10 July 2024 , Plenary
Debate on the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee Report, 'Six Nations Rugby Championship broadcasting rights'
Don't put that on a leaflet. [Laughter.]
10 July 2024 , Plenary
Debate on the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee Report, 'Six Nations Rugby Championship broadcasting rights'
Well, business rates are an issue that's ongoing, and something that I'm sure the finance Minister who is in the room now will be listening to, but no, we didn't go into detail on Welsh Government measures, we were looking at the six nations from the…
10 July 2024 , Plenary
Debate on the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee Report, 'Six Nations Rugby Championship broadcasting rights'
So, it's important to me that communities continue to have access to six nations coverage. Now, I asked for recommendation 3 to be inserted because I was a member of the committee when this was prepared, so my recommendation 3 is effectively a plan B. I'll…
10 July 2024 , Plenary
Debate on the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee Report, 'Six Nations Rugby Championship broadcasting rights'
—in the heart of my community, opposite my office.
10 July 2024 , Plenary
Debate on the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee Report, 'Six Nations Rugby Championship broadcasting rights'
A bit of editorial from the Dirprwy Lywydd there. [Laughter.] I remember it was 1998, the England games were actually on Sky, so when Wales played England at Twickenham, that was actually on Sky, and I've got a lot in common with Rishi Sunak, as my dad…
10 July 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
This question was prepared for me by a young person in Caerphilly who attends school and is in sixth form. She described how a member of her family has struggled adapting to secondary school due to social anxiety, and as a result started regularly refusing to…
10 July 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
8. Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on mental health support in schools? OQ61430
9 July 2024 , Plenary
Group 6: Publication of notices (Amendment 19)
Will you give way? Just very briefly, I totally understand your argument, but I've spoken to the editor of the Caerphilly Observer, and one of the things that Richard Gurner said is that this is a subsidy, as you say, to an extent, but we also need an honest…
2 July 2024 , Plenary
Group 15: Disqualification from being a Member of Senedd Cymru—offence of deception (Amendments 43, 6, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 53, 25)
I didn't want to interrupt you in your flow. What you're saying really does resonate with me. I have used parliamentary privilege myself for the people of Caerphilly and it has been very effective. But also, is there not a danger, if we have the architecture…
2 July 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Diolch, Prif Weinidog. The 86X that Julie Morgan mentioned is also being supplemented with the 26, which will now travel south-westerly out of my constituency into Mick Antoniw's constituency, covering Taff's Well and Nantgarw too. Now, where this came from…
2 July 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
7. Will the First Minister provide an update on Welsh Government support for bus services? OQ61394
2 July 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
To pick up where Julie Morgan left off—
26 June 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice
And I appreciate everything that you're doing, Cabinet Secretary. It was my constituent who is a singer with the Welsh National Opera, Angharad Morgan, who raised this with me, but I know my colleague Rhianon Passmore in Islwyn has also had constituents that…
26 June 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice
1. Will the Cabinet Secretary provide an update on her discussions with Welsh National Opera regarding the budgetary pressures it faces? OQ61337
26 June 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Green economy inquiry: Panel 9 - Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Welsh Language
Thank you, temporary Chair.
26 June 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Green economy inquiry: Panel 9 - Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Welsh Language
This is the last question from me. Do you see any benefit from the promise of a UK Labour Government establishing Great British Energy? Does that have any consequential effects for the way we run our transition and our renewables here in Wales?
26 June 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Green economy inquiry: Panel 9 - Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Welsh Language
Jenny Rathbone mentioned community benefit, and I’ve got that concern that it's a nice-to-have for most of the companies that come in, rather than a fundamental objective of those organisations. Does the Cabinet Secretary share, perhaps, a fear that I've got…
26 June 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Green economy inquiry: Panel 9 - Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Welsh Language
One of the consequences of those planning changes and some of the issues that you've raised in answer to Jenny Rathbone is that we seem to be, particularly with regard to onshore, heavily reliant on companies outside of Wales that are very much profit…
26 June 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial scrutiny—Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Welsh Language
We took evidence from Baroness Neville-Rolfe earlier this year, and she said that the UK Government didn't have any regional breakdowns to calculate the costs that might fall to Welsh traders as a result of the border control changes. Have you done any work…
26 June 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial scrutiny—Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Welsh Language
And there are no estimated completion dates now for Holyhead, Pembroke Dock and Fishguard BCPs.
26 June 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial scrutiny—Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Welsh Language
Thank you very much. Anything we can do to help, we'd be glad to do so. With regard to the Holyhead border control post, you've announced it won't be ready till spring 2025, so what does that mean for phase 3 of the border target operating model?
26 June 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial scrutiny—Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Welsh Language
One of the things that businesses say, of course, is, 'Well, we're already paying a levy; why should we engage any further than we have to now?' If you took the levy out, I think it would give you a greater opportunity.
26 June 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial scrutiny—Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Welsh Language
Diolch, Gadeirydd dros dro. I hope you don't mind if I just continue this line of questioning very briefly. In your letter, Cabinet Secretary, of 30 April, you wrote to the committee about the apprenticeship levy. No doubt, in the discussions you've had with…
19 June 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
—so I'm particularly interested in how technology and innovation can support young people entering the workplace in the agricultural sector to help drive efficiency. So, how is the Welsh Government helping people work with the latest technology, before they…
19 June 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
I'm chair of the Senedd cross-party group on universities—
