12 October 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
NHS Finances: evidence session with NHS Wales health boards
Okay, thank you. I've got another question. Do you want me to do that one?
12 October 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
NHS Finances: evidence session with NHS Wales health boards
Okay, that's helpful. So, what actions do you actually introduce, then? Say, for instance, you end up in the same kind of predicament next year, where you've got the majority of your savings to be found in the last three or fourth months, or whatever. What…
12 October 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
NHS Finances: evidence session with NHS Wales health boards
Thank you, Chair. I wanted to ask a question about how savings are monitored through a financial year, and it's to Mr Hopgood, please, if that's okay. Now—we're obviously talking about Powys Teaching Health Board—at month 7 last year, the health board had…
6 October 2026 , Plenary
Debate: Fiscal Reform
I'd just like to request, well, ask, really: do you appreciate that, if another funding review was to take place, it could actually result in Wales getting less funding? And if that was to happen, would you then accept that?
6 October 2026 , Plenary
Debate: Fiscal Reform
Will you take a small intervention?
6 October 2026 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
Okay. Thank you for that one. Cabinet Minister, I would also like to know why does the Welsh Government keep creating more bureaucracy instead of reducing it. Since 2018, 16 new devolved public bodies have now been created, whilst only five have been replaced…
6 October 2026 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
Diolch, Lywydd. You answered a question I didn't put to you, but, anyway, I'll try again with a different one. Mine was about devolution, but anyway—sorry, about independence. Cabinet Minister, how are Wales's taxpayers actually supposed to know whether the…
6 October 2026 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
Diolch, Lywydd. Before I address the Minister, I just wanted to correct the record on something the First Minister said earlier, when he suggested that all Reform Members want to take down the Welsh flag. I can't call that a lie, but I would like to say it's…
1 October 2026 , Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2027-28 - Pre-budget scrutiny: Cabinet Minister for Finance
Thank you. That's helpful. Thank you, Chair.
1 October 2026 , Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2027-28 - Pre-budget scrutiny: Cabinet Minister for Finance
Thank you. Finally, a quick one: how will the work of the Minister for government effectiveness feed into the budget planning process?
1 October 2026 , Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2027-28 - Pre-budget scrutiny: Cabinet Minister for Finance
Thank you for that. The next one, then: given that almost three quarters of revenue funding is provided directly to the NHS and local government, how do you ensure that the current level of funding that you're providing is achieving your aims and achieving…
1 October 2026 , Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2027-28 - Pre-budget scrutiny: Cabinet Minister for Finance
Thank you. Going back to my original questions on public sector accountability, how do you gain assurance from Ministers that spending in their particular areas is achieving value for money, particularly where funding is provided to third parties?
1 October 2026 , Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2027-28 - Pre-budget scrutiny: Cabinet Minister for Finance
Thank you, Chair. I've got three questions about public sector accountability, but I'd like to ask an extra quick little one, if you wouldn't mind, based on a response you gave to Sera Evans a few minutes ago. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you…
1 October 2026 , Finance Committee
Audit Wales - Scrutiny of Annual Report and Accounts 2025-26 and the Annual Plan 2026-27: Evidence Session 1
Thank you.
1 October 2026 , Finance Committee
Audit Wales - Scrutiny of Annual Report and Accounts 2025-26 and the Annual Plan 2026-27: Evidence Session 1
—that I'd like to put as well. The employee engagement and staff survey scores show positive trends. I was just wondering how you, Catherine, were using organisational intelligence such as this to understand the organisation, and do you see any gaps or risks…
1 October 2026 , Finance Committee
Audit Wales - Scrutiny of Annual Report and Accounts 2025-26 and the Annual Plan 2026-27: Evidence Session 1
Yes, thank you for that. I've got another question—
1 October 2026 , Finance Committee
Audit Wales - Scrutiny of Annual Report and Accounts 2025-26 and the Annual Plan 2026-27: Evidence Session 1
Yes, there were a couple of questions that I had. The annual report and accounts say that arrangements for assessing audit quality provided results that were the strongest in 10 years. I'm just wondering how that has been achieved and how it will be…
30 September 2026 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Rural Resilience and Sustainability
Thank you. Resilience means very little if our family farms cannot survive. Farmers across Brycheiniog Tawe Nedd have endured an incredibly difficult year, as I'm sure you're fully aware, through droughts, wildfires, rising costs and the continued threat of…
30 September 2026 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Rural Resilience and Sustainability
4. What action is the Welsh Government taking to protect family farms in Brycheiniog Tawe Nedd from the growing financial and environmental pressures facing agriculture? OQ64577
29 September 2026 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
I'd like to call for a statement from the Welsh Government on the Global Centre of Rail Excellence, please. Around £70 million of public money has reportedly already gone into the GCRE, including £50 million from the Welsh Government, yet the main rail…
16 September 2026 , Plenary
Short Debate: Congestion isn't inevitable: How the Welsh Government and Cardiff Council can improve the lives of motorists in Cardiff and the surrounding regions
I think, from my perspective, far too often, the debate about congestion focuses on what happens when motorists reach Cardiff, rather than the inadequate infrastructure and limited alternatives they face in getting here. For example, the A470 through my…
16 September 2026 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Finance
Diolch. Cabinet Minister, councils across Wales are at breaking point. Council tax rises this year have already added around £104 on average to band D bills across Powys, Neath Port Talbot and indeed Swansea, yet people are still paying more whilst roads…
16 September 2026 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Finance
6. What assessment has the Cabinet Minister made of the financial sustainability of local government? OQ64463
16 September 2026 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Finance
I appreciate this question may appear similar, on the face of it, to a similar question, but it is slightly different.
7 July 2026 , Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Care, Mental Health and Women's Health: Priorities for social care, mental health and women's health
Diolch, Lywydd. Thank you, Deputy Minister, for your statement. I'm a little bit surprised and disappointed that there's nothing in there that recognises the challenges that local authorities have at the moment in delivering social services. For years, local…
