6 February 2024 , Plenary
Debate: The Draft Budget 2024-25
I'm not taking an intervention. [Interruption.] I'm not taking an intervention.
6 February 2024 , Plenary
Debate: The Draft Budget 2024-25
Okay, I get your point, Huw. I'll give you one example as one to go from. Take Prestatyn High Street—you've probably never been there in your life, but we had probably two barber shops 15 years ago, but there are probably about 15 now, all of a similar theme…
6 February 2024 , Plenary
Debate: The Draft Budget 2024-25
It's a pleasure to take part in this debate, and as ever, I'll provide a voice of reason to this discussion this afternoon. I have made my objections to this draft budget known in previous debates, and as usual, the more pushback the Welsh Government…
6 February 2024 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Diolch, Llywydd. Now that we have embarked on the six nations rugby period, I'd like to call for a statement from the Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism on the Welsh Rugby Union's decision to move two of the Welsh under-20s' fixtures back to Cardiff…
31 January 2024 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Business rates relief
I'm grateful for the opportunity to voice my concerns on the part of small businesses, not just in the Vale of Clwyd, but across Wales. We should be clear that the cuts to business rates relief from 75 per cent to 40 per cent in the retail, leisure and…
31 January 2024 , Plenary
Debate on petitions P-06-1359 and P-06-1362 concerning support for childcare costs
I just wanted to ask you, really, with the consequentials that the Welsh Government will be receiving from UK Government as part of the roll-out in England, it seems in your remarks that there is a continued reluctance from the Welsh Government to incorporate…
31 January 2024 , Plenary
Debate on petitions P-06-1359 and P-06-1362 concerning support for childcare costs
Will you take an intervention?
31 January 2024 , Plenary
Debate on petitions P-06-1359 and P-06-1362 concerning support for childcare costs
We should consider support for childcare costs not just as another state handout, but like business rate relief, this is something that the Welsh Government could do, not just to make people's lives easier, but to stimulate growth—something we have largely…
31 January 2024 , Plenary
Debate on petitions P-06-1359 and P-06-1362 concerning support for childcare costs
Thanks, Sarah. You seem to be alluding to wanting a nationalised childcare service. Is that something that you're hoping for?
31 January 2024 , Plenary
Debate on petitions P-06-1359 and P-06-1362 concerning support for childcare costs
Will you take an intervention?
31 January 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Senedd Commission
I welcome the Senedd Commission's engagement with schools across Wales to speak to Members and learn about the work of the Senedd and to learn, indeed, about devolution in Wales. I'm pleased that pupils from Ysgol Gynradd Pant Pastynog Primary School and…
31 January 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Senedd Commission
Thank you for that response, Llywydd.
31 January 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Senedd Commission
2. What steps is the Commission taking to encourage schools in Vale of Clwyd to visit the Senedd? OQ60626
31 January 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Thank you for that response, Counsel General. It has been brought to my attention that it is fairly common practice for patients, once sectioned under the Mental Health Act, to be transferred to a facility anywhere in the United Kingdom for clinical mental…
31 January 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
8. What legal advice has the Counsel General provided to the Welsh Government on the impact of the Mental Health Act 1983 on Welsh patients using services in other UK nations? OQ60624
31 January 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip
This is an important question that Delyth Jewell raises this afternoon, following the rather disgraceful behaviour of certain energy companies coming to public attention in 2022 with many prepayment meters being forcefully installed in people's homes, leaving…
30 January 2024 , Plenary
The general principles of the Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill and the financial resolution in respect of the Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill
How do you think Government scrutiny will be enhanced and increased if the size of the Government increases with the size of the Senedd? If the size of the Government remained the same as it is now, with more Members, then that would be a credible argument to…
30 January 2024 , Plenary
The general principles of the Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill and the financial resolution in respect of the Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill
Sadly, just look at the current turnouts in Senedd elections, which have barely risen above 40 per cent since 1999. Now, in the case of doubt, that is not my view, or I wouldn't have even bothered standing for the Senedd in the first place, and I belive that…
30 January 2024 , Plenary
The general principles of the Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill and the financial resolution in respect of the Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill
Diolch, Llywydd. As a Member of the Senedd for the Vale of Clwyd, a constituency that only, by coincidence, I've lived in all my life, worked in, have links to all parts of, I regularly consult constituents, locals, friends, family and neighbours on their…
24 January 2024 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Local government funding
Thanks, Joel. I heard the comments from Councillor Andrew Morgan, on Twitter and other things, and he's always saying that the money's been earmarked for capital projects, but why do these capital projects never happen and why do they never come to fruition…
24 January 2024 , Plenary
Urgent Debate: Job losses at Tata Steel and the future of the steel industry in Wales
Yes, I agree, and it's been spoken about by Members on our benches in the last couple of days, looking at the possibilities of a transitional phase, and I can't see why that couldn't be achieved. But that's the factual reality, for which no specific political…
24 January 2024 , Plenary
Urgent Debate: Job losses at Tata Steel and the future of the steel industry in Wales
I'm pleased to take part in this debate this afternoon, and I'd like to put on record my thoughts and sympathies with the workers at Port Talbot affected by the news of the closure of the blast furnaces. As a Member for north Wales, Shotton steelworks isn't…
24 January 2024 , Plenary
Topical Questions
I'm pleased this subject has been raised by Natasha Asghar today. I want to raise with you again, Deputy Minister, about the regional disparity of 20 mph exemptions. You said yourself a fortnight ago that just 0.6 per cent of roads in Denbighshire are exempt…
24 January 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
I'd like to commend the UK Conservative Government for ensuring that XL bully dogs must be kept on a lead and muzzled in public. From 1 February this year, it will be illegal to own one unless it has been neutered and microchipped. This was following a number…
24 January 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
It's a fantastic question that Peredur raises this afternoon. It's important that the Welsh Government takes a balanced approach with regard to fiscal policy, embracing long-term thinking but also responding appropriately when spending cuts have more severe…
