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Updates to previous petitions
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Updates to previous petitions
Okay.Thanks, Luke, for that suggestion. Any other comments from Members? There are not. Okay. Moving on to item 4.3, P-06-1263, 'Control pollution from agriculture in the parts of the Wye and Severn River located in Wales', submitted by Keith Clarke, with 118…
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Updates to previous petitions
Diolch yn fawr, Luke, and I think you're right. I think there's probably little the committee can do at present. I can see other Members in agreement as well, so we will action that. Moving on to 4.2, P-06-1261, 'Invest to ensure all schools have high…
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Updates to previous petitions
Okay. Moving on to item 4 on today's agenda and item 4.1, P-06-1257, 'Reduced Council Tax for private estate properties', submitted by Mark Henson with 578 signatures, can I invite Members to discuss this petition and any action they may wish to take? I look…
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New Petitions
Thank you for that suggestion, Jayne. So, I can see Members agree with that suggestion. Perhaps as well, on the back of writing to the Minister, we could also seek to close the petition as well, and not necessarily seek a response from the Minister but just a…
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New Petitions
Diolch yn fawr, Luke, for that suggestion. I can see that Members agree with your suggestion there, and we will thank Ben. I also note there will be a presentation in the Senedd tomorrow evening for Members to go and witness and take part in, and that's…
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New Petitions
[Inaudible.]—as we've said, has gone on to another committee session this afternoon. Welcome, Altaf, to the Petitions Committee. Moving on to item 3 on today's agenda, and new petitions, starting with item 3.1, P-06-1282, 'Create a National Poetry Library of…
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Evidence session - (Panel 1) P-06-1247 We call on the Welsh Government to lead the way by supporting trials of a four-day week in Wales
I will pause for a break there, a quick technical break, where we'll allow Joel to go to his next important meeting and Altaf Hussain to come in as his replacement. So, diolch yn fawr, and we'll pause there and go into private session.
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Evidence session - (Panel 1) P-06-1247 We call on the Welsh Government to lead the way by supporting trials of a four-day week in Wales
Okay. Well, thank you both for joining us today. I think it's been an interesting first session on this particular petition; it's posed some questions to us as a committee as well, which we'll reflect on later today—we've also got the second session later…
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Evidence session - (Panel 1) P-06-1247 We call on the Welsh Government to lead the way by supporting trials of a four-day week in Wales
Thank you for that, Shav. Unfortunately, we don't have time for any further questions from Members. We've got four seconds left. I'll extend another two minutes if, Mark, you want to have a final comment.
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Evidence session - (Panel 1) P-06-1247 We call on the Welsh Government to lead the way by supporting trials of a four-day week in Wales
No, that's fine. That's really useful. Would you see the Government's role, perhaps, to use its levers to help different sectors and different industries shape their future, rather than instruct their future? Would that be right to say?
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Evidence session - (Panel 1) P-06-1247 We call on the Welsh Government to lead the way by supporting trials of a four-day week in Wales
Thank you, both. Jayne Bryant.
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Evidence session - (Panel 1) P-06-1247 We call on the Welsh Government to lead the way by supporting trials of a four-day week in Wales
Thank you, Luke. Joel James.
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Evidence session - (Panel 1) P-06-1247 We call on the Welsh Government to lead the way by supporting trials of a four-day week in Wales
Thank you. Luke Fletcher.
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Evidence session - (Panel 1) P-06-1247 We call on the Welsh Government to lead the way by supporting trials of a four-day week in Wales
I think we will take a close interest in that evidence session as well.
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Evidence session - (Panel 1) P-06-1247 We call on the Welsh Government to lead the way by supporting trials of a four-day week in Wales
Mark, do you have any comments on that, briefly?
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Evidence session - (Panel 1) P-06-1247 We call on the Welsh Government to lead the way by supporting trials of a four-day week in Wales
Okay. So, I'll stop there, and that will be because time is short. But, you also mentioned the social partnership Bill, which has been introduced to the Senedd just recently and it will be going through the stages of legislation that it has to follow, and, of…
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Evidence session - (Panel 1) P-06-1247 We call on the Welsh Government to lead the way by supporting trials of a four-day week in Wales
Thank you, Shavanah. Your comments have brought a couple of questions to me, and I'll just ask those before I pass over to Luke. I think, firstly, and we can't pre-empt what this committee would perhaps say and we can't pre-empt what the Government may do…
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Evidence session - (Panel 1) P-06-1247 We call on the Welsh Government to lead the way by supporting trials of a four-day week in Wales
Thank you, Mark. Shavanah.
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Evidence session - (Panel 1) P-06-1247 We call on the Welsh Government to lead the way by supporting trials of a four-day week in Wales
—perhaps. [Laughter.] But thank you for those answers. If I can press you a little bit further, and I'll ask Shavanah Taj to come in on this as well. Bearing in mind what you've said about productivity, overwork and the climate catastrophe, what benefits do…
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Evidence session - (Panel 1) P-06-1247 We call on the Welsh Government to lead the way by supporting trials of a four-day week in Wales
Diolch yn fawr, Mark, and it seems you want to be Barry's version of Robert Owen—
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Evidence session - (Panel 1) P-06-1247 We call on the Welsh Government to lead the way by supporting trials of a four-day week in Wales
Well, thank you, both, for joining us today in this exciting evidence session in this particular area. Just for the record, I think that I should say that I know both of you relatively well, and I, too, have spoken on this matter in a personal capacity as a…
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Evidence session - (Panel 1) P-06-1247 We call on the Welsh Government to lead the way by supporting trials of a four-day week in Wales
Moving on to item 2, then: an evidence session with panel 1 for P-06-1247, 'We call on the Welsh Government to lead the way by supporting trials of a four-day week in Wales'. I am pleased to welcome Mark Hooper and Shavanah Taj to the Petitions Committee…
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Can I welcome everybody to this hybrid meeting of the Petitions Committee this afternoon? As a reminder to those watching and those giving evidence and taking part today, this is being broadcast live on Senedd.tv. A Record of Proceedings will be published as…
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
A very warm welcome to you all to this meeting of the Petitions Committee.
