9 May 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Sustainable Farming Scheme - Farming Unions
Okay. So, you're a relatively young organisation; where do you get your expert advice from? Do you get that through the Government, or are you also members of one of the other unions here today?
9 May 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Sustainable Farming Scheme - Farming Unions
Can I just follow up on that? We're only 50 or 60 harvests away from armageddon—what was on the radio this morning—simply because of the way we're managing the soil. I was a bit disturbed earlier on to hear that, 'Oh, environmentalist issues are somewhere…
9 May 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Sustainable Farming Scheme - Farming Unions
Okay. Thank you for that.
9 May 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Sustainable Farming Scheme - Farming Unions
That's very worrying. I just wanted to just explore whether farmers with lived experience of farming have been included in whatever work has been done in the past, under Lesley Griffiths.
8 May 2024 , Plenary
Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee Report, 'How we must all play our part: a public health approach to halting the epidemic in gender-based violence'
Thank you very much for all those comments. We initially heard from three members of the committee who took part in this inquiry, starting with Altaf Hussain. We're very grateful for all the input that Altaf has had on the work of the committee and wish him…
8 May 2024 , Plenary
Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee Report, 'How we must all play our part: a public health approach to halting the epidemic in gender-based violence'
I commend initiatives like Sound that encourage young men in Wales to learn about gender-based violence and think about how they approach everyday scenarios in their relationships, which are to be welcomed as interventions. The committee also heard about the…
8 May 2024 , Plenary
Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee Report, 'How we must all play our part: a public health approach to halting the epidemic in gender-based violence'
Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. Statistics tell us that violence against women is an epidemic. In England and Wales two women a week are killed by a former or current partner. One in three women aged 16 to 60 will experience domestic abuse in their…
7 May 2024 , Plenary
& 9. Legislative Consent Motion on the Victims and Prisoners Bill—motion 1, and Legislative Consent Motion on the Victims and Prisoners Bill—motion 2
As Chair of the Equality and Social Justice Committee, I'd also like to reiterate my concern at the delay in getting these LCMs forwarded to us, because, as the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee has said, these were actually sitting…
7 May 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Housing, Local Government and Planning: Working with local government to deliver more affordable homes
Thank you very much. Given the extent of the desperate housing crisis that you mentioned, I was really surprised to see that the first act of the re-elected mayor of Manchester, Andy Burnham, is to stop new council housing from being sold for profit, but not…
7 May 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Parenting doesn't come with instructions, I agree, but I just want to focus on the support that we give women before the birth, because it is shocking that 40 per cent of all births now end in caesarean sections because women are not getting enough support…
1 May 2024 , Plenary
Short Debate: Gaza—A Welsh response
As Rhun ap Iorwerth said, we cannot get used to the level of carnage that's going on; we must not turn away. Jana Ayad is a child, roughly the same age as my second granddaughter. She's all skin and bones, starving to death because of a deliberate policy not…
1 May 2024 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Cass review
Will you take an intervention?
1 May 2024 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Cass review
Cass said: 'Our current understanding of the long-term health impacts of hormone interventions is limited and needs to be better understood.' That may be true, but the assumption that that should translate into an instant ban on puberty blockers, welcomed by…
1 May 2024 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Cass review
You've had your opportunity, Laura Anne.
1 May 2024 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Cass review
No.
1 May 2024 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Cass review
I think you've just had a lengthy contribution.
1 May 2024 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Cass review
'We are in an age where it can feel like we are under attack, and that our rights are at risk of being rolled back: whether that is around the world or, sadly, slightly closer to home, with the apparent regressive position on LGBTQ+ rights being pursued by…
30 April 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Welsh Language: Tata Steel
Thank you. The south Wales industrial cluster's mission statement is to develop a world-leading, truly sustainable industrial cluster to meet society's needs in 2030, 2040, 2050 and beyond. It can't be done without steel—just cannot be done, because nobody's…
29 April 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42(vi) to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
I just would like Members to agree that we'll now move, under Standing Order 17.42, to exclude the public from the remainder of today's meeting.
29 April 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare follow-up inquiry: evidence session 4
Thank you. Thank you very much, all of you, for your really excellent contributions. We'll be sending you a transcript of this session so that you can correct any anomalies that we have misheard. Thank you very much indeed for your valuable contribution to…
29 April 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare follow-up inquiry: evidence session 4
For the benefits of Chris and Naomi, what the Government's plan is is to expand—the two-year-old entitlement for Flying Start families, to expand it out from there, rather than just trying to go across the world. Does that feel like a grounded, doable policy…
29 April 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare follow-up inquiry: evidence session 4
Can I come to Peter Fox?
29 April 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare follow-up inquiry: evidence session 4
Buffy.
29 April 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare follow-up inquiry: evidence session 4
Naomi, you wanted to come in. Can I just say that 1 per cent of mothers are still breastfeeding at 6 months—1 per cent in Wales? That tells you that health is not working well.
29 April 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare follow-up inquiry: evidence session 4
Natalie, do you want to start, as you're based in Wales?
