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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Finance
I don't understand how that was a shock when you became finance Minister, because it was already known that there would be a reduction, unless you just didn't do your research before becoming finance Minister. Anyway, Plaid Cymru went into the Senedd election…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Finance
Diolch, Ddirprwy Lywydd. Last weekend, on BBC Politics Wales, you said you were, quote, 'quite shocked' by the financial pressures facing the Welsh Government and the reality of the Welsh budget when you came into the role of finance Minister. So, Minister…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Finance: Rebalancing the non-domestic rates system
I'd first like to thank the finance Minister for taking the time out of her busy day to join us here in the Senedd, but if I'm truthfully honest, I'm not sure what the point was, given you'd already announced to the press in writing what you were going to do…
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Introductory evidence session with the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
Is there not a risk that that's going to slow things down, because a certain body might say, 'We really need to collect this data? Great, let's go for it, because we need some analysis. Oh, hang on, let's not do it yet because we need to ring up 12 other…
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Introductory evidence session with the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
[Inaudible.]—reason for that. I assume they've got different goals and strategies, and so need different data.
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Introductory evidence session with the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
Would putting AI to make something like a Government public service like the NHS be in your role or not?
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Introductory evidence session with the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
Brilliant. I mean, as also a data engineer, I know that these codes—. There is an answer to these codes, but the thing is that they're locked behind a system that you have to laboriously request an FOI to get an answer to, and I think the public would be much…
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Introductory evidence session with the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
You've mentioned dashboards and how to present the data. I've been a data analyst in the past and produced hundreds of different dashboards, and I can tell you they can't really do much if the data itself is impenetrable. I've got a sample here from the Welsh…
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Introductory evidence session with the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
The public has access to a few databases of Government expenditure—for example, £25,000 plus, they're all listed there. Are you happy with how that data is presented to the public at the moment?
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Introductory evidence session with the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
Great. Keeping to the topic of transparency, given your role is in Government effectiveness, I wonder: have you had a look at the transparency of Government expenditures?
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Introductory evidence session with the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
In the Chamber earlier this year, you announced that Plaid Cymru would be supporting Reform's motion on the creation of a lobbyist register. You said: 'Being open and transparent is one of those values that our First Minister has set out for us as a…
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Introductory evidence session with the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
Thank you.
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Introductory evidence session with the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
I just want to understand the aims of the Government.
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Introductory evidence session with the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
Which is the most important? Because you could have a button here that would double the income of everybody in Wales; that obviously reduces real child poverty and increases relative child poverty.
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Introductory evidence session with the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
I think that this has a fast answer. You mentioned child poverty there as a metric. Are you referring to real child poverty or relative child poverty? Because they're two very different metrics.
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Debate: The First Supplementary Budget 2026-27
Minister, this is a minority Government and, over the last few weeks, this Senedd has demonstrated that Plaid cannot simply assume that others will just fall into line and vote with them. If the Government wants to secure the support of this Chamber, it must…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
Responding to the COVID inquiry's fifth report today, the First Minister rather vaguely said that Plaid remains committed to reviewing the Wales COVID response. In March, Plaid said it would hold a short, sharp and focused review of the Welsh Government's…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
I'll take that as a 'no'.
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
Thank you for your answer, Minister. You are responsible for your party's programme for government, and that programme did take a significant blow last week. Just like the supplementary budget that you are hoping to pass, with votes you don't have, your…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
Diolch, Ddirprwy Lywydd. Minister, last week, your Government came to the Senedd and asked for permission to go to Westminster and argue for a different funding model. In a crushing defeat for you and your colleagues, this Senedd refused to grant that…
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Questions to the First Minister
I'll take that as a 'no'. A key component of the Welsh Government's administrative spend is the estate it owns and manages. According to the most recent and cutely named 'State of the Estate' report, published in April, we see that the Welsh Government has…
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Questions to the First Minister
1. Has the Welsh Government made any tangible cost savings in any department during this Senedd so far? OQ64428
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Valedictory evidence session with Adrian Crompton, Auditor General for Wales
But you don't think—. For example, for all the recommendations the previous committee made in the legacy report, it’s not about dealing with complexity, it's focusing on Industry Wales spending strange money and things like that. Do you think we should be…
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Valedictory evidence session with Adrian Crompton, Auditor General for Wales
Coming back to Andrew's question and your answer on the web of complexity and the fact that, eight years ago, Audit Wales was saying the same stuff you're saying now, when it comes to the pipeline of change, from getting information from you to it being…
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Debate: Fair Funding
I'll come back to that in a bit. The question is, though—. We have to use that as a baseline, right? There's no point saying, 'Well, we don't know what the answer is, therefore, let's just ignore the data we have available to us because it isn't perfect.' The…
