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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Rural Resilience and Sustainability: Winter preparedness: Be flood ready
The warnings from NRW have already been highlighted today and will be of particular concern to communities in Afan Ogwr Rhondda, where a number of areas rank highly on the communities at risk register. I want to focus on the immediate measures being taken to…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Rural Resilience and Sustainability: Winter preparedness: Be flood ready
Thank you for your statement today, Minister.
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Public Services Ombudsman for Wales- Annual Report and Accounts 2025-26, and Estimate 2027-28: Evidence session
You have spoken about investing in information technology, and you have also spoken about challenges associated with using artificial intelligence. In terms of your increasing workload, do you imagine that you will want to use, or are you planning to use…
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Public Services Ombudsman for Wales- Annual Report and Accounts 2025-26, and Estimate 2027-28: Evidence session
Diolch.
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Public Services Ombudsman for Wales- Annual Report and Accounts 2025-26, and Estimate 2027-28: Evidence session
Thank you. And you also note that the number of new complaints about public services and the code of conduct continues to rise sharply in the year to date, noting a 32 per cent and 41 per cent increase, respectively, compared to the same period last year. How…
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Public Services Ombudsman for Wales- Annual Report and Accounts 2025-26, and Estimate 2027-28: Evidence session
Thank you, Chair. You note that the new strategic plan for 2026-29 'introduces a more outward-facing, proactive and impact-led approach.' Could you expand on how this will be achieved and how the strategic plan for 2026-29 has affected the preparation of the…
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Public Services Ombudsman for Wales- Annual Report and Accounts 2025-26, and Estimate 2027-28: Evidence session
No. I think, Chair, it's one for us to discuss and perhaps formulate a recommendation following the evidence that Katrin has very thoroughly provided to us.
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Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2027-28: Evidence Session
Diolch.
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Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2027-28: Evidence Session
Yes. My final question, therefore, on Bay 32: you note that there will be a dilapidations charge at the end of both leases to return the buildings back to their original condition. How much do you estimate the charges will be and in which line are they…
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Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2027-28: Evidence Session
Thank you. The next question is about the temporary accommodation and operations cost for Bay 32. It is estimated that this will cost £11.1 million in 2027-28, and over £24 million over a three-year period. What are these costs, and how can they be minimised…
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Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2027-28: Evidence Session
Yes, thank you, Chair. Just to make it clear, it wasn't a criticism about how you have been engaging and the work that's been going on. I've had excellent experience of that, just to give you that feedback. But it just didn't feel very measurable, and I just…
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Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2027-28: Evidence Session
Thank you, Chair, and thank you for being here today. I have a couple of questions about Bay 32, but before I come to that, I have a question about engagement and communication. You have noted a budget of £309,000, but in terms of page 32 in our pack, or…
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Debate: Fiscal Reform
I'll begin by stating the obvious: the case for Wales's fiscal reform is, as far as Plaid Cymru is concerned, cut and dried. Independent commissions and expert reports have repeatedly identified the limitations of the current arrangements. Most recently, the…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Care, Mental Health and Women’s Health: Stronger Safeguarding for a Safer Wales
—what ongoing scrutiny mechanisms will be developed to enable these people to engage meaningfully, and over a sustained period of time, to ensure a culture of constructive challenge and continuous improvement. Diolch.
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Care, Mental Health and Women’s Health: Stronger Safeguarding for a Safer Wales
I very much welcome the emphasis on a whole-system approach to safeguarding, and the ambition to strengthen the system's capacity for early identification and intervention, moving us away from a predominantly reactive model towards one that is genuinely…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Care, Mental Health and Women’s Health: Stronger Safeguarding for a Safer Wales
Thank you for your crucial statement today, Deputy Minister.
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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you for your response, First Minister. For social prescribing to be effective, we not only need the ability to make referrals, but we also need a strong and sustainable network of community organisations that have the resources to be able to accept…
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Questions to the First Minister
7. How will the Welsh Government support social prescribing capacity in Afan Ogwr Rhondda? OQ64651
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Welsh Government Draft Budget 2027-28 - Pre-budget scrutiny: Cabinet Minister for Finance
Thank you. And then a further question: are you planning to undertake a spending review to deliver your programme for government across this Senedd term, and, if so, when will that be published?
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Welsh Government Draft Budget 2027-28 - Pre-budget scrutiny: Cabinet Minister for Finance
Thank you, Minister. I have a question about multi-year planning. In the draft budget, as well as funding for 2027-28, are you also providing indicative funding allocations for future years?
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Audit Wales - Scrutiny of Annual Report and Accounts 2025-26 and the Annual Plan 2026-27: Evidence Session 1
Yes, very briefly. I think it's a good time to refer to page 38 of your annual report and accounts for 2025-26, because you've got very low prompted public awareness of Audit Wales: 4 per cent in 2026 knows 'a lot' about you, 18 per cent say they know 'a…
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Audit Wales - Scrutiny of Annual Report and Accounts 2025-26 and the Annual Plan 2026-27: Evidence Session 1
But it might not be part of that NFI underspend money.
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Audit Wales - Scrutiny of Annual Report and Accounts 2025-26 and the Annual Plan 2026-27: Evidence Session 1
My question was around that role, and is that going to be continually funded, then, if you didn't anticipate an underspend.
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Audit Wales - Scrutiny of Annual Report and Accounts 2025-26 and the Annual Plan 2026-27: Evidence Session 1
Thank you, Chair. Just sticking to the theme of underspending and staffing, more than 50 per cent of underspend on costs was associated with the national fraud initiative, with some of that underspend being used to fund a new role in the data analytics team…
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Audit Wales - Scrutiny of Annual Report and Accounts 2025-26 and the Annual Plan 2026-27: Evidence Session 1
Yes. I'm going to speak Welsh, if that's okay. Thank you, Sam. I had a question about underspend on staff. The outturn information shows £649,000 in underspend in staff, and you've just gone through the reasons for that. You mentioned why that happened and…
