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Better Governance for Wales Key Materials
Better Governance for Wales – key material: Statements and Debates, September 2005 – November 2005 Abstract This paper draws together the key statements and debates relating to the White Paper ‘Better Governance for Wales’ from September to November 2005. It includes transcripts of proceedings from the Assembly and Westminster. The paper will be updated regularly by the Members’ Research Service. December 2005 Members’ Research Service / Gwasanaeth Ymchwil yr Aelodau Members’ Research Service: Research Paper Gwasanaeth Ymchwil yr Aelodau: Papur Ymchwil Better Governance for Wales – key material Statements and debates, September 2005 – November 2005 Members’ Research Service December 2005 Paper number: 05/0040/mrs © Crown copyright 2005 Enquiry no: 05/0040/mrs Date: December 2005 This document has been prepared by the Members’ Research Service to provide Assembly Members and their staff with information and for no other purpose. Every effort has been made to ensure that the information is accurate, however, we cannot be held responsible for any inaccuracies found later in the original source material, provided that the original source is not the Members’ Research Service itself. This document does not constitute an expression of opinion by the National Assembly, the Welsh Assembly Government or any other of the Assembly’s constituent parts or connected bodies. Members’ Research Service: Research Paper Gwasanaeth Ymchwil yr Aelodau: Papur Ymchwil Contents 1 Statement by the Rt Hon Rhodri Morgan AM, First Minister on the White Paper, ‘Better Governance for Wales’ during Questions to the First Minister, 20 September 2005 .............................................................................................................. 1 2 Debate on the Report of the Committee on the Better Governance for Wales White Paper in the Assembly, 21 September 2005 ...................................................... -
CREATING a DIGITAL DIALOGUE How Can the National Assembly for Wales Use Digital to Build Useful and Meaningful Citizen Engagement?
CREATING A DIGITAL DIALOGUE How can the National Assembly for Wales use digital to build useful and meaningful citizen engagement? Digital News and Information Taskforce CONTENTS INTRODUCTION .............................. 5 SECTION 2: DISCUSSION ...........47 Foreword by Chair ...................................6 The Assembly as a Content Background .................................................9 Platform .......................................................49 Remit ............................................................... 11 Telling the National Assembly’s Stories ............................... 50 Membership .............................................. 12 Platforms ....................................................57 Recommendations ............................... 14 Specialist Audiences ...........................64 Summary ....................................................20 Digital and Data Leadership in the Assembly .................................... 80 SECTION 1: CONTEXT...................31 Staying Ahead ..........................................91 The Welsh Media Market Since 1999 ................................................................ 32 ANNEXES ........................................93 The Digital Eco-system in Wales ........................................................40 Annex 1: Meetings and Discussions Held ..94 Other Parliaments ................................ 42 Annex 2: The objective of the National Assembly for Wales – Membership .............................................96 Content -
Sustainability: Annual Report 2019-20
Welsh Parliament Senedd Commission Sustainability: Annual Report 2019-20 June 2020 www.senedd.wales The Welsh Parliament is the democratically elected body that represents the interests of Wales and its people. Commonly known as the Senedd, it makes laws for Wales, agrees Welsh taxes and holds the Welsh Government to account. An electronic copy of this document can be found on the Senedd website: www.senedd.wales Copies of this document can also be obtained in accessible formats including Braille, large print, audio or hard copy from: Welsh Parliament, Cardiff Bay, CF99 1SN 0300 200 6565 [email protected] www.senedd.wales SeneddWales SeneddWales Senedd © Senedd Commission Copyright 2020 The text of this document may be reproduced free of charge in any format or medium providing that it is reproduced accurately and not used in a misleading or derogatory context. The material must be acknowledged as copyright of the Senedd Commission and the title of the document specified. Welsh Parliament Senedd Commission Sustainability: Annual Report 2019-20 June 2020 www.senedd.wales On 6 May we became the Welsh Parliament; the Senedd. As the Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 received Royal Assent in January, it marked the culmination of a long and complicated pro- cess for the many Commission colleagues who were involved in its passage. Despite our new title, you will notice this document mostly refers to the institution as the Assembly; a reflection of the fact we’re looking back over the past 12 months before the change to our name. Sustainability: Annual Report 2019-20 Contents Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... -
Written Evidences Submitted by Paul Evans and Paul Silk*(TTC 03) Summary This Paper Responds to the Procedure Committee's Call
Written evidences submitted by Paul Evans and Paul Silk*(TTC 03) Summary This paper responds to the Procedure Committee’s call for evidence in its inquiry into the procedure of the House of Commons and the territorial constitution. It proposes: The establishment of a permanent inter-parliamentary Body comprised of Members of the four UK legislatures to hold to account the Joint Ministerial Committee or any successor UK intergovernmental organisation. Changes to the standing orders of the House of Commons to enable joint working between all its committees and committees of the UK’s devolved legislatures. Rethinking the role of the territorial Grand Committees, and the establishment of an English Grand Committee to consider legislative consent motions relating to matters relating exclusively to England. A radical simplification of the standing orders relating to English Votes for English Laws. Integration of procedures relating to the operation of the Sewel Convention into the mainstream of the House’s legislative procedures. Other measures to enhance interparliamentary co-operation between Members of the UK’s legislatures. We note that on 6 November the Committee announced its intention of focussing its inquiries on the procedural steps necessary to facilitate greater joint working between House of Commons committees and the relevant committees of other UK legislatures to ensure effective scrutiny of common frameworks. While the scrutiny of the common frameworks provides an immediate impetus for better interparliamentary co-operation, we consider that this should be the launching pad for enhanced and deeper interparliamentary working in the longer term. ___________________________ *Paul Evans CBE is a former Clerk of Committees in the House of Commons. -
Our Rights, Our Parliament, 2018 Contents
Our Rights, Our Parliament, 2018 Contents Foreword 1. The Case for Youth Parliaments 2. Welsh Devolution and the ‘Dragon’s Dialogue’ 3. The Dynamic of the UNCRC 4. Structural Challenges and the End of the Beginning 5. Reflecting and Re-grouping 6. Building the Case: The Croke Report 7. UK State Party reporting process 2015-16 8. CYPAW Consultation 9. The Welsh Youth Parliament 10. Looking Back, Looking Ahead Our Rights, Our Parliament, 2018 Foreword When I visited Wales last year, I had the wonderful opportunity to meet some of the people who were in- volved in the Campaign for the Children and Young People’s Assembly for Wales. I was impressed by the fact that in Wales there was broad and growing acceptance that children are not simply passive observers in the world, but that they are and must be active citizens and agents of change. As one young person from Rhondda Cynon Taff explains in this report: “It only makes sense to have a youth assembly … It encourages younger generations to become more politically active – getting their voices heard, instead of being drowned out in the noise.” I could not agree more. It is imperative that young people are empowered to build the arguments that will maintain and reform our democracies. I learned during my visit that the Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales and her team were working together with the young campaigners and others, so I am delighted but not surprised to learn that, at the time of this report, the election process toward the first Welsh Youth Parliament is underway. -
Integrating Sustainable Development and Children's Rights
social sciences $€ £ ¥ Article Integrating Sustainable Development and Children’s Rights: A Case Study on Wales Rhian Croke 1,*, Helen Dale 2 , Ally Dunhill 3, Arwyn Roberts 2 , Malvika Unnithan 4 and Jane Williams 5 1 Hillary Rodham Clinton School of Law, Swansea University, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK 2 Lleisiau Bach/Little Voices, National Lottery People and Places Fund 2012-2020, Swansea and Bangor University, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK; [email protected] (H.D.); [email protected] (A.R.) 3 Independent Consultant and Researcher, Kingston Upon Hull HU6 8TA, UK; [email protected] 4 Northumbria University Law School, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, UK; [email protected] 5 Observatory on the Human Rights of Children, Swansea University, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK; [email protected] * Correspondence: [email protected] or [email protected] Abstract: The global disconnect between the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Conven- tion on the Rights of the Child (CRC), has been described as ‘a missed opportunity’. Since devolution, the Welsh Government has actively pursued a ‘sustainable development’ and a ‘children’s rights’ agenda. However, until recently, these separate agendas also did not contribute to each other, al- though they culminated in two radical and innovative pieces of legislation; the Rights of Children and Young Persons (Wales) Measure (2013) and the Well-being and Future Generations (Wales) Act (2015). This article offers a case study that draws upon the SDGs and the CRC and considers how recent Citation: Croke, Rhian, Helen Dale, Ally Dunhill, Arwyn Roberts, guidance to Welsh public bodies for implementation attempts to contribute to a more integrated Malvika Unnithan, and Jane Williams. -
Devolution Decade
spring 2009 Production Editor: John Osmond Devolution Decade Assistant Editor: Nick Morris Associate Editors: On the face of it the verdicts we publish in this issue by leading protagonists in Geraint Talfan Davies, Rhys David the 1997 referendum on the first ten years of the National Assembly make pretty depressing reading. Professor Kevin Morgan, who chaired the Yes Campaign, is Administration: Helen Sims-Coomber, Clare Johnson especially damning. He lets us in to what he describes as “devolution’s dirty little secret”, its failure to make a fist of developing the Welsh economy. And the Design: statistics are incontrovertible. In terms of our prosperity relative to most other www.theundercard.co.uk parts of the United Kingdom, we’ve actually gone backwards in the first decade To advertise – declining from 77 to 75 per cent of the UK’s average GVA. When we started Tel: 029 2066 6606 out the Assembly Government’s stated ambition was to climb to 90 per cent by Institute of Welsh Affairs 2010, an aspiration that has been quietly dropped. One way or another our other 4 Cathedral Road contributors all point to the economy as the central reason for their Cardiff CF11 9LJ disappointment with devolution’s record so far. Tel: 029 2066 0820 Yet a narrow focus on the economy, important as it undoubtedly is, leads Email: [email protected] to a zero sum game. Devolution is about much more than that. And anyway, www.iwa.org.uk as Kevin Morgan himself concedes, the amount that government can do to The IWA is a non-aligned independent think- influence the economy will always be limited, especially a government with so tank and research institute, based in Cardiff with relatively little control over the main economic levers as the one in Cardiff Bay. -
'Building Wales' Future' Manifesto
BUILDING WALES’ FUTURE UNIVERSITIES WALES MANIFESTO FOR THE 2021 SENEDD ELECTIONS BUILDING WALES’ FUTURE UNIVERSITIES ARE CHANGING. IN A WORLD EXPERIENCING RAPID CHANGE, OUR UNIVERSITIES HAVE NOT STOOD STILL OVER THIS SENEDD TERM, WALES HAS FACED UP TO THE CHALLENGES POSED BY CLIMATE CHANGE, GLOBAL VOLATILITY, NEW TRADING RELATIONSHIPS AND, OF COURSE, THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC. Universities have responded to these challenges projects. Internationally, we continue to build over the past five years in the only way they on partnerships and projects around the world, know how: by adapting, working together, promoting Wales as an open and welcoming delivering skills to more people of all ages and destination for students and researchers alike. backgrounds, and carrying out world-leading research and innovation. Nothing better reflects the speed and resilience with which our universities can respond to the The universities’ Civic Mission Network is helping challenges we face than the response to the develop and strengthen universities’ work for crises presented by Covid-19: from new online communities across Wales. Every university learning, to the delivery of pastoral care for is now an accredited Living Wage Foundation students; from PPE manufacturing, to researching employer. Our universities are developing new treatments for the disease. All the while, many and better ways of delivering skills to people students and staff across Wales volunteered to across the country through schemes such as be on the frontline, both in healthcare and in our degree apprenticeships. We are developing new communities. ways to collaborate on research and innovation OUR AMBITIONS FOR WALES The future remains uncertain as the country Welsh universities are well-placed to support emerges from the pandemic and enters a new the delivery of an ambitious vision for Wales era with changing global trading relationships. -
Update from the Welsh Youth Parliament's Littering And
Chair of Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee Mike Hedges AM, 27 January 2020 UPDATE FROM THE WELSH YOUTH PARLIAMENT’S LITTERING AND PLASTIC WASTE COMMITTEE Dear Mike Hedges AM, Chair of Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee As you will be aware, last year, the Welsh Youth Parliament (WYP) held its first ever sitting in the Senedd Chamber where Welsh Youth Parliament Members (WYPMs) debated eighteen different topics that were identified as important to young people across Wales. The three key issues that the Youth Parliament decided to focus on were: 1. Emotional and Mental Health Support 2. Littering and Plastic Waste 3. Life Skills in the Curriculum Having chosen the top three priority issues the WYPMs decided that they should break into issue committees. A key part of each committee’s work is to consult with other young people, relevant organisations, youth groups and staff to help each committee understand the issues in greater detail, and help inform the WYPs key recommendations. As the Littering and Plastic Waste Committee, we have already consulted with sector-leading organizations such as Wrap Cymru, Surfers against Sewage and Iechyd Da. Our intention is to run an awareness campaign to increase young people’s understanding on this important issue, and in the process consult with young people (through events and an online survey) to find out what steps they think should be taken in the future. Key dates for the WYP Littering and Plastic Waste Committee for 2020 include: Month Activity January/February Regional meetings for all WYPMs in the four regions to plan awareness and consultation activity March 23 and 30 Regional events involving WYPMs and other young people across Wales. -
Annual Report and Accounts 2015–16
Delivery and transition Annual report and accounts 2015–16 July 2016 National Assembly for Wales Assembly Commission The National Assembly for Wales is the democratically elected body that represents the interests of Wales and its people, makes laws for Wales and holds the Welsh Government to account. An electronic copy of this report can be found on the National Assembly’s website: www.assembly.wales Copies of this report can also be obtained in accessible formats including Braille, large print, audio or hard copy from: National Assembly for Wales Cardiff Bay Cardiff CF99 1NA Tel: 0300 200 6565 Email: [email protected] Twitter: @assemblywales We welcome calls via the Text Relay Service. © National Assembly for Wales Commission Copyright 2016 The text of this document may be reproduced free of charge in any format or medium providing that it is reproduced accurately and not used in a misleading or derogatory context. The material must be acknowledged as copyright of the National Assembly for Wales Commission and the title of the document specified. Delivery and transition Annual report and accounts 2015–16 July 2016 National Assembly for Wales Assembly Commission Contents Our performance: overview.................................................................................................. 1 Llywydd’s foreword ....................................................................................................................................... 2 Introduction from Chief Executive and Clerk ..................................................................................... -
Cardiff Meetings & Conferences Guide
CARDIFF MEETINGS & CONFERENCES GUIDE www.meetincardiff.com WELCOME TO CARDIFF CONTENTS AN ATTRACTIVE CITY, A GREAT VENUE 02 Welcome to Cardiff That’s Cardiff – a city on the move We’ll help you find the right venue and 04 Essential Cardiff and rapidly becoming one of the UK’s we’ll take the hassle out of booking 08 Cardiff - a Top Convention City top destinations for conventions, hotels – all free of charge. All you need Meet in Cardiff conferences, business meetings. The to do is call or email us and one of our 11 city’s success has been recognised by conference organisers will get things 14 Make Your Event Different the British Meetings and Events Industry moving for you. Meanwhile, this guide 16 The Cardiff Collection survey, which shows that Cardiff is will give you a flavour of what’s on offer now the seventh most popular UK in Cardiff, the capital of Wales. 18 Cardiff’s Capital Appeal conference destination. 20 Small, Regular or Large 22 Why Choose Cardiff? 31 Incentives Galore 32 #MCCR 38 Programme Ideas 40 Tourist Information Centre 41 Ideas & Suggestions 43 Cardiff’s A to Z & Cardiff’s Top 10 CF10 T H E S L E A CARDIFF S I S T E N 2018 N E T S 2019 I A S DD E L CAERDY S CARDIFF CAERDYDD | meetincardiff.com | #MeetinCardiff E 4 H ROAD T 4UW RAIL ESSENTIAL INFORMATION AIR CARDIFF – THE CAPITAL OF WALES Aberdeen Location: Currency: E N T S S I E A South East Wales British Pound Sterling L WELCOME! A90 E S CROESO! Population: Phone Code: H 18 348,500 Country code 44, T CR M90 Area code: 029 20 EDINBURGH DF D GLASGOW M8 C D Language: Time Zone: A Y A68 R D M74 A7 English and Welsh Greenwich Mean Time D R I E Newcastle F F • C A (GMT + 1 in summertime) CONTACT US A69 BELFAST Contact: Twinned with: Meet in Cardiff team M6 Nantes – France, Stuttgart – Germany, Xiamen – A1 China, Hordaland – Norway, Lugansk – Ukraine Address: Isle of Man M62 Meet in Cardiff M62 Distance from London: DUBLIN The Courtyard – CY6 LIVERPOOL Approximately 2 hours by road or train. -
Chap-3-Equal.Pdf
The Future Generations Report 2020 Let's create the future together Chapter 3 Progress against the well-being goals Future Generations Report 2020 www.futuregenerations.wales Future Generations Report 2020 Progress against the well-being goals: A more Equal Wales Vision for a more equal Wales in 2050 04 People’s perception of progress towards this goal 08 Challenges and opportunities for change 09 Tackling poverty and socio-economic disadvantage 1 1 Public bodies should consider the impacts of the 13 changing nature of work Our ageing population 1 5 Public bodies should identify and mitigate the equality 16 impacts of climate change Fair work – ensuring equal access to decent jobs, recognising everyone’s value 2 1 Participation: Giving people equal opportunities to participate in decision making, to enable equal outcomes 2 8 Educational opportunities: Enabling peoplve to develop the skills and knowledge to be fulfilled 36 Equality of health outcomes: understanding the causes and effects of health inequalities 37 Recommendations 41 Resources 45 Future Generations Report 2020 www.futuregenerations.wales A More Equal Wales Equality is everyone’s issue. Despite progress in some areas, such as increases in employment, a narrowing of educational attainment gaps for some, and an increase in levels of political participation, we still see levels of inequality that are frankly unacceptable in the 21st century. There is a lot still to do in Wales to ensure everyone is free from discrimination and can enjoy their basic human rights. “A society that enables people to fulfil their This chapter focuses on how key potential no matter what their background or challenges affect certain groups (those circumstances (including their socio-economic listed in the Equality Act 2010) but also circumstances).” recognises intersectionality which is understanding the way in which The Well-being of Future characteristics such as gender, race or Generations Act (2015) disability can interact and increase disadvantage in specific situations.