, Finance Committee
First Supplementary Budget 2024-25: Evidence session with the Senedd Commission
Fantastic, thank you very much. We've received the draft supplementary budget from yourselves and some supporting documentation. We considered that last week and looked at the three points within there that were the substantive requests that you were making…
, Finance Committee
First Supplementary Budget 2024-25: Evidence session with the Senedd Commission
Welcome.
, Finance Committee
First Supplementary Budget 2024-25: Evidence session with the Senedd Commission
Okay. Diolch yn fawr.
, Finance Committee
First Supplementary Budget 2024-25: Evidence session with the Senedd Commission
We're looking at the first supplementary budget in the evidence session with the Senedd Commission, and we've got a newly minted Commissioner with us. Croeso, Hefin. Maybe you could introduce yourself, and then the rest of the witnesses could introduce…
, Finance Committee
First Supplementary Budget 2024-25: Evidence session with the Senedd Commission
A warm welcome to you all. We have our witnesses here this morning.
, Finance Committee
First Supplementary Budget 2024-25: Evidence session with the Senedd Commission
Okay. So, we'll move, then, on to our third item this morning, which is our substantive item this morning.
, Finance Committee
Papers to note
Okay. If we move on to the second item on the agenda, which is the papers to note, we have one paper. Happy to accept that? Yes. Thank you very much.
, Finance Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Diolch, Mike. Thank you very much.
, Finance Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
A warm welcome to this meeting of the Finance Committee; it's great to see you this morning. As usual, this meeting is being broadcast live on Senedd.tv, and the Record of Proceedings will be published as usual, and of course this meeting is bilingual. We've…
, Plenary
Debate on petition P-06-1407, 'We want the Welsh Government to rescind and remove the disastrous 20mph law'
Diolch, Llywydd. I'm speaking this afternoon as a member of the Petitions Committee, because our Chair has been called away for an urgent personal matter. I'm sure he sends his apologies for that and has let the Llywydd know. I'd like to thank all Members for…
, Plenary
90-second Statements
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd. Capel y Berthen, Lixwm, was the first Calvinistic Methodist chapel in Flintshire. The cause was established in 1776 by John Owen, and the chapel was opened by Daniel Rowlands. The chapel was named after y Berthen Gron, the chapel of…
, Plenary
Questions to the Senedd Commission
I'd just like to follow on from Mabon's question and ask specifically about what can be done to divest from Israeli companies in general, given that an increasing majority people are not just against, but reviled by Israel's continuing offensive in Gaza and…
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session: Panel 2 - P-06-1291 Hold an enquiry into the corporate takeover of the veterinary profession in Wales
Oh, was it? [Laughter.] Excellent.
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session: Panel 2 - P-06-1291 Hold an enquiry into the corporate takeover of the veterinary profession in Wales
Yes.
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session: Panel 2 - P-06-1291 Hold an enquiry into the corporate takeover of the veterinary profession in Wales
I suppose, on a personal point—you talked about your dog and you talked about your farm animals—over 10 years ago now, a long time ago, I had Gin and Tonic, two cats, and they were neutered then, and Treacle and Marmalade now have just gone through the same…
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session: Panel 2 - P-06-1291 Hold an enquiry into the corporate takeover of the veterinary profession in Wales
So, from a compassionate point of view, then it's probably advanced a little bit, because of the level of care and the level of things that you've got that you're able to monitor—oxygen, and all the rest of it—during an operation. So, does that mean that the…
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session: Panel 2 - P-06-1291 Hold an enquiry into the corporate takeover of the veterinary profession in Wales
Yes. Maybe, Caroline, from your point of view, then, as you talked about treatments being possibly more advanced, so comparing what it was like for you, maybe 10 years ago, as a practising vet, compared to now, have things changed? Carlie's experience there…
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session: Panel 2 - P-06-1291 Hold an enquiry into the corporate takeover of the veterinary profession in Wales
No. Okay. It's just to try to understand where things have changed over the time.
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session: Panel 2 - P-06-1291 Hold an enquiry into the corporate takeover of the veterinary profession in Wales
So, from your experience, then, with the other cats, the level of care, the efficiency, the speed or anything like that, nothing much has changed from that point of view. Obviously, we heard from Caroline that some of the treatments have got more advanced, I…
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session: Panel 2 - P-06-1291 Hold an enquiry into the corporate takeover of the veterinary profession in Wales
—when they went in for treatment, was there a difference? As in, was it faster, was it more efficient, was it less complicated? Were there any tangible differences between the treatment or the care that Dolly had seven years ago, compared to Nix recently?
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session: Panel 2 - P-06-1291 Hold an enquiry into the corporate takeover of the veterinary profession in Wales
Thank you. Hi, both. Thank you very much for coming in this afternoon. I just wanted to reflect a little bit on something that Carlie said earlier, if I may. Maybe, Carlie, could you do a comparison for me, keeping the money out of it? So, we've talked a lot…
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session: Panel 2 - P-06-1291 Hold an enquiry into the corporate takeover of the veterinary profession in Wales
That's fine.
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
The supporters of this petition are waving at me—it's nice to see you in the gallery and taking an interest, as always, in the Gwent levels. I'd like to thank them for their response to the Minister's detailed response as well. I've had conversations with the…
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Yes. I concur with you, Jack, and thank you very much for all the work that you've done personally to highlight this. I know, individually, we'll all be wanting to keep an eye on this, going forward. I do concur that we close this petition, but thank the…
, Petitions Committee
New Petitions
I'd like to put on the record a 'diolch yn fawr' to the petitioner on this, a very timely and apt petition, and it possibly speaks to what you were saying earlier about timings and understanding that, for us to be able to debate this, we would need to close…
