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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.

1,147 speeches and questions

16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
It says that it’s not just a one-year plan, it takes a while. So, we’re keeping at it, working with town and community councils, to engage them and fight the challenges that they’re facing as well regarding contractors who want to cut the grass to within an…
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
I just want to congratulate you on the peatland restoration project, achieving it one year ahead of target. So, we're quick to criticise and challenge, but I just want to say to you well done on that.
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Long-term funding has been requested as well. I don't know, going forward, if we're getting a three-year plan coming from the UK Government, a three-year budget hopefully, but at least three years—. Because they're using some of the grant funding up, which…
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Have you got a time frame for it?
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
How are we going to get that private investment? Public funding is well audited as well. There is concern that it's clean money and where it's coming from. So, how can we get that private investment in?
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
You referred to the future generations and well-being Act. We have it in place, but making sure that people always refer to it, always think about it in all the decisions being made, is really tricky, and, I think, for transport officers, highway officers, to…
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
I’m pleased your working across Governments, and with the UK Government as well, because a lot of decisions made by the UK Government impact us here in Wales as well. So, it’s great that there’s that input. How can we work across Government departments as…
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Okay. I have some evidence of some local SSSIs, where we've alerted NRW to it, but they won't come out and visit, because they haven't got the resources, the funding, or they just can't do it. So, it's a case of writing to the landowner to make sure that…
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
That's a bit of a bombshell there, really, because we're all very keen to get behind this. Just regarding SSSIs, so the 2020 assessment showed the condition of half of them is unknown, and, where conditions have been assessed, 60 per cent are showing an…
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Over 90 per cent of our land in Wales is managed for agriculture, and then we've also got the land managed by local authorities, the Ministry of Defence and the Church in Wales. We've heard from stakeholders here, such as the Royal Society for the Protection…
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest
Could I declare that I've been working on a project called It's For Them? It's about It's For Them nature, working with local nature partnerships on amenity grass and grass verges on that project.
15 October 2024Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning: Energy and the green economy
I'm concerned about fossil fuel companies greenwashing, and would like to have seen public investment in the national grid rather than a massive carbon dioxide pipeline, which the corporations could have actually funded themselves. There's no local benefit…
15 October 2024Plenary
Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Circular economy opportunities and outcomes of Circular Economy Hotspot Cymru 2024
This really is a good news story. I think it started with the 5p carrier bag charge, and then moved into kerbside-sorted recycling, and it made us as residents think about the climate and feel that we're all doing our bit as well. I think we need to promote…
15 October 2024Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
I must declare an interest as a proud member of the Unite union. And shwmae, Trefnydd. I would like to request a statement from the Minister for Social Partnership regarding Unite union's ongoing dispute with Oscar Mayer in Wrexham. Oscar Mayer have entered…
14 October 2024Petitions Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting
That takes me to agenda item 4, a motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the remainder of today's business. Is everybody in agreement? Thank you. We can close the public meeting.
14 October 2024Petitions Committee
Papers to note
Okay, that's good. I won't do it now, then. We'll wait until next week.
14 October 2024Petitions Committee
Papers to note
That takes us on to papers to note, pack page 26. Item 3.12, petition P-06-1474, 'Stop Natural Resources Wales closing Bwlch Nant yr Arian, Coed y Brenin & Ynyslas visitor centres', along with item 3.13, in relation to petition P-06-1447, 'Stop Natural…
14 October 2024Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Thank you, Peter. Is everybody in agreement with those actions? Thank you very much for that. We do thank the petitioners. A lot of work has gone into this, collecting all those signatures. There are lots of signatures here. It shows how important it is, and…
14 October 2024Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Thank you. Are we all in agreement with that as well? Okay. That moves us on to item 3.11, the last one of these, which is 'Financial penalties for Local Education Authorities who do not comply with timeframes for ALN'. This was submitted, again, by the first…
14 October 2024Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
We'll move on to item 3.10, P-06-1347, 'Review Additional Learning Needs policies & make compulsory to FULLY train all teachers and TAs in regulation techniques'. That was submitted by Clare Mitchell, with 6,353 signatures. Peter.
14 October 2024Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
I'm sure there will be debates on it as well in the Chamber.
14 October 2024Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Yes. The Chair has spoken out quite strongly, hasn't she, about the importance of ALN provision as well, so I'm sure it will be in good hands as they discuss this going forward. Item 3.9, petition P-06-1342, 'Fund more specialist school places and staff for…
14 October 2024Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Okay. And have we got agreement on that particular item? So, we agree to close this, and it's being taken up by the CYPE committee. The next one, item 3.8, 'Accessible guidance for parents and schools to help develop plans to support children with additional…
14 October 2024Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Okay, thank you. We'll do that going forward. Thank you. That then moves us on to several petitions on additional learning needs. So, the committee has five petitions under consideration that relate to additional learning needs, and they've been grouped…
14 October 2024Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Is everybody in agreement with that?