, Finance Committee
Financial Implications of the Local Government Finance (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Yes, yes.
, Finance Committee
Financial Implications of the Local Government Finance (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Thanks for that. You also don't estimate the compliance costs associated with the changes to how completion notices can be used. What new activity will this change require?
, Finance Committee
Financial Implications of the Local Government Finance (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Yes, thank you. Morning, Minister. You just talked about avoidance, and I know there's an estimated potential benefit of about £1 million a year associated with the changes to avoidance activity linked to the charitable rate relief. You haven't costed the new…
, Finance Committee
Financial Implications of the Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Okay. Thank you.
, Finance Committee
Financial Implications of the Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
One additional point. One little point: I just wondered if you think inflation is a specific concern within the RIA. I know your evidence pointed to some concerns.
, Finance Committee
Financial Implications of the Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
On—
, Finance Committee
Financial Implications of the Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Yes, Mike, that's what I was trying to get to.
, Finance Committee
Financial Implications of the Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Yes.
, Finance Committee
Financial Implications of the Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Yes, but often with legislation—I know through some legislation I brought forward—it's very difficult to be able to always identify, and I know we'll look at a Bill perhaps later on today where there would be ambiguity around costs and things like that. I…
, Finance Committee
Financial Implications of the Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
That's helpful. Last couple of questions from me. In your response, you suggest it's risky to commit to forecast costings with no indicative budgets. Why is this a particular issue to highlight in terms of the Bill?
, Finance Committee
Financial Implications of the Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Okey-doke.
, Finance Committee
Financial Implications of the Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
I think that's clear. Thank you for that. The RIA makes a number of assumptions and uses a variety of data sources, including those maintained by the Welsh Government. Are you concerned by any of the assumptions, and do you think the data used to prepare the…
, Finance Committee
Financial Implications of the Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Yes.
, Finance Committee
Financial Implications of the Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
No. Would you say that schools have the resources, though, to be able to do this without this legislation then? Have they got the resources? I'm just conscious that there will be many children who aren't able to access this, and might not be able to afford…
, Finance Committee
Financial Implications of the Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
I'm conscious that you believe that the Bill just simply isn't affordable, and I know Sam Rowlands would say that it's a matter of priorities. I don't know how you would respond to that, and I'm conscious that you just said that the value of outdoor education…
, Finance Committee
Financial Implications of the Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
I mean—
, Finance Committee
Financial Implications of the Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Oh, sorry, Rhianon.
, Finance Committee
Financial Implications of the Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Yes.
, Finance Committee
Financial Implications of the Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Yes, thanks for that. Just to move on and consider the overall costs of the Bill and its affordability, I wonder what your view was of the overall costs of these proposed changes. Is the regulatory impact assessment an accurate representation of the likely…
, Finance Committee
Financial Implications of the Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Thank you. Morning, Minister. The Member in charge has suggested that attending residential settings wouldn't require young people to have a great deal of their own equipment and things, you know, the obvious things—waterproofs and wellies and all that sort…
, Plenary
Debate: The Draft Budget 2024-25
The budget narrative says that Government wants to focus on funding the services that matter most to the people of Wales, but it hasn't. Just look at the local government settlement at 3 per cent—a huge, real-terms cut that will mean that councils will…
, Plenary
Debate: The Draft Budget 2024-25
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd, and thank you, Minister, for the statement. Firstly, I'd like to thank everybody who has contributed to the scrutiny of this draft budget, including all of the committees and, it has to be said, the first-class clerks for their…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Business rates relief
Diolch, Llywydd. I'll start by moving the motion in the name of Darren Millar. I hope all in the Senedd recognise the importance of business, especially the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors, to Wales. The hospitality sector alone directly employs…
, Plenary
Debate on petitions P-06-1359 and P-06-1362 concerning support for childcare costs
Can I also thank the committee for their work in bringing this forward? It's a much-needed petition debate, and thanks to the petitioners who presented it. It's a massive issue for many people, and I won't rehearse the differences between England and Wales…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip
Thank you, Minister. I think we can all be very proud here that, across the UK, we have the Armed Forces Act 2006, and we know that this monumental piece of legislation enshrines many of the principles championed by the armed forces covenant, such as placing…
