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Financial Transactions Capital: Evidence session 2
Thanks for that, it was really helpful. I've got two questions I'll perhaps wrap into one. Kate, you've had great communications, and perhaps the process was not so clear, David—I may have misinterpreted that, I don't know. I just wondered, perhaps—it's a…
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Financial Transactions Capital: Evidence session 2
No, that's really helpful, and, yes, I can see how you needed some flexibility, especially with unstable markets; yes, I can see that that—. Kate, from your perspective, anything you want to add?
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Financial Transactions Capital: Evidence session 2
And—
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Financial Transactions Capital: Evidence session 2
I think that's really helpful feedback, David, and I think it's something that perhaps this committee can help feed back out of this inquiry, really, to the development bank, because their intentions are extremely well-meaning in wanting to help and…
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Financial Transactions Capital: Evidence session 2
Good morning, all. It's great to have you with us. I've got a couple of questions. I'm conscious that, as David pointed out, you wouldn't necessarily know if financial transactions capital for you was being lent, but perhaps I could ask, then: could you…
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Financial Transactions Capital: Evidence session 1
That's really helpful. Thank you, Chair.
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Financial Transactions Capital: Evidence session 1
So, really, the vulnerability doesn't sit with the development bank. It'll ultimately sit with the Government. If the Government want you to invest in certain areas, they've got to carry the risk of that, I suppose.
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Financial Transactions Capital: Evidence session 1
That’s really helpful, it’s good to have that reassurance of that diligence around it. I did expect that to be there. Linked to that, how do you balance the nature of your portfolio between low and high-risk projects? Have you got an internal ring-fenced…
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Financial Transactions Capital: Evidence session 1
It's really interesting, and thanks, and it is a great return on the investment, those additional houses and everything. That's good news. I just want to pick up a couple of final things. We know that you are deploying financial capital to really quite…
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Financial Transactions Capital: Evidence session 1
Okay. That's really important, actually, that we know that. That's a good message. I'm glad you clarified that. So, that's great. On to my questions, and some of them we've touched on already around risk, so apologies for duplicating if I come back to it…
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Financial Transactions Capital: Evidence session 1
Yes, thank you. It's really interesting. It's a really interesting subject. So, just for clarity—and I think I've got this right—financial transactions capital is a great tool for you. The rules only really sit above you and behind you; the customer doesn't…
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Finance Committee Debate: Welsh Government's spending priorities for the 2025-26 budget
I want to thank my committee colleagues and the clerks for their work on this report, as well as the many stakeholders who contributed. I'll be speaking today as the Conservative spokesman rather than as a Finance Committee member. The Finance Committee…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution and Cabinet Office
Cabinet Secretary, I would respectfully argue that Wales's Government isn't using its taxation powers to benefit many people. Let's look at the evidence. In Wales, our retail, hospitality and leisure sectors are paying twice as much in business rates as their…
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Stage 4 of The Local Government Finance (Wales) Bill
I also would like to thank everyone today who has worked on this legislation, and I know there has been a great deal of work over many months. I want to thank the Bill team in particular for their support, but also the Cabinet Secretary for her engagement. It…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Devolved powers and funding
Well, they’re here at the moment. We cannot entrust them with further devolved powers. They cannot manage well what they’ve already got. We need to see them be able to deliver well on education—[Interruption.] We need to see them be able to deliver well…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Devolved powers and funding
Well, thank you for that, but what I’m saying is we haven’t got the evidence that the Labour Party, who are currently the Government in power—
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Devolved powers and funding
Yes, certainly, Rhun.
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Devolved powers and funding
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd, and, yes, I move our amendment in the name of Darren Millar. For all of the political knockabout for the last six or seven weeks, it's good to live in a country where the peaceful transition of power has happened so smoothly and…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
Thank you, Cabinet Secretary, for that response. I have grave concerns regarding the issue of holiday clubs and the safeguarding procedures that should be in place. It has come to my attention that protocols may not always be straightforward and in place to…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
2. What assessment has the Government made of safeguarding arrangements for holiday clubs using school premises? OQ61434
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing, Local Government and Planning
Cabinet Secretary, I'm sure we can all agree that the housing crisis is worrying here in Wales, and I would strongly argue that it's a consequence of the failure of successive Labour Governments to build sufficient housing stock for the last 25 years…
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Group 9: Review on use of powers (Amendments 21, 24)
Moved.
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Group 9: Review on use of powers (Amendments 21, 24)
Not being moved.
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Group 9: Review on use of powers (Amendments 21, 24)
[Inaudible.]—likewise, as 23.
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Group 9: Review on use of powers (Amendments 21, 24)
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd. It's my last opportunity to speak as well, you'll be all glad to know. And can I also echo the Cabinet Secretary's thanks to all involved in bringing this Bill forward, and, again, repeat the collaborative way that we've engaged on…
