16 July 2024 , Plenary
& 8. The general principles of The Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill and the financial resolution in respect of The Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill
Well, I mean, I hope what's going to come out of this debate today is approval of the general principles, recognising that I've said we've got a credible legal case, although the challenge to the legal competence is the risk, isn't it, in terms of the timing…
16 July 2024 , Plenary
& 8. The general principles of The Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill and the financial resolution in respect of The Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill
I think it's really important that we look at this in terms of the evidence that went to the Reform Bill Committee, of operated voluntary quotas in the past, and it is based on the evidence about what the best way forward in handling this is, and also looking…
16 July 2024 , Plenary
& 8. The general principles of The Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill and the financial resolution in respect of The Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill
I haven't finished responding to your intervention.
16 July 2024 , Plenary
& 8. The general principles of The Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill and the financial resolution in respect of The Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill
I brought forward a Bill, and I was very proud to be the Member in charge of the Bill, and as I've said, and I'll repeat again: the purpose of this Bill is a more effective Senedd, which is sought to be achieved through greater gender balance. And we came to…
16 July 2024 , Plenary
& 8. The general principles of The Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill and the financial resolution in respect of The Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill
It has been a really important debate. Thank you to everyone who has contributed. I do want to start just by thanking Siân Gwenllian for acknowledging that this is a historic day. It is a historic day, a day of celebration, and we will move forward, we hope…
16 July 2024 , Plenary
& 8. The general principles of The Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill and the financial resolution in respect of The Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill
Thank you, Llywydd, and thank you all this afternoon.
16 July 2024 , Plenary
& 8. The general principles of The Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill and the financial resolution in respect of The Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill
I was anticipating questions, Adam Price, of course, on that very point. In terms of what we want to do now—and I've mentioned engagement with the UK Government, and, indeed, we were engaging with the previous UK Government already—we have now opened a…
16 July 2024 , Plenary
& 8. The general principles of The Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill and the financial resolution in respect of The Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill
This debate, Llywydd, marks the end of Stage 1 scrutiny of this Bill, and I'm grateful to all committee members for their detailed scrutiny of the legislation, and to everyone who gave evidence. I've responded formally to the 47 recommendations made by the…
16 July 2024 , Plenary
& 8. The general principles of The Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill and the financial resolution in respect of The Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill
I'm delighted to open this debate on the general principles of the Senedd (Cymru) (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill and move the associated motions on its general principles and financial resolution. We have made great strides this Senedd term in bringing…
16 July 2024 , Plenary
& 8. The general principles of The Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill and the financial resolution in respect of The Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill
Thank you very much, Llywydd. It's a pleasure to open this debate, which marks another important milestone in the history of this Bill.
16 July 2024 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Thank you, Peredur. You raise a really important issue in terms of making this a reality, not just an aspiration or even a policy underpinned in law. We need to ensure that these access orders are facilitated, and that means funding, leadership and…
16 July 2024 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
On a second dental school for Wales, you have the Cabinet Secretary here, who seemed to be offering to give you an update by the end of this session. But I think that what's important to say, in terms of a second dental school for Wales, is that it is about a…
16 July 2024 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Thank you very much, Siân Gwenllian. You have raised this issue several times in the business statement and announcement.
16 July 2024 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Thank you, Janet Finch-Saunders. Well, you have raised it today. It is a matter for Betsi Cadwaladr health board, and I'm sure that you will be raising it directly and formally with the chief executive.
16 July 2024 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Thank you for that question, and I'm sure that you are actively raising this with Bridgend County Borough Council. It is their responsibility. It is important that there is a fair deal for residents and that they can see that progress has been made. I do urge…
16 July 2024 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Thank you very much, Mark Isherwood, for those two important questions. The Cabinet Secretary for Education, I'm sure, would wholly agree with you and with that report, as we would, for those of us who value our further education colleges and the immense…
16 July 2024 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Thank you very much, Julie Morgan. You have been raising these issues not just here in this Senedd in the time you've been here as a Senedd Member, but as an MP, and I want to particularly thank you for that focus on the residential women's centre, which is a…
16 July 2024 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Thank you, Delyth Jewell, for reporting on the pressures that are clearly affecting people, patients, in the health service and the pressures that are on our staff and on our NHS because of the demand and the attendances, which are rising, to emergency…
16 July 2024 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Thank you very much, Gareth Davies, for raising this, because this is where often in our constituency work you get good feedback, don’t you, in visits—the school visit you undertook in your constituency. Again, I’m sure this probably goes back to healthy…
16 July 2024 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Thank you very much, Jenny Rathbone. It was important that you started your question by talking about the fact that we’re about to enter the school holiday period of six weeks in terms of access to health food and eating for our children and young people in…
16 July 2024 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Actually, we were talking—. We are looking at our business schedule for the autumn. So, I will ask the Cabinet Secretary if we can have an oral statement addressing one or both of those matters.
16 July 2024 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Thank you, Heledd Fychan, and I'd like to thank the Member for raising this issue.
16 July 2024 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Thank you very much, Darren Millar. This is a really constructive question, I think, in terms of how we can bring the de-escalation intervention framework to more of a citizen-patient understanding of impacts. I mean, analysing the scope and the frequency of…
16 July 2024 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Thank you very much, Llywydd. There is one change to this week's business. The legislative statement on the Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill will be made by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care. Draft business for the first three weeks of…
9 July 2024 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Thank you for that question, Natasha Asghar. This is for the Aneurin Bevan health board to address. We have heard from you this afternoon about the circumstances of huge pressure, and, as I said earlier on in relation to an earlier question, demand in the NHS…
