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The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Amendment of Schedule 12 and Consequential Amendment) Regulations 2022
Obviously, I refer Members to my own declaration of interests in terms of property ownership. Now, once again we are talking about the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Amendment of Schedule 12 and Consequential Amendment) Regulations 2022. And I've raised this…
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Questions to the First Minister
Yes, okay. In the 2021 manifesto, you promised to legislate to strengthen partnerships to deliver better integrated care and health. So, in the light of the clear evidence that the breakdown in communication between health and social care in north Wales is…
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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you, and I do look forward to that. The reason I'm asking you the question is I did ask for a statement last week through the Trefnydd, for a statement from the health Minister and social care Minister, because I will declare an interest: I did…
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Questions to the First Minister
7. What steps is the Welsh Government taking to ensure that hospitals have safe discharge procedures in place? OQ58780
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Motion to approve the Senedd Commission Budget for 2023-24
Thank you.
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Motion to approve the Senedd Commission Budget for 2023-24
Yes. It was just on the point that you mentioned. In the Commission meeting, you will remember that we were informed that the north Wales Members had been consulted. When I raised it afterwards with my Members, they had no knowledge of it, and I have taken it…
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Motion to approve the Senedd Commission Budget for 2023-24
On a point of order—
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Motion to approve the Senedd Commission Budget for 2023-24
We have to make sure that we offer value for money to the taxpayer as an institution. In particular, many of the costs associated with Senedd reform, including the £100 million price tag on 36 more Members of the Senedd, are impossible to justify in the…
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Motion to approve the Senedd Commission Budget for 2023-24
I also want to thank my colleague Ken Skates for putting together a budget. It's never easy doing that, certainly not when none of us know the ever-increasing costs with energy and the cost-of-living crisis. It's probably one of the hardest budgets you've had…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you. Now, you don't need me to tell you that, across north Wales, we have a severe shortage of housing accommodation. During 2021-22, 1,126 people contacted Gwynedd Council because they were homeless—50 per cent more than in 2018-19. Around 2,000 are on…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
7. What assessment has the Minister made of the amount of empty housing stock on public authority-owned land? OQ58730
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Business Statement and Announcement
I'd very much like a statement from the Minister for health and the Minister for social care on the number of unsafe discharges from hospital. I'll declare an interest at this point because this example I'm going to give now involves a very close 98-year-old…
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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you. Trefnydd, as we all know, section 25A of the Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016 does place a duty on local health boards to have sufficient nurses to allow the nurses time to care sensitively for patients wherever nursing services are provided…
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Questions to the First Minister
3. Will the First Minister make a statement on the effectiveness of the Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016? OQ58729
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Building Safety Act 2022
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Welsh Labour would have you believe that they are working incredibly hard to ensure those buildings affected by the cladding issues are safe, and I'm sorry, Members, but this is simply not the case. As of last month, only 68 of 163…
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Debate on the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee Report—'Digital connectivity—broadband'
Can you deny the millions of pounds that have come in here from the UK Government?
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Debate on the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee Report—'Digital connectivity—broadband'
I was just going to say: will the Member at least recognise that we do have devolution, and, in instances where you have a situation like this, significant sums of money have come from the UK Government? So, some of those failings that you indicate, you can't…
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Debate on the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee Report—'Digital connectivity—broadband'
This report was on behalf of our committee in this Welsh Parliament about the ability of this Welsh Government to deliver on its promises in terms of broadband. They've actually accepted all recommendations. That tells me, and it tells everybody out there…
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Debate on the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee Report—'Digital connectivity—broadband'
No, I'm sorry—[Interruption.] I'm allowed a little bit of extra time.
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Debate on the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee Report—'Digital connectivity—broadband'
Well, I beg to differ with my colleague from over on those benches there, but, actually, the UK Government, over the years, has provided significant resources, and the actual roll-out has been the responsibility of the Welsh Government. So, let's put the…
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Debate on the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee Report—'Digital connectivity—broadband'
Yes, sure.
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Debate on the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee Report—'Digital connectivity—broadband'
I thank our Chairman for his comments just now. I'm really pleased to see that the Welsh Government has accepted all 10 of the main recommendations contained within our committee's report on digital connectivity. I strongly welcome all efforts made to improve…
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
Like others, I too was shocked at the sudden closure of the Menai bridge and it doesn't take a rocket scientist to realise that there were repairs needed to that bridge long before the closure came. Now, there's the potential for this to be closed for up to…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Water Quality
Of course, we know and we opposed on these benches the Welsh Government introducing the—oh, thank you for your statement, by the way, Minister—the Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021. I believe that's a battle that…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Global impact of domestic consumption
Diolch, Llywydd, and thank you to Plaid Cymru and Delyth Jewell for bringing forward this really important and serious debate. We know that COVID-19 highlighted serious weaknesses that already existed in our food system. While some dairy farmers were pouring…
