, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
That takes us on to the second item, instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3. Paper 1 is the Nutrition and Health Claims (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024. These regulations make changes to the 2007…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Introduction, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Apologies have been received today from Alun Davies MS and Adam Price MS. We have Hannah Blythyn and Siân Gwenllian with us today as substitutes. Thank you very much for joining us. As a reminder, the meeting is being broadcast live on Senedd.tv and the…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Introduction, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Welcome to this virtual meeting of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee.
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales - Scrutiny of the Estimate 2025-26 and Interim Report: Evidence session
I'll come in on something you spoke about earlier, when you talked about small audits. One of the most significant audits you carried out when I was a member of the Public Accounts Committee was the audit of the Wentloog drainage, which some people may…
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales - Scrutiny of the Estimate 2025-26 and Interim Report: Evidence session
Thank you very much.
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales - Scrutiny of the Estimate 2025-26 and Interim Report: Evidence session
Thank you. And finally from me, the supporting information talks about developing a proof of concept for phase 2 of your financial audit platform. How will you undertake this work and, given comments you made about a delay with your SharePoint-based audit…
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales - Scrutiny of the Estimate 2025-26 and Interim Report: Evidence session
Your capital costs will drop slightly. All I'm going to say is 'Well done'. I think that we do tend to be, or I certainly tend to be, overcritical of some things, rather than talk about the positives. Well done on that. And indeed, you're expecting them to be…
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales - Scrutiny of the Estimate 2025-26 and Interim Report: Evidence session
Something Rhianon asked questions on earlier is the office move. The final phase of the office move programme is due to be completed next year with the relocation of your west Wales office. Can you share information on the new lease costs, as well as any…
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales - Scrutiny of the Estimate 2025-26 and Interim Report: Evidence session
We talked about data analytics earlier. It's £214,000; you spoke very highly of it. Where do I see the gain on it? I see the cost. Where do I see the gain?
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales - Scrutiny of the Estimate 2025-26 and Interim Report: Evidence session
Just like banks. The major high-street banks do that, don't they? If anything ever goes wrong, they might lose a day, but they can always go back to a safe previous version.
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales - Scrutiny of the Estimate 2025-26 and Interim Report: Evidence session
I want to talk about cyber security. I know you've got a £40,000 increase there. I'm going to ask is that enough or too little, and you're going to say the answer is both. You could spend huge sums of money on cyber security. Why is it going up by that…
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales - Scrutiny of the Estimate 2025-26 and Interim Report: Evidence session
Just following on from what you said, Cadeirydd, in most organisations, and Rhianon, Peter and I have worked in councils, where there's an expectation of efficiency savings year on year and it's built into the budget. Shouldn't you have been looking to make…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Supporting Ukrainians in Wales: evidence session with Welsh Government senior officials
Thank you.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Supporting Ukrainians in Wales: evidence session with Welsh Government senior officials
Finally from me, to what extent could issues around access to healthcare have been avoided or mitigated, and have any lessons been learnt from the tuberculosis screening and vaccination programmes?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Supporting Ukrainians in Wales: evidence session with Welsh Government senior officials
But that money, I would guess, was not shared equally amongst the 22 local authorities. I would guess that those authorities that took the most, which I would guess would include Swansea and Cardiff, especially Swansea with its historical Ukrainian community…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Supporting Ukrainians in Wales: evidence session with Welsh Government senior officials
Was the UK Government's funding to local authorities via the Welsh Government sufficient to meet Ukrainians' needs, both as part of the supersponsor scheme and for those with private hosts? And does the Welsh Government hold information on the extent to which…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Supporting Ukrainians in Wales: evidence session with Welsh Government senior officials
How did the Welsh Government decide what it wanted to include in its initial wraparound offer at welcome centres, including why the offer was more generous than support provided to other immigrant groups?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Supporting Ukrainians in Wales: evidence session with Welsh Government senior officials
Thank you. Moving on somewhat, but it’s topical, the likelihood is that Ukraine is going to fall in the next 12 months. American support is about to disappear, or if it does continue it’ll continue on Putin’s side rather than the Ukrainian side. Are you…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Supporting Ukrainians in Wales: evidence session with Welsh Government senior officials
What, if any, thought has the Welsh Government given to updating external guidance issued to Welsh public bodies on expectations around publishing contract award notices, alongside updating its internal guidance?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Supporting Ukrainians in Wales: evidence session with Welsh Government senior officials
Thank you for that. What has the Welsh Government done to implement the auditor general's recommendation to work with local authorities to review whether to retrospectively publish contract award notices for the welcome centres, and how many it expects to be…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Supporting Ukrainians in Wales: evidence session with Welsh Government senior officials
Diolch, Cadeirydd. How did the Welsh Government work with local partners to ensure that the welcome centres were adequate to meet the needs of Ukrainians while securing value for money? And how did you work with the previous Ukrainian community? I live in…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Papers to note
Diolch, Gadeirydd. Why will the Welsh Government not publish the standard spending assessments for each local authority, and the calculations of them, rather than just giving a final amount? If they produced the calculations—. No-one can tell you whether this…
, Plenary
Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee Report, 'Annual Report: European Union Settlement Scheme'
Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. The LJC committee is responsible for international obligations, including UK-EU agreements, and the withdrawal agreement is one of them. The committee is also responsible for the constitutional aspects of external affairs…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
Thank you for that answer, Minister. In terms of co-operative housing, Wales and the rest of Great Britain have substantially less co-operative housing than Europe and North America. Why is co-operative housing so popular in places as diverse as New York City…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
6. Will the Cabinet Secretary provide an update on co-operative housing in Wales? OQ61773
