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Questions to the First Minister
We absolutely need a solution, and, of course, you had an opportunity. Every time you did a budget deal and a legislation deal with the previous Welsh Government, you could have actually brought forward some solutions and put some money in the tin in order to…
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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you. First Minister, can you tell us what action your Government is going to take to deal with the repeated chaos as a result of the frequent closure of the Menai suspension bridge? It's causing misery for residents, commuters and businesses across…
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Statement by the First Minister: The First Minister's Priorities
Diolch, Lywydd. First Minister, can I congratulate you on your appointment and also thank you for your statement today that was received just seven minutes before this session of Plenary began? A convention, of course, in terms of pre-sharing statements, that…
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Nomination of the First Minister under Standing Order 8
Diolch, Lywydd. Fellow Members of the Senedd, I rise today to mark an historic and significant moment in the life of this Siambr and, indeed, this nation. I want to put on record, first of all, my thanks to the outgoing Llywydd, Elin Jones, for the way in…
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Nomination of the First Minister under Standing Order 8
Darren Millar.
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
Thank you for that brief answer, Cabinet Secretary. One of the priorities that people in my constituency, and indeed the wider communities of Conwy and Denbighshire, want to see on your list is the delivery of a new community hospital for the people of north…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
3. Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on the Welsh Government’s spending priorities for the extra funds allocated to it in the UK Government budget? OQ61848
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Debate: Remembrance
Can I declare an interest as a member of the board of the Reserve Forces and Cadets Association for Wales? I want to echo much of what has been said in the Chamber already this afternoon about the need for us as a nation to continue to be committed to our…
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip: Diversity and inclusion for political parties
Thank you, Minister, for your statement and, indeed, the briefing that you provided to me prior to today. I have to say, as I expressed to you during the briefing that we had, that I'm rather disappointed at the lack of engagement that there has been since…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Can I call for a number of statements today? The first is a statement that's required from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Services in relation to the departure of the director of finance at the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. Many people…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Welsh Government response to UK Government budget
Will you take an intervention? Don't you find it astonishing that Members for north Wales in this Chamber aren't united on all sides of the Chamber about the need for investment in north Wales, in things like the electrification of the north Wales railway…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Welsh Government response to UK Government budget
Thank you very much indeed. I seem to remember the current Cabinet Secretary for finance making a clear commitment over a decade ago to spend money on a brand-new hospital in Rhyl, which has completely been abandoned and not budgeted for in the Welsh…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Welsh Government response to UK Government budget
Will you take an intervention?
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Business Statement and Announcement
Trefnydd, can I ask you for a statement from the Minister with responsibility for science on the opportunity that there is to establish a national observatory here in Wales. It is an issue that I've raised in the Chamber in the past, in particular with your…
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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you for that answer, First Minister. I would also like to associate myself with the comments and calls made by Hannah Blythyn. Can I return, though, if I may, to Veterans' NHS Wales, a service that we're very proud to have here in Wales? But, as a…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: UK Government Budget
I'm grateful for you taking the intervention. Would you also agree that we need to see financial equality within Wales: instead of all of the investment going to certain parts of Wales, that places like north Wales, which have missed out significantly on…
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Assisted dying
Thanks, James, and thanks for sharing the family story that you have. I know that that's a difficult thing for you to share, and I appreciate you giving us that insight into your own experience. I think one of the challenges here is we assume that a lot of…
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Assisted dying
Would you take an intervention on that point? We heard, in some detail yesterday, about the methods used in order to bring about an assisted death in some of the countries where it is legalised—that's not a pretty death, either. Many people struggle for many…
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Assisted dying
That has been the experience overseas and it would almost certainly be the experience here too. So, what is the answer? The answer, in short, is investment in palliative care, investment in end-of-life care. We know that Hospice UK have told us that they are…
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Assisted dying
I'd like to begin by acknowledging that assisted dying, or assisted suicide, as I think that's a more accurate term for what we're discussing, is a very sensitive and emotive issue. Many of us do have family, friends and loved ones who we've seen suffer, and…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Trefnydd, can I call for a statement from the Cabinet Secretary with responsibility for animal welfare today, specifically in relation to dog welfare and dog rescue centres? As many Members will know, I am the proud owner of a rescue whippet called Blue. He…
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Questions to the First Minister
Can I welcome your response to the question posited by John Griffiths? We are indeed all concerned, and we want to see a resolution to this crisis—and it is a crisis, as well as a conflict—in the middle east as soon as is possible. It's important, of course…
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Motion to establish a committee
I feel, given the oratory we've just heard, it's worth me responding on behalf of the Business Committee to say that the intention of this committee, of course, is to consider the future operation of the Senedd in the seventh Senedd, after the next set of…
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Motion to establish a committee
I move.
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Thank you, Cabinet Secretary, but I'm afraid that that answer does not satisfy the people in Conwy and Denbighshire that I represent. Some 30,000 people across those two local authority areas are expected to lose out on winter fuel payments this year, and…
