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Social Partnership and Public Procurement Bill: ministerial evidence session
Okay. I'm just going to start off, Deputy Minister, just to ask you: when we look back on this Bill in three years' time and scrutinise its impact, what do you think will be the outcomes you will want to be able to evidence at that point?
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Social Partnership and Public Procurement Bill: ministerial evidence session
Thank you very much. And Neil.
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Social Partnership and Public Procurement Bill: ministerial evidence session
I'd very much like to welcome Hannah Blythyn, who is the Deputy Minister for Social Partnership. Perhaps you'd like to invite your officials to introduce themselves.
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Papers to note
Okay. I suggest we take that item further on in private session when we're discussing our report. I think that's the time to take it. Thank you for that. I'd just like to draw Members' attention to the correspondence from the Minister for Social Justice and…
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Papers to note
If there are no other declarations of interest related to this meeting, I'll now move on to item 2. As this is the first meeting we've had since the July recess because of the delay in reconvening because of the passing of the Queen, we've got 12 items of…
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Introductions, apologies and substitutions
I'm also a member of Unite the Union and also the Bevan Foundation.
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Introductions, apologies and substitutions
Ken.
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Introductions, apologies and substitutions
Prynhawn da. I'd like to welcome Members and members of the public to the meeting of the Equality and Social Justice Committee. This meeting is being held in a hybrid format, with some Members participating here on the Senedd estate and others participating…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Gynaecological cancer
I just think that one of the issues that nobody's mentioned that needs mentioning and putting on the record is the link between obesity and cancer. And we do have higher rates of obesity in Wales than in England, and that has to be one of the factors that we…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Gynaecological cancer
Will you take an intervention?
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Gynaecological cancer
Thank you for taking an intervention. I wonder if you can just tell us if those are UK figures or Welsh figures, because Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust is a UK-wide charity.
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Gynaecological cancer
—then it can be really problematic, and we clearly need to do way more work on this.
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Gynaecological cancer
This could be a really important tool for ensuring that all women know about it. The elephant in the room, in my view, is endometriosis, and I appreciate that we're doing lots of work to improve the understanding of both GPs and gynaecologists on this issue…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Gynaecological cancer
I very much thank the Conservatives for tabling this motion, because women’s health gets much less attention from the NHS, from medical research and the pharmaceutical industry, so anything that shines a light on women’s health is really welcome. And we…
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Debate on petition P-06-1276, 'Extend section 25B of the Nurse Staffing Levels Act (Wales) 2016'
We should all be concerned about the possibility of nearly 1,800 vacancies across Wales, because there's no doubt that a shortage of nurses will compromise nursing care; it's inevitable. Buffy Williams has told us that it has led to a change of behaviour by…
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Short Debate: Delivering on universal free school meals: The challenges and opportunities
So, we shouldn't be surprised that, in the first week of term, only just half the reception children at Tredegarville Church in Wales Primary School in Cardiff were eating the school lunch they were entitled to. It's difficult to understand the complexity of…
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Short Debate: Delivering on universal free school meals: The challenges and opportunities
Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. I've agreed to give a minute of my time to each of Joyce Watson, Peter Fox and Luke Fletcher to enable them to contribute to this debate. As rolling out universal free school meals to all primary schools is one of the most…
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Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee Report—Fuel poverty and the Warm Homes Programme
Just looking at what other people have said, we need to—. As Altaf has reiterated, a recession beckons, and therefore things can only get worse. Sioned Williams spoke about the damp conditions that families have always had to put up with every winter…
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Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee Report—Fuel poverty and the Warm Homes Programme
Thank you very much. Thank you to all the people who took part in the debate, particularly those who haven't been involved in the committee's deliberations. I think it's particularly important to hear from other people who are able to give a particular…
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Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee Report—Fuel poverty and the Warm Homes Programme
We're pleased as a committee that the Welsh Government has accepted the first three of our recommendations, which relate to the immediate action required to review the effectiveness of the winter fuel support scheme, to maximise the benefits of the VAT cut…
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Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee Report—Fuel poverty and the Warm Homes Programme
Diolch yn fawr. This debate on fuel poverty and the Warm Homes programme I hope will be useful to all Members, as this is something that I know all our constituents are extremely worried about. The committee started this inquiry in the spring of this year…
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Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: The Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Wales) Bill
Thank you very much for making this statement, and I'm sorry our very able Minister for Climate Change is unable to be with us, but we wish her a speedy recovery, I'm sure. I just wanted to ask you why the Bill is proposing to make it a criminal offence for…
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Statement by the First Minister: Update on the Cost of Living
Behind every threat, there is an opportunity, and I've long been an advocate of community-focused schools. So, I've already had conversations about heat banks in schools, in community centres, in churches, and people are really pulling together. And I just…
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Questions to the First Minister
I'm concerned that borrowing over £100 billion on underpinning overpriced and unsustainable energy markets will still leave the poorest households in my constituency having to choose between heating and eating. What, if anything, can the Welsh Government do…
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Questions to the First Minister
8. What assessment has the Welsh Government made of how the new Prime Minister's agenda will impact the Welsh Government's strategy to tackle the climate emergency? OQ58414
