, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General
Diolch, Llywydd. Counsel General, you're on the record as being a strong supporter of the Hillsborough law that would place a statutory duty of candour on public authorities and public officials, and there is a commitment, of course, by an incoming Labour…
, Plenary
Short Debate: Allied Steel and Wire workers and pension justice
I'm very grateful to Rhys ab Owen for allowing me a minute of time, and it's particularly fitting given the fact that this journey for justice started in the building next door, in Tŷ Hywel, with a meeting organised by his father, with many of the workers…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution and Cabinet Office
The Thomas commission had mentioned deserts in terms of legal aid in rural Wales and in post-industrial Wales, and evidence shows that the erosion in the provision of legal aid that has been seen since the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
Okay.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
Yes, because my understanding of the suggestion, in terms of a solution to the competence issue that arose from the committee's report, was a suggestion of an Order in Council being sought to devolve the power to put this matter beyond doubt. Neither…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
Chair, I obviously wasn't part of the committee's deliberations on this Bill, but it's just a point of information, really. In relation to the specific proposal that the Trefnydd is making in response to this committee's report and the Reform Bill Committee's…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
Yes.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: Evidence session with the Member in charge
Diolch yn fawr, Cadeirydd.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: Evidence session with the Member in charge
Okay, we understand the reasoning, therefore. Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Bill begins with an overview section, as does Part 3 of the Bill. However, each section within Chapter 2 of Part 1 of the Bill has its own overview provision as its first subsection. So…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: Evidence session with the Member in charge
Yes. So, either you become confused by reading this Bill or you would have been confused by reading different Bills. So, it underlines, in a way, the point that Alun Davies was making about the need to bring everything together in a consistent way as soon as…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: Evidence session with the Member in charge
Yes, thank you, Chair. I have a series of quite detailed and technical questions with regard to drafting. There is, throughout the Bill, the use of the terms 'prescribed' and 'prescribed in regulations'—they're used in what we believe is an inconsistent…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: Evidence session with the Member in charge
Thank you, Chair—
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: Evidence session with the Member in charge
May I finally, Chair, just ask on this particular topic whether there is any other element of the Bill or the convention that you have identified? That is, any other issue or topic that would have an impact on human rights emanating from the Bill. Are there…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: Evidence session with the Member in charge
In your legal assessment, have you identified any risks to successful challenge, for example, through somebody in the for-profit sector arguing that, instead of excluding the possibility of for-profit providers providing services, you set a maximum, for…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: Evidence session with the Member in charge
I'm very grateful for that response. May I turn, therefore, to another section of the convention that is perhaps impacted by the provisions in the Bill, namely article 1 of the first protocol, which relates to the peaceful enjoyment of possessions? According…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: Evidence session with the Member in charge
That's all right. I'll start again. I want to pursue a few questions related to the question of human rights and to what extent the Bill is consistent with the provisions in the European convention on human rights. You've just referred to the fact that, in…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: Evidence session with the Member in charge
Thank you very much, Chair. I want to pursue this question of whether the Bill is consistent with the European convention on human rights.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Local Partnerships LLP
Just on that, the reason I was asking the slightly nebulous question, 'Is there anything else like this?'—. Local Partnerships occupies a very unique space, because you struggled to define it earlier. It is outsourcing when it's actually partly owned by the…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Local Partnerships LLP
Would you consider, building on Rhianon Passmore's point—? Would you see, maybe, some benefit in providing a note in future Welsh Government financial accounts, because of all the specifics in relation to this vehicle, summarising the use of Local…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Local Partnerships LLP
Could you share those regulations or expectations, not just for the Welsh language, but anything else in terms of your expectations in terms of the company's operation in Wales? I think that's the last of my questions. Thank you.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Local Partnerships LLP
Do Local Partnerships come under the duties—? When they do their work, do they come under Government duties in terms of Welsh language standards, for example? Are there any expectations for them to operate, in Wales at least, in accordance with the…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Local Partnerships LLP
Are there any other examples of organisations like Local Partnerships, anything else like this, which we're not currently aware of? Is there another entity that provides significant pieces of work on behalf of the Welsh Government that we should be aware of…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Local Partnerships LLP
Is it possible for you to share a complete list, beyond the evidence that we've had so far, of all the individual contracts that you've had? And also for you to explain what transparency there is around that—so, if, through the normal procurement procedures…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Local Partnerships LLP
Just in terms of—
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Local Partnerships LLP
It references a famous legal case, Carltona Ltd, I think, v. Commissioners of Works. It essentially established the idea that the actions of officials are synonymous with the actions of Ministers. So, effectively, officials act as agents on behalf of…
