, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Climate Change scrutiny with the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Thank you. It's fair to say, over the past three years, and it's also fair to say that the portfolio has been split a little, but it was always felt that it was a mammoth portfolio. I know the Minister herself acknowledged that there are so many facets to…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Climate Change scrutiny with the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Diolch, Chair. Good morning, Minister. So, what are your priorities now in your new role as the Cabinet Secretary for climate change? What do you hope to achieve and how do your priorities differ to our previous Minister?
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General
Thank you. People around the world are facing turmoil and violence, and so, rightly, are seeking sanctuary throughout the world. In Britain, we are no different, and I'm proud of the tens of thousands of yearly asylum applicants that the UK Government…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General
7. What legal advice has the Counsel General provided to the Welsh Government regarding the rights of asylum seekers in Wales? OQ61129
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General
So, the Bill being proposed states that at least half the candidates on an electoral list must be women, whereas as explained by the Trefnydd, Jane Hutt, this Bill does not include a definition of 'woman', because the Bill is not about defining a woman. Nor…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General
5. What legal advice has the Counsel General provided to the Welsh Government regarding the absence of a definition of a man in the Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill? OQ61127
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Members, the old New Labour catchline went 'Education, education, education'. Now, as Plan International state in their 'Break the Barriers' report, the taboos and lack of education surrounding menstruation have had a number of tangible negative impacts on…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: GP practices and funding
Yes, I know. I know. As funding is clearly the predominant problem for our health service, I think it is time that we shift our focus away from endless funding pledges and begin to take a more holistic, modern approach towards reducing the pressure on our GPs…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: GP practices and funding
I'm sure not many of us were surprised at the Older People's Commissioner for Wales's report that was released just last week, and I think it is also time to seriously rethink our primary care services from the bottom up. We should put on record that the…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: GP practices and funding
Thank you, Mabon. If you are so concerned, as you profess here today, why didn't you stipulate this as one of your parts of your co-operation agreement?
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Thank you, Cabinet Secretary. I wouldn't dream of questioning your integrity because you didn't accept the money. But that the leader of Welsh Labour has publicly accepted money from an environmental law-breaker is unacceptable, and we should not be accepting…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
That was not an answer to the questions I raised with you. Referring to the case against Mr Neal, NRW said: 'The outcome of this case shows that companies and individuals who seek to exploit the regulatory framework...will not be tolerated by Natural…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Diolch, Llywydd. Only last year, we in the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee branded the Welsh Government's efforts on environmental governance as inadequate. Over several months, we've actually, or I certainly said it was woefully…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution and Cabinet Office
North Wales relies on buses, certainly in Aberconwy, they do—one in five households do not have access to a car, with four in every five bus users not having access. Clearly, maintaining our bus system is crucial. However, I am concerned about the financials…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution and Cabinet Office
I again find it rather amusing that, as the ex-First Minister, you are asking questions that are drawing attention to your own fiscal chaos, and yet it was never raised during your own tenure. These have not just sprung up now since you—[Interruption.]…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Diolch. Only last week we were talking about the huge number of school absences in Wales, which is frankly quite shocking. Now, according to Estyn’s latest annual report, there are 22 pupil referral units in Wales providing support to 969 students. During the…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
6. Will the First Minister make a statement on the use of pupil referral units in Wales? OQ61114
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Road map to Bus Reform - evidence session with English transport authorities
Thank you.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Road map to Bus Reform - evidence session with English transport authorities
How should the need to integrate bus services fully with other modes of transport be reflected in planning and the delivery of bus franchising?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Road map to Bus Reform - evidence session with English transport authorities
I mean, obviously, you're a much larger entity than some of the local authorities that we'll be dealing with here, but also, on the other side of the scale, I'm very concerned about the smaller bus operators, because some of the big operators here, for…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Road map to Bus Reform - evidence session with English transport authorities
And so what specific risk can you identify—thank you, by the way—during the transition process to franchising that, in Wales, we need to be fully aware of upfront? How might commercial bus operators respond during this transition process?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Road map to Bus Reform - evidence session with English transport authorities
Is it doable?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Road map to Bus Reform - evidence session with English transport authorities
Yes.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Road map to Bus Reform - evidence session with English transport authorities
Yes. And also, the approach here in Wales will see Transport for Wales take full responsibility—lead responsibility, I should say—for franchising, rather than local transport authorities. Do you foresee any opportunities or risks arising from this approach?…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Road map to Bus Reform - evidence session with English transport authorities
Yes—
