, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Thank you. Just looking at the sections, I think it's sections 2 and 3, isn't it, that deal with the setting of food goals—primary and secondary food goals for public bodies. I'm interested in how you would see this actually operating, Minister. I presume—. I…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Let's move on.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
That is correct. Okay. To what extent have you negotiated with the Member in charge? I voted for this Bill to give it an opportunity to move forward, because I think a food Bill is necessary, as it happens, because I believe there's a great deal of…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
I'm not sure that any of us understand the frameworks around the future generations Act, but we won't go after that this afternoon. From the Minister, it sounds like—tell me if I'm wrong—the Government will be voting against this measure when it comes back in…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
And you're also a former agriculture Minister.
, Plenary
Debate on the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee Report: 'The future of bus and rail in Wales'
I'm always grateful for the Minister's candour. It's a refreshing candour, and we all appreciate it. Let me say one thing, and I admire your fortitude with an electric bike. If you lived in Tredegar this morning, you wouldn't have enjoyed it. But, in terms of…
, Plenary
Debate on the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee Report: 'The future of bus and rail in Wales'
—in the same way as we do elsewhere. So, I'm grateful for your indulgence, Deputy Presiding Officer. Minister, in replying to this debate, I want to see the equality of treatment for people up and down the country, and I want you to pass the Blaenau Gwent…
, Plenary
Debate on the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee Report: 'The future of bus and rail in Wales'
Yes, I would be prepared to pay £1. But, I also think that perhaps we should be making public transport free, or £1 flat rate for everyone, wherever they're travelling to, at any time. I actually think that we need to think about investing in public transport…
, Plenary
Debate on the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee Report: 'The future of bus and rail in Wales'
Jenny, you might find this surprising, but I'm celebrating my fifty-ninth birthday next month, so my thinking is developing on the bus pass, shall we say, and perhaps I should declare an interest in it. But, look—
, Plenary
Debate on the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee Report: 'The future of bus and rail in Wales'
I'm grateful to the committee and to the clerking team of the committee for producing this report. Of course, the test that I will establish for Government policy is how it affects the people of Blaenau Gwent, because the exchange that I enjoyed at least—I…
, Plenary
Debate on the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee Report: 'The future of bus and rail in Wales'
—my constituents use those car parks, and your constituents who work in the city centre rely on my constituents using Cardiff as a local city. We don't have the opportunity to do anything except drive into Cardiff. We need that, and so the danger is you're…
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Debate on the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee Report: 'The future of bus and rail in Wales'
This has almost become a conversation, but—
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Debate on the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee Report: 'The future of bus and rail in Wales'
I accept the point you make, although I wouldn't go all the way down the brutality of that route. But pricing people out of a car only works where public transport is available. In places like the ones I represent, that public transport isn't available, so…
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Point of Order
I'm grateful to the Presiding Officer for allowing me to contribute to this point of order. It was certainly unfortunate what happened this morning, and we accept that. However, the Deputy Minister herself was put into a difficult situation and I attach no…
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Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Of course, the best way to achieve this, as we all know, on every side of the Chamber, would be to go back to the old eight counties where you've got local government with sufficient capacity and clout to be able to deliver those schemes. You know that, they…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
We know the economic issues we're facing were made in Downing Street—[Interruption.]—and the incompetence of economic management in London, together with Brexit, has led to one of the biggest cost-of-living crises that many of us have ever seen. Now, this…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
I'm very pleased to hear that, but this isn't a memory test for the Minister. [Laughter.] Well, you've passed that test, anyway. It would be great if you could write to us and list those activities and those initiatives that you are promoting, because I think…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
I do have a question, but it's about my hobby-horse more than anything else. Every time I see the Minister, I do want to ask this question, so with your indulgence. Since the last election, we've heard a lot less about the Government's work in digital than we…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
I'm happy with that.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Chair, I do think that this is an issue for discussion with Government. Because I tend to agree with the Minister that it is very difficult to measure expenditure, but it's very important to try and measure impact. And I welcome the appointments that you've…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
You said in response to Tom that the budget for the Welsh language cuts across the whole Welsh Government, because there are many elements to it. Have you—? Is there any baseline for Welsh Government expenditure on the Welsh language across Government?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
I appreciate that, and I welcome that too. Tom Giffard asked a question as to how the whole concept of the target of 1 million Welsh speakers would change the operation of Government. It wasn't a target for the Welsh language division; it's a target for the…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Okay. Well, I appreciate that, Mrs Webb, but I'm not quite sure that it answers the question that I asked. But, for you, Minister, do you intend to intervene in any way? Because, at the moment, from what I see, grants are provided and organisations such as…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
That's what I don't quite understand. I welcome it, by the way. I have no problem with it, but I'm not quite sure that I understand how this fund is going to help the organisations that have seen a decline in their core funding.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Okay. So, how do you foresee that having an impact on the organisations that we're discussing, when they see their core funding being reduced because of inflation? How do you see this new fund offering support?
