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Group 15: Contracts register (registrable interests) (Amendments 8, 84, 85, 9, 86, 93)
Thank you, Chair. Members will recall that I confirmed after Stage 1 that I had accepted committee recommendation 16, which was that the Bill be amended to require contracting authorities to include the contractor's address on the register for each contract…
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Group 14: Annual reports (Amendments 83, 7)
Thank you, Chair. The annual procurement reports are a critical part of the compliance and enforcement mechanisms in the Bill. Annual reports that are well structured and clear will better enable the SPC’s procurement sub-group to carry out their advisory…
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Group 13: Procurement strategies (Amendments 79, 110, 80, 81, 71, 82)
I know what you meant, it's fine. Thank you, Chair. I think I'll start by acknowledging the shared agreement in the session in the Chamber around the power that we have through public procurement and to acknowledge, as Peredur did, that there have been…
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Group 12: Social public workforce clauses (Amendments 69, 70)
Yes, please, Chair. Just to refer—. As Joel James said, the amendments 69 and 70 to section 34 relate to the social public workforce clauses and mirror those that he proposed in relation to section 28 about social public works clauses. As I said previously…
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Group 11: Outsourcing and workforce code (Amendments 5, 68, 6)
Thank you, Chair, and can I thank Members for their contributions? The Government amendments in this group are designed to place our commitment consulting on the workforce code and any subsequent amendments to it in law, and I commend these to the committee…
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Group 11: Outsourcing and workforce code (Amendments 5, 68, 6)
Thank you, Chair. I'm bringing forward amendments 5 and 6 in response to this committee's Stage 1 recommendations 4 and 5, which proposed that, 'Welsh Ministers should be required to consult in relation to the Workforce Code to be made under section 32.'…
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Group 10: Social public works clauses (Amendments 62, 76, 63, 77, 78, 64, 65, 66, 67, 92)
Diolch, Cadeirydd. I'll start with Joel James's amendments. No. 62 would include reference to 30 days in the prompt payment improvement category for the social public works clauses. We expect the UK-led Procurement Bill to grant regulatory powers to Welsh…
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Group 9: Socially responsible public procurement (Amendments 98, 99, 75, 100, 2, 101, 102, 103, 3, 104, 105, 4, 106, 60, 107, 61, 108, 109, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115)
Yes, I wish to move amendment 4.
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Group 9: Socially responsible public procurement (Amendments 98, 99, 75, 100, 2, 101, 102, 103, 3, 104, 105, 4, 106, 60, 107, 61, 108, 109, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115)
Yes, I wish to move amendment 3.
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Group 9: Socially responsible public procurement (Amendments 98, 99, 75, 100, 2, 101, 102, 103, 3, 104, 105, 4, 106, 60, 107, 61, 108, 109, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115)
Yes.
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Group 9: Socially responsible public procurement (Amendments 98, 99, 75, 100, 2, 101, 102, 103, 3, 104, 105, 4, 106, 60, 107, 61, 108, 109, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115)
Thank you, Chair. I'll start by commending Government amendments 2, 3 and 4, to the committee for the following reasons. The version of this Bill that was published for consultation in February 2021 included reference to fair work goals as well as the…
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Group 8: Social partnership reporting arrangements (Amendments 56, 57, 58, 59)
Thank you, Chair. Amendment 56 and its consequentials removes the requirement for public bodies to produce a social partnership report each financial year and replace it with a requirement to do so as and when directed by the SPC. In my view, this would…
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Group 7: Social partnership duty (Amendments 53, 96, 54, 97, 55)
Thank you, Chair. Section 16 of the Bill establishes a statutory social partnership duty and sets some further specific requirements on each specified public body to, insofar as reasonable, seek consensus or compromise primarily with its recognised trade…
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Group 6: Sub-groups of the SPC (Amendments 44, 74, 45, 46, 47)
Thank you, Chair. Amendments 44, 45, 46 and 47 deal with matters that I believe the SPC should be able to determine for itself. It will be for the SPC to determine what sub-groups it needs to establish, in the context of its work programme, which will change…
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Group 5: Social Partnership Council: duration of appointments (Amendments 36, 73, 39)
Yes, I'd like to move.
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Group 5: Social Partnership Council: duration of appointments (Amendments 36, 73, 39)
Diolch. It's normal practice in public appointments that not all members will stand down at the end of their three-year term. This ensures flexibility and continuity. The Bill does not prevent reappointment of an individual to the SPC or representative…
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Group 4: Social Partnership Council: nominations by TUC Cymru Wales (Amendments 72, 94, 95)
Thank you, Chair. As I confirmed in my letter to committee following our Stage 1 debate and from previous discussions with members of the committee, I do very much understand and appreciate the concerns that some Members have in regard to this issue and the…
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Group 3: Social Partnership Council: employer representatives (Amendments 14, 20, 23, 24, 49, 50, 52)
Thank you, Chair. The Government will not be supporting amendment 14. The SPC is intended to be tripartite, with equal representation from social partners across the public, private and third sectors. Amendment 14 would increase the number of employer…
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Group 2: Social Partnership Council: political representatives (Amendments 13, 17, 19, 21, 26, 30, 33, 37, 51)
Diolch. The Government will not be accepting these amendments. Our vision for the SPC is as a formal channel through which employers and trade unions—specifically employer and worker representatives—are able to engage with Welsh Ministers, to work with us to…
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Group 1: Social Partnership Council: chairing, meetings and procedure (Amendments 12, 15, 16, 18, 22, 25, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 34, 35, 38, 40, 41, 42, 1, 43, 48)
Thank you, Chair. I'll speak to the Government's amendment 1 first. This amendment responds to the committee's Stage 1 recommendation No. 4, which proposed that a duty be placed on Welsh Ministers to consult with social partnership council members before…
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Draft budget 2023-24: ministerial evidence session
So, there are examples where they are working more closely together, and jointly, whether that's shared emergency communication, for example—. The phrase eludes me, but in north Wales, St Asaph, there's a shared communication control headquarters there…
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Draft budget 2023-24: ministerial evidence session
Just to clarify, it refers to the grant that's been fixed—the £1.640 million since 2011-12—and it's a contribution to the three fire and rescue authorities' service fees for the Firelink operational communication system. The intention was that this grant…
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Draft budget 2023-24: ministerial evidence session
Thank you for your question.
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Draft budget 2023-24: ministerial evidence session
I thank Sarah for her question. From the outset, we are working to plan that the LGBTQ+ action plan will be published next month as part of LGBT History Month. Funding to work on the action plan itself in 2022-23, and the ongoing related actions on the…
