, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Public service broadcasting in Wales: evidence session with BBC
Diolch yn fawr iawn, Elan. Tim.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Public service broadcasting in Wales: evidence session with BBC
I will move on to item 2, which is public service broadcasting in Wales. We have an evidence session this morning with the BBC. I will ask our witnesses to introduce themselves for the record. I'll go from left to right, so I'll go to Elan first.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
I'm a member of the BBC national chorus. I don't think that will come up in today's session, but I'd better declare it just in case. We've had apologies from Hefin David. We've also had apologies from Tom Giffard, and Peter Fox is joining us in his place, so…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Good morning. Welcome to this meeting of the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport and International Relations Committee. I will ask if any Members have declarations of interest. I don't see that there are. I think I should declare—.
, Plenary
Short Debate: Access to hospital care in the south-east
Now, I would pick up on the point about centralisation of services and the closure of many community hospitals and the effect that's had on a lack of step-down provision in too many of our communities. I'd highlight the example of the Rhymney Valley. Now, I…
, Plenary
Short Debate: Access to hospital care in the south-east
I'll be addressing my remarks today on how we can get to hospitals in the south-east and our ability to access care when we arrive. Now, I'll say, at the start, how much I value the dedication of hard-working front-line staff who make the NHS the jewel that…
, Plenary
Short Debate: Access to hospital care in the south-east
Thank you, Llywydd. I've agreed to give a minute of my time to my fellow Member, Peredur Owen Griffiths. We all know that the national health service has a special place in our hearts, but perhaps that is even more true in south-east Wales, which is the…
, Plenary
Questions to the Senedd Commission
Thank you for that response. I welcome the news that Commission staff have recently received a cost-of-living payment of £1,500. Further to this, has the Commission made the relevant changes, do you think, following the increase in the real living wage, to…
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Questions to the Senedd Commission
3. What measures is the Senedd Commission taking to help all Senedd staff during the cost-of-living crisis? OQ60227
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Diolch. Thank you for that. The climate change Minister told me yesterday in this Chamber: 'The Secretary of State for Wales has co-chaired the coal tip safety summit for some considerable time.' Yet in the letter that Members received from the First Minister…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
8. What legal advice has the Counsel General given the Welsh Government regarding the coal tip safety programme? OQ60223
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
I'm aware that a report about the future of Pontllanfraith leisure centre is being considered by Caerphilly County Borough Council today, recommending a consultation takes place on the permanent closure of the facility, which makes one wonder how the council…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Thank you for that.
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
6. What legal advice has the Counsel General provided to the Welsh Government about the implications on services for vulnerable users, of the High Court ruling in the case of R. Shane Williams v Caerphilly County Borough Council in June 2019, regarding the…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip
Thank you, Minister. At Christmas time last year, a local priest contacted me to say that a homeless man seeking help in the church hall sought support from local services, and was given a tent and told that they'd see him after Christmas. I raised this in…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip
5. What assessment has the Minister made of the impact of homelessness on the Welsh Government's aim of promoting prosperity and tackling poverty? OQ60224
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Evidence session on rail delivery and performance
Thank you.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Evidence session on rail delivery and performance
Very quickly. Diolch. I was told recently that when it says that a train is delayed because of signal failures that is due to staff shortages. Is that true?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Evidence session on rail delivery and performance
Thank you, both, for that. Just before I hand back to the Chair, Jools, was there anything that you wanted to add on that?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Evidence session on rail delivery and performance
Thank you. Is there anything you'd like to add, Peter?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Evidence session on rail delivery and performance
Thank you, Jools. That's helpful. Could I ask you all what effect you think the delay—already the delay that there has been in introducing the new trains and the potential further delay if that second target is not met—what effect do you think that's likely…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Evidence session on rail delivery and performance
Thank you for that, David. Jools, would your analysis of the situation and the likelihood of that target being met, would that be similar to Peter's and David's?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Evidence session on rail delivery and performance
Thank you. David, do you agree?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Evidence session on rail delivery and performance
Diolch, Gadeirydd. Good morning, bore da, to you all. I wanted to ask about new trains, which a number of you have already touched on. There had been a target that, by the end of this year, 95 per cent of journeys would be being undertaken on new trains, and…
, Plenary
The Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023
I think that there is a need here to raise a matter that we've touched on a number of times in this Chamber, which is the implications of the UK Government's u-turns on environmental policy, and the implications for net zero for Wales. The advent of a new…
