, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
Thank you for that answer. I know it’s frustrating when we talk about non-domestic rates often, but when I was with colleagues from the Federation of Small Businesses yesterday, they were stressing again the pressures that NDR businesses are facing. So…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
Thank you, Cabinet Secretary, and I think we’re all on the same page in wanting to see these services really protected, because this rises above politics because it’s so fundamental to the whole of society, and we need to make progress on that. Andrew R.T…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
Diolch, Llywydd. Cabinet Secretary, we all know that public sector services rely heavily on those private providers—as Heledd Fychan has already pointed out, care homes, but domiciliary care providers as well. As a result of that recent budget and those…
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales - Scrutiny of the Estimate 2025-26 and Interim Report: Evidence session
Thanks. That answered my next question. You're on top of it and you're not necessarily concerned, so—. My final question then, Chair, and that is: you’re currently showing the proportion of trainees who have achieved first-time passes as requiring…
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales - Scrutiny of the Estimate 2025-26 and Interim Report: Evidence session
Yes, thanks, Ann-Marie. That makes sense. In a similar vein then, the interim report suggests that you are currently on track to deliver 100 per cent of audit work by the statutory, or agreed, deadline. Given we are now approaching the 30 November deadline…
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales - Scrutiny of the Estimate 2025-26 and Interim Report: Evidence session
Yes, just a couple of questions now from me, just to consider progress against the annual plan as demonstrated within the interim plan. So, the first one really is just looking at one of your priority areas, to develop and implement a three-year quality…
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales - Scrutiny of the Estimate 2025-26 and Interim Report: Evidence session
Thanks, Ann-Marie. I've another point on fees before I move on. Clearly, you're having a lot of extra work with town and community councils. There's a lot of extra time having to be spent on them. Do you see as a result of that, in this next round, that you…
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales - Scrutiny of the Estimate 2025-26 and Interim Report: Evidence session
Thank you for that. That makes a lot of sense, obviously, as long as—as they clearly would—the fees cover all of your on-costs and things, which clearly you'd work through. I was interested, and it's again commendable, that there could be a potential…
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales - Scrutiny of the Estimate 2025-26 and Interim Report: Evidence session
Thank you, Chair, and it's good to see you all this morning. Just a couple of questions on your draft fee scheme. It’s commendable that you’re managing to keep charges reasonably low, with the new fees reasonably low—I think it’s just under 1.7 per cent. I…
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales - Scrutiny of the Estimate 2025-26 and Interim Report: Evidence session
Thank you. I just wanted to follow on from Rhianon’s question. I’m sorry, Rhianon, if you were going to come back to it. But, whilst we are on those costs and staffing costs and things, it would be remiss of us not to reflect briefly on what the budget said…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Welsh Government response to UK Government budget
We could stand here for hours, Joyce, talking about how money should have been spent in different ways. I could probably highlight millions of pounds spent in Wales by Welsh Government that perhaps could have been spent in a different way, so I don't agree…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Welsh Government response to UK Government budget
Sorry. I couldn't quite hear the last bit of that, Joyce.
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Welsh Government response to UK Government budget
I agree it's disappointing when people are misled in Wales and nothing comes as a result of that. What do we know? What we do know is that Labour's tax-and-spend policy will inevitably come back to bite the people of Wales, and while this additional borrowing…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Welsh Government response to UK Government budget
Yes, I will, Darren.
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Welsh Government response to UK Government budget
The commitment was there from the Conservative Government to do it and it would have been—[Interruption.] It would have been carried forward, and it would provide a massive boost for the north Wales economy.
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Welsh Government response to UK Government budget
Yes, Alun.
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Welsh Government response to UK Government budget
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd, and I move the motion in the name of Darren Millar. Forty billion pounds—that's how much additional taxation Labour have levied against the people of the United Kingdom. Frankly, I've been shocked at how disingenuous the Labour…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
It's really good to hear about advancing technologies, such as e-sgol, and how they're connecting classrooms across Wales. I hope you enjoyed that visit to the Spanish class in Caldicot, and we know that that, as you've shared, is sharing provision with…
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: The UK Budget
Can I thank you, Cabinet Secretary, for your statement? Now, this is the first Labour Government budget for 15 years, and while I hoped the time away from Government had done Labour some good, clearly it hasn't. Despite all the spin, this is the same old…
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
I don't disagree with closing it. It's quite a complex area, really. On the face of it, it looks pretty straightforward, but, actually, at a local authority level, there are a lot of things to consider. In my authority, when I was leader, we retained a more…
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Yes, I agree with Luke. There's very little we can do as a committee. There's probably very little, actually, that the Government can do at the moment because lots of this—the forward planning, the strategic planning of an area—is in the gift of the local…
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New Petitions
I support Vaughan.
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New Petitions
With the microplastics, you're right.
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New Petitions
Perhaps we could get some of that clarity, and even if it's got to come back here one more time, for us to understand, and then close.
, Petitions Committee
New Petitions
Yes, thank you. It’s quite an interesting petition, because we are seeing a growing number of home owners using this false grass, if you like. I personally, as a farmer that uses real grass on a daily basis, struggle with the concept of putting plastic grass…
