduce…
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First Supplementary Budget 2024-25: Evidence session with the Senedd Commission
A warm welcome to you all. We have our witnesses here this morning.
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First Supplementary Budget 2024-25: Evidence session with the Senedd Commission
Okay. So, we'll move, then, on to our third item this morning, which is our substantive item this morning.
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Papers to note
Okay. If we move on to the second item on the agenda, which is the papers to note, we have one paper. Happy to accept that? Yes. Thank you very much.
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Diolch, Mike. Thank you very much.
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
A warm welcome to this meeting of the Finance Committee; it's great to see you this morning. As usual, this meeting is being broadcast live on Senedd.tv, and the Record of Proceedings will be published as usual, and of course this meeting is bilingual. We've…
, Plenary
Debate on petition P-06-1407, 'We want the Welsh Government to rescind and remove the disastrous 20mph law'
Diolch, Llywydd. I'm speaking this afternoon as a member of the Petitions Committee, because our Chair has been called away for an urgent personal matter. I'm sure he sends his apologies for that and has let the Llywydd know. I'd like to thank all Members for…
, Plenary
90-second Statements
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd. Capel y Berthen, Lixwm, was the first Calvinistic Methodist chapel in Flintshire. The cause was established in 1776 by John Owen, and the chapel was opened by Daniel Rowlands. The chapel was named after y Berthen Gron, the chapel of…
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Questions to the Senedd Commission
I'd just like to follow on from Mabon's question and ask specifically about what can be done to divest from Israeli companies in general, given that an increasing majority people are not just against, but reviled by Israel's continuing offensive in Gaza and…
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session: Panel 2 - P-06-1291 Hold an enquiry into the corporate takeover of the veterinary profession in Wales
Oh, was it? [Laughter.] Excellent.
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session: Panel 2 - P-06-1291 Hold an enquiry into the corporate takeover of the veterinary profession in Wales
Yes.
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session: Panel 2 - P-06-1291 Hold an enquiry into the corporate takeover of the veterinary profession in Wales
I suppose, on a personal point—you talked about your dog and you talked about your farm animals—over 10 years ago now, a long time ago, I had Gin and Tonic, two cats, and they were neutered then, and Treacle and Marmalade now have just gone through the same…
