Welsh Labour

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

2,778 speeches and questions

17 January 2023Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Minister, you'll be aware that, on Friday, the south Wales coroner made a ruling that two nurses who died as a consequence of contracting COVID at work died of an industrial disease. This will clearly have some significant repercussions for the approach of…
17 January 2023Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
That's no surprise, is it, First Minister, that something created by this UK Government will adversely affect Wales? The Scots have learnt this week about the UK Government's disregard for democracy. What we have understood is that we have a chaotic subsidy…
16 January 2023Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
I think we should welcome it.
16 January 2023Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Welsh Government's Draft Budget for 2023-24 (spending in relation to justice) and general scrutiny: Evidence Session with Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
I'll leave it at that for now.
16 January 2023Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Welsh Government's Draft Budget for 2023-24 (spending in relation to justice) and general scrutiny: Evidence Session with Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Has it worked is the question?
16 January 2023Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Welsh Government's Draft Budget for 2023-24 (spending in relation to justice) and general scrutiny: Evidence Session with Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Don't tempt me. [Laughter.] A year ago, you were putting the bunting out, Counsel General, and celebrating the review of the inter-governmental relationships. Was that premature?
16 January 2023Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Welsh Government's Draft Budget for 2023-24 (spending in relation to justice) and general scrutiny: Evidence Session with Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
I get that, but that's not why you pass legislation, is it? You pass legislation or change the law in order to achieve the objective of the legislation. And it worries me. Now, you know, I haven't got clean hands on this, I accept that. I've expedited two…
16 January 2023Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Welsh Government's Draft Budget for 2023-24 (spending in relation to justice) and general scrutiny: Evidence Session with Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Yes. Sorry, I was looking a bit quizzical, I think. I always enjoy listening to your explanation of these matters and I'm always struck—or nearly always struck—that they're somewhat different to the individual Ministers' explanations for these same decisions…
16 January 2023Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Welsh Government's Draft Budget for 2023-24 (spending in relation to justice) and general scrutiny: Evidence Session with Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Thank you.
16 January 2023Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Welsh Government's Draft Budget for 2023-24 (spending in relation to justice) and general scrutiny: Evidence Session with Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
I agree with you on that, and I agree with you on this sense of the need for a creation of a justice department. I think that momentum is there in the system, and the work that you've described, I think, is very important. But we are discussing the budget…
16 January 2023Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Welsh Government's Draft Budget for 2023-24 (spending in relation to justice) and general scrutiny: Evidence Session with Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Yes, I agree with that.
16 January 2023Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Welsh Government's Draft Budget for 2023-24 (spending in relation to justice) and general scrutiny: Evidence Session with Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Scrutiny is about ourselves, and I'm not convinced that the structure you are content with provides adequate transparency in terms of scrutiny. Do you believe that the current range of information and transparency through the different spending streams in…
16 January 2023Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Welsh Government's Draft Budget for 2023-24 (spending in relation to justice) and general scrutiny: Evidence Session with Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
I understand that; it's the structure I'm talking about.
16 January 2023Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Welsh Government's Draft Budget for 2023-24 (spending in relation to justice) and general scrutiny: Evidence Session with Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
—over various coals over this matter on an annual basis. But you are not the Minister who's accountable, and you've just said that in answer to Peredur, and in answer to the Chair. You said, for example, that Jane Hutt is responsible for a great deal of this…
16 January 2023Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Welsh Government's Draft Budget for 2023-24 (spending in relation to justice) and general scrutiny: Evidence Session with Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Exactly, and we scrutinise you, and we need to do our best to hold you to account, to drag you—
16 January 2023Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Welsh Government's Draft Budget for 2023-24 (spending in relation to justice) and general scrutiny: Evidence Session with Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Thank you. It's fascinating evidence, Counsel General. I very much agree with your analysis that devolution of justice isn't simply an academic exercise, but an ongoing emergency facing people across Wales, and it's pretty shocking that some of our colleagues…
16 January 2023Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Welsh Government's Draft Budget for 2023-24 (spending in relation to justice) and general scrutiny: Evidence Session with Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Okay. That's fine.
16 January 2023Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Welsh Government's Draft Budget for 2023-24 (spending in relation to justice) and general scrutiny: Evidence Session with Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Counsel General, I understand completely that when you've got a chaotic situation in London all sorts of different things can happen, and retained EU law is an example of a chaotic process. I accept that, and I accept that you can't budget against that…
16 January 2023Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Welsh Government's Draft Budget for 2023-24 (spending in relation to justice) and general scrutiny: Evidence Session with Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
It's all right. I'm quite happy with the question I asked.
16 January 2023Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Welsh Government's Draft Budget for 2023-24 (spending in relation to justice) and general scrutiny: Evidence Session with Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Yes. I'm grateful to the Counsel General for that introduction. You say you've retained the core elements of the justice portfolio, and, of course, one of your roles, as you say, is to take an overview of different matters, rather than be a delivery Minister…
11 January 2023Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Papers to note
Nodding the head.
11 January 2023Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Papers to note
I agree with the points that Heledd has made about objectives and target setting. I think this has been a constant with Government in the sense that we ask them for their objectives and what we have back is 'to promote Wales'. Well, it would be surprising if…
11 January 2023Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: Evidence session with national broadcasters
I’m grateful for that. Just one final question from me: how are you working—? The three of you, in different ways, have said that you are looking to the future and the new skills that will be required in future, and that is vital, of course. You aren’t…
11 January 2023Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: Evidence session with national broadcasters
Money is important, of course.
11 January 2023Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: Evidence session with national broadcasters
It would be good if you could write to us and try and bring together what you’ve all just said. Because historically you’ve been the engines of growth in the industry in Wales, and it’s through you that we’ve created this industry in Wales. I’m interested in…