, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
1. Will the First Minister make a statement on the future of the Tech Valleys programme? OQ57800
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Inter-institutional relations agreement
[Inaudible.]—the point in the Minister's letter, she says, 'It is normally the policy of the Welsh Government to legislate for Wales in matters of devolved competence.' We see that as a preamble to saying, 'We're not going to do it', of course, on a number of…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
And that subject was raised at the last meeting.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
On the substantive policy issue, the Local Government and Housing Committee are, of course, reviewing this policy area at the moment and will be reporting on it in due course.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
I've got no further questions, Chair. It might be useful if we asked the Counsel General if he could continue to keep the committee in touch with these matters through correspondence.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
No, I'm grateful. I think it may be useful for us, Chair, as a committee, to look again over some of these matters in a year or so's time when we're beginning to see these things bedding in, because the Counsel General has said himself that there are some…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
I'm grateful to you for that, Counsel General. I think we would want to continue that conversation when we have the opportunity to do so. I want to bring you back to two related issues. First of all, international policy and, secondly, representation in UK-EU…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
One of—. We had what I felt was a very good conversation with the House of Commons public administration committee last week, and we discussed there, Counsel General, some of the different issues around the coincidence, if you like, of our accountability and…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Okay, that's fine. That's fine.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
So, it was brought up as part of those early discussions?
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Yes. I'd like to come back to some of the international issues in a moment. I largely agree with your analysis, Counsel General, in terms of the structures as a whole and your analysis of the primary weakness of the structures, in that it is not a statutory…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Thank you. And I too am excited on these matters, Counsel General. I was a bit worried by the response of Piers to the earlier question in terms of the numbers and the nature of the secretariat, because he seemed to be describing what we've seen, in many…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Ukraine
And an Afghan mother doesn't love her children less than a Ukrainian mother loves her children, and a Syrian mother doesn't love her father less then a Ukrainian mother loves her father. One thing that my Christianity tells me is that you cannot divide…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Ukraine
Yes.
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Ukraine
It's a real privilege to follow that contribution from Adam Price. I think the contributions that you have made, alongside Mick Antoniw, after your visit to Ukraine have really brought home to us the personal issues here at stake, and how every loss is an…
, Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): The Devolution of Policing
Yes, but most have improved considerably since then. Unfortunately, the system that serves Wales is yet to find a way of serving women, and you need to reflect on that in making your argument. It's an important point that we need to raise, because we have…
, Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): The Devolution of Policing
It's a real pleasure to participate in this debate and follow that contribution from John Griffiths, and also the contributions from Jane Dodds and other in this debate. When I took responsibility for the policy area in the last Government, it shocked me just…
, Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): The Devolution of Policing
We are talking about devolving the police, not devolving crime.
, Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): The Devolution of Policing
Will you take an intervention, Mark?
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Inquiry into second homes: evidence session 5—Welsh language
We have a body that does all of that, and it's called the Welsh Government, and that's what the role of Government is, surely, to draw people and issues together. There's an old tradition in Wales that if we have a problem, we establish a committee, and…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Inquiry into second homes: evidence session 5—Welsh language
I think that Ruth wants to contribute. Ruth wants to speak.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Inquiry into second homes: evidence session 5—Welsh language
Yes. An interesting point, Rhys. You said that we don't need homes in the way that we understood them with regard to the 1950s; we need to adapt to the way people live today. I would think that my parents, and grandparents, in the 1950s, had exactly the same…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Making Saint David's Day a bank holiday
I hesitate to stop you in full flow, but you say it's not the parties that are the problem, but Westminster. Would you therefore agree with me that rather than pass motions and send these requests to Westminster, these powers should be here for us to…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Making Saint David's Day a bank holiday
Will you take an intervention?
, Plenary
Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal: Alun Davies (Blaenau Gwent)—The impact of storm overflows
—that you suggested, Minister, and I hope that the relevant committee, in taking forward this work, will be able to recommend to this Senedd that we enact that legislation, and together all of us deliver the sort of framework that we require to take care of…
