, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Local Partnerships LLP
I don't know, are you familiar with the Carltona principle or the Carltona doctrine in relation to the civil service and officials? I don't know if you've come across that.
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Evidence Session: Local Partnerships LLP
Do you accept that there's a trade-off, isn't there, in setting these projects on a consultative basis, externally, or for Local Partnerships? Because you don't have that internal expertise, you lose the opportunity, then, to develop those skills and…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Local Partnerships LLP
Just in terms of understanding what's driving the use of Local Partnerships, is it down to the fact that there is a capacity problem with the civil service centrally, and that these needs cannot be met within the civil service? And is that capacity issue…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Local Partnerships LLP
And beyond those five, are there others that you're aware of that are based in Wales, effectively?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Local Partnerships LLP
Are there any—? Are you aware that some of them are based in Wales?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Local Partnerships LLP
And how many of them are based in Wales?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Local Partnerships LLP
Yes, okay. How many people who work for Local Partnerships work in Wales currently?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Local Partnerships LLP
Right. And how many people are currently working out of that temporary office, if I could call it that?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Local Partnerships LLP
Thank you. Does Local Partnerships have an office in Wales?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Local Partnerships LLP
If you can't provide an answer, that's fine, but just for us to be clear, in accordance with your understanding, is there an element still of profit in the prices that they give for Welsh Government projects, or do they just operate on a cost basis only?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Local Partnerships LLP
But the public sector, that is, the UK Government, yes? And also, yes, the 22 local authorities in Wales are part of the LGA, but that is spread across England and Wales, is it?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Local Partnerships LLP
Could I ask another question, therefore? Is there any profit—? Leon, you are a company director. Is there any profit on the projects that the company does for the Welsh Government, or do they provide services on a cost basis only to the Welsh Government?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Local Partnerships LLP
Okay. I accept that you can’t give us a specific figure on that, but would it be reasonable to come to the conclusion, given that, in the year in question, more than half of the company's income derived from services stemmed from the Welsh Government, even…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Local Partnerships LLP
Thank you, Chair. I just want to stay with this question that the Chair just raised with you about the decision not to receive—well, to not to have the right to receive any financial returns. In the figures that we have seen as a committee in terms of the…
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Papers to note
Well, we'll return to it in our later discussion, Chair, but I do think that there are additional questions that do arise from the written evidence that we've received, and maybe we'll want to discuss that later on.
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Planning policy for new power lines
Just to be absolutely clear what you're saying, are you saying that the Government's view now is that the caveat that is currently in 'Planning Policy Wales', which says that if undergrounding makes that project financially unviable then it's okay to use…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Planning policy for new power lines
Diolch yn fawr, Dirprwy Lywydd. This motion aims to make it mandatory for all new electricity distribution lines in Wales to be placed underground rather than conveyed through overhead lines. The Welsh Government's current policy, as set out it in 'Planning…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: The First Minister
To briefly respond to Mike, I'm sure the current leader of Plaid Cymru would welcome a head-to-head debate with the British leader of the Labour Party to see then who is the most left-wing leader. Last week, while this Chamber was quiet, the theatre next door…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Welsh Language
I hope the Cabinet Secretary can tell us a little more as to when we will get that further information. The reason I ask, of course, is because of constituency interest, in terms of proposed developments in the Tywi and Teifi valleys, and the fact that the…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Welsh Language
9. Will the Cabinet Secretary provide an update on the work of the independent group assessing the comparative costs of underground and overhead 132 kV transmission lines? OQ61206
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Debate: The Steel Industry in Wales
Everyone accepts that there are important questions to answer. The issue is that only you, as the Government, have the resources to be able to provide those answers. So, will you be voting, will you be accepting the amendment that refers to this option? And…
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Debate: The Steel Industry in Wales
Would you give way?
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Debate: The Steel Industry in Wales
We will have to create a company, a holding company, that will run the blast furnace and the associated heavy end for that period at the minimum that is necessary in order to maintain the integrity of the asset, and we need to do work very, very quickly—over…
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Debate: The Steel Industry in Wales
We need to turn 'save our steel' from a slogan into a plan, don't we, and we've only got days, possibly weeks, to do that. So, we have to work together, and the resources of Government now have to be used, because it's only Government, ultimately, that have…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Session on the Cabinet Manual and Access Talks
Well, within limits, as I said.
