Homeworking

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:36 pm on 26 May 2021.

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Photo of Mark Drakeford Mark Drakeford Labour 2:36, 26 May 2021

Llywydd, Members in this Chamber will be—. Members who were here in the last Senedd will know that our own staff in constituencies, through the work of the Commission, we were able to claim a homeworking allowance for them during the pandemic. And that matter has been discussed at the social partnership council, and I know that it will be on the agenda of future meetings of the council as well. Whether it is the right answer in all circumstances I think is more open to debate, but clearly it has been recognised in some contexts already, including here in the Senedd. And it will be an important discussion, because, as Mike Hedges knows, the Welsh Government has a long-term ambition for 30 per cent of staff at any one time to be working remotely, and we have to create the conditions in which that can be done successfully.