, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Papers to note
Yes, I think setting it out like that is more clear. That would be my premise on this: are we duplicating? If we're working together, are we doing it in such a way that we are definitively following our mandate? So, within those parameters of what we're…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Papers to note
I've got a question, Chair. I'm ambivalent at this point, so could you just explain the rationale again for doing so? Please ignore my dog, because I need to go and let it out in two seconds.
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25—Pre-budget scrutiny
Thank you. This is a very interesting discussion, and it sort of hangs on the previous discussions we've had around supplementary budgets and directly funded bodies, but I think, in a sense, Peter is right in terms of this being external to us, and it comes…
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25—Pre-budget scrutiny
Yes, please. I think that would be something the committee would be very, very interested in. Because obviously, the knock-on effect, in terms of our scrutiny, et cetera, is another point, but to be able to plan, you have to have that information. And if…
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25—Pre-budget scrutiny
Thank you. Diolch, Chair. Thank you so much for what you've already said. With regard to the conversation and discussion earlier, where it was highlighted in this committee that we've got the worst fall in living standards across the UK since records began…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip
Diolch. Minister, my constituents in Islwyn were disappointed last week when Royal Mail announced that a book of first-class stamps will now cost £10. This is the second time in six months that Royal Mail have raised prices, despite their failure to hit…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip
9. What assessment has the Welsh Government made of the performance of the Royal Mail in delivering its statutory services in Wales? OQ59894
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Diolch. On Sunday 2 July, The Sunday Times launched its campaign calling on the UK Government to act now on asbestos. The cross-party campaign is calling on the UK Government to develop a national plan for the removal of all asbestos over the next 40 years…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
7. What discussions has the Welsh Government had with the UK Government on a UK-wide plan for the removal of all asbestos from Welsh public buildings? OQ59901
, Plenary
Finance Committee Debate—The Welsh Government’s spending priorities for the 2024-25 budget
As a member of the Finance Committee, I want to place on record also my appreciation of the sterling work of the committee, its clerks, and fellow committee members, Mike Hedges and Peter Fox. I also want to thank the committee Chair, Peredur Owen Griffiths…
, Plenary
Debate: Welsh Government Annual Report—Delivering the Government’s priorities and legislative programme
If you'd like to listen, Janet—. There are 28,000 all-age apprenticeships; 20,000 young people have been supported on the young person's guarantee; universal free school meals in primary schools, starting with the youngest; and the most aspirational…
, Plenary
Debate: Welsh Government Annual Report—Delivering the Government’s priorities and legislative programme
The challenges that the people of Islwyn and Wales face, in a year of, I think, now three crashed UK Prime Ministers, are real and are exhausting. They're exhausting in time, in stress, in mental health, and in physical work hours endured by our citizens. And…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip: Fairtrade Nation—15-year anniversary
Wales has a strong record in ethical, fair trade, and I want to thank the Minister, Jane Hutt, for the part that she's played in that, and also thank you for the statement today and the emphasis on the sustainable development goals and equality. Fair trade is…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Gilestone Farm: Evidence session with the Welsh Government
I'll be very short, because I realise I'm not going to get to my batch of questions, and I have an opposing contextual view around this. In terms of the due diligence, we've asked those questions previously. You've outlined to the committee, I think quite…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Gilestone Farm: Evidence session with the Welsh Government
Thank you so much. Obviously, it's a different animal—excuse the pun, in terms of the farm—as a model in terms of any investment capacity around Welsh Government. I obviously understand that you would still own the property. So, it is actually trying to…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Gilestone Farm: Evidence session with the Welsh Government
Chair, sorry, I can't—
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Papers to note
Okay, thanks.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Papers to note
Yes, okay, that's fine. It's concerning. Okay.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Papers to note
Fine. That's what I'm trying to drill down into.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Papers to note
There's no further ask than to raise, from what I can read in this letter—it's not asking us to put—.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Papers to note
To include in, because, obviously, there are wider concerns in terms of Senedd reform in terms of capacity, but this is actually concerning because it's stating it now—it's hampering current work streams. So, obviously it's something that I think is really…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Papers to note
I mean, obviously, it's concerning in terms of the sentiment that's been expressed within this, in terms of partial lack of capacity. I'm not quite clear what it's asking us to do. So, it says 'feed into that scrutiny process', so, other than noting it, and…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: National Health Service
On behalf of the communities of Islwyn, I do want to say 'thank you' to the national service that celebrates its seventy-fifth anniversary today. The vision of Labour's Aneurin Bevan and the post-war Labour Government of Clement Atlee created one of the…
, Plenary
Debate: Education’s Links with Employers
I'd also like to place on record my appreciation for the work of my colleague Dr Hefin David in producing his report to the Welsh Government, 'Transitions to Employment'. His experience and interest in this arena is well known, and I do thank him for his…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: NHS at 75
—to protect the cherished ideal of free healthcare at the point of need?
