8 Hydref 2026 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Comisiwn y Senedd 2027-28: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Well, we've tried to manage within—. It's a long-standing commitment that the Commission has to the Finance Committee and to the Senedd to make sure that we only ask for the resource that we need to be able to carry out our responsibilities, as a Commission…
8 Hydref 2026 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Comisiwn y Senedd 2027-28: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Ac, wrth gwrs, i ddilyn i fyny efo hynny, mae'r gwaith da y gwnaeth ein cyfaill Hefin David yn y Senedd ddiwethaf i ymgysylltu efo'r pwyllgor yma ac, wrth gwrs, efo grwpiau, ac i fod ar gael i drafod ac i wneud yn siŵr bod technical briefings yn cael eu rhoi…
8 Hydref 2026 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Comisiwn y Senedd 2027-28: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
As you'll be aware, we've got quite a few new Members, so it was an interesting time when we all came back or came for the first time. What the new Commission did in the engagement was—. The initial engagement was with groups. When I took the role on for…
8 Hydref 2026 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Comisiwn y Senedd 2027-28: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Of course, the decision on going ahead hasn't yet been taken. That's why it wouldn't have been reflected in this budget currently.
8 Hydref 2026 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Comisiwn y Senedd 2027-28: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Lisa, you've pulled the figures together for us, so—
8 Hydref 2026 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Comisiwn y Senedd 2027-28: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
It's in my own notes. Lisa, do you—?
8 Hydref 2026 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Comisiwn y Senedd 2027-28: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
So, the overall staffing costs for 2026-27, when you add everything together—well, when you add all the operational costs before the ring fence—comes to £59,987, and then the draft budget this year shows a figure of £59,541 when you add them together. That's…
8 Hydref 2026 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Comisiwn y Senedd 2027-28: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
I think the main point is that we try and keep the ring fences away from the operational budget so that at least we try and get a baseline that you can compare year on year. And when you look at the business-as-usual costs over from last year to this year…
8 Hydref 2026 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Comisiwn y Senedd 2027-28: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
It is reflected in that annex 1 table, and you'll see that the difference is there, so you can see why those figures are there. I'll just bring Lisa in on that technical point.
8 Hydref 2026 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Comisiwn y Senedd 2027-28: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
In the order of about £4 million. That makes the difference.
8 Hydref 2026 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Comisiwn y Senedd 2027-28: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Certainly. It's good to be here, and thank you very much, Chair, for the welcome. The staff salaries and costs for 2026-27, £34 million, and then the £37 million in 2027-28, 2027-28 includes the new baseline with Senedd reform added into it. The Senedd reform…
8 Hydref 2026 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Comisiwn y Senedd 2027-28: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Certainly. I'm Peredur Owen Griffiths. I'm the Commissioner with responsibility for finance, and I'll ask officials to introduce themselves. I'll start with Manon.
6 Hydref 2026 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Datganiad gan y Dirprwy Weinidog dros Drafnidiaeth: Blaenoriaethau Strategol ar gyfer Croesfannau'r Fenai a'r M4 o amgylch Casnewydd
Mae'r M4 yn rhedeg trwy fy etholaeth. Mae cymunedau ar draws Casnewydd a thu hwnt yn teimlo effaith tagfeydd bob dydd. Nid yw'r problemau hyn yn newydd. Mae Llywodraethau Llafur olynol wedi cael 27 mlynedd i weithredu. Fe wnaethant gomisiynu astudiaethau…
6 Hydref 2026 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Datganiad gan y Dirprwy Weinidog dros Drafnidiaeth: Blaenoriaethau Strategol ar gyfer Croesfannau'r Fenai a'r M4 o amgylch Casnewydd
Diolch yn fawr am y briffiad y bore yma ac am y datganiad y prynhawn yma.
5 Hydref 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Craffu ar Gyfrifon - Comisiwn y Senedd 2025-26: sesiwn dystiolaeth
I think, just from a process point of view, if you were to give the money back into—. This is the thinking behind—. From memory, the Finance Committee would have thought that if the money goes back to the consolidated fund then there'd be a potential…
5 Hydref 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Craffu ar Gyfrifon - Comisiwn y Senedd 2025-26: sesiwn dystiolaeth
Just following on with the AI aspect, we need the governance to be right, and we need a governance first approach to AI, but there are opportunities as well. So, I think that goes hand in hand, but making sure that we're using it in the way that Manon was…
5 Hydref 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Craffu ar Gyfrifon - Comisiwn y Senedd 2025-26: sesiwn dystiolaeth
On that, I don’t know who is on that list currently, because, as you say, the process is ongoing, but, as a new Commissioner coming in, having independent advisers that have got expertise in the aspects that Manon talked about just now, as well as augmenting…
5 Hydref 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Craffu ar Gyfrifon - Comisiwn y Senedd 2025-26: sesiwn dystiolaeth
Eventually. But that was part of the distribution of who does what. And I think we've got to be mindful that we don't duplicate in other areas, so if you're delegating that element to other people to do—. But I think, even as candidates, as Senedd Members…
5 Hydref 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Craffu ar Gyfrifon - Comisiwn y Senedd 2025-26: sesiwn dystiolaeth
I think, going forward, one of the things, as Chair of the Finance Committee in the last Senedd, was setting and scrutinising the budget of the Electoral Commission and the Welsh element of that, and part of the scrutiny in doing and setting that budget was…
5 Hydref 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Craffu ar Gyfrifon - Comisiwn y Senedd 2025-26: sesiwn dystiolaeth
On that point—. It's great to be with you here today. It's the first time I'm doing this. I'm usually sat—. In the last Senedd, I was sat in a similar position to you, Andrew. But, yes, it was interesting to see some of this in action during the campaign, and…
5 Hydref 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Craffu ar Gyfrifon - Comisiwn y Senedd 2025-26: sesiwn dystiolaeth
Peredur Owen Griffiths, y Comisiynydd gyda chyfrifoldeb dros gyllid.
1 Hydref 2026 , Constitution, Justice and External Affairs Committee
Sesiwn i graffu ar waith y Gweinidog Y Gweinidog Cabinet dros Effeithiolrwydd Llywodraeth a'r Cyfansoddiad
And if I could ask for this committee to be kept informed of those discussions, because, obviously, it would be of interest to a lot of us around this table. Diolch.
1 Hydref 2026 , Constitution, Justice and External Affairs Committee
Sesiwn i graffu ar waith y Gweinidog Y Gweinidog Cabinet dros Effeithiolrwydd Llywodraeth a'r Cyfansoddiad
But then, from a constitutional point of view, not an economic point of view, we'd need to keep an overview of that—
1 Hydref 2026 , Constitution, Justice and External Affairs Committee
Sesiwn i graffu ar waith y Gweinidog Y Gweinidog Cabinet dros Effeithiolrwydd Llywodraeth a'r Cyfansoddiad
Because it's really important for this committee as the external affairs committee, as well as other aspects.
1 Hydref 2026 , Constitution, Justice and External Affairs Committee
Sesiwn i graffu ar waith y Gweinidog Y Gweinidog Cabinet dros Effeithiolrwydd Llywodraeth a'r Cyfansoddiad
We've heard from the new Prime Minister about some movement on looking at the relationship between the UK and the EU and opening or widening up the discussion as to what that future relationship looks like—whether or not that's single market or rejoining. All…
