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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Prepayment meters and energy advice services
There have been many great points made in this debate already. The perversity of prepayment is in many ways the perfect distillation of callous Westminster politics and the rigged energy market that we’re burdened with in the UK. How did we ever get to this…
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Debate: Stage 4 of the Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill
I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has worked on this Bill—everyone from the fantastic team at Plaid Cymru to committee staff, to Senedd lawyers, and not forgetting the Deputy Minister and her officials. Everyone has pulled out the stops to…
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Debate: The Second Supplementary Budget 2022-23
Finally, the committee was pleased to hear about the positive meetings held between the Minister and the latest UK Chief Secretary to the Treasury. Fiscal devolution works most effectively when harmonious inter-governmental relations exist, and we hope that…
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Debate: The Second Supplementary Budget 2022-23
I'd like to begin by recognising the budgetary uncertainties caused by the ongoing disputes relating to public sector pay. We all hope for a swift resolution to those discussions and, above all else, regret the impact it's having on the staff themselves…
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Debate: The Second Supplementary Budget 2022-23
Thank you very much, Dirprwy Lywydd. I'm very pleased to speak in this debate today on behalf of the Finance Committee. The committee scrutinised the second supplementary budget on 1 March, and I thank the Minister for her attendance at that meeting. The…
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Debate on the Petitions Committee Report, 'The Final Bend? P-06-1253 Ban greyhound racing in Wales'
Based on animal welfare there, and you're talking about animal welfare, I've spoken to quite a few councillors with regard to planning applications and their frustration at not being able to turn a planning application down on animal welfare reasons. I'd like…
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Debate on the Petitions Committee Report, 'The Final Bend? P-06-1253 Ban greyhound racing in Wales'
Jane, would you take an intervention?
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Topical Questions
There's been a great deal of public distress following the crash, which claimed the lives of three young people following a night out in Newport, and two other people remain in hospital fighting for their lives. The police response is now the subject of an…
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Topical Questions
Thank you for that response, Minister.
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Topical Questions
1. Has the Welsh Government had any discussions with Gwent Police and South Wales Police following the fatal crash in St Mellons? TQ740
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Topical Questions
Diolch. I'd like to echo the Llywydd's comments and send my condolences to the friends, family and, indeed, the community affected by this tragic event.
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Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting and the meeting on 23 March 2023
So, under Standing Order 17.42, I propose that we resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting and from the meeting on 23 March. Is everyone agreed? We are. Thank you very much for your time.
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Financial Implications of the Health Service Procurement (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Thank you very much for your time this morning. I do understand a little more about the Bill now than I did, particularly after the session we had with the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee on Monday—that was very interesting—and it'll be…
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Financial Implications of the Health Service Procurement (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Okay, thank you very much. Anybody got any further questions?
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Financial Implications of the Health Service Procurement (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
In anticipation that the way of renewing contracts and things goes well, and hoping that it does and that it takes away some of that burden of being on that hamster wheel of constantly having to reapply for a contract, is that something that you might want to…
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Financial Implications of the Health Service Procurement (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
As I'm sure anybody who's listened to any of these Finance Committee meetings knows, it's 'show your working' and it's showing the detail, whether or not it's to this committee or to the health committee. It's being transparent about the costs and the…
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Financial Implications of the Health Service Procurement (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
—after that. Okay. Mike, over to you.
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Financial Implications of the Health Service Procurement (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Around that time. Okay, so we'll be looking at probably spring next year—
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Financial Implications of the Health Service Procurement (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
As a best guess at the moment.
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Financial Implications of the Health Service Procurement (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
And did you say that that's likely to happen in October time, or is that—?
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Financial Implications of the Health Service Procurement (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Okay. So, a final question from me, and I'll go on to Mike's questions after that. At what point will you be able to undertake a detailed assessment of the financial implications of the new procurement regime and how will you ensure that that assessment…
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Financial Implications of the Health Service Procurement (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Mike wants to come in.
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Financial Implications of the Health Service Procurement (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Just following on from that—I'll bring Mike in in a second now—anybody who listened to the debate last night knows I'm a fan of targets, if nobody had guessed. But with KPIs and things, if you're not going through a tendering process, potentially—and this is…
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Financial Implications of the Health Service Procurement (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
It's always the unknowns. We've done some work and we've been looking a little bit at the cost of Bills and Acts as they become law, and they always overrun, or more often than not overrun. So, it's always the nervousness around how accurate are those figures…
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Financial Implications of the Health Service Procurement (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Thank you for that. If we can move on to the unquantified aspects, because there are quite a few unquantified aspects of this Bill, including the costs and savings, the process of the post-implementation review, and the work taken forward to support…
