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Paper to note - P-06-1344 Moderate quality agricultural land (grade 3b) should be used for food security not solar farms
Okay. If I can move to item 5 on today's agenda, then, a paper to note in relation to petition P-06-1344, 'Moderate quality agricultural land (grade 3b) should be used for food security not solar farms'. We considered this petition last week. This paper…
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Updates to previous petitions
Okay. Thank you for that, Joel. I can see Members certainly in agreement with your suggestions. We will take that forward.
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Updates to previous petitions
Diolch, Peredur. Do Members agree? I can see they do. Okay. Item 4.4, P-06-1348, 'Commission suitable NHS services in Wales for people with EDS or hypermobility spectrum disorders', was submitted by Natasha Evans-Jones with 1,125 signatures. I will now invite…
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Updates to previous petitions
Diolch for that, Peredur. Just to note and say to the committee, I do sit on the special purpose COVID committee in the Senedd. We are meeting more on a regular basis now. We met last week to have a private briefing from the UK inquiry. We meet again tomorrow…
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Updates to previous petitions
Diolch yn fawr, Rhys. Do Members agree? Any further comments? Peredur.
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Updates to previous petitions
Diolch, Rhys. Do Members agree? They do. Just for accuracy and transparency as well, I should state that this petition first came to committee before the threshold of the number of signatures that needed to be collected before the committee could consider it…
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Updates to previous petitions
Okay, item 4, updates to previous petitions, 4.1, P-06-1209, 'Create a national list of all unpaid carers in Wales'. This was submitted by Mike O’Brien with 77 signatures in total, and I will bring Members in to discuss this petition and any further actions…
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New petitions
Okay, thank you both for that. I think we'll defer to a further discussion in private session when we discuss our forward work programme on the matter, and we'll bring this petition back to committee to update the public on what we have decided to do as a…
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New petitions
Okay. Thank you for that, Joel. Any further comments from Members? Okay. So, there's been a suggestion from Joel to consider taking this forward for a debate. We can certainly take that into consideration, and I think, for now, perhaps have a wider discussion…
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New petitions
Diolch, Rhys. I can see Members nodding here in the committee room in agreement. Item 3.4, P-06-1358, 'Review the inadequate funding for Schools in Wales'. 'Many schools have set deficit budgets for 2023-24 financial year. More, perhaps most schools will be…
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New petitions
Diolch, Peredur. Any other comments from Members? Are Members content? In agreement? They are. Okay. Thank you for that. Item 3.3, P-06-1357, 'Draw up a new Microplastics Action Plan for Wales'. 'Microplastic particles have been found from the highest…
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New petitions
Item 3.2, P-06-1353, 'Devolve responsibilities and budgets for trunk roads in North Wales to North Wales'. 'At the moment all the roads, except large trunk roads, come under the responsibility of the six local authorities in North Wales. Including the trunk…
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New petitions
Diolch yn fawr, Buffy. Are Members content? Any further comments? Agreement? Okay. Thank you for that, Buffy, for those suggestions, and we'll certainly take that forward and write to Jayne Bryant, the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education…
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New petitions
We'll move to item 3 on today's agenda—new petitions. Item 3.1 is P-06-1341, 'Accessible guidance for parents and schools to help develop plans to support children with additional learning needs': 'There are around 1,400 children and young people with type 1…
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Evidence session - P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
We're very grateful, Mark. Can I thank you once again, on behalf of the committee, for being here in front of us? We may have some follow-up questions in writing, and, likewise, if there are things that you would like to tell us, please do so, get in touch…
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Evidence session - P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
Thank you, Mark. In your response before to the last question I asked you, I think you said 'Meadfleet'. If I remember correctly, I think that is the estate management company on the site that we visited in Caerphilly. We're actually struggling to get…
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Evidence session - P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
Thank you for that. Any further comments from Members? Peredur.
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Evidence session - P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
Thanks, Buffy. We'll be reporting as a committee on this later on this year. We're trying to seek some more evidence, probably from the Welsh Local Government Association, and the Welsh Government will have to respond to our report. What would your view, or…
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Evidence session - P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
Thanks, Pred. Any further questions, Joel? No. Okay. Buffy Williams.
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Evidence session - P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
Peredur Owen.
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Evidence session - P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
Thank you. Joel James.
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Evidence session - P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
Thank you. Peredur.
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Evidence session - P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
Okay.
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Evidence session - P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
So, would the preferred position be residents of the local area, the estate—some of them sitting on the board of the estate management company, rather than a group of residents holding quarterly, biquarterly meetings—
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Evidence session - P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
Diolch, Rhys. Can I just, before we move on to further questions, maybe tease out a bit more your last point in particular? Buffy Williams and I visited, with the petitions team, the Cwm Calon estate with Hefin David, the Member of the Senedd for Caerphilly…
