, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Ministerial scrutiny session—Topical matters
Okay, because, obviously, this is a really important plank in our response to the climate emergency. Without it—.
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Ministerial scrutiny session—Topical matters
Okay, so 2022-23. Okay.
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Ministerial scrutiny session—Topical matters
So, in 2023.
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Ministerial scrutiny session—Topical matters
The one-network approach to public transport that's inherent in the bus White Paper that's been published today by Lee Waters, how quickly do you think you'll be able to get the legislation to the Senedd in order to enable us to get on with this?
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Cost of living
Okay, and just lastly, the Minister for Social Justice is refreshing the child poverty strategy to better reflect the challenges we face in terms of the 'heat and eat'. Could you tell us what the timeline is for this strategy to be published, and what new…
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Cost of living
I quite understand that. Just focusing on the breakfast provision in primary schools for the moment, the Child Poverty Action Group reported that one in seven parents said that they hadn't been able to access the breakfast provision in primary. And I just…
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Cost of living
Okay, that's excellent news. However, it's secondary school children who will eat the whole packet of cereal in one sitting, and, of course, they are not going to qualify for what is a very challenging roll-out of universal free school meals in primary. So…
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Cost of living
Okay, and just moving on to a focus on the impact of the cost of living on children. All the child poverty campaign groups calculate that three-quarters of children living in poverty are in households with at least one working adult and most of them won't…
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Cost of living
But it's mainly focused on social housing.
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Cost of living
Yes, zero value added tax on insulation is one of the things that was in the Chancellor's statement.
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Cost of living
Okay. Just on debt issues, private sector tenants live in the coldest homes and pay the largest amount of rent. Are there any plans at all to give incentives to private sector landlords to decarbonise their homes, just through simple insulation methods, in…
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Cost of living
Yes. Certainly Cardiff Council was very proactive in getting on to social housing tenants because they knew who they were. It's more difficult with private sector tenants, and they must account for quite a lot of the target group who failed to apply for this…
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
I've got interests in Awel Aman Tawe, in relation to the energy issue.
, Plenary
Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee Report: 'Minding the future: The childcare barrier facing working parents'
We agree. We all know that learning through play is the very best thing to do and that is the best outcome for young children. But I think the three challenges we all face—. One is cost, the other is the need to be child focused and the third is that…
, Plenary
Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee Report: 'Minding the future: The childcare barrier facing working parents'
Quickly.
, Plenary
Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee Report: 'Minding the future: The childcare barrier facing working parents'
Thank you very much for everybody's contributions; it's been a really rich debate. Sam Rowlands, thank you for your participation in our inquiry. Certainly, there's an important role for grandparents. If they're too decrepit to get down on the floor, which is…
, Plenary
Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee Report: 'Minding the future: The childcare barrier facing working parents'
It's very good to know that Flying Start teams are required to have other strategies for engaging with families and are expected to outline these as part of their annual plans, and I think that's a very important thing. But, unfortunately, you also say in…
, Plenary
Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee Report: 'Minding the future: The childcare barrier facing working parents'
Diolch. Access to good, affordable childcare is key to happier, healthier lives and a stronger, fairer, more productive economy. The lack of affordable childcare is one of the main drivers of the gender pay gap that is persistently seen. As we saw during the…
, Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Partnership: Fair Work: Annual progress update
Sticking with P&O, step forward the company that actually employs people with different working conditions in the shipping industry; as far as I'm aware, they're all using offshore places to register their companies, and they're all paying really appalling…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Food Security
What about Costa Rica? I think they probably are not suffering the same pressures because they have a rich abundance of food—[Interruption.]
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Food Security
We have all the ingredients for food security in Wales; we have water, land and sun, and we really, really do need to get on and ensure that we have that nature-secure, coherent food strategy to improve our food security and the well-being of our people.
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Food Security
Thank you. Sorry—just chasing the lectern. Thank you very much. I agree that this is an extremely important debate, and I thank the Conservative Party for having tabled it. I can't say I disagree with any of the motion or the amendments, and I have to say…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thank you. I'm very interested in your answer and I appreciate the interest you're taking in Cardiff and the Vale. Talking to my constituents, I find that far too many patients who are approaching their doctor because they've got low mood, loneliness or…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: High Standards and Aspirations for All
—and excellence in everything it does, and it has a commitment to not dumping individual pupils who become hard to teach, who may have difficult lives at home or who have additional learning needs. So, I do hope that you can give a commitment that schools…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: High Standards and Aspirations for All
Minister, I very much welcome your commitment to put rocket boosters under the ambition to make all schools community focused. Like Laura Anne Jones, I feel this is a little bit overdue, but it's really good to hear that you are really going to deliver on…
