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Questions to the First Minister
9. What assessment has the First Minister made of the adequacy of hospital services in South Wales East? OQ61216
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Debate on petition P-06-1407, 'We want the Welsh Government to rescind and remove the disastrous 20mph law'
Diolch, Mike. I think it was Malcolm—for anyone who wasn’t in the Senedd, or anyone listening who hasn’t heard that contribution, Adam had spoken about his four or five-year-old cousin, I think, called Malcolm, who had run out—. I think his parents had been…
, Plenary
Debate on petition P-06-1407, 'We want the Welsh Government to rescind and remove the disastrous 20mph law'
Signing petitions is a really important part of our modern democracy, and it is very welcome to see this level of interest in our politics. Llywydd, I'm going to read you a part of an amendment that I put to this Senedd last September. The amendment noted the…
, Plenary
Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal: A Bill for political education
Yes.
, Plenary
Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal: A Bill for political education
Forgive me, sorry, I just wanted to check the etymology on that; I did remember it correctly. Are you aware that the 'politic', the idea of politics, the meaning of that comes from the idea of 'citizen'? So, it's meant to be about people. Just challenging…
, Plenary
Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal: A Bill for political education
Will you take an intervention?
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for North Wales and Transport
Diolch. The 26 bus run by Stagecoach used to link Caerphilly and Cardiff via Nantgarw, but the route has been changed to run over Caerphilly mountain, replacing what was the inadequate 86 Heath hospital route. Last month, a constituent tried to catch the bus…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for North Wales and Transport
8. Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on the future of bus services in South Wales East? OQ61130
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for North Wales and Transport
Thank you again for that. Now, when it comes to the bus Bill, I welcome what you've said, certainly about the need to bridge that gap. Now, before that bridge is completely built, when those building blocks are still on the side, what can we do to make sure…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for North Wales and Transport
Thank you for that. Now, you alluded obliquely there, possibly, to the Learner Travel (Wales) Measure 2008, and some of the discussions that we've had about that. We have been told, on the learner travel Measure, that the current review won't result in any…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for North Wales and Transport
Diolch, Llywydd. Cabinet Secretary, I'd like to ask you about transport for young people, please. The Welsh Government's most recent child poverty strategy acknowledges that the cost of transport feeds into child poverty and exclusion. Now, there are a number…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Restoration of opencast mining sites - evidence session 6
Thank you for that.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Restoration of opencast mining sites - evidence session 6
Okay. And that would be what you'd agree with—?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Restoration of opencast mining sites - evidence session 6
Thank you. And can I just say that we really do appreciate the time that you've all taken this morning? And, again, a lot of the decision making has been done either before your time or has been done by other bodies, if we can put it like that, or decisions…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Restoration of opencast mining sites - evidence session 6
Okay. Forgive me, for anyone who’s watching, the reason that I was smiling about that is because I'm so appalled that there seem to layer upon layer of different things that are happening here that shouldn't be happening, that you almost would have to laugh…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Restoration of opencast mining sites - evidence session 6
Just very briefly, on that point about the motocross track, I think that's on overburden mount 3, is it? Presumably, that was outside permitted development. Could an enforcement notice or enforcement action have been undertaken to stop that happening?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Restoration of opencast mining sites - evidence session 6
Thank you. I have further questions, but I'm happy to come back to them later.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Restoration of opencast mining sites - evidence session 6
Sorry.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Restoration of opencast mining sites - evidence session 6
An enforcement notice. All right. Thank you for that.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Restoration of opencast mining sites - evidence session 6
So, both HSE and the Coal Authority could have intervened—they could have gone in to turn pumps on.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Restoration of opencast mining sites - evidence session 6
Okay, thank you. And just briefly on that point, the fact that there was that time lag of three months before you realised that, presumably that was because you weren't able to gain access to the site.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Restoration of opencast mining sites - evidence session 6
Okay.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Restoration of opencast mining sites - evidence session 6
Thank you. In terms of the revised restoration, we'll be coming on to that later, if that's all right. But if the site is abandoned or if the company does declare itself insolvent, you've already set out very extensively—and thank you for that—what role the…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Restoration of opencast mining sites - evidence session 6
Thank you. Geraint, when you were saying that the company is still in situ, that the company hasn't declared insolvency, it feels like each of those sentences could or should be followed by 'yet'. It just feels like we're on the precipice of something that…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Restoration of opencast mining sites - evidence session 6
Right, okay. Thank you.
