4 Tachwedd 2024 , Petitions Committee
Y wybodaeth ddiweddaraf am ddeisebau blaenorol
Okay. Thank you. Luke, did you want to come in?
4 Tachwedd 2024 , Petitions Committee
Y wybodaeth ddiweddaraf am ddeisebau blaenorol
School transport, yes, guaranteed for all comprehensive children—P-06-1264. Emma Granville, 181 signatures. Thank you. Go on.
4 Tachwedd 2024 , Petitions Committee
Y wybodaeth ddiweddaraf am ddeisebau blaenorol
I'm the chair of a cross-party group on public transport, so we've had discussions regarding free travel for young people with operators and organisations like the Confederation of Passenger Transport that represent them, following the free travel in Scotland…
4 Tachwedd 2024 , Petitions Committee
Y wybodaeth ddiweddaraf am ddeisebau blaenorol
Yes.
4 Tachwedd 2024 , Petitions Committee
Y wybodaeth ddiweddaraf am ddeisebau blaenorol
Thank you. Is everybody happy with those suggestions? Yes. It seemed in the debate we were reassured by the Cabinet Secretary that they wouldn't be closed, that they would look at alternative ways of running them. There have been offers from different groups…
4 Tachwedd 2024 , Petitions Committee
Y wybodaeth ddiweddaraf am ddeisebau blaenorol
Okay. Thank you, Members, and thank you to the petitioner. I think I met with some young people in the Senedd at a Wildlife Trusts COP16 event, where they mentioned this petition and their concerns. So, thank you to everybody for raising this petition, and…
4 Tachwedd 2024 , Petitions Committee
Y wybodaeth ddiweddaraf am ddeisebau blaenorol
Okay. Anybody? Yes, Peter.
4 Tachwedd 2024 , Petitions Committee
Y wybodaeth ddiweddaraf am ddeisebau blaenorol
Okay. Anybody else? I was at a meeting that Husam Zomlot, who's the Palestinian ambassador, attended and we had the discussion there. I know the First Minister was there when she was health Cabinet member, and there was a discussion then about what other aid…
4 Tachwedd 2024 , Petitions Committee
Y wybodaeth ddiweddaraf am ddeisebau blaenorol
Diolch yn fawr, Rhys. Are we in agreement with that going forward? Thank you. We agree to close the petition. Item 3.2, P-06-1387, ‘Provide humanitarian aid to Gaza’, was submitted by Sam Swash with 1,795 signatures. We do have an update on this, don't we, I…
4 Tachwedd 2024 , Petitions Committee
Y wybodaeth ddiweddaraf am ddeisebau blaenorol
Updates to previous petitions now. Petition P-06-1329, ‘Set an ambition and a clear timetable to give every child in the country Welsh-medium education’. This was submitted by Luke Johns with 1,505 signatures. Rhys, do you want to update us on this?
4 Tachwedd 2024 , Petitions Committee
Deisebau newydd
So, to ask for an update in March 2025 regarding the outcome on the plan for microplastics. Could we write to the petitioner regarding the It's for Them project? Did she have a copy of the letter that was received from the Cabinet Secretary about what the…
4 Tachwedd 2024 , Petitions Committee
Deisebau newydd
Okay. The petitioner has come from an environmental aspect of it as well, though—the environment, biodiversity and ecology as well, and not just plastics.
4 Tachwedd 2024 , Petitions Committee
Deisebau newydd
Yes. But it's not just plastics, it's the impact on flooding, the environment, biodiversity, ecology. As I said, I've been working on a project called It’s for Them around changing mowing to save wildlife, working with councils and local authorities regarding…
4 Tachwedd 2024 , Petitions Committee
Deisebau newydd
Would anybody else like to come in? No. I remember, with the previous Cabinet Secretary, then Minister, I think she was going to include it in banning single-use plastics, and, one week, there was talk of banning it, and then there was a bit of a change, so I…
4 Tachwedd 2024 , Petitions Committee
Deisebau newydd
Is everybody in agreement? Okay, thank you. So, we'll close the petition and forward it on to the committee. Thank you. Petition P-06-1472, ‘Protect our wildlife...ban plastic grass in Wales!’ ‘Watching a Blackbird or Song thrush searching for worms and…
4 Tachwedd 2024 , Petitions Committee
Deisebau newydd
Okay, thank you, Luke. Is everybody agreed?
4 Tachwedd 2024 , Petitions Committee
Deisebau newydd
They're able to do that detailed work, aren't they?
4 Tachwedd 2024 , Petitions Committee
Deisebau newydd
Going forward, then, I feel that Members would like to close this petition, feeling that there isn’t a need and there isn’t enough time for new legislation. But I could perhaps take forward a Member's Bill, as this is something I feel very strongly about. So…
4 Tachwedd 2024 , Petitions Committee
Deisebau newydd
Luke, I feel you—. Do you want to speak on this or are you okay?
4 Tachwedd 2024 , Petitions Committee
Deisebau newydd
Shall we declare an interest, those of us who are pet owners here at the moment?
4 Tachwedd 2024 , Petitions Committee
Deisebau newydd
—because I was really concerned, especially during the pandemic, about dogs being stolen in my local area. For me, a dog or a cat is a member of the family, and it's devastating when it gets stolen. It's not just an item that can be replaced. So, there we go…
4 Tachwedd 2024 , Petitions Committee
Deisebau newydd
Right, okay, going forward, I will look at legislation for myself to take this forward—[Laughter.]—
4 Tachwedd 2024 , Petitions Committee
Deisebau newydd
It was part of the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill that was going through, and we would probably have adopted it as a legislative consent motion as part of that, but then they withdrew that and then this just came forward as a private Member's Bill instead.
4 Tachwedd 2024 , Petitions Committee
Deisebau newydd
Any other views from committee members? Peter.
4 Tachwedd 2024 , Petitions Committee
Deisebau newydd
I feel very strongly about this, especially during the pandemic when dogs were being stolen, weren't they, for breeding, from gardens and when people were walking dogs. I am disappointed that this hasn't been taken forward, but it has in England, and Scotland…
