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Statement by the Minister for Social Care: Our vision for foster care in Wales
Can I thank you, Julie, for those questions? And again, thank you so much for the work that you've done already in this field; I feel like I'm coming in on the back of somebody who is making my job an awful lot easier, because of everything that you did in…
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Statement by the Minister for Social Care: Our vision for foster care in Wales
Diolch yn fawr iawn, Sioned, for those very important points and questions and can I say how appreciative I am of the work that we have done with Plaid Cymru to deliver the programme for government commitments around the transforming children’s services…
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Statement by the Minister for Social Care: Our vision for foster care in Wales
Thank you, Altaf, for those comments, and the number of very important points that you've made. Can I start by joining you in thanking all of those foster carers who provide that invaluable service, as you say, to some of the most vulnerable children in our…
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Statement by the Minister for Social Care: Our vision for foster care in Wales
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd, a phrynhawn da. I very much welcome the opportunity to make my first statement as Minister for Social Care about our vision for foster care in Wales. As we enter Foster Care Fortnight, this is a real opportunity to celebrate the…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
—yes, absolutely, absolutely. I absolutely know, Sioned, from my own experience, when my father was going through the system before he died. And this is somebody like me, who probably does have an idea of how the system works. And I really struggled to try to…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
I thank you for that further question, which I think, again, is very important when we're looking at the whole way in which social care is currently delivered. Again, in co-operation with Plaid Cymru, we are moving towards a national care service in due…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Well, can I thank Sioned Williams for that question? And I very much look forward to working with you in your portfolio. I think I'm covering some aspects of it with Mabon as well, so I look forward very much to working with Mabon, because, I think, across my…
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): National collections
Were you not listening to my response?
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): National collections
We have to fund the NHS.
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): National collections
Would you take the money from the NHS, Heledd?
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): National collections
Can you tell us where the money comes from, Heledd?
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): National collections
Will you take an intervention, Heledd, on that point?
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): National collections
Fourteen years of austerity, Heledd.
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): National collections
To ensure their financial stability, out national organisations are having to explore all fundraising and income-generation options available to them. Given the pressure on public finances, it is vital that they maximise their own potential for revenue…
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): National collections
I've just got a couple more points, Chair, and I'm finished.
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): National collections
No, I think you've had your chance, Heledd. I'm now trying to get through my speech. Without doubt, significant investment is needed to address maintenance issues at National Museum Cardiff, and I cannot believe that you think that we've been sat on our hands…
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): National collections
To be fair, Sioned, the panel is doing its work and it's not complete. It will inform future budget decisions, I have no doubt, but it was involved in a piece of work that was not complete, so it wouldn't have been appropriate at that point in time. But what…
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): National collections
Probably not, and I'll come on to that in a moment. The last financial year, of course, the library also received £0.5 million, £500,000, from us, for a new fire system to ensure the safety of its collections. And for the avoidance of any doubt, can I say for…
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): National collections
—and £1.5 million over two years to develop the new collection storage. Yes, Mabon.
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): National collections
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Can I thank all Members who've taken part in this important debate this afternoon? As has eloquently been set out in contributions, our national collections are an integral part of our heritage, and it is, of course, imperative that we…
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Nomination of the First Minister under Standing Order 8
Vaughan Gething.
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
Thanks, Tom Giffard, for that question, and I think that, in general terms, that is absolutely right. Now, one of the things that we've had to do as a Government is to reprioritise our spending, because whatever we say and however you try to wrap it up, we…
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
All Ministers have had to make stark and painful choices, and we have radically reshaped spending plans to focus funding on core public services. I have acted to mitigate the full scale of budget pressures on the culture sector. However, there is no budget…
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
Thank you for that supplementary, Janet. What I was responding to when you asked this question in November, and then, of course, a different response you had from the First Minister, and from the Minister for Climate Change, who responded to the Petitions…
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
My officials in Visit Wales work closely with officials in the Minister for Climate Change’s planning division on this issue and keep me informed of progress. A consultation on proposed changes is likely to take place later this year.
