Welsh Conservatives

Speeches and questions

Speeches and questions in Plenary and in committees, newest first. The Llywydd's and deputies' chairing of Plenary is left out.

2,891 speeches and questions

26 February 2026Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
SLCM on the Public Office (Accountability) Bill: evidence session with Huw Irranca-Davies MS, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Okay, thank you. Can I bring in Tom Giffard?
26 February 2026Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
SLCM on the Public Office (Accountability) Bill: evidence session with Huw Irranca-Davies MS, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
So, any proposed Welsh legislation would need to take account of this.
26 February 2026Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
SLCM on the Public Office (Accountability) Bill: evidence session with Huw Irranca-Davies MS, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
—but it would apply, as I say, to Ministers, as would the proposed devolved legislation impacting on the conduct of Members.
26 February 2026Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
SLCM on the Public Office (Accountability) Bill: evidence session with Huw Irranca-Davies MS, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
And obviously the LCM doesn't apply to MSs as Senedd Members—
26 February 2026Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
SLCM on the Public Office (Accountability) Bill: evidence session with Huw Irranca-Davies MS, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
—although not as Senedd Members.
26 February 2026Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
SLCM on the Public Office (Accountability) Bill: evidence session with Huw Irranca-Davies MS, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Except for Ministers. My understanding from your previous reply is that the LCM would apply to Welsh Ministers acting in an executive capacity—
26 February 2026Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
SLCM on the Public Office (Accountability) Bill: evidence session with Huw Irranca-Davies MS, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
So, if that would apply to Welsh Ministers acting in their executive function, again wouldn't that cross-cut with the proposed domestic legislation in the proposed areas, including deliberate deception? How would a future Welsh Government navigate two…
26 February 2026Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
SLCM on the Public Office (Accountability) Bill: evidence session with Huw Irranca-Davies MS, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
I think Members will have further questions for you in those areas, but specific to Welsh Government: how, if at all, will this impact on proposed new legislation regarding the devolved-level issues such as the crime of deliberate deception, given that this…
26 February 2026Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
SLCM on the Public Office (Accountability) Bill: evidence session with Huw Irranca-Davies MS, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
This is my final question at this stage before I move on: what consideration is the Welsh Government giving to the provisions in this Bill that would impact on the Welsh Government, which would appear to cross-cut with proposed domestic Welsh legislation on…
26 February 2026Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
SLCM on the Public Office (Accountability) Bill: evidence session with Huw Irranca-Davies MS, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Were you to do that, would Members be asked to vote on any matters that had not yet been debated and voted on in Westminster, or would you only be incorporating those matters that had already reached that stage?
26 February 2026Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
SLCM on the Public Office (Accountability) Bill: evidence session with Huw Irranca-Davies MS, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Thank you very much indeed. Well, as convention has it, I shall begin the questioning as Chair. What discussion, if any, has the Deputy First Minister had with the UK Government regarding the anticipated timings for the Bill and whether our dissolution here…
26 February 2026Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
SLCM on the Public Office (Accountability) Bill: evidence session with Huw Irranca-Davies MS, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
So, we will move on to our evidence session on the Public Office (Accountability) Bill, and I welcome our two witnesses to the committee. This will provide an opportunity for us to scrutinise them on this Bill. Before I identify you, I'd be grateful if you…
26 February 2026Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Bore da, croeso. Good morning and welcome to this morning's meeting of the Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee here in the Senedd. The meeting, as always, is held bilingually. Headsets provide simultaneous translation on channel 1, and sound…
24 February 2026Plenary
Legislative Consent Motion: The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Diolch, Llywydd. Just 16 months ago, this Senedd voted against supporting the principles of assisted dying, and against supporting the Westminster Parliament to introduce an assisted dying law in England and Wales. That's what the motion said. Speaking in…
24 February 2026Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
I call for a Welsh Government statement on eating disorders. This is actually Eating Disorders Awareness Week, and the charity Beat are highlighting the urgent need to strengthen and standardise eating disorder services across Wales. Eating disorders affect…
24 February 2026Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I pay tribute to the tenacity of my colleague Gareth Davies MS on this. In 2013, the then health Minister Mark Drakeford approved plans for a new hospital on the existing Royal Alexandra site, scheduled to be completed by 2016, including 30 in-patient beds…
23 February 2026Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
Thank you.
23 February 2026Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
And does that include elements of memoranda 3 and 4?
23 February 2026Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
In pure layperson's terms, does the motion currently tabled for tomorrow seek the Senedd's consent to amendments that have not yet been debated or agreed by the Lords, or not?
23 February 2026Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
I'll just comment in this context that, at an event I co-hosted in the Senedd a few weeks ago, two of the authors of these amendments, Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson and Baroness Ilora Finlay, endorsed the comments Alun's just made, that a number of these…
23 February 2026Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
Thank you very much.
23 February 2026Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
Yes, I endorse—. Is there sound? Yes. I endorse the comments by both yourself and Adam Price. The final item on this agenda—I don't want to jump too far ahead, but it directly relates to this—includes a legal advice note that states that, as of 12 February…
12 February 2026Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (ii, v, vii and ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting
I now propose, Members, in accordance with Standing Order 17.42 (ii, v, vii and ix) that the committee resolves to meet in private for the remainder of today's meeting. Are Members content? I see that Members are content and, therefore, would be grateful if…
12 February 2026Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
Diolch yn fawr. Thank you very much, all, for your comments. Clearly, your engagement with this committee is key to its effective scrutiny work, which is also key to the effective and efficient use of public resource across Wales. So, thank you for your…
12 February 2026Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
Diolch yn fawr, pawb. Thanks, everybody. Andrew, is your hand up again?