, Finance Committee
Audit Wales—Scrutiny of the Estimate 2023-24 and Interim Report: Evidence session
That's not my question. So, my question, and I'll say it again, is: was there a better way that you could have set this out for this committee today, in terms of the information that we've been provided with, in order to be able to do that important function?
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales—Scrutiny of the Estimate 2023-24 and Interim Report: Evidence session
Okay, and, as you've talked about comparison, we spend a lot of our time talking about these issues around transparency, don't we, and in terms of simplicity and accessibility. If we go through to paragraph 2.2, pack page 130 to 131, there's a lot of issues…
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales—Scrutiny of the Estimate 2023-24 and Interim Report: Evidence session
Okay. In terms of your baseline, you've excluded two items. I don't understand why.
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales—Scrutiny of the Estimate 2023-24 and Interim Report: Evidence session
The lease.
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales—Scrutiny of the Estimate 2023-24 and Interim Report: Evidence session
Thank you very much, Chair. That was actually quite interesting. Just a couple of quick questions before I go on to my questions in my brief. So, I'm really just seeking further clarity—and I've kept this question, Chair—in regard to the increase, because…
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales—Scrutiny of the Estimate 2023-24 and Interim Report: Evidence session
Okay. I have another question, but I'll pick it up under mine.
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales—Scrutiny of the Estimate 2023-24 and Interim Report: Evidence session
Can you just clarify again, in terms of the just over £1 million, the difference that this is going to make in terms of the documents that we've got in front of us? I'm sorry, I didn't catch the last portion of what you said. I'm just struggling to…
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales—Scrutiny of the Estimate 2023-24 and Interim Report: Evidence session
Sorry, Chair—
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Because what you don't want is that it's unaffordable and such a take-up that there's no delivery. That's what I'm getting at.
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
I suppose my question, really, is affordability of the scheme. If there is mass take-up, and that's what we want, and those are the aims and objectives, how efficient, then, is the ability of the proposed scheme under the current constrictions to be able to…
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
So, what if it is more, and what if it is maximum in terms of the ability of our constricted purse around this and, obviously, the uncertainty, which we've already gone into in depth? I'm asking you to look in the crystal ball.
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Picking up on that: in terms of that you mentioned 24,000, including smallholdings, is there an anticipated take-up around this, either to the higher end or obviously the very worrying thing, which I doubt—although you never know in terms of the usability of…
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
No, that's fine.
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Okay, thank you.
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Yes. But it is anticipated.
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
That would be great, thank you.
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Thank you. So, you stated that the provisions in the Bill would impact on agricultural tenancies by increasing the total number, unfortunately, of disputes that would arise. Is there a reason why that cost has not been quantified, and who would bear those…
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Okay. Shall I move on to question 9 then?
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
It might be useful for that list to come to us rather than go through all that.
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Okay. So, there's no shortage of—
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Okay, thank you. And if I might just ask, in terms of monitoring the costs associated with that, after implementation, how will you do that?
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Obviously, we have our normal procedures. Yes, okay. Thanks.
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
And in terms of scrutiny, in terms of how we will then be able to do that, what recourse do we have?
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Yes. The RIA mentions that the economic impact on the sector will be assessed as part of the design of any future scheme. How will the assessment be undertaken and, again, back to scrutiny, what recourse will the Senedd have in terms of that scrutiny of the…
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Chair, I'm glad that you mentioned that particular theme with regard to the modelling of unexpected 'unexpecteds'. So, that would be really useful. We know that these things happen regularly in the sector. I'd presume that there would obviously be that…
