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Jenny RathboneLlafur

16 Hydref 2024, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Yr Economi Sylfaenol: Panel 4 - Tai a datgarboneiddio

I saw Gary wanting to come in, and I wanted to talk to Gary anyway. In your paper, you talk about how public bodies apply the rules and being, for example, risk averse in their interpretation of regulations on tree planting, and a lack of overall strategy on land use. I just wondered if you could…

Wedi'i dagio o deitl ei eitem neu ei gwestiwn: “Foundational Economy”Cofnod swyddogol

Yr Athro Jo Patterson

16 Hydref 2024, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Yr Economi Sylfaenol: Panel 4 - Tai a datgarboneiddio

It's the large amount of people involved in a project, and if they don't know that it's coming for sure, or when it's coming, then it's very difficult to arrange all of those interactions before something may happen.

Wedi'i dagio o deitl ei eitem neu ei gwestiwn: “Foundational Economy”Cofnod swyddogol

Yr Athro Jo Patterson

16 Hydref 2024, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Yr Economi Sylfaenol: Panel 4 - Tai a datgarboneiddio

And I think that's partly down to the funding coming out earlier, so that the local authorities can work and engage with the people that they work with to deliver the projects more effectively in the longer term.

Wedi'i dagio o deitl ei eitem neu ei gwestiwn: “Foundational Economy”Cofnod swyddogol

Yr Athro Jo Patterson

16 Hydref 2024, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Yr Economi Sylfaenol: Panel 4 - Tai a datgarboneiddio

I think, from our experience of working very closely with SMEs on the ground, they struggle. They get to a certain size and they struggle, because they want to get bigger, they don't have the capacity to get bigger, because they can't spend all of the time on the paperwork and everything, and when…

Wedi'i dagio o deitl ei eitem neu ei gwestiwn: “Foundational Economy”Cofnod swyddogol

Iwan Trefor Jones

16 Hydref 2024, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Yr Economi Sylfaenol: Panel 4 - Tai a datgarboneiddio

There are a number of issues there. We have to demonstrate value all the time, but there's a social value to this as well, and how do you calculate social value, especially in terms of bringing people out of poverty, in terms of reducing dependency on benefits. It's quite a complicated approach, I…

Wedi'i dagio o deitl ei eitem neu ei gwestiwn: “Foundational Economy”Cofnod swyddogol

Jenny RathboneLlafur

16 Hydref 2024, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Yr Economi Sylfaenol: Panel 4 - Tai a datgarboneiddio

How realistic is that given that we're all reading about the financial and budgetary challenges that local authorities are facing? You mention in your paper about the cost-of-living crisis driving people away from best value in terms of local procurement and going for, 'How much is it going to cost…

Wedi'i dagio o deitl ei eitem neu ei gwestiwn: “Foundational Economy”Cofnod swyddogol

Iwan Trefor Jones

16 Hydref 2024, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Yr Economi Sylfaenol: Panel 4 - Tai a datgarboneiddio

Welsh Government have invited Adra to lead on Ffrâm24, as I said, taking the place of the National Procurement Service that was led by Welsh Government. So, there’s an opportunity through Ffrâm24 to ensure there’s a greater connectivity, if you like, between public bodies and Wales-based companies…

Wedi'i dagio o deitl ei eitem neu ei gwestiwn: “Foundational Economy”Cofnod swyddogol

Jenny RathboneLlafur

16 Hydref 2024, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Yr Economi Sylfaenol: Panel 4 - Tai a datgarboneiddio

Okay, great example, but how much is it dependent on your geographical location in north-west Wales, as opposed to, say, south-east Wales, where we’ve got a construction industry that works across the border all the time?

Wedi'i dagio o deitl ei eitem neu ei gwestiwn: “Foundational Economy”Cofnod swyddogol

Iwan Trefor Jones

16 Hydref 2024, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Yr Economi Sylfaenol: Panel 4 - Tai a datgarboneiddio

Very quickly on that, as I mentioned, £6 billion is being spent by the public sector in Wales and we need to maximise the value of that within Wales, especially among the SME sector. There are a lot of different initiatives and, as you mentioned, a lot of good practice. Again, I mentioned in our…

Wedi'i dagio o deitl ei eitem neu ei gwestiwn: “Foundational Economy”Cofnod swyddogol

Jenny RathboneLlafur

16 Hydref 2024, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Yr Economi Sylfaenol: Panel 4 - Tai a datgarboneiddio

Thank you very much. I want to look at procurement and fair work, starting with the Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Act 2023 and our aspiration to drive social value and support the foundational economy. My sense is that there’s lots of fantastic work going on, which you’ve all…

Wedi'i dagio oherwydd: “Public Procurement”, “foundational economy”Cofnod swyddogol

Iwan Trefor Jones

16 Hydref 2024, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Yr Economi Sylfaenol: Panel 4 - Tai a datgarboneiddio

…much benefit within the regional economy, which will have a direct impact on our communities and on the foundational economy. The second part in terms of indicators, very quickly on that: traditional economic indicators have been driven by growth. It’s all about growth, GVA, GDP, just coming back to…

Wedi'i dagio oherwydd: “foundational economy”Cofnod swyddogol

Lee WatersLlafur

16 Hydref 2024, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Yr Economi Sylfaenol: Panel 4 - Tai a datgarboneiddio

…to elaborate on your point in your paper about the need for measurable indicators on the efficacy of a foundational economy, which shapes investment, and the overall idea of what they might look like?

Wedi'i dagio oherwydd: “foundational economy”Cofnod swyddogol