, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Scrutiny of Senedd Commission Accounts 2023-24
Does anybody else want to add anything—?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Scrutiny of Senedd Commission Accounts 2023-24
Okay.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Scrutiny of Senedd Commission Accounts 2023-24
In regard, then, to the recommendations following the advisory exercise, you would say that it was basically those resets that you just discussed?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Scrutiny of Senedd Commission Accounts 2023-24
Okay, thank you for that. Moving, then, to governance and risk arrangements, what, then, is the scope, or was the scope, of the advisory exercise, performed by internal audit, on the governance of the Senedd's reform and ways of working programmes in 2023-24…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Scrutiny of Senedd Commission Accounts 2023-24
Diolch, Chair. Before I talk to the Government arrangements relating to management, can I just ask a simple question in relation to KPIs, if I may, Chair? Most of them have targets. Is there a reason that not all of them do? Obviously it's disappointing in…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Senedd Commission Public Appointments
Thank you very much, Chair.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Senedd Commission Public Appointments
And finally, you've mentioned the areas of improvement around protected characteristics, and we've mentioned unprotected characteristics that are going to come into the mixture. What conclusions have you drawn from the analysis of the data that you do have?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Senedd Commission Public Appointments
Okay, thank you. When do you expect to fulfil the commitment, bearing in mind what you've just stated in terms of the low numbers and identifying factors, to be able to publish the data on public appointments in regard to that original strategy commitment?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Senedd Commission Public Appointments
Yes. Thank you so much. Just for clarity, it's been mentioned a number of times that this is very rudimentary data, and, obviously, there was a commitment to publish the data—is that because the numbers are just very low in the first place in terms of…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Senedd Commission Public Appointments
In regard to you've mentioned—
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Senedd Commission Public Appointments
Diolch, Chair. Moving to the Crown and Senedd appointments area in a bit more depth, how would you assess the effectiveness to date of the Commission’s diversity and inclusion strategy 2022-26 in ensuring the talent pipelines for our public/Crown appointments…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Cabinet Manuals and the Ministerial Code
Okay. Thank you very much, Chair.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Cabinet Manuals and the Ministerial Code
Okay. The UK Government Cabinet Secretary has said the investigation of the conduct of the Prime Minister by a serving civil servant should be 'avoided wherever possible', and has added that the role of the civil service 'is not to provide some sort of…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Cabinet Manuals and the Ministerial Code
I was just going to state that the Institute for Government and Transparency International say that there should be advice, that there should be a stand-in, external, independent adviser. Also, Dr Helen Foster has stated that the independent adviser should be…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Cabinet Manuals and the Ministerial Code
Thank you. Sorry, Chair.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Cabinet Manuals and the Ministerial Code
Wales, it seems to me, is the only country within the UK that doesn't have a designated external independent adviser to investigate potential breaches of the code. Is there a rationale for that? [Inaudible.]
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Cabinet Manuals and the Ministerial Code
Sorry. Sorry, I don't understand. Can you say that again?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Cabinet Manuals and the Ministerial Code
Okay, thank you. So, since 2017, the then First Minister amended the code. Can you advise how many referrals of a potential breach of the ministerial code have been made to an external independent adviser, and who has been appointed?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Cabinet Manuals and the Ministerial Code
Thank you very much, Chair. How then are external independent advisers appointed to investigate potential breaches of the ministerial code, and who is responsible for choosing and appointing them?
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
Diolch. Caerphilly County Borough Council has 27,576 pupils across 86 schools, including 73 primary schools and one special school. As you said, Estyn, the education watchdog, carried out an in-depth inspection of the council's education services in June. In…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
5. What assessment has the Welsh Government made of the quality of educational provision in Islwyn? OQ61622
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
Diolch. Caerphilly County Borough Council have stated that they have a £45 million deficit to plug in their finances. The Blackwood Miners' Institute has been threatened with closure as a result, and the timeline saw the first announcement at the end of July…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
2. How is the Welsh Government working with local government in Islwyn to ensure that community facilities are protected? OQ61623
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Pre-budget scrutiny—Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
Good.
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Pre-budget scrutiny—Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
In terms of the Scottish situation and their increases this year around capital borrowing, will we be asking for that fairer framework in terms of borrowing, in terms of reserve usage and flexibility?
