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Topical Questions
Can I join the Minister and Altaf Hussain in sending condolences to David's family and his friends, and to the wider community in the constituency of Aberavon? This is a tragic incident. A young man who was celebrating his end of exams, looking forward to the…
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90-second Statements
Thank you, John, for everything that you have done for Wales.
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90-second Statements
Lord John Morris of Aberavon was not only a huge figure in Welsh political life, but also a strong advocate for Wales and its language. Llywydd, yesterday in your tribute to him you highlighted how his early development in Cardigan moulded both his political…
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Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
Therefore, we'll now move into private session. Thank you.
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Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
I now propose, in accordance with Standing Order 17.42, to resolve to exclude the public for the remainder of the meeting. Are Members content to do so?
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Ministerial scrutiny session—The co-operation agreement
Okay, thank you. Can I thank you both for your time this morning? As you both know, you will receive a copy of the transcript, and, if there are any factual inaccuracies, please let the clerking teams know as soon as possible.
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Ministerial scrutiny session—The co-operation agreement
Unfortunately, as I said, we have come to the end of our time allocation for this session, and we haven't touched on housing aspects, Welsh language standards, equalities and other aspects of the co-operation agreement. But I will ask one final question…
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Ministerial scrutiny session—The co-operation agreement
Unfortunately, we've come to the end—
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Ministerial scrutiny session—The co-operation agreement
I want to move on now to one of the big issues—because I'm conscious of the time we have left—the free school meals programme. Clearly, that's been an important aspect of the co-operation agreement. Jenny.
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Ministerial scrutiny session—The co-operation agreement
Thank you. I want to move on now to Jack.
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Ministerial scrutiny session—The co-operation agreement
Mark.
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Ministerial scrutiny session—The co-operation agreement
Adam, do you want to add anything?
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Ministerial scrutiny session—The co-operation agreement
Jenny, we need to move on, otherwise we won't get to your free school meals programme questions. So, Mark.
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Ministerial scrutiny session—The co-operation agreement
Thank you. Jenny.
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Ministerial scrutiny session—The co-operation agreement
Can I just ask one extra question on this, then? Clearly, we've had the roads review report and we're talking about the transport links between north and south as an example here. Did the roads review report—? Are you aware whether it actually took into…
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Ministerial scrutiny session—The co-operation agreement
Okay, Russell?
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Ministerial scrutiny session—The co-operation agreement
Russell George.
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Ministerial scrutiny session—The co-operation agreement
John.
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Ministerial scrutiny session—The co-operation agreement
So, how often does the oversight board actually meet?
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Ministerial scrutiny session—The co-operation agreement
Can I ask, therefore, First Minister, and Adam the same, as well—? Clearly, the EU retained law, as you say, could put a huge burden upon both institutions—the Government and this institution. Have you had discussions regarding the co-operation agreement as…
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If it's quick.
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Ministerial scrutiny session—The co-operation agreement
I thank you for that, Adam. I suppose it is not—you might say it's not entirely unique, but it is unique for us because we've seen coalitions before and we've seen it, in a sense, previously when the Member for Brecon and Radnorshire joined the Government…
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Ministerial scrutiny session—The co-operation agreement
Thank you. We'll move straight into questions. I suppose I'll start with the first question, and I very much welcome this opportunity to scrutinise both yourself and Adam Price on the co-operation agreement and we've had this once before, which will be…
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Ministerial scrutiny session—The co-operation agreement
Can I welcome everyone back to this morning's session of the scrutiny of the First Minister? And in this second part of the meeting, we will be looking and focusing upon the co-operation agreement between the Welsh Government and Plaid Cymru. Can I welcome…
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Cost of Living
In that case, I'd like to thank you for your time in this session and Des for his attendance and Claire as well. We will now take a short break, because we obviously have a second session on the co-operation agreement, and we'll take 10 minutes now as a short…
