, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2027-28: Evidence Session
Well, we've tried to manage within—. It's a long-standing commitment that the Commission has to the Finance Committee and to the Senedd to make sure that we only ask for the resource that we need to be able to carry out our responsibilities, as a Commission…
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2027-28: Evidence Session
And, of course, to follow up on that, there's the good work that our colleague Hefin David did in the last Senedd to engage with this committee and also, of course, with groups, and being available to discuss and make sure that technical briefings were…
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2027-28: Evidence Session
As you'll be aware, we've got quite a few new Members, so it was an interesting time when we all came back or came for the first time. What the new Commission did in the engagement was—. The initial engagement was with groups. When I took the role on for…
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2027-28: Evidence Session
Of course, the decision on going ahead hasn't yet been taken. That's why it wouldn't have been reflected in this budget currently.
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2027-28: Evidence Session
Lisa, you've pulled the figures together for us, so—
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2027-28: Evidence Session
It's in my own notes. Lisa, do you—?
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2027-28: Evidence Session
So, the overall staffing costs for 2026-27, when you add everything together—well, when you add all the operational costs before the ring fence—comes to £59,987, and then the draft budget this year shows a figure of £59,541 when you add them together. That's…
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2027-28: Evidence Session
I think the main point is that we try and keep the ring fences away from the operational budget so that at least we try and get a baseline that you can compare year on year. And when you look at the business-as-usual costs over from last year to this year…
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2027-28: Evidence Session
It is reflected in that annex 1 table, and you'll see that the difference is there, so you can see why those figures are there. I'll just bring Lisa in on that technical point.
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2027-28: Evidence Session
In the order of about £4 million. That makes the difference.
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2027-28: Evidence Session
Certainly. It's good to be here, and thank you very much, Chair, for the welcome. The staff salaries and costs for 2026-27, £34 million, and then the £37 million in 2027-28, 2027-28 includes the new baseline with Senedd reform added into it. The Senedd reform…
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2027-28: Evidence Session
Certainly. I'm Peredur Owen Griffiths. I'm the Commissioner with responsibility for finance, and I'll ask officials to introduce themselves. I'll start with Manon.
, Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Transport: Strategic Priorities for the Menai Strait Crossings and M4 around Newport
The M4 runs through my constituency. Communities across Newport and beyond feel the impact of congestion every single day. These problems are not new. Successive Labour Government have had 27 years to act. They commissioned studies, gathered the evidence and…
, Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Transport: Strategic Priorities for the Menai Strait Crossings and M4 around Newport
Thank you for the briefing this morning and for this afternoon's statement.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Senedd Commission 2025-26: evidence session
I think, just from a process point of view, if you were to give the money back into—. This is the thinking behind—. From memory, the Finance Committee would have thought that if the money goes back to the consolidated fund then there'd be a potential…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Senedd Commission 2025-26: evidence session
Just following on with the AI aspect, we need the governance to be right, and we need a governance first approach to AI, but there are opportunities as well. So, I think that goes hand in hand, but making sure that we're using it in the way that Manon was…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Senedd Commission 2025-26: evidence session
On that, I don’t know who is on that list currently, because, as you say, the process is ongoing, but, as a new Commissioner coming in, having independent advisers that have got expertise in the aspects that Manon talked about just now, as well as augmenting…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Senedd Commission 2025-26: evidence session
Eventually. But that was part of the distribution of who does what. And I think we've got to be mindful that we don't duplicate in other areas, so if you're delegating that element to other people to do—. But I think, even as candidates, as Senedd Members…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Senedd Commission 2025-26: evidence session
I think, going forward, one of the things, as Chair of the Finance Committee in the last Senedd, was setting and scrutinising the budget of the Electoral Commission and the Welsh element of that, and part of the scrutiny in doing and setting that budget was…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Senedd Commission 2025-26: evidence session
On that point—. It's great to be with you here today. It's the first time I'm doing this. I'm usually sat—. In the last Senedd, I was sat in a similar position to you, Andrew. But, yes, it was interesting to see some of this in action during the campaign, and…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Senedd Commission 2025-26: evidence session
Peredur Owen Griffiths, the Commissioner who has responsibility for finance.
, Constitution, Justice and External Affairs Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
And if I could ask for this committee to be kept informed of those discussions, because, obviously, it would be of interest to a lot of us around this table. Diolch.
, Constitution, Justice and External Affairs Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
But then, from a constitutional point of view, not an economic point of view, we'd need to keep an overview of that—
, Constitution, Justice and External Affairs Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
Because it's really important for this committee as the external affairs committee, as well as other aspects.
, Constitution, Justice and External Affairs Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
We've heard from the new Prime Minister about some movement on looking at the relationship between the UK and the EU and opening or widening up the discussion as to what that future relationship looks like—whether or not that's single market or rejoining. All…
