, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
Diolch yn fawr.
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
Can I invite you to state your names for the record and your roles, please? Maybe start with Manon.
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
A warm welcome to you this morning. You're here for the scrutiny session on the Commission draft budget.
, Finance Committee
Papers to note
Yes. There we are. Excellent. Okay.
, Finance Committee
Papers to note
Certainly. I think, if you're content, we'll write, then, just thanking the Minister and the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee for the letter. We've got quite a lot—it's a very detailed letter—but we'll also take on board what…
, Finance Committee
Papers to note
We'll move on to papers to note. We have two papers to note: a letter that we received last week before our session with the Ministers; I wanted to note that one, because we've already had that discussion. And then, we have a letter from the Chair of the…
, Finance Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
So we'll move on.
, Finance Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
No problem. Thank you, Peter.
, Finance Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
So, any declarations to note?
, Finance Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Good morning to everyone, and welcome to the meeting of the Finance Committee this morning. It's good to see everybody. This meeting is being broadcast live on Senedd.tv. For the record, we've received apologies from Rhianon Passmore. I'll just ask Members…
, Plenary
Debate on the Local Government and Housing Committee Report: Second Homes
That's certainly a very good point there by Mark, and maybe the Minister can pick up that point when she comes to respond. As I said, I was in Vienna and over 60 per cent of those citizens live in social and affordable housing. But in Vienna, it was clear…
, Plenary
Debate on the Local Government and Housing Committee Report: Second Homes
Yes, certainly.
, Plenary
Debate on the Local Government and Housing Committee Report: Second Homes
As the report indeed notes, second homes are not a new phenomenon. Plaid Cymru has been pushing for action to combat this issue for decades. The issue of second homes has become worse and worse for many of our communities across Wales, whether that's in our…
, Plenary
Debate on the Local Government and Housing Committee Report: Second Homes
Thank you for the opportunity to participate in this important debate today.
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
It's been five years since a decision was taken to close Communities First, the Government's anti-poverty programme. Following this decision, the Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee produced a report, which recommended, and I quote, 'a clear…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Thank you for the answer, Minister.
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
2. What is the Government doing to address poverty? OQ58491
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement Bill: ministerial evidence session
Thank you. Thank you, Chair.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement Bill: ministerial evidence session
And using the Bill as an example, would you then look to co-produce the statutory guidance, using the social partnership models to try and make sure that it's an evolving document?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement Bill: ministerial evidence session
Thank you. And a last question from me. In your letter to the committee in July, you said that the Welsh Government is considering how good practice in food procurement can be included in the statutory guidance. Can you outline which aspects of food…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement Bill: ministerial evidence session
There was some uncertainty from the deputy future generations commissioner about the roles of the procurement centre of excellence and the social partnership council sub-group on procurement. Do we need both?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement Bill: ministerial evidence session
The WLGA and fire and rescue services have outlined the capacity challenges that they'll face in delivering the Bill, particularly in relation to the procurement aspects. How will Welsh Government support these bodies to address these capacity issues and what…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement Bill: ministerial evidence session
Thank you.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement Bill: ministerial evidence session
Just a quick question that I had in the first session we ever had with you: are there going to be amendments to collecting that locality issue around contracts as well? The address didn't seem to be one of the points that we were collecting.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement Bill: ministerial evidence session
Just very quickly. I think Neil probably covered it there with the fact that the statutory guidance would be the place where you'd set a target, but surely there should be somewhere in the Bill that points towards that. So, would there be a line somewhere in…
