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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv)—Warm This Winter campaign
Yes, certainly.
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv)—Warm This Winter campaign
Diolch yn fawr i chi i gyd. I'm really pleased. I'm really pleased that the Senedd is taking time to debate this important issue, highlighted by the Warm This Winter campaign and Climate Cymru. It gives me the opportunity to respond and update on Welsh…
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Legislative Consent Motion on the Protection from Sex-based Harassment in Public Bill
Diolch yn fawr i chi i gyd—thank you to you all for raising such important points in this debate. And in fact, isn't it important that we've got the opportunity to debate this LCM? It's again highlighted the scale of the problem, and it is essential that the…
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Legislative Consent Motion on the Protection from Sex-based Harassment in Public Bill
Diolch yn fawr, Dirprwy Lywydd. I'm grateful for the work of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee, and the Equality and Social Justice Committee on this matter and for the reports that they've published. I'm pleased that majorities on both…
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Statement by the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip: Refugee Week, 19-25 June—Compassion
Diolch yn fawr, Peredur. Can I join you in praise of Aled Edwards? The fantastic Aled Edwards, who, when I was the first health Minister, he came to me and said, 'Can we do something—?' This was nearly 25 years ago: 'Can we do something in terms of refugee…
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Statement by the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip: Refugee Week, 19-25 June—Compassion
Diolch yn fawr, Joyce Watson. Thank you very much for those key points, and we will be debating the Illegal Migration Bill. I've made quite clear our opposition to the Illegal Migration Bill. Not only does it go against the UN Refugee Agency in terms of the…
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Statement by the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip: Refugee Week, 19-25 June—Compassion
Diolch yn fawr, Jane Dodds. I think all parts of Powys, but Powys council—. I'm very aware of the Hay, Brecon and Talgarth sanctuary for refugees, in terms of recognising that great warmth, support and response that we see in every part of Wales in terms of…
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Statement by the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip: Refugee Week, 19-25 June—Compassion
Diolch yn fawr, John Griffiths. I don't really have to respond more than to say that your statement has been very powerful. I do congratulate Newport for being a city of sanctuary, and I look forward to coming and visiting a school in Maindee next week.
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Statement by the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip: Refugee Week, 19-25 June—Compassion
Diolch yn fawr, Sioned Williams. As you say, Wales is a nation of sanctuary. Thank you for enlightening us with that research from the University of Oregon. I look forward to looking at that. We have to learn from the evidence of how we can be truly a nation…
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Statement by the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip: Refugee Week, 19-25 June—Compassion
Diolch yn fawr, Mark Isherwood, and thank you for acknowledging the history of Refugee Week. It is the twenty-fifth anniversary of Refugee Week, and recognising the importance of the theme of compassion. Just picking up as many points as I can from your…
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Statement by the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip: Refugee Week, 19-25 June—Compassion
More recently, in 2016, every Welsh local authority provided sanctuary for Syrians needing to come to Wales. In 2021, we worked hard to support evacuations from Afghanistan, forging a pioneering approach with Urdd Gobaith Cymru, local key stakeholders and the…
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Statement by the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip: Refugee Week, 19-25 June—Compassion
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Next week marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of Refugee Week and we will once again celebrate the contributions sanctuary seekers make to Wales. Refugee Week brings together people from all backgrounds to create better understanding…
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Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee Report—'Women’s experiences in the criminal justice system'
Diolch yn fawr, Dirprwy Lywydd. And I do welcome the debate today and give my thanks to the Equality and Social Justice Committee Chair and committee members for their work on this important inquiry. The Welsh Government is committed to improving outcomes for…
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Statement by the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip: Celebrating Volunteers
Thank you very much, Carolyn, and I'm not at all surprised that you will be out volunteering, as I'm sure many others will. You do make a really important point about the fact that although it's been part of a partnership approach, particularly in terms of…
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Statement by the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip: Celebrating Volunteers
Diolch yn fawr, Peredur Owen Griffiths, and thank you for those really constructive and helpful questions that I can feed back through to the new volunteering cross-sector leadership group, this new approach to volunteering in Wales. I've already mentioned…
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Statement by the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip: Celebrating Volunteers
Diolch yn fawr, Mark Isherwood, and, obviously, congratulations on your long-standing commitment to volunteering in your opening remarks. And I'm sure that that experience is reflected across this Chamber, in terms of people's commitment to volunteering. In…
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Statement by the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip: Celebrating Volunteers
Our faith and belief groups at all levels promote understanding and foster community cohesion, providing pastoral care when we are at our lowest. We should also not forget the role that volunteers play in ensuring we live in a society that is open and…
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Statement by the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip: Celebrating Volunteers
Diolch yn fawr, Llywydd. There are countless ways in which we all depend on the simple acts of kindness and mutual help that we call volunteering. Every day, in every part of Wales, the anxieties, fears and suffering of so many of our citizens are eased by…
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Statement by the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip: Cost of Living
Diolch yn fawr, Alun Davies. And thank you, again, for sharing with us the plight of that family you met. Can I just say that research by the Institute for Fiscal Studies and The Guardian suggests that half of all children in lone-parent families are now…
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Statement by the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip: Cost of Living
Thank you very much, Jenny Rathbone. Well, I mean, we did get to the point where Grant Shapps actually did say—this is when the whole scandal of the prepayment meters and devastating impact enforced installation was having on people’s lives, the most…
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Statement by the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip: Cost of Living
Thank you very much, Huw Irranca-Davies. I would very much like to visit Noddfa in Caerau and to meet all those people, who are reflected in communities across Wales, where people at the sharp end of the cost-of-living crisis are working together, often as a…
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Statement by the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip: Cost of Living
Diolch yn fawr. Thank you again for acknowledging where so much of this crisis lies in terms of responsibilities—with the UK Government and 13 years of austerity. Can I say how much I value the reports that have come from Barnardo's Cymru? I know there have…
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Statement by the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip: Cost of Living
Well, Mark Isherwood, I don't see much of a response to my statement today, which was a constructive statement about the issues and the ways in which we are co-ordinating action here, as a Welsh Government, against the backdrop of a UK Government that has…
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Statement by the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip: Cost of Living
Since the crisis began, we have refocused programmes to target support and keep money in people's pockets, allocating more than £3.3 billion in support, which, our analysis shows, is reaching those who are most disadvantaged. Despite budget-planning…
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Statement by the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip: Cost of Living
Diolch yn fawr, Dirprwy Lywydd. The cost-of-living crisis continues to overshadow the lives of thousands of Welsh citizens. It is impacting those things that are essential for maintaining good health and well-being: keeping warm, having sufficient food to eat…
