13 December 2023 , Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
Sorry, just to clarify, what I'm asking about, and I believe Heledd was asking about as well, is about people who have been, technically—. Well, they've been selected, and they have been technically elected as well. So, it's about whether or not they then are…
13 December 2023 , Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
No, my wiggle room was with your perspective on this. Are you willing to—? Not wiggle room, but what I would suggest, having looked at the evidence, is a month's grace period. That's what Heledd also referred to.
13 December 2023 , Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
Thank you. Yes, I just wanted to clarify, I suppose, because are you saying that you advocate for people to move away but then remain on the electoral register for Wales? Because I think the issue with that would be, for example, that being on the electoral…
13 December 2023 , Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
Thank you very much, and thank you, Chair.
13 December 2023 , Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
And that brings me to my final question, then: do you see the review part of this as the main option for the accountability of the commission to the Senedd, as well, or how do you actually see that relationship working?
13 December 2023 , Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
Thank you, but just to clarify, I'm not suggesting, just giving the views that have come through.
13 December 2023 , Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
Yes. Thank you. To give balance, that was also some of the evidence that we heard from Colin Everett, Wales Electoral Coordination Board. He actually said that he was quite relaxed about whether or not it is, but he pointed out that if it was separate, it…
13 December 2023 , Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
Wonderful. Thank you very much. I'm going to move on now to asking about the electoral management board, because whilst it's primarily a matter for the Local Government and Housing Committee, who are scrutinising the Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill…
13 December 2023 , Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
Thank you very much. And then, also, moving on to the aspect of it that it is a public appointment to be on the commission, again, we've heard from the Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales that it is very much in accordance with the governance…
13 December 2023 , Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Ministerial evidence session
Thank you very much, Chair, and thank you all for being here this morning. Yes, so I'm going to ask some questions now about Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru. So, section 13 of the Bill amends the Local Government (Democracy) (Wales) Act 2013 to…
13 December 2023 , Plenary
Motion under Standing Order 26.91 seeking the Senedd's agreement to introduce a Member Bill: Mental Health Standards of Care (Wales) Bill
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd. I want to say a huge ‘thank you’ to James for doing this. It means an awful lot to many, many people. A significant amount of work has been undertaken in recent years to review the way in which the Mental Health Act of 1983…
13 December 2023 , Plenary
90-second Statements
Thank you. Since 1985, Rotary's key humanitarian priority has been to rid the world of polio. Rotary spearheaded the campaign at a time when there were over 1,000 polio cases a day, in 125 countries, paralysing and even killing children. Today, the number of…
13 December 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Senedd Commission
Thank you very much. Yesterday, the remuneration board published its November update to Members and their support staff. I'd like to welcome the recommendations made in this update as they are deeply needed, especially during the cost-of-living crisis, and…
13 December 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Senedd Commission
2. What discussions has the Senedd Commission had with the Remuneration Board regarding Member support staff salaries? OQ60425
13 December 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Diolch, Counsel General. Just to lead on, really, from what my colleague Adam Price has been referring to, there have been many absolutely awful pieces of legislation that have gone through the UK Government. We've had the Nationality and Borders Bill, the…
13 December 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
3. What assessment has the Counsel General made of the legal implications for Wales of the UK Government's Data Protection and Digital Information Bill? OQ60420
13 December 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Diolch, Counsel General. On 12 October, the UK extension, the data bridge, to the EU-US transatlantic data privacy framework came into force. This is a voluntary scheme that US companies can use to share personal data freely with the EU, and it was introduced…
13 December 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
2. What legal advice has the Counsel General provided to the Welsh Government on the impact of the EU-US Data Privacy Framework on Wales? OQ60423
12 December 2023 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Water Quality
Thank you very much for bringing this to the Chamber today. The single greatest pressure on water quality in Wales is from agriculture and rural land use. I spent two years on the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee scrutinising the Agriculture (Wales)…
12 December 2023 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Recently, Minister, it's come to my attention that the Royal Mail office in my constituency, due to jobs being scrapped, has now had to tell the remaining staff who are working double time at the moment—like overtime—to deal with the volume, that they should…
12 December 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Diolch, First Minister. Across all of Wales, lung disease is sadly the third biggest killer, and it's estimated that 12,000 emergency hospital admissions happen every year due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and similar conditions. That's 14,000…
12 December 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
5. What discussions has the Welsh Government had with health boards regarding lung healthcare? OQ60419
6 December 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Thank you very much, Minister. I know you've touched on a lot of this this afternoon with my other colleagues' questions, but it was very interesting reading the feedback from the local authorities in England, who also said that there was just absolutely…
6 December 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
10. What impact has the UK Government's autumn statement had on the Welsh Government's plans for funding local government? OQ60361
6 December 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: post-legislative scrutiny: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services and the Chief Nursing Officer for Wales and Nurse Director of NHS Wales
Okay, wonderful. Thank you very much and thank you, Chair.
