, Finance Committee
Second Supplementary Budget 2026-27: Evidence Session
So, is it fair to say—
, Finance Committee
Second Supplementary Budget 2026-27: Evidence Session
But it would be useful to be able to understand what the plan is with that money, to have some sort of document that says, roughly, there's about £30 million that goes to that campaign—
, Finance Committee
Second Supplementary Budget 2026-27: Evidence Session
Yes. Just coming back to the unallocated funding, given that it is so significant—£186 million—it's quite hard to scrutinise where that money goes, but it sounds like you guys do have some plans about where you're thinking it may go. Is it possible to request…
, Finance Committee
Second Supplementary Budget 2026-27: Evidence Session
Just coming back to the NHS financial pressure, where is the £300 million coming from, or is that not going to be dealt with?
, Finance Committee
Second Supplementary Budget 2026-27: Evidence Session
If you knew that there's £20 million for the election, is it appropriate to move that from the unallocated funding?
, Finance Committee
Second Supplementary Budget 2026-27: Evidence Session
Yes. You've obviously got a lot of unallocated funding, but less than you had in the first supplementary budget. You mentioned in the Finance Committee on the first supplementary budget scrutiny that there was £300 million of financial pressure within the NHS…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
Thank you, Minister. In March, the Welsh Government workforce plan admitted that they did not have data as to why teachers leave the profession. Estyn noted exactly the same concern 19 years ago. The latest figures from the Education Workforce Council show…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
7. What action is the Welsh Government taking to establish the reasons for teachers leaving the profession? OQ64775
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Finance: Taxation (Wales) Bill
Thank you, Minister, for introducing this Bill. In your statement you say that the consultation received detailed responses from taxpayers, professional bodies and industry representatives. However you didn't say how many responses the public consultation…
, Plenary
Reform UK Debate: Local referendums on council tax rises
Support the motion. Thank you.
, Plenary
Reform UK Debate: Local referendums on council tax rises
For too many people across Wales, opening the annual council tax bill is something they absolutely dread. Families are struggling with the cost of living. They're working hard to pay their mortgages whilst grappling with energy bills and weekly shopping, yet…
, Plenary
Reform UK Debate: Local referendums on council tax rises
Reform calls for more democratic powers to be put in the hands of local taxpayers. Where Welsh councils propose council tax increases above 4.99 per cent, residents will have the right to approve or reject them through a local referendum. This policy would…
, Plenary
Reform UK Debate: Local referendums on council tax rises
Thank you, Llywydd. It's a pleasure to open this debate on behalf of Reform UK Cymru as the shadow finance Minister.
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Finance
Minister, you've spent five months in this job. Let's look at your record: you're responsible for the first Welsh Government budget ever to be defeated in the history of devolution; you've twice managed to vote against your own Government, by mistake; you've…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Finance
No. Last week, the Deputy Minister for Transport told us that work on a third Menai crossing starts now, which is warm words, but my colleagues were right to ask where the money is, because Wales has been here before. The M4 relief road, originally promised…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Finance
Did the Minister answer the question?
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Finance
Thank you, Deputy Llywydd. Minister, on 15 September, your Government announced—fronted, I noticed, by the First Minister—that, to pay for rate cuts for smaller venues, it would raise the tax on Wales's largest business premises. Eight days later, Admiral…
, Finance Committee
Public Services Ombudsman for Wales- Annual Report and Accounts 2025-26, and Estimate 2027-28: Evidence session
Diolch.
, Finance Committee
Public Services Ombudsman for Wales- Annual Report and Accounts 2025-26, and Estimate 2027-28: Evidence session
Given your limited budget, is it the best cost to be focusing on a stall in the Eisteddfod to increase the Welsh language? I know we all want to see the Welsh language increase, but, at the end of the day, that's not really what we're paying you for.
, Finance Committee
Public Services Ombudsman for Wales- Annual Report and Accounts 2025-26, and Estimate 2027-28: Evidence session
You've obviously missed the target not just this year, but in previous years as well. What happens when you miss the target? Is there any sort of accountability?
, Finance Committee
Public Services Ombudsman for Wales- Annual Report and Accounts 2025-26, and Estimate 2027-28: Evidence session
Yes. I was a bit confused with the answer as to why you haven't met the satisfaction target. You mentioned multiple reasons as to why you couldn't achieve that target that are out of your power, which is totally understandable. But then you've also said…
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2027-28: Evidence Session
So, there's no long-term contract at the moment, it's yearly.
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2027-28: Evidence Session
So, this software, it sounds like it hasn't—. It sounds like we've just picked the software that Scotland are using and we've had a pilot and then we've expanded it, and it doesn't sound like, at any stage, we've gone, 'Is there a different software that can…
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2027-28: Evidence Session
Yes. That system, how do you—? I'm just thinking back to my time working on similar-ish systems. How did you work out that that was the best choice, versus other systems that could do the same thing?
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2027-28: Evidence Session
On the Bay 32 deal, it was reported that the contract would finish in 2082, in 56 years, to be purchased for £1, which means, essentially, the deal is expected to benefit us much further than 2082. Has there been any consideration into the fact that, in the…
