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Evidence session ( Panel 1) P-06-1212 Mark Allen's Law - we want throwline stations around all open water sites in Wales
Okay. Thank you, both. I'll bring Luke Fletcher back in.
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Evidence session ( Panel 1) P-06-1212 Mark Allen's Law - we want throwline stations around all open water sites in Wales
Okay. So, it seems—and, again, the petitioner has brought this to our attention, and I think she said it today in the press—that this is very similar to CPR and defibrillators being put around communities across the United Kingdom and certainly in Wales, and…
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Evidence session ( Panel 1) P-06-1212 Mark Allen's Law - we want throwline stations around all open water sites in Wales
Diolch yn fawr. And as you say, we have got Dŵr Cymru and a few other utility companies, so we'll try and pick that out a little bit more with them in the second session later. If I can just ask one more question, then I'll pass over to Luke Fletcher again…
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Evidence session ( Panel 1) P-06-1212 Mark Allen's Law - we want throwline stations around all open water sites in Wales
Thank you. Chris, would you like to add anything?
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Evidence session ( Panel 1) P-06-1212 Mark Allen's Law - we want throwline stations around all open water sites in Wales
Okay, thank you. Just before I touch on the next set of questions, then, perhaps not those proposals, but if we look at reservoirs and places like that, would you know if they're regularly assessed in Wales? We spoke to the petitioner, and Leeanne has said…
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Evidence session ( Panel 1) P-06-1212 Mark Allen's Law - we want throwline stations around all open water sites in Wales
Okay, thanks for that. So, it seems there should be—. You're encouraged by the actual proposal but would like to see the confirmation that these sites will be risk assessed properly and on a routine basis as well. Chris, you mentioned RoSPA, and RoSPA have…
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Evidence session ( Panel 1) P-06-1212 Mark Allen's Law - we want throwline stations around all open water sites in Wales
Bleddyn, would you like to add anything to that?
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Evidence session ( Panel 1) P-06-1212 Mark Allen's Law - we want throwline stations around all open water sites in Wales
Okay. Thank you both for that. Significant resource pressure is what I'm picking up from you both here when these types of incidents happen. Chris, you've mentioned already the significant number of incidents that happen in Wales, and you've touched on the…
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Evidence session ( Panel 1) P-06-1212 Mark Allen's Law - we want throwline stations around all open water sites in Wales
Thank you. Bleddyn.
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Evidence session ( Panel 1) P-06-1212 Mark Allen's Law - we want throwline stations around all open water sites in Wales
Who would like to take that? Chris, would you like to start off?
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Evidence session ( Panel 1) P-06-1212 Mark Allen's Law - we want throwline stations around all open water sites in Wales
Thank you, Luke, and thank you, both, for that. I think there's certainly something that Bleddyn mentioned on clarity that the committee can take forward, and getting that formalised. I think that's an important question, and we need to, certainly, look…
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Evidence session ( Panel 1) P-06-1212 Mark Allen's Law - we want throwline stations around all open water sites in Wales
Diolch yn fawr, Bleddyn. Thank you both for joining us today for this important evidence session. I think we'll go straight into questions, and the first question is from Luke Fletcher.
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Evidence session ( Panel 1) P-06-1212 Mark Allen's Law - we want throwline stations around all open water sites in Wales
Diolch yn fawr, Chris. Bleddyn Jones, can I ask you to do the same, please?
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Evidence session ( Panel 1) P-06-1212 Mark Allen's Law - we want throwline stations around all open water sites in Wales
Item 2 on today's agenda. We're taking an evidence session, our first set of evidence gathering, in relation to the petition P-06-1212, 'Mark Allen's Law—we want throwline stations around all open water sites in Wales'. I'd like to welcome the…
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Introductions, apologies and substitutions
This meeting is being broadcast live on Senedd.tv and all participants will be joining by video-conference. The meeting is bilingual, and translation is available. A Record of Proceedings will also be published. Aside from the procedural adaptations relating…
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Introductions, apologies and substitutions
A warm welcome to you all to this meeting of the Petitions Committee.
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COVID-19 recovery and winter pressures on public services
Thank you.
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COVID-19 recovery and winter pressures on public services
Diolch, Cadeirydd. First Minister, just very briefly, just touching on exam anxiety, again, a brief question and brief response. I just want to ask—you mentioned the complexities of the reviews and the careful consideration going on: is there a mechanism in…
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COVID-19 recovery and winter pressures on public services
Thank you for that, First Minister. I appreciate the clarification there, and I'm sure parents will. It's certainly reached my inbox, as I'm sure it has Members from across the Chamber. One of the important conversations I've had with the Chair of the…
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COVID-19 recovery and winter pressures on public services
Diolch yn fawr, Cadeirydd. Prif Weinidog, if I can have a look at managing the pandemic in the short term, in relation to education, learner well-being and the continuation of education, we know schools do remain open currently, apart from those young people…
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Statement by the Minister for Economy: Supporting the creation of a Community Bank for Wales
Diolch yn fawr, Deputy Presiding Officer. Minister, you will know, clearly, that I have been trying and working very hard to bring a community bank branch to Buckley in my constituency, and I think it’s worth noting that the undertaking of starting Wales’s…
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Debate on petition P-06-1208 New laws to protect rare red squirrels from habitat loss which causes population decline
Diolch yn fawr, Deputy Presiding Officer. I want to thank Craig Shuttleworth and all the signatories of this petition for putting this topic on the agenda today. I think it was clear from the contributions made by all Members that there is a clear cross-party…
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Debate on petition P-06-1208 New laws to protect rare red squirrels from habitat loss which causes population decline
This petition was introduced by Craig Shuttleworth in June and reached 10,000 signatures before the end of July. Llywydd, that tells me that a lot of people in Wales, and across the world, love red squirrels. And while it isn't the focus of today’s debate, I…
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Debate on petition P-06-1208 New laws to protect rare red squirrels from habitat loss which causes population decline
Thank you very much, Llywydd. On behalf of the Petitions Committee, thank you for the opportunity to introduce this important debate.
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Statement by the Minister for Social Justice: The Violence Against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Strategy
For the record, in 2018 I became a proud White Ribbon ambassador, and I very much welcome today's statement from the Minister. But, I want to start with a statement and a simple message that cannot be said enough: it is men that have to change if we are to…
