, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Ministerial scrutiny session—The co-operation agreement
I don't have the information in terms of the location of the schemes, so maybe the First Minister might be able to help there. But, as you said, Jack, there are a number of pilot projects that I think have already been agreed that do include bespoke sanctuary…
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Ministerial scrutiny session—The co-operation agreement
Yes. I think the First Minister has set out, really, how, despite the very important and significant changes in the funding environment that we're facing, nevertheless, we are moving ahead with the implementation of those first steps in the implementation…
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Ministerial scrutiny session—The co-operation agreement
And there are great opportunities there that I think many farmers are very keen to explore. There is a great wave of farming entrepreneurs, isn't there, who are very, very keen about, in a sense, rediscovering our heritage in horticulture and, indeed, in…
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Ministerial scrutiny session—The co-operation agreement
In terms of their specific vision, I would have to check with our colleagues. It may be possible that they've had a specific discussion between the designated Member and the Minister on that, but I'd have to get back to you. In terms of the general principle…
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Ministerial scrutiny session—The co-operation agreement
The commitment in the co-operation agreement, of course, specifically refers to public transport, both bus and rail, so that's the focus for the co-operation agreement. Other matters are outside of that agreement, and we, obviously, engage with the…
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Ministerial scrutiny session—The co-operation agreement
Yes, Russell. As the First Minister was saying, a lot of the detailed technical work I think has been ongoing, now led by Transport for Wales, as set out in the co-operation agreement. I know that in addition to the discussions that the First Minister…
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Ministerial scrutiny session—The co-operation agreement
Detailed work has been ongoing for some time now. Obviously, it will be for the Minister to make any formal announcement, and it would be premature for us to do so at this point. But a lot of the detailed work has been done, and I expect that there will be an…
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Ministerial scrutiny session—The co-operation agreement
And this question, of course, can and is likely to quite properly be one of the areas of focus for the independent commission on the constitutional future of Wales. And you're right, John, obviously—it has a major potential impact upon our ability to achieve…
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Ministerial scrutiny session—The co-operation agreement
Yes, I think that sets it out very clearly that, through the mechanisms that we've set out in the agreement, we regularly scan the horizon, look at how the external environment is changing in a whole number of ways, and how that could affect our ability to…
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Ministerial scrutiny session—The co-operation agreement
Would you like me to go first? Chair, I welcome the opportunity to be with you for a second time, for an extended session, as you've suggested, this time. I think that, certainly from a Plaid Cymru perspective but I think that this view is shared between us…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Minister for Health and Social Services
Your intervention deserves a good response, because that isn't true. The Minister has the power to remove the employee members of the board. Yes, not to terminate their employment, but what is at issue here is their executive leadership role, and the National…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Minister for Health and Social Services
—them who were sacked. Yes, I'll take an intervention.
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Minister for Health and Social Services
I heard one of the Labour Members referring to this motion proposing to remove a Minister because of failures of delivery as vindictive. Well, if the removal of a Minister for reasons of failure of delivery is vindictive, how would you describe the removal of…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, you will have read the recent coroner reports into the deaths of Gareth Roberts and Domingo David, who both worked for Cardiff and Vale University Health Board. The coroner found that they died from COVID acquired at work and that these deaths…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Well, can you outline, First Minister, as you've promised to do, what your proposals as a Government are in relation to how a special purpose committee could operate? You did promise to bring forward a motion to the Senedd, and we are yet to receive that. So…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Diolch, Llywydd. It was a privilege to be able to talk earlier to members of Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice Cymru, who are here in the Senedd today. They told me that their experience of the UK COVID inquiry has deepened their resolve that Wales, like…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
The stand taken by the Beasleys, more than anything, was the spark that began the modern language movement and provided the rights that we have today as a result. Unfortunately, the cottage in Llangennech, which was at the centre of all of this, stands empty…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
7. What consideration has the Minister given to commemorating Eileen and Trefor Beasley's contribution to the battle over rights to services through the medium of Welsh? OQ59262
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
So, if I understand the First Minister correctly, you're not able to say that a future Labour administration would commit to the same level of funding that we would have had under European funds, and you're not able to say that we will get the Barnett…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Just on the specific, First Minister—because this is quite important, isn't it—will that remain your position in the event of a Labour administration in Westminster? Will you be making that point very forcefully to a future Labour administration, not just to…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, the UK Government has again and again refused to reclassify HS2 as an England-only project, robbing Wales of £5 billion in Barnett consequentials that could be transformative of our public transport infrastructure. That's even though the UK…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Thank you very much. May I, on behalf of Plaid Cymru, echo that our thoughts are all with the family in Morriston who lost a loved one in the terrible accident yesterday, and everyone else who was affected by it.
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
There are reports of plans to increase the level of water currently exported from Wales. Welsh water companies are already the biggest exporters in the UK by a long way, and that water is currently traded at a price significantly lower than the price paid by…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
You simply followed the 5.9 per cent decision that was made in Westminster. What's the point of this place if we're simply a cut-and-paste Parliament that passively implements Tory austerity? You could've done what the Scottish Government did, which is to…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Diolch, Llywydd. The UK Government has just raised rail fares by 5.9 per cent—the highest increase for a decade. Coming, as it does, in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis, it's hard to disagree with Labour's shadow Secretary of State for Transport, Louise…
