15 January 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
COVID-19: evidence session with the Rt Hon Eluned Morgan MS, First Minister of Wales
And in terms of the blue team, so those who were part of the live exercise, did the blue team in Wales, if I can put it that way, have the same kind of access to data and information as the blue team in Westminster or in Whitehall or wherever would have?
15 January 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
COVID-19: evidence session with the Rt Hon Eluned Morgan MS, First Minister of Wales
I'm grateful. Could you give an example, therefore, in terms of planning the exercise itself? That is, could you give us an example of where you had influenced the choice of scenario, or the terms of reference or other elements, for example?
15 January 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
COVID-19: evidence session with the Rt Hon Eluned Morgan MS, First Minister of Wales
Thank you, Chair. I want to turn now to Exercise Pegasus, which you've already mentioned. It's supposed to be a four-nation exercise, which has been jointly designed, jointly led and jointly evaluated. Has that happened in truth, or, rather, was it an…
15 January 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
COVID-19: evidence session with the Rt Hon Eluned Morgan MS, First Minister of Wales
And just in that scenario, without going into too much detail perhaps, for understandable reasons, is part of that contingency planning ensuring that there are alternative systems and approaches? That is, if system A were to fail, for example, you would have…
15 January 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
COVID-19: evidence session with the Rt Hon Eluned Morgan MS, First Minister of Wales
Good morning. Have you modelled situations where—? As far as online communication is concerned, what if there was a technical problem relating to, for example, hybrid tools and so on, and if there was a cyber attack that meant that all of the technology…
15 January 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Papers to note
Well, it's not unexpected, is it? It was on the record already.
15 January 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
I just want to note—I think that there is some correspondence from the chief executive relating to the Commission, and I'm a Commissioner. So, I just want to put that on the record.
13 January 2026 , Plenary
The general principles of the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales (Membership) Bill
Yes. Thank you for taking the intervention, Counsel General. I did raise a very specific point where a senior consultant at Blake Morgan, Richard Jones, has said that he alerted the tribunal to this very problem many years ago. I understand that the Counsel…
13 January 2026 , Plenary
The general principles of the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales (Membership) Bill
Now, this is not about blaming individuals, but it is about governance—how devolved tribunals in Wales identify, escalate and resolve legal and operational risks. Without personalising it, I think it is legitimate to ask whether a lack of renewal in this case…
13 January 2026 , Plenary
The general principles of the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales (Membership) Bill
Let me start by reiterating again that Plaid Cymru understands the urgency, and we'll be supporting the Bill. The Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales is not an administrative add-on; it's a safeguard for people whose liberty has been taken by the state…
13 January 2026 , Plenary
& 10. The general principles of the Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Bill and the financial resolution in respect of the Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Bill
If, at a later stage in this Bill, an amendment was laid down, along the lines that the Criminal Bar Association in Wales actually did present to the committee, which does do exactly what you've just outlined, that deals with the cesspit of deliberate…
13 January 2026 , Plenary
& 10. The general principles of the Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Bill and the financial resolution in respect of the Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Bill
Well, I'll respond to you, if I may, in quoting Thomas Jefferson a second time. In the very same year he wrote to Richard Price, he also famously wrote to James Madison about the Bill of Rights, and what did he say? 'Half a loaf is better than no bread.' If…
13 January 2026 , Plenary
& 10. The general principles of the Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Bill and the financial resolution in respect of the Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Bill
You wait for an accountability Bill to come along for 20 years and now, like re-regulated buses, two arrive simultaneously, because while we're discussing Stage 1 of this Bill here, next week is the Report Stage of Westminster's accountability Bill. This is…
13 January 2026 , Plenary
& 5. Motion under Standing Order 26.95 that a Bill to be known as the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales (Membership) Bill be treated as a Government Emergency Bill and Motion under Standing Order 26.98(ii) to agree a timetable for the Bill to be known as the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales (Membership) Bill
We will also be supporting this emergency Bill and the motions to facilitate it this afternoon. We do have some issues that we'd like to raise later, if the Senedd is minded to support these motions, in the fundamental principles debate. I'd just like to…
29 January 2025 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Brexit and the future relationship with the EU
And that was on the back of a further reduction that had happened previously, so I think if we're all agreed that Taith is good, then we're going in the wrong direction in terms of the financial support that's provided to it. Luke Fletcher mentioned Northern…
29 January 2025 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Brexit and the future relationship with the EU
Diolch, Llywydd. Well, how to summarise that? I think I'll start with the Tory contributions. There was a marked contrast with the amendment, which didn't say much at all, because quite frankly, what can you say? It simply notes. But what we heard was this…
29 January 2025 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Brexit and the future relationship with the EU
London has lost a few thousand jobs, according to most estimates, in financial services, but it remains Europe's largest financial hub and a global centre. Large companies, particularly those in the service sector, based in the south-east, have often…
29 January 2025 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Brexit and the future relationship with the EU
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. This debate is clearly called to mark a particular anniversary that we're facing on Friday—the fifth anniversary of Wales leaving the European Union. But we're here to debate not the past but Wales's future. People, I fully expect and…
29 January 2025 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
I should just say that we'll happily put the tool of independence in the armoury of the Welsh Government after the next election, when the Government is led by Plaid Cymru. But in the interim, and when we're looking, of course, at the spending review the UK…
27 January 2025 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
Fine. Okay.
27 January 2025 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
The Minister had said, I believe, either during the debate itself or in an informal conversation, that he intended to write to us again to respond to some of the points that we've raised. So, do we expect another letter to tackle some of the points that were…
27 January 2025 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
Fine. Okay.
27 January 2025 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
May I ask, other than the letter itself, has there been any other engagement, because I wasn't clear from the letter how it responds to the questions that we've raised? So, is it just the letter—there hasn't been any other engagement with the committee?
22 January 2025 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Active Travel: evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association
Thank you for that. That's the last of my questions.
22 January 2025 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Active Travel: evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association
There is a requirement for you to submit an annual report, isn't there, under the Act. Do we need to look at what needs to be in those reports? Is it useful? Is it clear enough? Is that something that we should change in order to make it more useful in terms…
