, Petitions Committee
Evidence session 1 - P-06-1326 The Senedd should scrutinise the prepayment meter scandal in Wales
Diolch. Luke.
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session 1 - P-06-1326 The Senedd should scrutinise the prepayment meter scandal in Wales
Okay. Moving to item 2 then, it's our first evidence session on petition P-06-1326, 'The Senedd should scrutinise the prepayment meter scandal in Wales'. Before we go to questions from Members, can I welcome the witnesses? We have Bethan Sayed, Luke Young and…
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Can I welcome everybody to this afternoon's hybrid meeting of the Senedd Petitions Committee? As a reminder, we are being broadcast live on Senedd.tv, and the Record of Proceedings will be published as usual. Aside from the adaptations to conducting business…
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Good afternoon. A very warm welcome to you all to this meeting of the Petitions Committee.
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
Yes, Chair.
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Ministerial scrutiny session—The co-operation agreement
Thank you.
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Ministerial scrutiny session—The co-operation agreement
Thank you, Chair. We heard in the previous session with the First Minister about the anxieties and the everyday pressures that young people face in terms of their livelihoods and the impact on their mental health that that may have. The health Minister…
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Cost of Living
Diolch yn fawr, Prif Weinidog. My own view on the energy price market and the associated system with it is that it's absolutely broken. The regulator themselves, Ofgem, is not fit for purpose. You mentioned prepayment meters before, in your first answer…
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Cost of Living
Thank you for that, First Minister. I know colleagues will have questions that may delve into some of the comments that you've made there, but I'm going to stick with energy for now. You've mentioned already the energy price guarantee and the extension for…
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Cost of Living
As the Chair said, the UK Government has many of the levers to alleviate the cost-of-living crisis. That said, the UK budget was an opportunity for the UK Government to do just that. First Minister, you've already said, in response publicly, that the budget…
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Cost of Living
Thank you very much, Chair. Good morning, First Minister.
, Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Prepayment meters and energy advice services
I'm grateful, Deputy Presiding Officer. Can I firstly thank the Minister, Jane Hutt, for her dedication on this matter, and the dedication of the Counsel General for the Welsh Government as well? You've both grasped the seriousness and have understood the…
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Prepayment meters and energy advice services
Dirprwy Lywydd, let's be clear about what is supposed to happen: energy suppliers should give anyone who classes themselves as vulnerable the chance to refuse a prepayment meter. Instead, Ofgem allowed energy suppliers themselves to define what is classed as…
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Prepayment meters and energy advice services
Diolch yn fawr iawn, Deputy Presiding Officer. This motion is the culmination of months of campaigning. Since autumn last year, I have been calling for a ban on the forced installation of prepayment meters. This was because customers on prepayment meters are…
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Topical Questions
I'm grateful to the Deputy Minister for his answer, and I agree with what he has said. As if it wasn't already bad enough for Cymru that Cymru has been denied the £5 billion it is entitled to from the HS2 consequential funding, it is now being suggested that…
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Topical Questions
1. What assessment has the Welsh Government made of the impact on Wales of the UK Government's decision to class Northern Powerhouse Rail as an England and Wales project? TQ746
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Minister, one of the key projects in the north Wales growth deal is supporting the work at the digital signal processing centre in Bangor University, where they're developing next-generation technology in digital connectivity. And Llywydd, I will at this…
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Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
I'm very grateful to the Minister for confirmation of that meeting and the session with the Welsh Local Government Association. The Minister will know that, in 2021, the Welsh Government produced the route-map for decarbonisation across the Welsh public…
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Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
4. How is the Welsh Government working with local government colleagues to divest public sector pension funds from fossil fuel investments? OQ59293
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Questions to the First Minister
Can I thank the First Minister for his answer? I've been contacted by the inspirational campaigner and constituent of mine Maxine Cooper, who lives in Connah's Quay. Maxine's story is that she was left disabled following surgical mesh being implanted, and…
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Questions to the First Minister
7. How is the Government ensuring medical professionals understand the difficulties many patients face following the use of mesh in operations? OQ59241
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Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
Item 4 on today's agenda: we now do conclude our public business of today. Can I propose, in accordance with Standing Order 17.42(ix), that we resolve to meet in private for the remainder of the meeting, where we will discuss our future work programme, based…
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Updates to previous petitions
Diolch yn fawr, Luke, for that. I'll certainly take an avid interest in that panel discussion, and I'm sure others will as well. Any comments from other Members? No. Okay. On that note, we'll seek to write to Business Committee and of course consider the…
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Updates to previous petitions
Diolch yn fawr, Rhys. Any further comments before I respond? No. Okay. I think you're right, Rhys, that this particular petition has probably reached the end of its journey, but, again, the feeling, obviously, of the public, with this petition itself and a…
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Updates to previous petitions
Thank you, Altaf, for that. At the stage of debate in the Petitions Committee, we usually consider that the last point of its journey as a petition, but I agree. I think if Members have consensus, given this is a topic that has secured significant debate—not…
