17 October 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Gender-based violence and abuse: evidence session with national advisers for violence against women, gender-based violence, domestic abuse and sexual violence
Thank you. Thanks, Chair.
17 October 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Gender-based violence and abuse: evidence session with national advisers for violence against women, gender-based violence, domestic abuse and sexual violence
Thanks, Jo. I'm just conscious of time; we've only got a few more minutes, so I'm going to just rush to the current cost-of-living crisis, which obviously is going to put more pressure, particularly on victims of violence in the home. What more action can be…
17 October 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Gender-based violence and abuse: evidence session with national advisers for violence against women, gender-based violence, domestic abuse and sexual violence
Sorry, Jo.
17 October 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Gender-based violence and abuse: evidence session with national advisers for violence against women, gender-based violence, domestic abuse and sexual violence
Thank you. You've talked about the perpetrator programmes. What more do you think needs to be done or could be done to ensure that perpetrators are held accountable?
17 October 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Gender-based violence and abuse: evidence session with national advisers for violence against women, gender-based violence, domestic abuse and sexual violence
Thank you, Chair. I'll try to roll a few questions into one to begin with, if that's all right, beginning with perpetrators. I was wondering what you think can be done, or what more can be done, to get men to change their behaviours, as opposed to finding…
12 October 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thank you, Minister. That's excellent news. The vaccine, of course, is the most effective way to defend ourselves against COVID, and, in order to live with the virus, it's incumbent on us all to accept the jab when it's available to us. It's also vital that…
12 October 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
8. Will the Minister provide an update on the delivery of the COVID-19 vaccination programme? OQ58516
12 October 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
I'd like to thank Natasha Asghar for tabling this important question. Minister, given what young people have been through with COVID, what they're going to go through with the cost-of-living crisis, it is essential, is it not, that, through the new…
11 October 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, when the Prime Minister finally talks with you and not just about you, can you assure her on behalf of the people of mid and west Wales that you are not at all anti-growth but that you are, most proudly, anti-greed?
5 October 2022 , Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
It's a huge consideration in terms of how we put together future budgets. In terms of the budget for 2023-24, I think you may appreciate that, with transparent budget lines concerning Senedd reform and ways of working, we're pretty clear with what our…
5 October 2022 , Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
This is hugely important, Chair, and I'd hope that Members, perhaps, would have already noticed that the way that committees work has changed over the course of the past year. The business directorate were looking at how committees would be able to operate in…
5 October 2022 , Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
We have a staff survey, and that survey is also available to Members of the Senedd and to Senedd Members' staff as well, so we're able to respond to demands of Commission staff and Members and Members' staff, and that includes obviously considerations in…
5 October 2022 , Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
Yes, 2023-24—
5 October 2022 , Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
I think it's 2.4 per cent.
5 October 2022 , Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
There's no intention to look at it earlier, because it is a contract that we have in place. As I've just outlined, there are other ways and means of supporting staff on the lowest levels of salary, including those services such as the hardship advance.
5 October 2022 , Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
I believe it's until 2025.
5 October 2022 , Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
It was only launched in May, the hardship advance, so it's very early and, of course, we haven't yet seen the full impact of the cost-of-living crisis on staff. So, we can get the numbers, but I think it might be worth waiting, Chair, until later in the…
5 October 2022 , Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
There are a number of initiatives that are being started in this current financial year in light of what people are facing, but I first of all should say that all staff receive at least the living wage. In terms of initiatives, there is an employee assistance…
5 October 2022 , Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
Okay. So, Chair, might it be helpful if we provide a note on the current structure for Members to be able to make observations on?
5 October 2022 , Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
When are you taking this from?
5 October 2022 , Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
Okay, so—. Because you're asking questions on something that you might not know about, that's why I'm asking the question of whether you—. What staff structure are you familiar with, Mike?
5 October 2022 , Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
Can I just ask: are Members familiar with the current staff structure within the Commission? The very latest structure?
5 October 2022 , Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
I'm confident we have. Staff are very stretched, as I'm sure you'll appreciate and you see yourself, but in terms of the staffing budget, it's by far the largest budget that we have, and therefore, it has to be closely managed. And now, for the past six…
5 October 2022 , Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
Well, we've got built into the budget for 2023-24 those cost increases largely associated with staffing resources aligned to Senedd reform, but we anticipate that costs will increase further in 2024-25. So, we've been able to present so far the anticipated…
5 October 2022 , Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
It will be challenging. I'll bring in Nia, if I may, but suffice to say that we are ring-fencing costs as much as possible with regard to Senedd reform, in the interests of transparency. But, Nia, I'll bring you in, if I may.
