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Topical Questions
Thank you very much, Jack Sargeant. Thank you for raising this topical question and for consistently raising these issues over the past months and indeed years in terms of the plight of people in fuel poverty, forced now, more recently, onto prepayment meters…
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Topical Questions
Thank you, Jack Sargeant. Welsh householders will not be directly impacted by the price cap due to the energy price guarantee currently set at £2,500. However, we are deeply concerned by the potential impact of the UK Government's energy price guarantee rise…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Thank you very much. Diolch yn fawr, Huw Irranca-Davies. I think you speak, certainly, for the majority of us and, hopefully, all of us here in this Chamber.
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Thank you very much for that question. Can I make it absolutely clear that no-one, no Ukrainian guest, has been forced to leave a welcome centre? And they will not be. It is very important to recognise that we've welcomed in Wales—and we had a fantastic event…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Welsh Government continues to work in partnership with local authorities and the third sector in welcoming Ukrainian people to Wales, helping them move on into longer term accommodation and continue to be supported. As part of our draft 2023-24 budget, we are…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Diolch yn fawr, Heledd Fychan. I think it is important to recognise that we are facing—. For people in fuel poverty, from 1 April, they're facing incredibly difficult and uncertain times, but these are people who are already in fuel poverty. I do want to just…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Diolch yn fawr, Heledd. The Welsh Government’s current £420 million package of support includes the Warm Homes programme, which improves the energy efficiency of lower income households. Eligible low-income households are also benefiting from our £200 Welsh…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Thank you very much, Janet Finch-Saunders. Thank you for raising these points following on from that question from Mabon this afternoon. I think it is really important that North Wales Police have taken the lead. At the board that I co-chaired with police and…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Diolch yn fawr. That is such an important question for us this afternoon. Although policing isn't devolved—it's the responsibility of the UK Government—we are engaging, as you say, Mabon, in every way we can, to work with the police, to influence the policies…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Diolch yn fawr. Misogyny and sexual misconduct have no place in the police service. It's essential for North Wales Police to continue their urgent work to identify those officers who do not live up to the values the public rightly expect, and to take decisive…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Thank you very much, Jenny, for that follow-on question, because we have been engaged with UK Government counterparts as that Bill has progressed through Parliament. It's now back on track, I understand. The UK Government is progressing the Online Safety Bill…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Thank you very much, Joel James, for raising this. Incel ideologies are having a corrosive impact on our young people and our male population, where the ideologies that have led to the horrors that you've described, Joel James, need to be addressed. I think…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Well, I am proud of the achievements and indeed the manifesto commitments of this Welsh Labour party, which led to us committing funding to maintain our 500 police community support officers and increasing their number by 100. I know that the work that we've…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Thank you very much, Rhys ab Owen. Crime and justice matters are reserved to the UK Government, but we are committed to working with the police and other partner organisations to promote community safety across Cardiff and Wales as a whole. This includes our…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Well, I am shocked by that question, I have to say. Yes, you weren't here in 2014, and I appreciate that Gareth Davies. We had legislation passed by this Assembly, passed by your Members, requiring every local authority in Wales to prepare a Gypsy and…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Thank you very much, Jenny Rathbone, for your question and for your leadership on this issue, which is crucial, as chair of the cross-party group and also Chair of the Equality and Social Justice Committee. Can I also thank the Llywydd for hosting this…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
We are reviewing the Gypsy and Traveller accommodation assessments submitted by local authorities, and we'll be working with them and our Gypsy and Traveller communities to support plans to address the current shortfall and help overcome any barriers, which…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Indeed, Mark Isherwood, I think you would have appreciated the discussion and scrutiny that I had on Monday at the Equality and Social Justice Committee about these very issues and the assurance I gave that there would be no gap between the Warm Homes schemes…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Well, I'm sure all of those you've engaged with in north Wales, including local authorities, will have contributed to the latest consultation on the Welsh housing quality standard. The Welsh housing quality standard has been very important in terms of the…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Clearly, this is an issue where across Government, working with my colleague the Minister for Climate Change, Julie James, we are leading on this all-important issue with our Warm Homes programme, which, of course, is now moving into an iteration for its next…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Thank you for that question. I would like to refer to the comments that were made by the Deputy Minister for Climate Change when he gave his statement last week. He did say, and we recognise, that as people drive more, fewer people use public transport…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Thank you for your question. 'Llwybr Newydd' and our response to the roads review set out a vision for a transport system that is good for society, the environment and the economy. Our national transport delivery plan is aligned with the programme for…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Well, I find this an extraordinary question, I have to say, Natasha—an extraordinary question—when we have our national health service, which we are proud of, born in Wales, free at the point of access, and delivering day in, day out care and treatment to…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Diolch yn fawr. We can't underestimate, can we, the financial challenges being faced by so many households across Wales. In fact, today's figures are estimating in the millions—2.5 million again into fuel poverty. What we're doing is targeting financial…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
During the first half of this financial year, 16,553 people accessed our single advice fund services in South Wales East and were helped to have debts totalling £1.1 million written off and to claim additional income of £8.1 million.
