Welsh Labour

Speeches and questions

Speeches and questions in Plenary and in committees, newest first. The Llywydd's and deputies' chairing of Plenary is left out.

3,039 speeches and questions

23 June 2021Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Departure from the European Union
I assumed the debate would turn out like this this afternoon, actually. Perhaps I should have thought differently about it. When you consider what's been going on both before and after the referendum, ironically I think it's the Luxembourg Prime Minister…
23 June 2021Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Bus services
Others have made the case this afternoon for the principle of buses and funding bus services, and the organisation and management of bus services. I endorse everything that was said in opening this debate by my colleague Huw Irranca-Davies; I think it's…
23 June 2021Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you very much, Minister. I would suggest that perhaps the Government do so. Those of us who live and were brought up in the Heads of the Valleys are well used to seeing sheep around our communities as part of the nature of the place. But what we've seen…
23 June 2021Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
3. What assessment has the Welsh Government made of the impact of roaming farm animals on animal welfare? OQ56661
15 June 2021Plenary
Debate: The UK Levelling-up and Shared Prosperity Funds
I'm grateful to you, Presiding Officer. I wanted to respond to a point that Peter Fox made. This isn't inherently a political matter. When I was a Minister in the Welsh Government, I worked alongside Conservative Ministers. We sat in the delegation room in…
15 June 2021Plenary
Debate: The UK Levelling-up and Shared Prosperity Funds
No, not to get rid of you. You didn't understand it; that's the problem, Peter. When I asked you what powers you wanted, you didn't reply. What we need to be able to do is to provide the funding and the funding streams openly, transparently, fairly, according…
15 June 2021Plenary
Debate: The UK Levelling-up and Shared Prosperity Funds
I welcome the debate this afternoon. I welcome the Government bringing forward a debate on this important matter so early following the election. It's absolutely essential that if the UK is to mean anything at all, the wealth of the United Kingdom is shared…
15 June 2021Plenary
Statement by the First Minister: The Programme for Government
First Minister, I welcome this afternoon’s statement and I welcome the radical vision that runs through it. It is one thing to present a lengthy, dry document, but there is something different about presenting a document that describes a radical journey for…
15 June 2021Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Minister, could we have an urgent statement from the Government on their analysis of the trade deal that seems to have been agreed last night between the United Kingdom and Australia? It appears from reports, and it certainly is the view of the two farming…
15 June 2021Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, I think there's a very broad welcome for the £70 million that the Welsh Government is going to be providing to enhance the Ebbw valley line over the coming years, and, in making this investment, of course, the Welsh Government is making good…
26 May 2021Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
I'd like to ask for an urgent statement on any potential free trade deal with Australia. We heard the news over the weekend that the UK Conservative Government is turning its back on rural Wales and turning its back on the agricultural industry. We've heard…
26 May 2021Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I'm grateful to the First Minister for that, and grateful for the way in which he has led the Welsh Government's response to COVID over the last year or so. And there are many aspects to recovery from COVID, which the First Minister's already described. But…
26 May 2021Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
6. Will the First Minister make a statement on the Welsh Government's approach to recovery from COVID-19 in Blaenau Gwent? OQ56514
12 May 2021Plenary
Election of the Presiding Officer under Standing Order 6
I second the nomination.