21 Hydref 2024 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Bil y Gymraeg ac Addysg (Cymru): sesiwn dystiolaeth
All right, fine. I'm very glad that you touched upon the National Institute for Learning Welsh, because that was going to be my next question. Part 5 of the Bill creates the National Institute for Learning Welsh, and section 37(2) sets out the steps that the…
21 Hydref 2024 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Bil y Gymraeg ac Addysg (Cymru): sesiwn dystiolaeth
Thank you so much. Section 28 of the Bill requires each local authority to prepare its own local Welsh in education strategic plan. In doing so, they have to consult a significant list of consultees, as set out in section 28(4), including their neighbouring…
21 Hydref 2024 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Bil y Gymraeg ac Addysg (Cymru): sesiwn dystiolaeth
Thank you so much, Cabinet Secretary. Section 10(3) specifies that the minimum amount of Welsh language education for the primarily English language, partly Welsh language category must be no less than 10 per cent. In evidence to the Children, Young People…
21 Hydref 2024 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Bil y Gymraeg ac Addysg (Cymru): sesiwn dystiolaeth
Thank you so much for that. The Bill places a target of 1 million Welsh speakers by 2050—it's a figure we all have heard many times—on a statutory footing. What is the purpose of this, and what is the consequence for everyone if the target is not met?
21 Hydref 2024 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Bil y Gymraeg ac Addysg (Cymru): sesiwn dystiolaeth
Thank you so much, Chair. Thank you so much, Cabinet Secretary. The Welsh Government carried out a public consultation on the proposals in the Bill during 2023. Why did you not consult on a draft Bill?
21 Hydref 2024 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Memorandwm Cydsyniad Deddfwriaethol ar y Bil Dŵr (Mesurau Arbennig): sesiwn dystiolaeth
Fine. Thank you so much, Chair.
21 Hydref 2024 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Memorandwm Cydsyniad Deddfwriaethol ar y Bil Dŵr (Mesurau Arbennig): sesiwn dystiolaeth
Is there a reason why you did not ask for these powers to be made subject to the affirmative procedure, to potentially allow a greater role for the Senedd in scrutinising any proposed legislation?
21 Hydref 2024 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Memorandwm Cydsyniad Deddfwriaethol ar y Bil Dŵr (Mesurau Arbennig): sesiwn dystiolaeth
That's fine. Thank you so much. Under clause 7, can you just confirm for the committee—or, in fact, you could reject it—whether the delegated powers under the Bill would be subject to negative procedures?
21 Hydref 2024 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Memorandwm Cydsyniad Deddfwriaethol ar y Bil Dŵr (Mesurau Arbennig): sesiwn dystiolaeth
Is there a particular timeline you have in place, as to when you'll be in a better position to give us a timeline as to when that may actually take place?
21 Hydref 2024 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Memorandwm Cydsyniad Deddfwriaethol ar y Bil Dŵr (Mesurau Arbennig): sesiwn dystiolaeth
Before exercising any powers going forward, do you have any plans to make a commitment to undertake a consultation with the relevant stakeholders on a draft of the regulations?
21 Hydref 2024 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Memorandwm Cydsyniad Deddfwriaethol ar y Bil Dŵr (Mesurau Arbennig): sesiwn dystiolaeth
Okay, great. Delegated powers under clause 6 of the Bill would allow the Welsh Ministers to specify in regulations the offences where automatic penalties must be imposed by Natural Resources Wales. Do you think it's appropriate for this to be a delegated…
21 Hydref 2024 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Memorandwm Cydsyniad Deddfwriaethol ar y Bil Dŵr (Mesurau Arbennig): sesiwn dystiolaeth
Okay. And the different structures have been taken into account whilst making the Bill.
21 Hydref 2024 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Memorandwm Cydsyniad Deddfwriaethol ar y Bil Dŵr (Mesurau Arbennig): sesiwn dystiolaeth
Thank you so much, Chair. Thank you so much for the answers you've given so far. You mentioned, Minister, earlier on, about how various companies have different structures in Wales, particularly you touched upon Welsh Water, for example—they're operating as a…
17 Hydref 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Penodiadau Cyhoeddus: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Llywodraeth Cymru
Okay. Thank you, Chair.
17 Hydref 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Penodiadau Cyhoeddus: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Llywodraeth Cymru
So if, for example, we're in a situation six months, a year, down the line and we say, 'Okay, there is a massive issue with regard to knowledge', for example, of people in mid Wales not being aware of the opportunities available to them, what would you do?
17 Hydref 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Penodiadau Cyhoeddus: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Llywodraeth Cymru
Sorry, Chair, if I could ask a supplementary question to that. I'm all for diversity—it's kind of a given here—and I think everyone else on the committee is equally of the same thought process. I'm a proud Member for south-east Wales. I love my region. I know…
17 Hydref 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Penodiadau Cyhoeddus: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Llywodraeth Cymru
Thank you. Just following on from what Rhianon said, I totally appreciate the pace that you've got, the programme that you've got with people trying to learn more about the system, but I think, as a committee, we want end results. And I think having the right…
17 Hydref 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Penodiadau Cyhoeddus: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Llywodraeth Cymru
Okay. Great. Thank you so much, Chair.
17 Hydref 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Penodiadau Cyhoeddus: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Llywodraeth Cymru
Okay, thank you so much. I appreciate you have a lot on your plate in relation to everything you've just stated to the committee, but can you set out a timeline for the production of and consultation of a replacement strategy?
17 Hydref 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Penodiadau Cyhoeddus: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Llywodraeth Cymru
Okay, fair enough. Given that the time period originally covered by the strategy was between 2020 and 2023, can you give us any clarity on the current status, as it stands?
17 Hydref 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Penodiadau Cyhoeddus: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Llywodraeth Cymru
I'm a person who loves spoilers and I appreciate what you've mentioned to my colleague Rhianon Passmore about the data being collected, it's not just been put in form. Is there any insight that you can give us as to some of the data that you've collated so…
17 Hydref 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Penodiadau Cyhoeddus: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Llywodraeth Cymru
Yes, of course.
17 Hydref 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Penodiadau Cyhoeddus: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Llywodraeth Cymru
Okay, great.
17 Hydref 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Penodiadau Cyhoeddus: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Llywodraeth Cymru
Okay, fair enough, all right. And what measures and things are you doing to ensure that that is driven through and comes through?
17 Hydref 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Penodiadau Cyhoeddus: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Llywodraeth Cymru
Good morning, gentlemen. In my questioning, it's going to be a bit more about the future of the strategy itself, if that's okay. We have heard on many occasions that the diversity of public appointments remains a ministerial priority, and you're both nodding…
