, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I remember the visit with the Prif Weinidog to Buckley in my constituency very fondly. It was an excellent visit some months ago. Last Saturday was Small Business Saturday, as we know, and it's those small businesses, like the butchers in Buckley high street…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Diolch yn fawr iawn, Prif Weinidog. I'm very grateful for the work the Welsh Government is doing on this issue in leading the way. In my own constituency, Ysgol Golftyn are a prime example of leading the way on this particular issue. I was written to by every…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
8. How is the Welsh Government is ensuring children and young people are aware of the gravity of the climate emergency? OQ57283
, Petitions Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from item 8 of the meeting.
Moving on to item 7, then, and this does conclude today's public business. We will now go into private session. We will consider the evidence we've heard on a universal basic income, and discuss how we take the work forward in terms of a report. I do propose…
, Petitions Committee
Paper to Note
Item 6, papers to note. It's my letter to the Business Committee regarding the changes of the signature threshold that we discussed in the previous committee, on 5 November. Are Members happy to note? I see they are.
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Thanks, Joel. There's been a suggestion by Luke to write to Welsh Government that last time. I’m sure we could, perhaps, include that within the letter to the Welsh Government and perhaps highlight to the Welsh Government that they might want to influence the…
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Okay. Thank you for that suggestion, Luke. Joel.
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Updates to previous petitions
Okay. Thank you, Joel. Thank you, Buffy, and we will take forward and congratulate the petitioner. And, obviously, the climate change committee, we’ll keep them fully informed, and I would suggest that they take an active role in seeking evidence and the…
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Luke, any particular input? My own opinion would be to agree with Buffy on this particular matter. I think the clerking team of the climate change committee would keep them well informed. I don't see the route of what we can do, but I'm happy to take—if Luke…
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Updates to previous petitions
Thank you, Buffy. Joel.
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Moving on to item 5 on today's agenda, updates to previous petitions. Item 5.1, P-06-1181, 'Sea bottom trawling is killing our marine wildlife...Stop bulldozing our seas!' And that was submitted by Robert Curtis, with 205 signatures, and I will invite Members…
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New Petitions
Thank you. Diolch yn fawr, Luke, for that. And yes, I tend to agree with that, but I will never rule out a duet with the Member, if one needs to be.
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New Petitions
Thank you, Joel. Again, yes, I agree. I think this always shows that a petition, and just raising a petition at the Senedd's Petitions Committee, does raise the profile of issues locally and is of course worth doing and this is a shining example of just that…
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New Petitions
Thank you for that, Joel. I can see nodding from Luke. I too agree with that way forward. And in a personal opinion, it would be great to see a statue of someone who supported the miners who were on strike, as a proud trade unionist—I think it would be…
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New Petitions
Thank you, Buffy. Joel.
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New Petitions
Okay. Thank you for that suggestion, Luke, and I can see we have agreement with that suggestion. Moving on, item 4.4, P-06-1219, 'Install a commemorative statue of African-American singer Paul Robeson in the Valleys'. 'Paul Robeson was an African-American…
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New Petitions
I don't see any objections to that, so I think we can certainly add that to our letter to the health Minister in the Welsh Government. Item 4.3, P-06-1218, 'Notify all 18-year-olds who have been under social care the right to request their personal…
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New Petitions
Diolch, Joel. And I can see agreement from Members with that proposal, so we will—. Joel, you wanted to come in.
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New Petitions
Okay. So, moving on, then, to item 4. We have now finished the evidence sessions for the petition on design a universal basic income plus. Moving on to item 4 and new petitions, item 4.1, P06-1212, 'Mark Allen's Law—we want throwline stations around all open…
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Evidence Session (Panel 2) - P-06-1224 Design a 'Care Leavers Plus' Universal Basic Income pilot that includes a range of people
Okay. Thank you for that. I think it's been a really useful session again. But I will call this session to a close now. I do thank Lydia Godden, James Radcliffe and Ewan Hilton for coming today. It's very useful for the committee to consider, and we will look…
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Evidence Session (Panel 2) - P-06-1224 Design a 'Care Leavers Plus' Universal Basic Income pilot that includes a range of people
Thank you, James. Lydia, any further comments or happy?
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Evidence Session (Panel 2) - P-06-1224 Design a 'Care Leavers Plus' Universal Basic Income pilot that includes a range of people
No pressure.
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Evidence Session (Panel 2) - P-06-1224 Design a 'Care Leavers Plus' Universal Basic Income pilot that includes a range of people
Okay. That's really useful. Well, we are coming to the end of the session today. Are there any particular last questions from Members? No. An opportunity for witnesses to say anything they haven't said so far—.
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Evidence Session (Panel 2) - P-06-1224 Design a 'Care Leavers Plus' Universal Basic Income pilot that includes a range of people
Thank you, Lydia. Ewan, you wanted to come in on the back of that.
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Evidence Session (Panel 2) - P-06-1224 Design a 'Care Leavers Plus' Universal Basic Income pilot that includes a range of people
Lydia, any views?
