, Health and Social Care Committee
Evaluation of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014: Panel 1
And what would you say in regard to the pushback around that?
, Health and Social Care Committee
Evaluation of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014: Panel 1
That's not a problem. That's fine. Thank you for that. So, as you know, there's always a direct pushback, isn't there, when there's any request for any type of ring-fencing of resources. Could you extrapolate briefly on why you would recommend that…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Evaluation of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014: Panel 1
You're going to refer back to that.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Evaluation of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014: Panel 1
To interrupt you and to get to the nub of this, what is your opinion, based on what you've fulfilled in this regard—what is your opinion, then, in terms of the challenges in implementing the legislation?
, Health and Social Care Committee
Evaluation of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014: Panel 1
Yes, please, if you could. I'm just looking for your overall summation of the challenges in implementing this legislation fully.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Evaluation of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014: Panel 1
Encapsulate it for me.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Evaluation of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014: Panel 1
I know that. I apologise.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Evaluation of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014: Panel 1
Thank you. Diolch, Chair. There's obviously a huge amount of cultural change that's been engendered by the Act, but, let's be honest, there is a massive holistic workforce capacity issue behind all of this. So, within a lens of improving well-being and…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Economy
Diolch, Minister. A week ago today you made public your letter to the UK Government expressing the view that investment in Wales was at risk due to the continued delay of the UK Government to publish its UK semiconductor strategy. Minister, your words clearly…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Economy
4. What discussions has the Welsh Government had with the UK Government on the proposed UK semiconductor strategy? OQ59570
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Regenerating Town Centres: Evidence session
Thank you. Diolch. Thanks, Chair.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Regenerating Town Centres: Evidence session
Thank you. My final question is a big question. I've heard what you've all said in regard to the appropriateness and fit-for-purpose nature of what we currently have in terms of planning policy, rather than on the implementation side. But as I sort of…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Regenerating Town Centres: Evidence session
Okay. Thank you. In regard to office accommodation in our towns that is surplus to requirements, what is the general thinking around this?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Regenerating Town Centres: Evidence session
Okay. In regard to living locally and working locally and the Welsh Government's target of 30 per cent of the Welsh workforce doing so, is there any tracked or measured trajectory on what impact that might have in terms of our town centres?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Regenerating Town Centres: Evidence session
No, no, that's absolutely fine. We could have a whole session in terms of transport access in this regard, couldn't we, so I'm hoping that we've covered that in enough depth. Do you feel that the local planning system is, though, flexible enough to support…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Regenerating Town Centres: Evidence session
Yes. I was able to hear—
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Regenerating Town Centres: Evidence session
Thank you. And in regard to what committee members have touched upon earlier, do you feel that transport access issues are going to be integral to the delivery of Welsh Government ambitions in terms of a 'town centre first' approach?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Regenerating Town Centres: Evidence session
Okay. I'll keep the questioning brief. Do we feel, and do our witnesses feel, that the 'town centre first' policy approach is deliverable?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Regenerating Town Centres: Evidence session
[Inaudible.]—Chair, because my reception is not working and we're going to try and reconnect. Thank you.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Regenerating Town Centres: Evidence session
Thank you. That's a very full response. What are we actually doing to grow planners? What are we actually doing to make those planning officers be able to [Inaudible.] local government to be able to carry out the frameworks that we are instructing around?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Regenerating Town Centres: Evidence session
Thank you. I'm not going to keep pushing on this, but in regard to capacity, we can have all the high-level inspirational plans, but in terms of implementation around this particularly difficult area, if we don't have local planners in place who are able to…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Regenerating Town Centres: Evidence session
Thank you. I'm not going to try and unmute; it's going to be done for me, I need to recall. Thank you so much for that. Obviously, in terms of the reduction in planners within local authorities, the capacity is very different now and the need is great. If I…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: Evidence session
Sorry. Can I just follow that up? I know you want to close the session, but in regard to the fact that Wales is a very, very diverse geographical country, we know that, for instance, Cardiff and Swansea and Wrexham, et cetera, there's always been this…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: Evidence session
Okay. Thank you. Have you got any comments either? No. I think that's it, Chair.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: Evidence session
Okay. That's quite clear. So, my final question is around something that I did touch upon earlier, and that is concerning something, actually, that the Commissioner for Public Appointments has also touched upon and highlighted. We've talked about…
