, Finance Committee
Financial Implications of the Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Thank you. And can I just ask finally, Minister, do you foresee any other potential transitional costs, were the legislation to be implemented?
, Finance Committee
Financial Implications of the Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
The problem comes when I unmute and you unmute at the same time. [Laughter.] So, my final question, then, in regard to the RIA: the RIA does not include a post-implementation review; what monitoring expectations and requirements would the Welsh Government…
, Finance Committee
Financial Implications of the Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Thank you. And there are obviously another set of questions not for this committee around the capacity of the workforce in that regard. I'm going to move on: the RIA discusses tracking individual pupils' participation in the residential outdoor education…
, Finance Committee
Financial Implications of the Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Thank you very much. I think we've touched upon teachers attending visits in the previous question, but I'll just reiterate: stakeholders have noticed that this is—and we've mentioned ourselves—currently done on a voluntary basis, but the Bill, obviously, is…
, Finance Committee
Financial Implications of the Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Thank you.
, Finance Committee
Financial Implications of the Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Fine. So, can I just ask, then, as a supplementary to that—and the Chair will probably tell me off because it's not necessarily financial—in terms of outdoor activity centres, could somebody just give me a brief piece of information in terms of how they are…
, Finance Committee
Financial Implications of the Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Thank you very much, Chair. On that particular point, obviously, the principles that are behind this Bill, we're very cognisant of. I mean, pushing up to £100 million, is there any concern or fear that this would create, in a sense, an internal market, and…
, Plenary
Debate: The Steel Industry in Wales
I also welcome the Minister tabling this debate and I want to direct my remarks, really, to point 2 of the motion, as proposed by Lesley Griffiths, namely, 'Supports the case for further talks that allow for a longer transition that protects jobs for an…
, Plenary
Debate: The Draft Budget 2024-25
Wales, today, faces the worst financial situation since devolution began and whilst the UK fiscal and constitutional processes are being eroded. So, let's be clear, Wales as a devolved legislature within the UK is not a minor department of state to be told at…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Thank you, First Minister. The Welsh Government's and indeed this Senedd Cymru Welsh Parliament's ability to deliver and oversee vital public services is predicated on the finances it receives from the UK Tory Government in Westminster. The Welsh health…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
7. What action is the Welsh Government taking to enhance NHS services in Islwyn? OQ60633
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Evidence session 4
Thank you. Diolch.
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Evidence session 4
Thank you. Jessica, I don't know if you've got any comments on either of the points.
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Evidence session 4
Thank you. My final question is really around the third sector cuts, and I've already mentioned that this is not a position that the Welsh Government would want to be in. What can the Welsh Government do to support the third sector? Obviously, we've had the…
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Evidence session 4
Thank you very much, Chair. I know that my colleague Mike Hedges is going to pick up the points in terms of the mainstreaming of gender budgeting and, as we know, nearly half of OECD countries have implemented it or are on the way to doing so. Could you just…
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Evidence session 4
Yes. I mean, obviously, in terms of where Wales is, I'm sure that everybody would agree that we would not want to be in a position of making cuts, but we all have to do that across departments. You mentioned two things there, Jessica, which I'm very…
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Evidence session 3
I think that's interesting, yes.
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Evidence session 3
Okay. And do you concur or otherwise, David?
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Evidence session 3
This is a simple question, in a sense: is there a view on whether the evidence currently available is sufficient to estimate with enough accuracy, really, at the root of this, the impact of changing Welsh income tax rates in Wales? Is that a simple 'yes' or…
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Evidence session 3
Okay, thank you. Anything else?
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Evidence session 3
Thank you. I'm going to move on. How is the recent UK income tax policy to freeze thresholds impacting on the Welsh rates of income tax base, both now and in the future, relative to the UK, and how does that feed through the devolved funding process? David…
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Evidence session 3
Guto's on a roll. [Laughter.]
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Evidence session 3
Yes, it has been very interesting, actually. I'm going to turn to more around tax policy in the draft budget and proposals around future changes. Wales Fiscal Analysis suggested, or posited, that the overall net effect of tax devolution as we've been talking…
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Evidence session 3
Okay, so you do understand the question; that's what I was asking.
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Evidence session 3
Okay.
