2. Business Statement and Announcement

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 2:18 pm on 27 September 2022.

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Photo of Mike Hedges Mike Hedges Labour 2:18, 27 September 2022

I'm asking for two Government statements. Will the Government make a statement on Welsh Government policy on the outsourcing and privatisation of the Welsh Government-funded public sector in Wales? Can the statement include what arm's-length bodies, funded by the Welsh Government, are told about outsourcing and privatisation in their annual ministerial letter?

Also, will the Government make a statement about promoting the use of British Sign Language by Welsh Government-funded public sector bodies? The British Sign Language Act 2022, passed by the UK Parliament, creates a duty for the UK Government to prepare and publish BSL reports describing what UK Government departments have done to promote the use of BSL in their communication with the public. The UK Act excludes reporting on matters devolved to Scotland and Wales—quite rightly so. Will the Welsh Government either replicate it or use a legislative consent motion to bring it into Welsh law, so that people who are deaf in Wales are not disadvantaged?