14 Hydref 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i Atebolrwydd Aelodau Unigol: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 10
That's to elect them there, but this is now to remove someone, isn't it?
14 Hydref 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i Atebolrwydd Aelodau Unigol: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 10
Is that an issue of concern to you, in terms of the fact that it would just be a straightforward ballot where someone could, effectively, be removed on a very, very low turnout? I mean, say you had a 5 per cent, 10 per cent turnout.
14 Hydref 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i Atebolrwydd Aelodau Unigol: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 10
So, if a dozen people turn out, I'm just thinking—. We do get some quite low turnouts, don't we?
14 Hydref 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i Atebolrwydd Aelodau Unigol: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 10
So, basically, there would have to be an acceptance of that by the Scottish Parliament, and that then starts the whole process, so there is then a petition. And the petition, basically, as long as 10 per cent of the electorate across the area vote, then it…
14 Hydref 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i Atebolrwydd Aelodau Unigol: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 10
Can I just ask about your equivalent to the standards committee? I apologise, I don't know what its full name is. Presumably, what would happen is an issue would go to your equivalent committee, they would decide that there had been a breach, it had reached…
14 Hydref 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i Atebolrwydd Aelodau Unigol: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 10
So, basically, the starting point is, I suppose, a recommendation from the equivalent of your standards committee that there's been a breach and this should be referred to a petition. So, I suppose there's an issue, firstly, in terms of the standards…
14 Hydref 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i Atebolrwydd Aelodau Unigol: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 10
So, if that—. So, Graham—. Oh, sorry, I beg your pardon.
14 Hydref 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i Atebolrwydd Aelodau Unigol: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 10
I beg your pardon.
14 Hydref 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i Atebolrwydd Aelodau Unigol: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 10
So, you might have a very low turnout, but if 10 per cent of that turnout—or whatever the turnout is—decide this should now go to a recall vote, you would then be asking people to come out a second time to vote, and that would be on a simple majority vote. Is…
14 Hydref 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i Atebolrwydd Aelodau Unigol: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 10
Yes, how does that—? Can I just unpick that a little bit, because you're talking about two processes? You have to have, first of all—. There's a recommendation, there's a trigger, so the trigger can be the same whether you're constituency or whether you're…
14 Hydref 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Ymchwiliad i Atebolrwydd Aelodau Unigol: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 10
Thanks for that. You're right—we're making changes; we're moving to a wholly proportional list system, so we won't have constituency elections in 2026. So, I suppose the area that we're really concerned with is your approach to the list system that you have…
7 Hydref 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Anabledd a chyflogaeth: sesiwn dystiolaeth 5
Thank you.
7 Hydref 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Anabledd a chyflogaeth: sesiwn dystiolaeth 5
One of the big issues with data that is available is that it comes in different formats and there's no systematic or common system in terms of that, which means that the evaluation of that data is quite often very difficult to understand, and its use and…
7 Hydref 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Anabledd a chyflogaeth: sesiwn dystiolaeth 5
Thank you. You've covered a little bit of what I want to ask about, but just to perhaps expand on it, to go with the issue of data and monitoring. It's the extent to which education providers collect data. Clearly, from all the evidence you've been giving…
7 Hydref 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Anabledd a chyflogaeth: sesiwn dystiolaeth 4
Well, I think all the questions that I wanted to raise with regard to data, Chair, I think have actually been answered, so I don't really want to duplicate them, if that's okay.
7 Hydref 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Anabledd a chyflogaeth: sesiwn dystiolaeth 4
Just very quickly, on the role of the trade unions, who have played a big part in many of the key legislative changes, and so on, no-one has mentioned so far the importance of that role in an environment where, until recently, trade unions have been very…
7 Hydref 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Anabledd a chyflogaeth: sesiwn dystiolaeth 4
Thank you.
7 Hydref 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Anabledd a chyflogaeth: sesiwn dystiolaeth 4
I just want to come back again on this point about incorporation. Not that I disagree with the desirability of incorporating, and there were clearly complications as to precisely how you incorporate some of the UN conventions, but on the basis that all those…
7 Hydref 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Anabledd a chyflogaeth: sesiwn dystiolaeth 4
Okay, thank you.
7 Hydref 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Anabledd a chyflogaeth: sesiwn dystiolaeth 4
It was just on the point about the convention, the incorporation of the convention into Welsh law. On the basis that the convention, that the Welsh Government, indeed the Senedd, is required to comply fully with that convention legally in any event…
7 Hydref 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Anabledd a chyflogaeth: sesiwn dystiolaeth 3
Thank you very much.
7 Hydref 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Anabledd a chyflogaeth: sesiwn dystiolaeth 3
But I suppose the support that’s needed is also going to be determined, to some extent, by understanding what the nature of the problem is, the scale of the problem, and what the on-the-ground situation is. Just really, I suppose, your general comments as to…
7 Hydref 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Anabledd a chyflogaeth: sesiwn dystiolaeth 3
And of course, an England-and-Wales level doesn’t really help you very much in terms of understanding the local situation. I just wonder if perhaps you can just outline a little bit some of the issues that maybe some smaller businesses face with regard to…
7 Hydref 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Anabledd a chyflogaeth: sesiwn dystiolaeth 3
Just a few questions, because obviously any policy decision and understanding of what is happening and what can be done and what the situation is is dependent on the data that we have. We do, of course, have a disability disparity unit—just, first of all…
1 Hydref 2024 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Datganiad gan y Dirprwy Brif Weinidog ac Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Newid Hinsawdd a Materion Gwledig: Llifogydd—Paratoi ar gyfer y gaeaf
—bod y gwaith cynnal a chadw wedi cael ei wneud. A gaf i ofyn i chi pa gamau sy'n cael eu cymryd i sicrhau bod y lefelau hynny o waith cynnal a chadw yn cael eu cynnal, ac a allech chi amlinellu pa lefelau o fuddsoddiad sy'n digwydd, yn enwedig yn ardal…
