, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Transport for Wales
You've been very successful in preventing any industrial stoppages on the rail service in Wales, and that's been notable compared with other players in the rail service. I just wondered how successful you are in managing sickness absence, because that clearly…
, Plenary
Topical Questions
Thank you. I've just read the analysis by the Institute for Public Policy Research, which says that, for every £100 the UK Government is spending on personal tax cuts, £46 will benefit the richest fifth of households and only £3 going to the worst-off…
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: The private rented sector
I appreciate that we need something in the here and now, and we do need more municipal housing but where are we going to get the funds from? Cardiff Council is doing important things like building temporary housing where they've got spare land, because they…
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: The private rented sector
I would agree with you that some landlords, many landlords, are good landlords who want to do the best by their tenants, but to say the vast majority are, that's not my experience, I'm afraid, in my constituency. I have numerous problems with people being…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: The private rented sector
Yes, I'm happy to take an intervention.
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Plaid Cymru Debate: The private rented sector
The only good news I've so far noticed in the autumn statement is that the local housing allowance, which has been frozen since 2020, is now going to be restored to 30 per cent of the local private sector housing rents, the average. Because freezing the local…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Digital and AI technology in the NHS
You say that we've squandered the opportunities, but do you not recognise that NHS England has squandered previous opportunities by rushing into this and not taking the public with them? And that when in 2021 they launched this GP data planning and research…
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
Apologies.
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Group 12: National strategy on soundscapes (Amendment 85)
Thank you, Minister, for your response, and I'm very glad that you have commissioned additional research on this matter, because I think that we need to update it, as it's now five years since the last plan. I agree with you that consent needs to be required…
, Plenary
Group 12: National strategy on soundscapes (Amendment 85)
Diolch yn fawr, Llywydd. We've just debated the importance of having a measured approach to wood-burning stoves, even though that we know that they contain significant particulates. So, I want to ensure that, during the passage of this Bill, we are addressing…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Reform of the School Year
So, that's just one of the things that we could explore.
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Statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Reform of the School Year
—that you want to disregard when Easter falls in terms of the spring term, and I wondered whether you'd considered allowing other religious holidays to be—. You know, people will still want to take Good Friday and Easter Monday off if they—. And will be able…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Reform of the School Year
Can I—? I just want to ask you—. You've already indicated—
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Reform of the School Year
Just as you said just now to Jayne Bryant, I’ve never met a teacher who doesn’t say it isn’t really, really challenging at the beginning of September to get children settled back into the ways of learning, of listening and responding because of that loss of…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42(vi) to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
Therefore, under Standing Order 17.42, can I ask Members if you are happy to exclude the public for the remainder of today's meeting? I see no discord on that, so I will now go private.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Papers to note
Right, so, there are three papers to note. Are Members content to note these papers?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the implementation of the 'Anti-racist Wales Action Plan': evidence session 4
Very good. Well, thank you both very much for your evidence. You’ll be sent a transcript of what you've said, and please do correct it if we've captured the information wrongly. And meanwhile, thank you very much for your time this afternoon and I hope you…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the implementation of the 'Anti-racist Wales Action Plan': evidence session 4
Okay. All right. Thank you very much. Is there anything further that you wanted to say?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the implementation of the 'Anti-racist Wales Action Plan': evidence session 4
Okay. So, taking it back to funding. We know that the funding that the Welsh Government has allocated for improving the quality and the number of Traveller sites, which is there waiting for local authorities to bid for, year after year is never taken up. So…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the implementation of the 'Anti-racist Wales Action Plan': evidence session 4
Okay. I just want us to move beyond funding for a moment, because clearly the outcomes for this particular community are the worst as far as education is concerned, and in many respects in terms of housing as well. I don't even know what the outcomes are…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the implementation of the 'Anti-racist Wales Action Plan': evidence session 4
Thank you. I just want to pick up on something that we've mentioned in passing, but we haven't properly explored, and that's around the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller community. You, Professor Iwobi, mentioned that you tend to be project funded rather than core…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the implementation of the 'Anti-racist Wales Action Plan': evidence session 4
Thank you. I'll just move on now to Ken Skates.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the implementation of the 'Anti-racist Wales Action Plan': evidence session 4
Very good. Altaf Hussain.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the implementation of the 'Anti-racist Wales Action Plan': evidence session 4
Thank you for that. That's really useful. Sioned Williams.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the implementation of the 'Anti-racist Wales Action Plan': evidence session 4
Before we move on, I just wanted to pick up on something that Professor Iwobi said at the beginning of this discussion with Sarah Murphy. You said that you'd been contacted by 15 different organisations in a week, including concerns involving children as…
