, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: interim evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
Thank you.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: interim evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
So, you're confident that this new structure, this new system, is actually going to work and people are not going to miss out.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: interim evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
How will the new economic development agency address any remaining gaps, perhaps, until everything is fully operational? Who is responsible for and accountable for ensuring that continuity of support for investment, skills and, of course, good jobs?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: interim evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
And the two that you've appointed, they're temporary appointments for the purpose of that—
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: interim evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
In terms of the functions that have been transferred, where does that responsibility now sit? You've mentioned three of the four.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: interim evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
My question is for Andrew, and it's about business support. The committee previously raised some concerns about the decision to dissolve Industry Wales and the lack of transparency around that decision. Following that early scrutiny, what assessment have you…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: interim evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
Thank you.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: interim evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
Are you confident, I guess, that this will genuinely address capability and delivery, and not end up duplicating something that already is on offer?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: interim evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
And then, in terms of that, and how you liaise—you mentioned project management skills, and the skills gap in particular—I guess capability and skills tend to be that recurring theme that often will pop up. With the new civil service school, Arwain, that's…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: interim evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
I guess my question is going to be about what assessment you've made of whether the Welsh Government and the civil service are now sufficiently, properly resourced. The Senedd has got bigger, there's more scrutiny, there are the demands from the public as…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
My usual one. As former general secretary of the Trades Union Congress, I may know some colleagues around the table.
, Plenary
Welsh Labour Debate: Palliative and end-of-life care
Shwmae, Lywydd; shwmae, bawb. Like my colleagues, I want to firstly start by thanking the staff, the volunteers, the carers, and the families who make palliative and end-of-life care possible across Wales. Now, as someone, like many of you, who would have…
, Plenary
Questions to the Trefnydd, Chief Whip and Cabinet Minister for Culture and Sport
In Cardiff, affordable indoor sport provision is essential given our reputation as a rainy city, yet rising court and hall hire costs are increasingly pricing out grass-roots clubs and working-class families. At the same time, it took 10 years of campaigning…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Trefnydd, while the Welsh Government has rightly highlighted support for households facing energy bills, businesses across Wales are also grappling with energy costs themselves and rising overheads. Will you request a statement, please, from the Cabinet…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
There's obviously no denying that the dispute has been running for far too long. Many of us have been outside on the picket lines and have spoken to constituents who are really frustrated; it's a massive women's workforce, particularly. But I do welcome some…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
NHS Finances: evidence session with NHS Wales health boards
Right, okay.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
NHS Finances: evidence session with NHS Wales health boards
So, going back to Alun's point, I guess, when it comes to other staffing, then you will deal with it on a case-by-case basis.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
NHS Finances: evidence session with NHS Wales health boards
Thank you.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
NHS Finances: evidence session with NHS Wales health boards
Yes, an important one. The former Auditor General for Wales qualified his opinion for 2025-26 since the renumeration for two interim directors exceeded the relevant pay bands approved by Welsh Ministers. How did this happen and what are the measures that…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
NHS Finances: evidence session with NHS Wales health boards
Thank you.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
NHS Finances: evidence session with NHS Wales health boards
And Paul, are you confident that we’re going to get to an endpoint now where we can resolve the situation in front of us and move forward?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
NHS Finances: evidence session with NHS Wales health boards
And I guess, more generally then, when you are redesigning services, how do you balance that use of external consultancy, because there are lots of different partners, for example, that you've mentioned, with the expertise of your own staff and trade union…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
NHS Finances: evidence session with NHS Wales health boards
Obviously, without asking you to comment on the ongoing negotiations, because they are ongoing, what lessons do you feel that the health board could take from this dispute about effective social partnership working and engaging with staff very early on? And I…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
NHS Finances: evidence session with NHS Wales health boards
In terms of innovation and getting staff involved, social partnership plays a real key part in that, and, of course, trade unions are a big part of that jig-saw. My question is really for Paul, but other colleagues may want to also respond. The industrial…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
NHS Finances: evidence session with NHS Wales health boards
Thank you. Thank you, Chair.
