, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 1
Thank you, and thank you, Minister, for your responses so far. We've mentioned within the programme for government, I believe, the intention to develop a Wales community food strategy. So, has there been, to date, a cost analysis of those plans and, if so…
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 1
Thank you. Can you hear me, Chair?
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Thank you for that response, Minister. Markham Primary School sits in the constituency of Islwyn, built over 110 years ago in 1913, serving the local community. It's a green but not a leafy suburb. Will you join me in congratulating Markham's headteacher, Mrs…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
4. What action is the Welsh Government taking to raise educational standards in Islwyn? OQ59097
, Plenary
Debate: The Draft Budget 2023-24
With regard a complete lack of capital funding for Wales and the complete and utter lack of infrastructure funding over the last 10 years, how can you explain that?
, Plenary
Debate: The Draft Budget 2023-24
Will you take an intervention?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Welsh Government Workforce Planning: Evidence session (part 2)
Okay. Thank you very much, Chair.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Welsh Government Workforce Planning: Evidence session (part 2)
Yes. What is the plug-in?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Welsh Government Workforce Planning: Evidence session (part 2)
Sorry to interrupt you, Sally-Ann; it's really in the interim, because it's early summer that comes in, that's my understanding.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Welsh Government Workforce Planning: Evidence session (part 2)
Very briefly, in regard then to, heaven forbid, any outage in the systems that we were just talking about, how fit for purpose will the plug-in system be? If there is an outage.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Welsh Government Workforce Planning: Evidence session (part 2)
Okay. Thank you, Chair.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Welsh Government Workforce Planning: Evidence session (part 2)
Okay. That sounds positive. And finally, if the Chair will let me: in regard to the skills base that we have around other minority languages in terms of Hindi, Urdu—I can reel off what we need—Polish, Ukrainian, do we have any skills within that, because…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Welsh Government Workforce Planning: Evidence session (part 2)
Thank you for those responses. And finally, in terms of the short and medium-term priorities and achievability, in terms of being a bilingual organisation by 2050, alongside all our other duties and the level of competence, really, of achievability within…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Welsh Government Workforce Planning: Evidence session (part 2)
Fine, thank you. So, how is the workforce strategy then going to build on the existing initiatives to address findings in the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales's recent report on implementing the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Welsh Government Workforce Planning: Evidence session (part 2)
And that would be part of any workforce strategy or is that just an external initiative?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Welsh Government Workforce Planning: Evidence session (part 2)
Okay, thank you for that, and I think it was important to go there. In regard to what we've just said and in regard to what Tim Moss has just touched upon in terms of having a group within to be able to nurture and progress staff, in terms of new initiatives…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Welsh Government Workforce Planning: Evidence session (part 2)
Yes, so, in terms of risk, to be brief, where would it be on that scale?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Welsh Government Workforce Planning: Evidence session (part 2)
Thank you. You've already responded to the question in terms of progress on the delegation accountability framework, but as a committee, we'd want that update before the formal review at the end of the year. I'm just going to go back slightly, if I may. You…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Welsh Government Workforce Planning: Evidence session (part 2)
[Inaudible.]—Natasha wishes to come in.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Welsh Government Workforce Planning: Evidence session (part 1)
In that regard—this is a very interesting area; I know the trade unions are involved as well—and talking about a normal level, obviously, this is a tool in the toolkit. How is it being monitored centrally, Dr Goodall, because, obviously, it can be used for…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Welsh Government Workforce Planning: Evidence session (part 1)
Very briefly in that regard, in terms of the areas that we were discussing previously in that regard, how much do you think of an issue has there been in terms of buying in external consultants because of a lack of an ability to externally recruit?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Welsh Government Workforce Planning: Evidence session (part 1)
I don't think the Chair will allow that to happen. I think the point that wasn't addressed—. There are a couple of points that I wanted to but can't go into, Chair, so if we can write and ask those, that would be fantastic. Thank you very much, Peter. Thank…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Welsh Government Workforce Planning: Evidence session (part 1)
Finally, in regard to what you see as a healthy level of turnover, what's your comment around that, and how does Welsh Government intend to change its approach around external recruitment for posts below the senior civil service?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Welsh Government Workforce Planning: Evidence session (part 1)
And I think it's very encouraging; thank you. I'm going to move on. In terms of the external recruitment process from outside the civil service for permanent staff—which was frozen for, at the time, possible reasons that we don't really need to go into now—in…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Welsh Government Workforce Planning: Evidence session (part 1)
Can I just interrupt you, Sally-Ann, if that's okay? I know the Chair wants to move on, but very, very briefly, when you say community outreach—because, obviously, this starts at source, in terms of recruitment, in terms of this particular questioning—we are…
