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Papers to note
Chair, it's just a question in regard to 2.2, in terms of the correspondence that refers to the CMA referral and determination on 2 October. What sort of information do you think we should expect from the CMA response?
, Finance Committee
Financial Transactions Capital: Evidence session 3
Okay. Thank you.
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Financial Transactions Capital: Evidence session 3
If I can just come in on that, in terms of the question about strategic usage, do you work to any guidelines around that? If it's been used once in housing and then there's another pressing area, say within HE, is there any guide framework around that, or a…
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Financial Transactions Capital: Evidence session 3
I'm just going to ask one more question, Chair, out of these, because we've touched upon them previously. Witnesses have been positive in their interactions around the involvement with Welsh Government officials in regard to the actual process, despite its…
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Financial Transactions Capital: Evidence session 3
I was just thinking in terms of Welsh Government priorities, but I understand fully what's been said.
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Financial Transactions Capital: Evidence session 3
I'm going to move on to this question. It has been suggested by the users, our citizens who apply for this, that the Welsh Government needs a more strategic way of applying this in terms of capital loans being deployed. So, how are we ensuring that Welsh…
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Financial Transactions Capital: Evidence session 3
And that would be expected, I would presume.
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Financial Transactions Capital: Evidence session 3
Thank you. And then, obviously, some of these questions have been answered, so I'm not going to ask them, but I did want to ask this: in terms of the caveats of both the ONS classification and the constraints that's given to the development bank, and then…
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Financial Transactions Capital: Evidence session 3
So, that's my question: is that the ceiling?
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Financial Transactions Capital: Evidence session 3
I just wanted to clarify. It says that the Welsh Government has allocated £1.4 billion of the financial transactions capital, but is that the total entirety, or can it be more than that? Because it says it's an allocation.
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Financial Transactions Capital: Evidence session 3
Right.
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Financial Transactions Capital: Evidence session 3
Sorry, for clarification, what committee?
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Financial Transactions Capital: Evidence session 3
Okay, but that doesn't answer my question. I understand what you said; I'll defer.
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Financial Transactions Capital: Evidence session 3
Yes, thank you. With regard, then, to your comments, which is that this is an 'ordinary' loan to the applicant, after that process has been fulfilled, what is the risk in terms of default so far to date? I mean, I realise it's a longer term scenario.
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Financial Transactions Capital: Evidence session 3
Yes, in regard to the Chancellor's intention to provide two-yearly spending reviews, and, obviously, the generic nature of FTC uncertainty that's always been since its conception. Has there been any sounding or any indication from the Treasury as to the…
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Debate on Petition P-06-1455, 'Protect the junior departments of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama from closure'
Diolch, Deputy Llywydd, and I'd like to thank Peter Fox in terms of his comments around the well-being of students; Heledd Fychan in terms of her comments around the cultural strategy and also in terms of the impact on Wales and individuals; Julie Morgan in…
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Debate on Petition P-06-1455, 'Protect the junior departments of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama from closure'
The college says its decision to stop weekend specialist provision does not mean full closure or complete withdrawal from its work with under 18s. It states that it remains fully committed to providing further opportunities for young people and creating…
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Debate on Petition P-06-1455, 'Protect the junior departments of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama from closure'
Diolch, temporary Presiding Officer. On behalf of the Petitions Committee, thank you for this opportunity today to introduce the debate. This petition was submitted by Rebecca Totterdell, and closed on 19 June, with 10,560 signatures. The petition reads…
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Questions to the Senedd Commission
Diolch. Yesterday, BBC Two Wales carried live coverage of FMQs at 3.45 p.m., an hour and a quarter after. Although Senedd.tv rightly seeks to offer an accessible place where our proceedings can be viewed, it is very important for Wales that one of the world’s…
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Questions to the Senedd Commission
3. What assessment has the Commission made of the current levels of live broadcasting of Senedd proceedings on publicly-funded television channels? OQ61531
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Questions to the Senedd Commission
Can you read it for me, Llywydd?
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Questions to the Senedd Commission
Oh, right, okay. Sorry. I don't seem to have that in front of me.
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Questions to the Senedd Commission
I'll go straight to the question. That's what we need to do. So, in that regard—
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Questions to the Senedd Commission
Diolch, Deputy Llywydd. The Senedd Cymru Welsh Parliament has been celebrating 25 years of existence this year. The next Senedd election in 2026, as voted by this place, will expand with the addition of 36 additional Members—
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Thank you. Diolch. Blackwood Miners' Institute is a very much loved and used community venue in Islwyn. Islwyn's proud mining and industrial heritage is represented by the Blackwood Miners' Institute, an arts success story, one of Wales's most vibrant small…
