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Business Statement and Announcement
Thank you very much, Delyth Jewell, and this is very topical. And I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to issue a written statement on the current situation, in terms of not just the legislation, not all of which, of course, is under our purview in terms of roles…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Thank you very much, Alun Davies, for those two very important questions, because we know this is about financial inclusion in our communities and the scale of the closure of commercial banks across Wales, which, I mean, we've charted in this Chamber over the…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Diolch yn fawr, Llyr Gruffydd. So, your first point was on Oscar Mayer, and, in fact, this was raised last week by Carolyn Thomas as well, and I provided assurances then that we were looking at ways in which we could support the—. The fact is that that…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Diolch yn fawr, Darren Millar. You raise a very important question, and I know shared around the Chamber will be the importance of those rescue centres, in the goal of improving animal welfare and rescuing those animals that are at risk. Can we congratulate…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Thank you very much, Llywydd. There is one change to this week's business. Later on this afternoon, the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales will be making an oral statement on the rail collision on the Cambrian line. Draft business for the next…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Thank you for that question. I'll just focus on emergency food assistance—this has come up this afternoon already—and confirm that, since 2019, we've allocated more than £22 million to support community food organisations. I know that you support them…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Diolch, Buffy Williams. The child poverty strategy for Wales sets out our long-term ambitions to tackle child poverty and to mitigate the worst impacts of poverty here in Wales. Our strategy includes the actions we are taking across Government and with…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Of course, it's the national transport delivery plan that sets out the range of actions we're taking to improve the accessibility, reliability, safety and frequency of public transport. It is crucial that we have an integrated public transport service in…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Thank you very much for your question.
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Diolch yn fawr, Peredur Owen Griffiths. We are committed to connecting communities across Wales by transforming our railways, delivering a better bus network, fixing our roads and empowering local communities. This will allow us to build an accessible…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Well, Dirprwy Lywydd, I don't intend to go over all of the actions that we've already taken. I've answered this question more than once, but I'm going to add a couple more points and ways in which we are trying to help people. The one key thing, I think, is…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Thank you, Darren Millar. We're working to ensure people in Conwy and Denbighshire, and throughout Wales, claim every pound to which they're entitled. Our 'Claim what's yours' Advicelink Cymru helpline is helping pensioners to find out about and access…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
It is important that we share that and that you shared that with us today. Just to reassure you and Members that, with the Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024 requiring us to issue guidance to support all political parties in considering the actions…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Thank you very much, Adam Price, and thank you for marking the contribution of Stuart Neale.
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Thank you very much, Adam Price. The Welsh Government has taken many steps to support diversity and increase participation in politics. Increasing diversity is everyone’s responsibility, and we will continue to work with partners to deliver a more diverse…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
It’s so important, and we also recognise that that’s a very important question, because we are in Wales hate crime week this week. In fact, I spoke at the Wales hate crime support network yesterday and I spoke at that event about the fact that, arguably…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Thank you very much for the important question.
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Thank you very much for drawing this to our attention today. This is just one example of many across Wales of ways in which organisations and community groups like Age Alive in Newport are actually working so effectively to champion diversity, tackle…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Diolch, John Griffiths. Since the 'Anti-racist Wales Action Plan' was launched two years ago, we have laid significant structural foundations for improving outcomes for ethnic minority people in Wales, including an external accountability group, which holds…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
I just wanted to briefly and quietly say: did we have foodbanks before the coalition Government took over? [Interruption.] We had nothing—nothing compared with the food poverty that our children and young people are facing today. So, yes, we have a long way…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
I do find it very hard to keep my cool when we have faced 14 years of austerity and we face a £22 billion black hole, which the new UK Government is now having to deal with. I do find it hard to—[Interruption.]
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
This is a question that obviously is very current and topical at the moment. Indeed, I know the First Minister has answered this question as well. You will be aware that the UK Government has got a child poverty taskforce, and I’ve just mentioned the fact…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Thank you very much. In Wales, 29 per cent of children were living in relative income poverty, after housing costs, in the financial years ending 2021 to 2023. Ending child poverty must be a shared priority. We will take a leadership role in co-ordinating…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Thank you for that question. I was very glad that we were discussing these questions yesterday in response to the children's commissioner's report, and answering the questions that were put to me about how we were tackling child poverty. I think one of the…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Of course, tackling poverty is a key priority of this Government, and it's across Government—all Ministers integrating activity to tackle poverty and how we support vulnerable households to mitigate the impact of poverty. On Monday, I spoke at a child poverty…
