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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Adverse childhood experiences
A sizeable and worrying contributing factor to the attainment gap is the issue of mental health and well-being in our children, and last year a Cardiff University report found that around 19 per cent of young people in Wales reported very high levels of…
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Minister, our fishing industry and indeed the aquaculture sector remain an essential element of the Welsh food strategy. From north Wales crab to Conwy and Menai mussels, sustainable producers are providing high-quality nutritious food that includes essential…
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Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Thank you. As the Minister will be aware, I am totally opposed to bringing in unnecessary legislation—the Trade Union (Wales) Act 2017 and the Children (Abolition of Defence of Reasonable Punishment) (Wales) Act 2020 to name but two. On the latter, the…
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Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
5. How does the Minister monitor the value for money and effectiveness of Welsh Government spending on legislation? OQ57544
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Business Statement and Announcement
Diolch, Llywydd.
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Business Statement and Announcement
Yes. It's such an important issue—
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Business Statement and Announcement
I would yet again like to endorse a request from Alun Davies MS and Huw Irranca-Davies for a statement on the lack of provision of dental services. Certainly, in my consistency of Aberconwy it's a big issue and I'm currently meeting with GPs and they're…
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Public transport in rural areas
So, I call on the Deputy Minister now, we've had enough talk, let's please see some actions. Diolch.
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Public transport in rural areas
Good-quality public transport services do have a central role to play in terms of supporting health and well-being, eradicating social isolation and generally building up our communities. But they also have a central role to play in achieving a net-zero 2050…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Sorry, Minister. Sorry, Llywydd. I wasn't aware of that one.
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
What assessment has the Welsh Government made of the impact of the pandemic on the attainment gap?
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you. I have to say that I was disappointed during climate change committee last week when the Deputy Minister refuted the fact that, during his deep dive on nature conservation, he basically ignored the fact when I said that I was concerned about…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
6. What action is the Welsh Government taking to conserve nature throughout the Welsh 200 nautical mile zone? OQ57494
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you. As peat is five times more effective at storing carbon than trees, there really is no excuse now for not increasing the scale and pace of investment to protect and restore our peatlands. We all agree on the need to protect the environment, but it…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you. Now, one area that would hugely benefit from more ambitious targets is your pledge to restore 800 to 900 hectares of peatlands per annum. Now, during the cross-party group for biodiversity, there was general consensus that we must adequately fund…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Diolch, Llywydd. In June 2021, our Senedd Cymru, Welsh Parliament, declared a climate change and nature emergency. We voted in favour of introducing a legally binding requirement to reverse biodiversity loss through statutory targets. Five months later…
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Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Thank you, Chair.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Okay. Thank you very much.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Okay, so I can be assured that those ongoing discussions are quite meaningful and we can perhaps get over this problem.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Yes. Right. I chair a virtual phosphate stakeholders group. Now, this group has representatives from planning authorities across Wales, and we know that there are 10,000 new homes being held back because of NRW guidance on phosphates. And, please, I'm not…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Sorry. Sorry, Chair. Could you ask somebody else for a minute?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
So, I'm on question 12, aren't I?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Thank you very much.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Thank you. Now, as regards your performance report, one of the two red measures in your performance report was around your ability to deliver water-related investigations. Now, while the increasing public knowledge of the reporting process noted in your…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Okay. And if you keep us updated, because—
