, 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…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
As the Welsh Government is now a supersponsor for receiving Ukrainian refugees, we do hope that we'll now be able to see people arriving in this country in order to take up the very kind offers that so many people across Wales have given. In light of the…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42(vi) and (ix) to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
I'd now like to move a motion to exclude the public from the remainder of today's meeting, if that's agreeable to Members. Thank you. Please could you let us know once we are in private session?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Papers to note
So, members of the committee, if we could just note several papers in relation to the Welsh Government's response to our childcare report, which will be debated on 30 March in the Plenary session; correspondence from the Senedd Commission on the use of the…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Fuel poverty and the Warm Homes programme: Evidence session 5
Diolch yn fawr.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Fuel poverty and the Warm Homes programme: Evidence session 5
Thank you for that. The clock has beaten us, but, clearly, there are a lot of very important consultations coming to a conclusion, which, hopefully, will enable the Welsh Government to bring all this together so that lower income households, in particular…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Fuel poverty and the Warm Homes programme: Evidence session 5
Ken Skates.
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Fuel poverty and the Warm Homes programme: Evidence session 5
Back to you, Sam.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Fuel poverty and the Warm Homes programme: Evidence session 5
Sam, could you allow Jane Dodds just to ask a question?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Fuel poverty and the Warm Homes programme: Evidence session 5
Fine, thank you. Sam, do you want to come back in?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Fuel poverty and the Warm Homes programme: Evidence session 5
Okay.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Fuel poverty and the Warm Homes programme: Evidence session 5
Okay. So, if there's further information that you're able to provide us with on insulation and how you're actually going to really push forward on this in the next six months over the summer, we'd really welcome that, because I think that that's crucial.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Fuel poverty and the Warm Homes programme: Evidence session 5
Okay. Obviously, there was considerable concern that we were putting in gas boilers and we weren't dealing with the leaky windows and doors. So, is the new—? You know, the next six months are crucial, really, given the international situation. Does the Welsh…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Fuel poverty and the Warm Homes programme: Evidence session 5
So, you say that you can't push more people into fuel poverty, but as it's a racing certainty that the fuel cap is going to be further raised in October, what is the capacity of the Welsh Government to mobilise this fabric-first approach, particularly in…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Fuel poverty and the Warm Homes programme: Evidence session 5
Thank you. We'll look forward to that.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Fuel poverty and the Warm Homes programme: Evidence session 5
Can we move on to Sarah Murphy then, please?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Fuel poverty and the Warm Homes programme: Evidence session 5
Jane, had you completed your questions?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Fuel poverty and the Warm Homes programme: Evidence session 5
Okay, fine. Samuel. Can both Members and Minister and officials be brief in your answers, because we've only got until half past?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Fuel poverty and the Warm Homes programme: Evidence session 5
Moving back to 'worst first', Jane Dodds.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Fuel poverty and the Warm Homes programme: Evidence session 5
Okay. Over to Samuel Kurtz, please.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Fuel poverty and the Warm Homes programme: Evidence session 5
Back to you, Ken.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Fuel poverty and the Warm Homes programme: Evidence session 5
Who'd like to go first? Steve, do you want to go first? We need somebody to unmute you.
