, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill: Evidence session with the Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Heledd, you have a supplementary.
, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill: Evidence session with the Trefnydd and Chief Whip
So, it's something for future consideration.
, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill: Evidence session with the Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Is it fair to think that a new Government may be considering including the responsibilities of overseeing the promotion of inclusion within something like the electoral management board? Because the bodies that you've mentioned are funded bodies, and if the…
, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill: Evidence session with the Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Jane.
, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill: Evidence session with the Trefnydd and Chief Whip
You've obviously listened to the evidence, and all parties gave reasonable evidence that they would like to move in this direction. But do you think that, without the Bill, there will still be a difficulty for some parties to be able to deliver the gender…
, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill: Evidence session with the Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Thank you. Welcome, all. It wasn't that long ago we were talking to you before. Just a simple starting question: the Bill is focused upon gender quotas and gender balance, and puts duties upon parties to make sure there's a gender-balanced candidate list…
, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill: Evidence session with the Trefnydd and Chief Whip
We'll therefore move on to our substantive element today, which is an evidence session with the Trefnydd, who is the Member in charge of the Bill. Can I welcome Jane Hutt, the Trefnydd? Jane, would you like to introduce your officials for the record, please?
, Reform Bill Committee
Papers to note
We will move on to item 3, which is papers to note. We have a letter from the Counsel General notifying us of the laying of the revised explanatory memorandum for the Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill, which was changed during Stage 2. As we all know…
, Reform Bill Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Good morning, and can I welcome Members and the public to this morning's meeting of the Reform Bill Committee, where we will be taking our final evidence session in relation to the Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill? Before we go into our evidence…
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Welsh Language: Tata Steel
Cabinet Secretary, can I thank you and your predecessor for all the support you've given to Tata Steel workers over recent months? And here we are again. We could be back in November, because very little has changed since November, when the announcement was…
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting
Therefore, under Standing Order 17.42(ix), we resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting. Are members content to do so? We'll now move into private session, then. Thank you.
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Papers to note
And for members, we have also got, in our papers, the response from the First Minister previously—the previous First Minister—it's in our papers, dated 15 February. Can we just note that? Thank you.
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
General Scrutiny
Again, for you, if there are any factual inaccuracies, please let the clerking team know so we can get them corrected as soon as possible.
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
General Scrutiny
We've exceeded our time and we've got to a point now where we save to say, 'Thank you, First Minister, for your time today'. We will be meeting again this term, and we very much, obviously, may have one or two questions. We may write to you with, perhaps…
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
General Scrutiny
Time has nearly caught us, but I'm going to give Llyr Gruffydd the last question.
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
General Scrutiny
Jenny, you can come in with a question, and then I want to go to Llyr.
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
General Scrutiny
John also has a supplementary.
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
General Scrutiny
James has a supplementary.
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
General Scrutiny
Yes. Obviously, the health agenda was one of your priorities, and I know Jenny has an area on that.
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
General Scrutiny
I want to move on because we have very limited time and there are still areas of the programme for government in particular and the priorities that the First Minister mentioned, and, as I said to you, this is being debated next week in the Senedd, and there…
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
General Scrutiny
I want to bring James in here now.
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
General Scrutiny
Before I ask Llyr to come back in, can I remind Members there are debates scheduled for next week on this particular theme as well, just to make sure everyone's aware of that? Llyr.
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
General Scrutiny
Thank you for those answers, First Minister. I'm sure it's a live topic and we will continue to discuss this issue in the Senedd in the weeks ahead. Llyr Gruffydd.
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
General Scrutiny
Mark, is it a supplementary on steel and Tata? Go on.
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
General Scrutiny
I've got supplementaries from John, Jenny and Jack.
