19 January 2022 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: COVID restrictions
Okay, well the residents in Aberconwy are not happy at all.
19 January 2022 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: COVID restrictions
The point I have made is, at the time, we were not given any evidence or made aware—. Rhun earlier mentioned about us meeting with public health officials. We did meet with public health officials—last week. This is not satisfactory, and we should have been…
19 January 2022 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: COVID restrictions
—when the Welsh Government still wants to keep in place draconian measures, taking our freedoms and our liberties. I ask the First Minister to, actually, in his next announcement, be more brave and allow the people of Wales to go about their own lives. Thank…
19 January 2022 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: COVID restrictions
At the end of the day, we all regret any single death, Mabon. But we have to realise now that, in line with other countries—. If you look at England and what they're doing, they're able to keep the economy going whilst also protecting people's lives. So, we…
19 January 2022 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: COVID restrictions
Yes, of course, yes.
19 January 2022 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: COVID restrictions
I wish to refer Members to my own declaration of interest form. Well, I certainly welcome the update that's now been provided to the technical advice, with the modelling appearing more positively to show that the peak of this omicron wave could now be behind…
19 January 2022 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: COVID restrictions
Thank you. Rhun, I'm baffled, because as far as I'm aware and the argument we have made as the Welsh Conservatives is that we hadn't seen a technical advisory cell at the time—we didn't see any evidence at the time. So, please put on record the evidence that…
19 January 2022 , Plenary
90-second Statements
Diolch, Llywydd. I wish to place on record my most sincere congratulations and gratitude to Her Majesty's Coastguard in celebrating their two-hundredth year anniversary of service and dedication to our coastal communities. Originally founded in 1822 to tackle…
18 January 2022 , Plenary
Legislative Consent Motion on the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill: Motion 1 and Legislative Consent Motion on the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill: Motion 2
Diolch, Llywydd. During my question, my supplementary, to the First Minister earlier today, and on reflection, I think it would have been appropriate for me to refer Members to my declaration of interest. So, I would like to take this opportunity to do that…
18 January 2022 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Diolch, Llywydd. Please could I have a statement from the Minister for Climate Change on actions to boost house building in Wales? During the last financial year, the number of new dwellings commenced fell by 31 per cent to 4,314. The number of homes…
18 January 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Thank you, First Minister. Now, you're probably aware that I'm very much in touch with my hospitality businesses here in Aberconwy, and I'm receiving so many heartrending stories. They are really struggling as a result of the restrictions that you have put in…
18 January 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
8. Will the First Minister make a statement on the provision of funding for hospitality businesses that have been affected by recent Welsh Government COVID-19 restrictions? OQ57448
12 January 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Sorry, I don't agree.
12 January 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Thank you. For almost two years, the Anglesey to Cardiff flight, as you have just said, has been grounded. Yet, it was disclosed last month that the Welsh Government has paid out over £750,000 in subsidies—taxpayers' money—in the last financial year. The…
12 January 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
2. What legal advice has the Counsel General provided to the Welsh Government in relation to the flight link between Cardiff and Anglesey? OQ57422
11 January 2022 , Plenary
Debate on a Statement: The Draft Budget 2022-23
In welcoming the budget statement and this debate, I have to put on record my disappointment when it comes to our climate change agenda. Members will be well aware of my concerns raised in the Senedd that the Welsh Government continues to place long-term…
11 January 2022 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Diolch, Llywydd, and blwyddyn newydd dda. I'd like to call for an urgent statement regarding the concerning Welsh coal tip funding revelations. Some Members may be aware that Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council's environmental services scrutiny committee…
14 December 2021 , Plenary
Legislative Consent Motion on the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill
On a brighter note, I welcome both the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill and the LCM. Minister, over 1 million households in the UK are sold as leasehold, and this legislation will go some way—in fact, a long way—to help thousands of home owners caught in a…
14 December 2021 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Building Safety
Thank you, Minister, for this statement. I think we've all spoken at length about this shocking crisis facing the householders who are now beset with the problems of this cladding. So, I would like to join with you in echoing that the developers and those…
14 December 2021 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Thank you. Of course, you know that tourism is the backbone of the economy in Aberconwy, as it is in other constituencies. The queen of Welsh resorts, Llandudno, also has the potential—and this is according to a recent report I've been reading—to see the…
14 December 2021 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
4. Will the First Minister make a statement on the impact of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 on hospitality businesses in Wales? OQ57352
9 December 2021 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 4: blue carbon and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
Thank you.
9 December 2021 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 4: blue carbon and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
Thank you very much.
9 December 2021 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 4: blue carbon and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
Thank you. Just as a follow-up on that: just as nature cannot play second fiddle to the climate, our marine habitats cannot be a secondary thought after those actions taken on land. What engagement have you undertaken with the Welsh Government to ensure that…
9 December 2021 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Marine environment management - evidence session 4: blue carbon and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
Richard, as part of my work to mark the Great Big Green Week, you'll be pleased to know that I rightly praised the work of Project Seagrass. Elsewhere, in my own constituency, I have been undertaking discussions with Professor Chris Baines, who has rightly…
