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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip
Diolch yn fawr, Peredur, and such an important question. I'm reluctant to go back—but I will do—to say how shocked we were by this attack on our basic income pilot, which came from ill-informed, inaccurate and misleading information that came from the…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip
Thank you very much, Joel James, for that question. I know you will anticipate and, I'm sure, be very interested in the interim results from this Cascade—the Cardiff University Children's Social Care Research and Development Centre—independent evaluation. And…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip
Diolch, Jane Dodds. And I'd like to thank you for your consistent support for the basic income pilot for our care leavers, with the support you've given since the day we announced it here in the Senedd. I just want to say that the Deputy Minister for Social…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip
Thank you very much for your question. A comprehensive and detailed research strategy is in place to evaluate the basic income pilot, led by Cardiff University, but it is too early to provide data on the impact of the programme. We anticipate being able to…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip
Diolch yn fawr, Russell George. A really important question. We know that a lack of accessible local toilets can limit disabled people's lives, stopping them going out, leading to isolation, anxiety, health conditions, and those are the factors that we need…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip
Thank you for your question. I have set up the disability rights taskforce to advance disability rights in Wales. I engaged with all ministerial colleagues to determine the action that needs to be taken in each portfolio area, including access to public…
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Statement by the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip: Update on Wales: A Nation of Sanctuary
Thank you very much, Joyce Watson. Thank you for your support for the basic income pilot for all those young people who are benefiting—our young people in Wales. They're all our young people. And also, thank you for acknowledging again, as I have, the need…
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Statement by the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip: Update on Wales: A Nation of Sanctuary
Diolch yn fawr, Jane Dodds. Well, I have every sympathy with what you have said in your opening remarks. I feel, and as has been said, that it is the UK Government that is at odds with the people and the populations that we serve in terms of the commitment…
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Statement by the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip: Update on Wales: A Nation of Sanctuary
Diolch yn fawr, John Griffiths. Perhaps I could come and visit Maindee Primary School. I look forward to an invitation. Congratulations to Newport for also moving a motion to become a city of sanctuary. That joins 13 other counties, cities, villages, town…
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Statement by the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip: Update on Wales: A Nation of Sanctuary
Diolch yn fawr, Sioned Williams. It is really important that we share so much in terms of our aspirations, our goals, our principles, in terms of what it means to be a nation of sanctuary. I think that has come over so strongly from your contribution and from…
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Statement by the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip: Update on Wales: A Nation of Sanctuary
Thank you, Mark Isherwood. I'd like to start by thanking you for your support for the nation of sanctuary, and I recall that support that you gave when I launched the plan back in 2019. What's critical, of course, is the implementation of a nation of…
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Statement by the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip: Update on Wales: A Nation of Sanctuary
Diolch yn fawr, Ddirprwy Lywydd, and thank you for the opportunity to update Members on our ongoing work to support people from Ukraine and our wider nation of sanctuary responsibilities in Wales. Wales has welcomed just under 6,900 Ukrainians under the Homes…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Diolch yn fawr, Jayne Bryant. As you say, it is the seventy-fifth anniversary of the arrival of HMT Empire Windrush, and we are committed to supporting the Windrush 75 celebratory activities. We have a Windrush 75 grant scheme that's going to be publicised…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Thank you, Jayne. Since we published our anti-racist Wales action plan we have established our governance structure and the external accountability group are now in place to review and monitor implementation and reporting of the plan. I am hosting a summit in…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Thank you for that question and for that particularly important follow-up, which relates to how people can access our services. I'll certainly look into that, Mike, in terms of those we fund in delivery of our commitment. Obviously, it is a commitment in…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Thank you, Mike Hedges. The Welsh Government has set up a working group to focus on access to services as part of the disability rights taskforce. This working group is integral to driving forward access to all services in Wales, including those with hearing…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Thank you very much, Jenny Rathbone. I can inform Members that yesterday afternoon, officials in the Welsh Government had a call from the Home Office and the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to talk about their plans, which have now been…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Diolch yn fawr, Jane Dodds. It is helpful to have this feedback from Members across the Chamber from Ukrainian guests. That feedback about the welcome pass is important, because it was very tough to get that extension with limited finance, but it's useful for…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Well, I think one of the most important points that I would make is that we have extended the welcome ticket—we've extended the welcome ticket public transport scheme until 30 June this year. There is no such public support transport scheme in England, I have…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Thank you very much, Ken Skates, and it is important that we made that commitment, that £40 million package of funding. We made that commitment in partnership and consultation with our local authority partners, who have been so crucial, and the third sector…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Diolch yn fawr, Ken Skates. Our team Wales approach has led to over 6,500 Ukrainians finding sanctuary in Wales. We're continuing to support guests, helping them to move on into longer term accommodation and be supported. As part of our 2023-24 budget, we're…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Diolch yn fawr, Sarah Murphy. It was a great pleasure to visit Sussed Wales. Can I also encourage Members across the Chamber to visit this fantastic fair-trade shop in Porthcawl, run entirely by volunteers—back to the previous question as well? To know that…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Diolch yn fawr. Thank you so much, Altaf, for bringing us news about this wonderful centre in Maesteg that you visited with your colleague. Just to say, it's an inspirational example, isn't it, about the volunteering spirit of our children and young people. I…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Diolch yn fawr, Altaf Hussain. I'll just find the answer to your question. It's very, very important that we do recognise the importance of the voluntary sector in Wales, and I think it's also very important to recognise that the voluntary sector in Wales in…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Thank you very much, Peredur. I just want to say that, yesterday, I had a very useful and constructive meeting with the Enforcement Conduct Board. Following contributions and representations made in this Chamber, I had approached the Enforcement Conduct Board…
