30 November 2022 , Plenary
Voting Time
Presiding Officer, I did ask during the debate on that—
30 November 2022 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Wales COVID-19 inquiry special purpose committee
There we are. You've heard the First Minister reply to the debate this afternoon, and I felt he made a very generous proposal in terms of working as a Parliament together on these matters. Would it not now be in the interests of this Parliament for opposition…
30 November 2022 , Plenary
Debate on the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee Report—'Levelling the playing field: A report on participation in sport and physical activity in disadvantaged areas'
I accept the point you make about austerity. Clearly, you and I would agree and could spend the rest of the afternoon agreeing on it. But the Welsh Government has responsibilities as well on these matters, and the budgets that we are debating here today are…
30 November 2022 , Plenary
Debate on the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee Report—'Levelling the playing field: A report on participation in sport and physical activity in disadvantaged areas'
Will you take an intervention on that?
30 November 2022 , Plenary
Debate on the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee Report—'Levelling the playing field: A report on participation in sport and physical activity in disadvantaged areas'
—that boys and girls have that opportunity to be the stars of the future. Thank you.
30 November 2022 , Plenary
Debate on the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee Report—'Levelling the playing field: A report on participation in sport and physical activity in disadvantaged areas'
I'll start my remarks where Tom Giffard left off. I want to thank the committee Chair and the committee secretariat for all the work that they've done in producing this report. It was one of those really enjoyable, actually, committee investigations, because…
30 November 2022 , Plenary
Debate on the Finance Committee Report—'Post-EU funding arrangements'
I've always stood up—and you, of course, as a Conservative, will be familiar with the work of Edmund Burke, the father of modern Conservatism. And what he said very clearly in his speech to the electors of Bristol is that an elected Member owes his allegiance…
30 November 2022 , Plenary
Debate on the Finance Committee Report—'Post-EU funding arrangements'
I'd like to start by very much agreeing with the Welsh Liberal Democrats on rejoining the single market and the customs union. I think the damage done by Brexit is going to be a disaster not just for our generation but for future generations, and I hope that…
30 November 2022 , Plenary
Debate on the Finance Committee Report—'Post-EU funding arrangements'
You spent finance questions emphasising the importance of the quantum of cash available to local government. I've got no argument with that. You now seem to be proposing an argument where the quantum of cash is less important than other matters. Who is the…
30 November 2022 , Plenary
Debate on the Finance Committee Report—'Post-EU funding arrangements'
Will you take an intervention?
30 November 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
I'm grateful to you, Presiding Officer, for accepting this. The Minister, in providing a very good and full answer to my earlier question, referred to another Member, Cefin Campbell, in terms of delivering an executive role within the Government. We all…
30 November 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
I'm grateful to the Minister for that response. Despite the best efforts of the Conservative Party this afternoon, anyone with any basic understanding or any financial understanding at all will appreciate the cuts that are being made in the Welsh Government's…
30 November 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
7. What assessment has the Welsh Government made of the impact of the UK Government's autumn statement on the work of public services boards? OQ58773
30 November 2022 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: Evidence session with screen industries organisations
I'm grateful to you for that. Is there anything the Welsh Government isn't doing that they should be doing? Because, Allison, you mentioned you worked very closely with the Welsh Government, and that's always good to hear, of course, but we're scrutinising…
30 November 2022 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: Evidence session with screen industries organisations
You started to answer my second question then, actually. I'm interested that, as witnesses, you've either chosen not to respond or haven't fully—[Inaudible.] I think that's something as a committee we'll need to consider. But looking forward in terms of…
30 November 2022 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: Evidence session with screen industries organisations
Thank you very much, and thank you for joining us this morning. I guess you will have seen most of the previous session with trade unions. They, I felt, painted a real picture of a disrupted workforce or community, and they were, I felt—. They described a…
30 November 2022 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: Evidence session with Trade unions and employee representatives
Yes.
30 November 2022 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: Evidence session with Trade unions and employee representatives
You mentioned the future generations Act in that answer, and I was wondering how that piece of legislation actually benefits you.
30 November 2022 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: Evidence session with Trade unions and employee representatives
Sorry, can I stop you there? I was interested—. I can understand what you said about fair work and the procurement Bill. How does the future generations Act benefit you, then?
30 November 2022 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: Evidence session with Trade unions and employee representatives
Thank you very much for that. So, 'where do we go from here?' is the question that's nagging me now. Because you've said in previous responses that we've got this coalition of real, shall we say, challenges facing the industry. We've had the pandemic, we've…
30 November 2022 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: Evidence session with Trade unions and employee representatives
Thank you. I was interested in the responses there to Tom. It appears that you were describing all the difficulties—and I don't have any issues with any of the points that were made—but would you differentiate between some of the issues facing people who are…
28 November 2022 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Thanks very much, Huw, and thank you for that, Kate. That's a really important point, actually, isn't it, because one of the themes of the evidence we've received over the years has been around the accessibility of Welsh law, and the inability of…
16 November 2022 , Plenary
Short Debate: Horse-racing: An economic and sporting asset for Wales
I was one of those lucky people to back Norton's Coin at 100:1 in the 1990 Cheltenham Gold Cup. Unfortunately, I wasn't in Cheltenham—I was in Bangor—but it's fair to say we had a very good night on the basis of that 100:1 shot, and it helped me fall in love…
16 November 2022 , Plenary
Debate on the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee Report—'Digital connectivity—broadband'
I remember debating this with Ieuan Wyn Jones long before 2011, and Angela Burns led the work on that at that time. So, this goes back for many, many years. But I'm not here simply trying to allocate blame in the way that you are simply trying to describe…
16 November 2022 , Plenary
Debate on the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee Report—'Digital connectivity—broadband'
I don't deny anything; I don't need to. It's a failure I'm describing. It's not about expenditure; it's about delivering on the objectives of policy, and that is where the failure lies. And you don't need to defend everything the UK does. Sometimes, it fails…
