, Finance Committee
Second Supplementary Budget 2026-27: Evidence Session
Could I just expand a little bit on that £1.5 million that you've put aside for the sustainability plan? What do you hope the result of that expenditure will be?
, Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Care, Mental Health and Women’s Health: Update on the National Care Service Programme
I must declare an interest: I've worked in this area and I have a member of my family who also works in the sector. Thank you for the statement. I very much welcome the Plaid Cymru Government’s commitment to making the sector more attractive through better…
, Plenary
Welsh Labour Debate: Palliative and end-of-life care
Hospices provide care and excellent support for children, young people and adults, and I want to share personal experience that demonstrates just how important this service is. Our daughter was born with cerebral palsy following complications during…
, Finance Committee
Public Services Ombudsman for Wales- Annual Report and Accounts 2025-26, and Estimate 2027-28: Evidence session
Another recommendation of this committee in the last Senedd was that the ombudsman improve the efficiency of processes for developing plans to undertake a greater number of own-initiative investigations. What progress has been made by the ombudsman in regard…
, Finance Committee
Public Services Ombudsman for Wales- Annual Report and Accounts 2025-26, and Estimate 2027-28: Evidence session
I'll come to my other questions now. The previous Finance Committee recommended that you as an ombudsman undertake an anonymised profiling exercise to identify trends in terms of the language preference of complainants, to be published in the annual report…
, Finance Committee
Public Services Ombudsman for Wales- Annual Report and Accounts 2025-26, and Estimate 2027-28: Evidence session
I'm going to speak in Welsh, if that's okay. Llais runs an advocacy service that deals with complaints. What impact does that have on the work that you receive? They are there to give people a voice. That is supposed to make the process easier, and people who…
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2027-28: Evidence Session
Thank you.
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2027-28: Evidence Session
Yes. How are you adapting and investing in translation services and other services that support bilingual business? And what possible impact could an update to the Senedd's official languages scheme have on your draft budget for 2027-28?
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2027-28: Evidence Session
Yes.
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2027-28: Evidence Session
Yes. We are frequently under threat in terms of ICT, and there are many bad actors out there who want to threaten companies and institutions like ours. What steps are you taking to ensure that this Senedd is protected from that?
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2027-28: Evidence Session
I want to ask about something completely different now. We are in a challenging time in terms of social media at the moment. You've been running a social media monitoring pilot scheme. What actions have you taken to ensure that Members and their staff have…
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2027-28: Evidence Session
I thought that the rent was going to be cheaper because of that deal that you cut with the—
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2027-28: Evidence Session
That will be if—
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2027-28: Evidence Session
Before I come to the questions that I have, I just wanted to pursue future rent and what it is now, given that you mentioned that it will be cheaper, the rent, if I understood correctly. Over 50 years, I think it's £135 million. If we were to do nothing and…
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2027-28: Evidence Session
Okay. I just wanted to—.
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2027-28: Evidence Session
You mentioned, if a post comes up or if a post is vacant, do you assess whether that post is needed before it goes out to advertisement?
, Plenary
Debate: Fiscal Reform
When the Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, made his way to Wales to announce £14 billion of investment to, as he put it, 'transform' Welsh rail, I'm sure many of us were hopeful that it was signalling the beginning of the end of historic underfunding for Welsh…
, Plenary
Debate: Fiscal Reform
I'm pleased to be able to contribute to this important debate this afternoon. I'd like to put on record at the outset that of course I support point 1 and point 2 in the motion before us. A number of my fellow Members on these benches have made the case clear…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
Thank you for that response. The current devolution settlement in Wales leaves us short of many of the powers and the flexibility that we need as a nation to formulate and implement coherent cross-departmental policies for the benefit of our communities. I…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
6. What assessment has the Welsh Government made of the need for a new Wales Act to ensure equality of powers with Scotland? OQ64630
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2027-28 - Pre-budget scrutiny: Cabinet Minister for Finance
Could I just come back on that? As a Finance Committee, we'd like to see what the economic benefit is, and when could we, as a committee, see that?
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2027-28 - Pre-budget scrutiny: Cabinet Minister for Finance
Excellent, thank you. The programme that the Government has set out seeks additional powers relating to policing, welfare, justice, and further tax-raising powers, but we need to see the economic aspects to this, and then there are arguments on the economic…
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2027-28 - Pre-budget scrutiny: Cabinet Minister for Finance
Thank you, Chair. Two questions. What are your aims in terms of negotiating changes to the fiscal framework, and what realistic timescales are you considering in terms of achieving those?
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales - Scrutiny of Annual Report and Accounts 2025-26 and the Annual Plan 2026-27: Evidence Session 1
Okay. I just wanted to clarify that.
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales - Scrutiny of Annual Report and Accounts 2025-26 and the Annual Plan 2026-27: Evidence Session 1
Yes. I'm just trying to get my head around you saying that you've got an underspend on staffing, but you're saying that you're probably going to be looking at making 20 posts redundant.
