, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Governance of Fire and Rescue Services: panel 1
Thank you. Sarah Murphy, did you have a further question?
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Governance of Fire and Rescue Services: panel 1
Mr Wrack, did you want to come in?
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Governance of Fire and Rescue Services: panel 1
Sarah, can I just interrupt? Sioned just wants to come in. I'll come back to you.
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Governance of Fire and Rescue Services: panel 1
Thank you. Can I call in Sarah Murphy at this point?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Governance of Fire and Rescue Services: panel 1
Okay. If you could give some brief answers, Mr Griffiths, because we have got quite a lot to get through.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Governance of Fire and Rescue Services: panel 1
Okay, I'm looking at the clock here—
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Governance of Fire and Rescue Services: panel 1
Okay. Well, thank you for clarifying neither of you are involved in any of this. And, of course, it is an interim appointment. Joel James.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Governance of Fire and Rescue Services: panel 1
Thank you. Is there anything you wanted to add, Mr Griffiths? Because I know that Joel James wanted to come in.
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Governance of Fire and Rescue Services: panel 1
Yes. Well, I think if you start off, and then—.
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Governance of Fire and Rescue Services: panel 1
Thank you for that background information. Can I bring in Ken Skates?
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Governance of Fire and Rescue Services: panel 1
Okay. But that is, in effect, causing a bit of concern. Mr Wrack, would you like to come in at this point?
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Governance of Fire and Rescue Services: panel 1
Okay. As you say, it's never that clear cut, but if, for example, you've got evidence of WhatsApp messages being sent to an individual of a sexual nature, which, clearly, is bullying in the context of the workplace, that surely is something where you'd have…
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Governance of Fire and Rescue Services: panel 1
Okay. Now, the culture review wasn't uncritical of yourselves and said that the union had contributed to the service's cultural problems, particularly through resistance to members being dismissed for poor behaviour. In light of those concerns, what steps has…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Governance of Fire and Rescue Services: panel 1
So, what action were you able to take? I understand you had to respect the views of the individual, but what action were you able to take to make those appalling discriminatory behaviours stop?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Governance of Fire and Rescue Services: panel 1
What insight did you have into these problems prior to the publication of this report?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Governance of Fire and Rescue Services: panel 1
So, we'll move straight into the first session on the governance of fire and rescue services, and I'd very much like to welcome Matt Wrack, general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union, who's joining us online, and Cerith Griffiths, the executive council…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Bore da. Welcome to the Equality and Social Justice Committee. We are continuing our discussion of the review of the fire and rescue services today. I've had apologies from Altaf Hussain, and I'd like to welcome Joel James, who's replacing him. Are there any…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Sustainable Farming Scheme
Everybody has to change.
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Sustainable Farming Scheme
I was going to say we've got a climate emergency and a biodiversity emergency. We have to have a dialogue and we have to change.
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Sustainable Farming Scheme
—and nourishing food, which also safeguards their culture. This is the sort of thing we need to do in Wales, and we need to continue to have that serious conversation with our farmers on what they can do and we can do to do this together.
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Sustainable Farming Scheme
Instead of the 0.5 per cent of land we currently dedicate to fruit and veg, we've only got to dedicate 2 per cent to fruit and veg to resolve our domestic need. So that really isn't an issue in that particular case. That work has been done by Amber Wheeler as…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Sustainable Farming Scheme
Anybody would think that this was a debate that was occurring in a vacuum only in Wales, but actually there's been an equally robust debate occurring in England, and more farmers are now joining the English version of a sustainable farming scheme that they've…
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Six per cent to 7 per cent? Okay. Thank you. Well, I read recently that the Food Foundation's latest food insecurity tracker reveals that 15 per cent of households are experiencing food insecurity. That's one in six or seven households. Over half of them said…
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
1. What percentage of fruit and vegetables consumed in Wales is grown in Wales? OQ60745
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Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
That's welcome news, Minister. It's 10 years since the Williams commission warned that radical change is needed for public services to survive in a viable and sustainable form. And in next year's budget strategy document, you make prominent reference to…
