, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Active Travel: evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association
In terms of transparency and accountability at a local level—given the context that we've just heard—do you set targets within specific timescales that make it easy for local citizens, for example, to measure performance in this area? And are those…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Active Travel: evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association
Mae hwnna'n ddiddorol. Os caf i ofyn jest ynglŷn â hwnna te: pa fath o hyd amser ŷch chi'n meddwl dylem ni ei ddefnyddio wrth asesu cynnydd, hynny yw, pum mlynedd, 10 mlynedd, 15 mlynedd? Beth yw'r model sydd gyda ni o ran—? Ar ba fath o amserlen ŷch chi yn…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Active Travel: evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association
Thanks for that. I'll turn to monitoring and evaluation at a local level, then, just for me to be able to understand: how do you adapt projects? How do you use data in order to learn and to understand what works, what doesn't work, and how do you then use…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Active Travel: evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association
Thank you very much, Chair. I will turn now to the final theme of our session this morning, namely monitoring and evaluation—on a national level, firstly, and then on a local level. Could I turn first of all to the new national travel survey that is proposed?…
, Plenary
Legislative Consent Motion: The Water (Special Measures) Bill
I agree with the comments of Delyth Jewell. I think there are many things in the draft water Bill that we would agree with, but what has been presented in the legislative consent memorandum and has been echoed, Deputy First Minister, by your comments here is…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
I think the point about that power, of course, is it makes it much easier to implement those changes much more quickly and without such a call on resources. As part of your responsibility for overseeing the UK legislation impact on Wales, you’ve supported a…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
I'm very grateful to the Counsel General for her answer. The Scottish Government, of course, did retain its UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Continuity) (Scotland) Act 2021, which does apply in devolved areas for Scotland. It does two useful things, I…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
Diolch, Llywydd. Counsel General, next week marks the fifth anniversary of Wales leaving the European Union, which has been a disaster for our economy. Your predecessor, sat behind you, when asked about the extent to which we should align Welsh law within…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session on the Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill
Okay. Thank you.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session on the Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill
And just one additional question, therefore. The 31 nights rule—forgive me if I've misunderstood—is some kind of threshold. If you're on 32 days, you won't need to register. So, to give some scenarios, for example, if you were renting something out for 32…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session on the Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill
Thank you, Cabinet Secretary. Just going back to the discussion we had earlier about potential complaints from local members of the public or a community council, for example, where they feel that someone hasn't been registered but they feel they should have…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session on the Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill
If I can just move on to section 14, therefore, section 14 permits a principal council to charge a premium on the rates of the levy and creates a power for the Welsh Ministers to specify the maximum amount of that premium. Why don't you intend to specify a…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session on the Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill
Thank you. Section 13 of the Bill includes a Henry VIII regulation-making power for the Welsh Ministers to vary the types of overnight stay that will attract the lower, higher or nil rate of the levy. Could you explain why these powers are necessary?
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session on the Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill
Okay. Thank you, Chair.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session on the Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill
Have you looked at the situation in some areas where there are problems in terms of overtourism—Barcelona is one example—where, in that situation, some members of the public would say, 'Well, I want to know whether a neighbour or somebody on the same street…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session on the Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill
Just on that point, in terms of gaining a picture, for example, of the holiday accommodation sector and understanding what goes on in terms of the impact on the housing sector—. I understand the rationale that the Cabinet Secretary has given for exempting…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session on the Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill
Is information regarding people providing accommodation in their own homes—Airbnbs and so on—going to be noted in the public register?
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session on the Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill
You have written to the Finance Committee this month, outlining further amendments in relation to data sharing that you intend to work on ahead of Stage 2. Can you tell us why that additional power is needed, and once again tell us which one of the Senedd's…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session on the Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill
In terms of the specific new power in the draft provisions with regard to sums of financial penalties and the related procedures, what process are you suggesting for that? Draft affirmative?
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session on the Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill
Part of these new draft provisions is the new proposed power to make Henry VIII regulations in terms of the sums of the financial penalties and the procedures related to them. Could you tell us what scrutiny procedure you are going to recommend for these new…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session on the Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill
Thank you very much for that explanation. In terms of these new draft provisions, have they been through the same level, or the same kind of process, of assessment as they would have gone through had they been introduced as part of the original Bill?
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session on the Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill
Thank you very much, Chair. Cabinet Secretary, a day or two after introducing the Bill you also wrote to this committee to share information about some additional provisions, and we're grateful for that transparency, but they related to the system of…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
Can we ask for a note, Chair, on what are the parameters whereby this decision has been made in this way, and on what sort of basis in terms of our Standing Orders, et cetera?
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session with the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery on the Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Bill
Thank you. That's all from me this afternoon. Thank you very much.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session with the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery on the Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Bill
Okay. Thank you very much. In her evidence to the committee, Dr Fox from the Hansard Society suggested that your previous comments, Counsel General, I think, that the Bill seeks to rationalise and, essentially, codify—to use another technical term…
