, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
Could I just come in there? Because I think it's obviously a very pertinent question that Alun raises, but there are at least a number of amendments that I'm aware of that relate more generally to the question of devolution itself. There are amendments, which…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
I agree. Can I just say I entirely agree with that? I think it's unnecessary as well, given that we have some time available to at least give us a greater opportunity of seeing if there will be further progress, which would give us a better a context within…
, Member Accountability Bill Committee
Group 11: Conduct of Senedd Cymru elections (Amendments 33, 34, 6, 7, 35, 36, 31, 37, 38, 39)
Yes.
, Member Accountability Bill Committee
Group 11: Conduct of Senedd Cymru elections (Amendments 33, 34, 6, 7, 35, 36, 31, 37, 38, 39)
Yes.
, Member Accountability Bill Committee
Group 11: Conduct of Senedd Cymru elections (Amendments 33, 34, 6, 7, 35, 36, 31, 37, 38, 39)
No.
, Member Accountability Bill Committee
Group 11: Conduct of Senedd Cymru elections (Amendments 33, 34, 6, 7, 35, 36, 31, 37, 38, 39)
Yes.
, Member Accountability Bill Committee
Group 11: Conduct of Senedd Cymru elections (Amendments 33, 34, 6, 7, 35, 36, 31, 37, 38, 39)
No.
, Member Accountability Bill Committee
Group 11: Conduct of Senedd Cymru elections (Amendments 33, 34, 6, 7, 35, 36, 31, 37, 38, 39)
Thank you, and thank you, Counsel General, for dealing in detail with the amendments in this group. I think it's fair to say that, sadly, we haven't been able to find consensus on these particular amendments. There are areas of legitimate disagreement between…
, Member Accountability Bill Committee
Group 11: Conduct of Senedd Cymru elections (Amendments 33, 34, 6, 7, 35, 36, 31, 37, 38, 39)
Diolch, Cadeirydd. All the amendments in this group relate to section 22 of the Bill currently, which places a duty on Welsh Ministers to make regulations dealing with false or misleading statements of fact made for the purpose of affecting the return of a…
, Member Accountability Bill Committee
Group 7: Standards of Conduct Committee (Amendments 25, 26, 46, 47, 32, 5, 48, 49, 50, 51, 54, 29, 30, 8)
No, I'd like to withdraw.
, Member Accountability Bill Committee
Group 7: Standards of Conduct Committee (Amendments 25, 26, 46, 47, 32, 5, 48, 49, 50, 51, 54, 29, 30, 8)
It's not a unique proposal. It's analogous, really, to structures that other parliaments have put in place for exactly the same reasons. There are certain categories of cases that are not appropriate, in order to maintain public trust, for example, in order…
, Member Accountability Bill Committee
Group 7: Standards of Conduct Committee (Amendments 25, 26, 46, 47, 32, 5, 48, 49, 50, 51, 54, 29, 30, 8)
Diolch, Cadeirydd. Amendment 32 seeks to build upon the principles behind the provision already in the Bill in relation to the creation of lay members, which, as Sam Rowlands has already referred to, is intended to provide the public with a greater guarantee…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
Thank you very much, Chair.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
Thank you. Could I just turn to one body that is not located there, as far as I understand it, which is the Equality and Human Rights Commission. In November last year, they wrote to you as a Government about the failure to comply with equality law as far as…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
Sioned Evans referred to the element relating to space. We don't have time to go into this issue in detail, but there was one element that I was interested in. Part of the strategy was offering space in Cathays Park to other bodies. Could you update us about…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
Sorry, I hadn't heard the response there. Sorry.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
And I'm sure that the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee would like to receive a copy of that report, but the report would be of interest to this committee as well, if it would be possible to see that.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
You referred, Permanent Secretary, to the limitations that related to the cap in terms of numbers and in terms of external recruitment. One of the areas where there has been ongoing discussion in other committees about the impact of this on Welsh Government's…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
Does anyone else want to respond to that?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
In his report back in 2022, the auditor general noted some areas in terms of the workforce strategy to focus on. To what extent did this programme, the Welsh Government 2025 programme, follow those recommendations that were made?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
Sioned, you referred to some things that hadn't worked as well as you'd hoped they would. Could you give us a little taste of some of those things that didn't work as well?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
Thank you, Chair. Could we turn now, therefore, to workforce planning and, in particular, the Welsh Government 2025 programme? Could you tell us about the programme itself—has it delivered what you expected it to deliver? How do you measure its success, and…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
Okay. Thank you very much.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
And two other brief questions. There was a reference in the same statement to creating a national school of government, by the UK Government. How does that affect your intention as a Government to create a national school of government for Wales? Permanent…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
Ministers in Westminster have decided to make these changes. Do the Welsh Ministers, within the discretion that you've just outlined to vary issues relating to performance management in Wales—? Is it the Welsh Ministers that determine how to use that…
