, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip
I thank the Deputy Minister. In terms of the elderly being able to travel around, the Older People’s Commissioner for Wales has recently made a public statement highlighting how older people in Wales feel trapped and excluded because of a lack of public…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd. Minister, as I’m sure you and everyone here will agree, remaining mobile as we age is extremely important not only for preventing isolation and loneliness, but being able to maintain fitness and cognitive function. Free bus passes…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Trefnydd, as you may be aware, there is currently a medicines supply shortage in Wales, with hormone replacement therapy products being one of the main medicines affected. I'm conscious that I've been in correspondence with the health Minister regarding this…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Thank you, First Minister. I, like many others, I'm sure, in this Chamber see rewilding as part of a number of options that will help increase biodiversity in Wales, and in the coming years, I think we can all expect more areas across Wales to be rewilded. As…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
3. What are the Welsh Government's plans for rewilding in Wales? OQ59876
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Thank you, Chair. I'm conscious, over the recess now, that I think the momentum behind this has grown even more, really. I think there's serious concern about the future of local and rural bus services. I know Cardiff Council has announced the discontinuation…
, Petitions Committee
New Petitions
Thank you, Chair. And I think I speak for the rest of the committee where we share your thoughts with that, and completely endorse them. As you said, yes, this is quite a dangerous road, from reading about it, and it's definitely hit over the debate…
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New Petitions
Thank you, Chair. As you know, when we debated this the first time in the Chamber, I think I was one of the only Members who spoke not necessarily in support or against either way, but, basically, arguing, I think, that more needed to be done before we looked…
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New Petitions
Thank you, Chair. I've gone through the correspondence with this petition, and there is a massive strength of feeling against the proposals. And I was just wondering, then—. I know that there's a meeting scheduled for later in the month now with Llais, which…
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New Petitions
Thank you, Chair. I just wanted to add my support for Peredur's comments there. As you know, we're getting a lot of petitions like this coming in, and we've had loads of debates on similar things in the Chamber recently. I think it just goes to show the…
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New Petitions
Thank you, Chair. I understand, at the moment, that the Welsh Government is looking to publish evidence into the impact of solar photovoltaic sites on agricultural land, and I was wondering whether or not—. They've offered to share that review with us as…
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New Petitions
Thank you, Chair. It was just a side note, really, that the petitioner might be interested in, which is that the Local Government and Housing Committee is looking at how to increase diversity in local government, so that might be a good starting point and…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Diversity in Local Government - Evidence from the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Yes. And I suppose the interesting thing about independents is that, in many councils, they are almost like a political party. They go about recruiting other independents for different wards and everything. So, I often think that they're not really…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Diversity in Local Government - Evidence from the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Brilliant. That's good to hear. I must confess that mine was an uncontested seat as well, so I was quite surprised at that, because it had always been contested before, so I was quite surprised that there were no other candidates. Obviously, I'd like to have…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Diversity in Local Government - Evidence from the Minister for Finance and Local Government
All right, thank you. Well, if I can, Chair, I just want to have a quick question about the access to elected office fund before moving on. I was keen to know about the analysis of it, about how effective it was, because I know you mentioned that, I think it…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Diversity in Local Government - Evidence from the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Thank you, Chair. I just wanted to touch upon, actually, the Minister's discussions with the public services ombudsman. I know from my time when I was a councillor, and as you alluded to, it can be quite a vicious chamber and complaints go flying back and…
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Petitions Committee and Children, Young People, and Education Committee Joint Debate—Services for care-experienced children and young people
I'd like to start by thanking all those who have taken and who will take part in today's very important joint debate, and I commend those who have given evidence and spoken about their experiences of the care system in Wales. Both reports today are…
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90-second Statements
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd. I'd like to take this opportunity to congratulate all 11 young people who have been selected to represent team Wales at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad and Tobago between 4 and 11 August this year. Since its launch in 2000…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Minister, as you are aware, the risk to humans from HPAI virus is relatively low. However, due to the scavenging nature of certain animals, there has been an increased number of infections in mammals who consumed infected birds. Sadly, since October 2022, red…
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Statement by the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip: Fairtrade Nation—15-year anniversary
Thank you, Minister, for your statement. I'd like to start by thanking those who work tirelessly to promote and encourage businesses to sell fair-trade products. It is undoubtedly this behaviour that encourages the sustainable manufacturing and production of…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Update on Building Safety
Thank you, Minister, for your comprehensive statement. As I am sure you will agree, it is enormously frustrating for leaseholders who have found themselves in this position, and it is without doubt that many of them have suffered from severe mental health…
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Questions to the First Minister
I'd like to thank Buffy for raising this important issue. Hindsight is, of course, a wonderful thing, and I'm sure that this area will now be more closely monitored by NRW, but this will bring little comfort to those in Pentre who were impacted by storm…
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Updates to previous petitions
Thank you, Chair. I know that we kept this petition open to wait for the Minister's budget announcement to see if anything could be delivered there. Obviously that's happened, and nothing's happened, really, with that. Although I've got every sympathy for the…
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Updates to previous petitions
Thank you, Chair. I'm happy with this petition in the sense of how it raises the importance of teaching assistants and basically the discrepancy in funding that there is for them, basically, across Wales, with different council areas paying them…
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Thank you, Chair. I agree with Rhys there. Unfortunately, now that the regulations have been implemented, there's very little scope of what we can do as a Petitions Committee and it's frustrating. I don't necessarily agree with what the Welsh Government have…
