, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip
Thank you, Llywydd. Minister, concern has been raised by both care staff and guardians that the basic income trial that the Welsh Government is piloting is causing adverse behaviour in some care leavers. Some who were predicted to do quite well have now…
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Thank you, Chair. I think it is right that we discuss the two petitions together. I know the petitioner for the first petition, Jade, and I share her frustrations, really, in the sense that the point of that petition is about working parents and the response…
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
And you are more than welcome—. Well, everyone here is more than welcome to attend.
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Thank you, Chair. As you might know, I met with the petitioner a couple of weeks ago to discuss a few things that I could do as a Senedd Member, in terms of writing off to the health boards. I have also agreed to sponsor a drop-in event raising awareness of…
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Thanks for clarifying that, again, Chair. It's in the sense that if private companies want to go down to a four-day working week, that's up to them, really, but I don't necessarily see why the public sector should be looking to do that.
, Petitions Committee
New Petitions
Thank you, Chair. Thanks ever so much for bringing me in. Unfortunately, this is quite a difficult one. As we've seen with the discussion earlier about the solar panel petition, the Minister won't necessarily comment on planning applications, and made it…
, Petitions Committee
New Petitions
Thank you, Chair, and thanks ever so much for bringing me in there. This is quite an interesting petition, really, that we've received, something that actually I'd never really given thought to before. But I know from the Minister's response that there is…
, Petitions Committee
P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
Thank you, Chair. No worries. It's useful that you brought in the local authorities there, and also the house builder, because it's always been my experience—. It almost seems to be like a breakdown in relationship. Naturally, you assume that the developer…
, Petitions Committee
P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
Thank you, Chair. Thanks ever so much for coming in this afternoon, and for making that journey all the way down, actually, because we sometimes struggle to get witnesses in person. So, we're really grateful for that. I suppose I've often wondered—I know it's…
, Petitions Committee
Session with Professor Cristina Leston-Bandeira
Oh, sorry.
, Petitions Committee
Session with Professor Cristina Leston-Bandeira
It was that point when it was all new, we were part of—
, Petitions Committee
Session with Professor Cristina Leston-Bandeira
Yes, because you mentioned there about the seldom heard or the hard to reach, and I always see social media as something that can cut across that. It almost, in my view, changes it then, in the sense that somebody talked about black and ethnic minority…
, Petitions Committee
Session with Professor Cristina Leston-Bandeira
Thank you, Chair, and thanks ever so much for coming in this afternoon. The report is absolutely fascinating, actually, and I just wanted to pick your brains, if I can. Some of the topics there—. I'm quite interested, and you've touched upon it here now…
, Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Pancreatic cancer
I'd like to start by thanking my colleague Mark for raising such an important topic for debate, and to thank all those who worked tirelessly to help raise awareness of rare cancers such as pancreatic cancer, and campaign to improve the outcome of sufferers. I…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 9
Brilliant, thank you.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 9
Perfect. Thank you. Also in your written evidence, you make reference to, and you almost express your disappointment at, how questions on candidates' experience of abuse and harassment weren't included, even though the White Paper made reference to this and…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 9
Thank you, Chair. Thanks ever so much for attending today's evidence session. I just want to ask you a couple of questions on the local government survey. As you'll know, and as you highlighted in your submitted written evidence, the Bill removes the…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 8
Thank you.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 8
One final question. In your written evidence, you make reference to the possible need—again, a Christmas wish list, I suppose—for independent academic evaluation of the outcomes of the pilots and everything. What are the benefits of that? Is that something…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 8
Perfect, thanks for that. Chair, I've just got two questions, if that's okay. The first question is: obviously, you'll know that this Bill allows the Welsh Government to compel local authorities to do these pilots; do you see that as a good or bad thing? A…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 8
Perfect. Thanks ever so much for that clarification, and I'm quite grateful you said that about not having a pilot for pilot's sake, because that's the concern that I have with this. And we've seen a couple of pilots recently that the Welsh Government…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 8
Thank you, Chair, and thanks ever so much for coming in—well, coming in online—this morning. Sorry, I keep saying that. I just wanted to ask a few questions about electoral piloting powers. In your written evidence you mention about the constant need for the…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 7
No, no, no worries at all. It's been absolutely fascinating. That's it from me, Chair.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 7
Perfect, thanks for that. Also, we heard in previous evidence sessions, and you touched upon it there, about that loss of experience. Obviously, prior to you coming in online there, we had, basically, the boundary commission in person, talking about their…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 7
No worries, no worries at all. I just wanted to ask a quick question based on your responses to Carolyn there, then. You mentioned then that, sort of, electoral life in Scotland would be a bit difficult if the EMB didn't exist there, and I just wanted to get…
