QNR – in the Senedd at on 3 May 2017.
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan
Labour
Mark Drakeford
Labour
The Welsh Government is, itself, accredited as a living wage employer. The Welsh NHS has paid the living wage since January 2015. ‘Taking Wales Forward’, our programme for government, contains a commitment to take further action on the living wage during this Assembly term.
Angela Burns
Conservative
Mark Drakeford
Labour
The Welsh Government continues to encourage local government to conduct its business in an open and transparent manner. The current white paper on reforming local government proposes a range of ways further to increase transparency.
Nick Ramsay
Conservative
Mark Drakeford
Labour
The consultation on the white paper, ‘Reforming Local Government: Resilient and Renewed’, issued on 31 January and ended on 11 April. I am considering all responses and will make a statement once that consideration is completed.
Angela Burns
Conservative
Mark Drakeford
Labour
The white paper on reforming local government proposes a range of electoral and other reforms to encourage greater democratic participation in Wales. These include changes to the voting age, requiring local authorities to encourage and enable participation as well as making the broadcasting of council meetings a statutory requirement.
Jenny Rathbone
Labour
Mark Drakeford
Labour
The most recent assessment by the Wales Audit Office identified improvements in Cardiff council’s performance, financial planning, HR management and accountability. Estyn concluded in October that significant improvements had been made in education services. The Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales found in 2016 that children’s services had a clear sense of direction and high levels of confidence amongst staff and managers.
Mr Simon Thomas
Plaid Cymru
Mark Drakeford
Labour
I have regular discussions with the Chief Secretary to the Treasury about fiscal matters, including the implementation of the new fiscal framework.
The cabinet is the group of twenty or so (and no more than 22) senior government ministers who are responsible for running the departments of state and deciding government policy.
It is chaired by the prime minister.
The cabinet is bound by collective responsibility, which means that all its members must abide by and defend the decisions it takes, despite any private doubts that they might have.
Cabinet ministers are appointed by the prime minister and chosen from MPs or peers of the governing party.
However, during periods of national emergency, or when no single party gains a large enough majority to govern alone, coalition governments have been formed with cabinets containing members from more than one political party.
War cabinets have sometimes been formed with a much smaller membership than the full cabinet.
From time to time the prime minister will reorganise the cabinet in order to bring in new members, or to move existing members around. This reorganisation is known as a cabinet re-shuffle.
The cabinet normally meets once a week in the cabinet room at Downing Street.
A document issued by the Government laying out its policy, or proposed policy, on a topic of current concern.Although a white paper may occasion consultation as to the details of new legislation, it does signify a clear intention on the part of a government to pass new law. This is a contrast with green papers, which are issued less frequently, are more open-ended and may merely propose a strategy to be implemented in the details of other legislation.
More from wikipedia here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_paper
