, Plenary
Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal: A Bill on the regulation of debt collectors
Diolch yn fawr, Deputy Presiding Officer. The idea for this proposal has developed since I watched with absolute horror last winter's exposé from The Times, showing debt collectors working on behalf of British Gas laughing and joking as they forced themselves…
, Plenary
Motion under Standing Order 26.91 seeking the Senedd's agreement to introduce a Member Bill: Mental Health Standards of Care (Wales) Bill
I'm grateful, Luke Fletcher, for taking the intervention. And it's the comment where you said that you have struggled sometimes to open up and speak about mental health. I've had many conversations with James Evans as well about my own struggles with mental…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
I thank the Counsel General for his answer. Can I also thank him for his consistent leadership and support for the Hillsborough Law Now campaign? Counsel General, the Victims and Prisoners Bill simply does not go far enough to protect families who've…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
5. What discussions has the Counsel General had with the UK Government regarding the impact of the Victims and Prisoners Bill on Welsh residents? OQ60404
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Presiding Officer, no matter what the Tory comments are week in, week out here, we hear the realities of the negative impact that Tory policy will have. Another such reality, Presiding Officer, is the impact that was buried in the autumn statement: the…
, Petitions Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
So, can I, in accordance with Standing Order 17.42(ix), propose that the committee resolves to meet in private for the remainder of the meeting, where we will discuss the evidence from Greenbelt, in particular, and perhaps have a discussion about the session…
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Okay, if Members are content, that was our last petition today.
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
I think it makes sense to do that.
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Given the number of petitions we've had on the matter, why don't we suggest—or I suggest as Chair—we do ask for permission to seek a debate, and if the answers to the questions that the petitioners are seeking are drawn out in the conversations on the…
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Thank you, Joel. A suggestion from Joel James to write to the Business Committee to seek a debate in Senedd time. Are Members content? I can see they are. Okay, we will seek to do that. Joel was right to mention that there are a number of things that have…
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Diolch yn fawr, Rhys, for that suggestion to write to the health board. I can see that Members are content and we will take that action up. Item 5.6, P-06-1356, 'Introduce comprehensive safety measures at the A477 "Fingerpost" junction', submitted by Elliott…
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Okay. Thank you, Pred. I can see that Members are in agreement to do that. Item 5.5, P-06-1350, 'Re-open Dyfi Ward at Tywyn Hospital now'. This was submitted by Jane Eleanor Seddon Barraclough, with a total of 5,528 signatures, the majority of those on paper…
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
We will certainly try and take you up on that offer. Item 5.4, P-06-1341, 'Accessible guidance for parents and schools to help develop plans to support children with additional learning needs'. This was submitted by Zoe Beasley, with 347 signatures in total…
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Thank you, Joel. Are Members content to do that? They are. We will seek to do that: write back to the Minister and also look forward to the event that you are sponsoring in the Senedd.
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Diolch yn fawr, Rhys. I can see Members here nodding. I do believe—but we haven't had it confirmed from the Minister, which we should—that the pathway has been approved by the cancer network board on 24 November. Nonetheless, the Minister can make that clear…
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
We've had an extensive inquiry into this, but nonetheless I think again it's important to note the Member's view. Are Members content to wait for the conclusion? They are. Okay. Item 5.2, P-06-1294, 'Don't leave metastatic breast cancer patients in Wales…
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Noted.
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Thank you, Peredur. I should say that the work of the Welsh Government was in response to the recommendations made in our report, 'From Five to Four?', following the inquiry into this petition. I should state for the record as well that that report was agreed…
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Item 5.1, P-06-1247, 'We call on the Welsh Government to lead the way by supporting trials of a four-day week in Wales', submitted by Mark Hooper with 1,619 signatures. Before I bring Members in, I'll make a declaration for the record. I know Mark Hooper…
, Petitions Committee
New Petitions
Thank you, Joel. I can see the Minister has been very clear in her response. She does not support a moratorium, so I think it would be difficult for the committee to do much more than that, unless there are ideas from committee members, which I don't think…
, Petitions Committee
New Petitions
Okay. Thank you. I can see clerks have made note of your comment. We'll ask the research team to do some investigations into that, but I can see Members are content as well with Rhys's suggestion to write back to the Minister. I agree. They've responded with…
, Petitions Committee
New Petitions
Diolch yn fawr, Rhys. Peredur Owen Griffiths.
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New Petitions
Okay. Thank you. I can see all Members are in agreement there. I too have had conversations locally about this issue, particularly in Coleg Cambria. So, yes, we will keep it open, seek the update in 12 months' time, unless anything major changes, and we'll…
, Petitions Committee
New Petitions
Okay. Diolch yn fawr, Peredur. Rhys.
, Petitions Committee
New Petitions
Thank you, Joel. I can see Members are in agreement. Item 4.3, P-06-1379, 'Ban the sale of single-use vapes'. 'Single-use vapes are becoming increasingly popular, particularly amongst younger people and there is an increasing trend of these being disposed of…
