4 March 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Industry Wales: evidence session with the Chief Executive and Chair
I think you've been very good at defending them. I mean, either they knew it, in which case they should have told people, or they didn't know it and they should be explaining why they didn't set stages to be achieved, and explaining why—. Again, I would…
4 March 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Industry Wales: evidence session with the Chief Executive and Chair
Well, if that was the case, all they had to do was say, 'This is a four-year remit letter; this is giving you notice this will end in four years.'
4 March 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Industry Wales: evidence session with the Chief Executive and Chair
Please tell me I've got it absolutely wrong, so please do. When you have an organisation, you have expectations of what that organisation is going to achieve. You have stages when they should achieve things, and you mark them, like I used to mark my students…
4 March 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Industry Wales: evidence session with the Chief Executive and Chair
Yes, Sheffield has achieved what we should be achieving in Wales.
4 March 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Industry Wales: evidence session with the Chief Executive and Chair
I recently wrote about Sheffield, along with other areas, and the work they're doing, which involves the university, involves the manufacturing sector, actually making sure that everybody's working on the same side. And that seems to be working quite well in…
4 March 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Industry Wales: evidence session with the Chief Executive and Chair
Many apologies for my coughing fit. I think every political party is in favour of advanced manufacturing; that's not an area of political disagreement. How it's achieved is a different matter, and we all have different views on that. I'm much more about the…
4 March 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Industry Wales: evidence session with the Chief Executive and Chair
I'm okay. It's fine; it's just an unpleasant cough.
4 March 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Industry Wales: evidence session with the Chief Executive and Chair
Diolch, Cadeirydd.
4 March 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Industry Wales: evidence session with the Chief Executive and Chair
And finally from me, you'll be pleased to hear, and I'll definitely try not to cough: how did Welsh Government officials engage with you about the emerging findings of the review and the draft report?
4 March 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Industry Wales: evidence session with the Chief Executive and Chair
Because you can not know something and then know about it later, but you still don't know who—
4 March 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Industry Wales: evidence session with the Chief Executive and Chair
And you still don't.
4 March 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Industry Wales: evidence session with the Chief Executive and Chair
Yes.
4 March 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Industry Wales: evidence session with the Chief Executive and Chair
What opportunity did you have to engage with the Welsh Government's review through each stage of the process, and how did this happen?
4 March 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Industry Wales: evidence session with the Chief Executive and Chair
You might not have taken the job. [Laughter.] Was it an appropriate time for the review, and what were they hoping to get out of the review upon closure?
4 March 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Industry Wales: evidence session with the Chief Executive and Chair
Diolch, Cadeirydd. When did the Welsh Government inform you it was undertaking a review of Industry Wales, and what did you understand the purpose of that review to be?
4 March 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Paper(s) to note
Not at this stage, Chair.
4 March 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Paper(s) to note
Not at this stage.
4 March 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Paper(s) to note
Content.
4 March 2026 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
Thank you.
4 March 2026 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
Thank you for that answer. As someone who has benefited from higher education and taught in further education, I am supportive of the two sectors. For those of us from council estates, education was the route to gaining higher paid employment. We can either…
4 March 2026 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
1. Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on the provision of higher and further education in Swansea? OQ63899
3 March 2026 , Plenary
The Road Traffic (Vehicle Emissions) (Fixed Penalty) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
Diolch, Deputy Presiding Officer. The Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee considered the draft regulations last week and the Welsh Government's response yesterday. The committee's report contains one technical reporting point, which highlights an…
3 March 2026 , Plenary
& 11. The Infrastructure Consent (Fees) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 and The Infrastructure Consent (Compensation for Changing or Revoking Infrastructure Consent Orders) (Wales) Regulations 2026
Diolch, Deputy Presiding Officer. The Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee considered both sets of draft regulations last week. The committee's report on the draft Infrastructure Consent (Fees) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 highlights that…
3 March 2026 , Plenary
& 8. The Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022 (Consequential Amendments and Transitory Provision) Regulations 2026 and The Online Safety Act 2023 (Exempt User-to-User and Search Services) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
Diolch, Deputy Presiding Officer. My contribution today will be in respect of the Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022 (Consequential Amendments and Transitory Provision) Regulations 2026, which the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee…
3 March 2026 , Plenary
The Annual Returns (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2026
Diolch, Deputy Presiding Officer. The Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee considered the draft regulations on 26 January. The committee's report contains one merits scrutiny point. It highlights that one of the enabling powers relied upon is not…
