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Questions to the Senedd Commission
Diolch, Lywydd. The Senedd should lead by example in how public money is spent. In 2018-19, the Commission introduced a performance indicator tracking procurement spending with Welsh suppliers. Following scrutiny of its 2020-21 accounts, the Public Accounts…
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Questions to the Senedd Commission
1. How does the Commission's procurement support businesses in Wales? OQ64772
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy
Cabinet Minister, I welcome your commitment to extend Jobs Growth Wales+ to consider the incentives for employers, because young people leaving the programme need apprenticeships and jobs to move into. I recently met with Williams Electrical (Cymru) Ltd, a…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Finance
Thank you, Cabinet Minister. For many households in Carmarthenshire, the tax that bites the hardest is council tax. Recent analysis found that Welsh councils face a combined projected budget shortfall of more than £272 million next year, with…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Finance
7. How will the Welsh Government's tax policies support people in Carmarthenshire? OQ64685 [R]
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Reform UK Debate: Regional rugby
Having raised the issue on three separate occasions, and having written to the WRU, I finally received their response on 15 September this year. In that response, the WRU stated that Cardiff Rugby and the Dragons were confirmed as the preferred licence…
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Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting and from the whole of the meeting on 8 October
Okay. We will now proceed in private.
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Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting and from the whole of the meeting on 8 October
I now propose, in accordance with Standing Order 17.42, that the committee resolves to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting in order to discuss the evidence received under items 2 to 5 today, and also from the meeting on 8 October, where…
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Papers to note
Item 6 is papers to note. I'll obviously invite Members to note papers 10 to 17 listed on the agenda, which you'll have all received in your packs. That's great.
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Follow-up inquiry into Empty Properties: Evidence session 3
Thank you. Well, it's been quite an eye-opening morning for us. I'd like to personally thank Marc for raising it before recess as something that we would wish to pursue. I'd like to take the opportunity to thank all the witnesses who've attended. Thank you so…
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Follow-up inquiry into Empty Properties: Evidence session 3
Trystan, I noticed you had your hand up.
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Follow-up inquiry into Empty Properties: Evidence session 3
Thank you. A question for the witnesses: is there anything you'd like to add? We've got a few minutes. Is there anything that you'd like to throw in here whilst you're here? It's an open floor. The £45 million underspend was not a conditional offer…
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Follow-up inquiry into Empty Properties: Evidence session 3
Thank you. Does anybody have any further questions for the witnesses?
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Follow-up inquiry into Empty Properties: Evidence session 3
All right. The last theme is communities and partner agencies, if anyone has anything on that. Mike.
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Follow-up inquiry into Empty Properties: Evidence session 3
Okay, thank you. So, for legislation and enforcement powers, I know that Marc and Rebeca were down originally. Does anybody else want to come in as well, otherwise we'll move on from it?
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Follow-up inquiry into Empty Properties: Evidence session 3
Trystan.
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Follow-up inquiry into Empty Properties: Evidence session 3
Thank you. Taxation—does anyone have anything they want to raise? Elyn.
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Follow-up inquiry into Empty Properties: Evidence session 3
Thank you. Trystan.
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Follow-up inquiry into Empty Properties: Evidence session 3
Thank you. We've probably covered some of the funding issues off. We've got three issues left. Do you want to ask a question, Marc?
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Follow-up inquiry into Empty Properties: Evidence session 3
He's not offering, by the way.
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Follow-up inquiry into Empty Properties: Evidence session 3
Thank you, Chris. We're going to move on to local authority capacity, if anybody has any questions. We are up against it for time. We've had some exceptional questions and some really substantive answers, and I think that all I'll say is that if we get to a…
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Follow-up inquiry into Empty Properties: Evidence session 3
That's okay. It's fine. I was working on a hunch.
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Follow-up inquiry into Empty Properties: Evidence session 3
That's fine. Marc, do you want to ask your question? I just thought it might have been answered.
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Follow-up inquiry into Empty Properties: Evidence session 3
Thank you, Wendy. Trystan, I'll bring you in before Marc, because I'm hoping you may actually be able to answer the question that Marc is already going to ask you. So, the floor is yours, Trystan.
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Follow-up inquiry into Empty Properties: Evidence session 3
Of course.
