, Local Government and Housing Committee
Building safety - evidence session 2
Thank you, Chair, and thanks, everyone, for coming to today's session. I've got to apologise, I've got a bit of a cold, so I'm speaking quite nasally, so, apologies for that. I just wanted to get some idea about whether or not, with the improvements that are…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Building safety - evidence session 1
Thank you, Chair, and thanks, everyone, for coming in today. I've got to apologise, I've got a bit of a cold so I'm all full up, so I'm speaking a bit nasally. I wanted to just ask two questions, really. The first one is: you've mentioned about the engagement…
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Industrial relations
Well, I'm sure that's a question you can point to the Deputy Minister for Social Partnership. —a broadly favourable picture of this legislation, concluding it will boost public confidence around access to vital services during walkouts, and stated that there…
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Industrial relations
—concluding it would boost public confidence around access to vital services during walkouts. Go on.
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Industrial relations
Thank you, Llywydd, and I move this amendment in the name of Darren Millar. It is clear that the motion presented by Plaid Cymru seems to have completely misrepresented the UK Government's policy on minimum service levels by claiming that it is an attempt by…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
I'd like to thank my colleague Rhys for raising such an important question. Minister, I recently listened to a Safer Communities podcast with the Prevent community engagement officer for Cardiff Council where incel ideology was brought up. Worryingly, common…
, Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Partnership: Fair Work: Annual Progress and Priorities
Thank you, Deputy Minister, for your statement and for your advanced copy. As always, I'm disappointed by the ideological narrative that comes from this Welsh Government, particularly in your remarks regarding the minimum service levels Bill. Because as you…
, Petitions Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
I wonder if—. No, I could ask in the private session.
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Thank you, Chair, and thanks for postponing it from the last meeting, as this is a petition that I wanted to speak on then, but, unfortunately, as I explained, there was an accident on the road. I note the Minister's response here, but the petitioner has come…
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session - P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
Okay. Thank you, Joel. Hefin, the committee appreciates your honesty with us today. I think it's been very helpful. You've given a clear indication as to what does duty look like, and that's something for the committee to consider later on, in our private…
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session - P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
Thank you, Chair. I just wanted to come back, really, in terms of the retrospective adoption. I know, again, from my own experience, it was only the one estate in my ward, and it was a relatively mixed bag. There were some there that said, 'I don't like the…
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session - P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
No, that's it.
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session - P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
Oh, yes. Thanks, Chair. Apologies, I’m full up with cold, so I’m speaking quite croakily, I suppose. Like Rhys, I’ve got experience of this within my ward from when I was a counsellor. There’s an estate there, built within the timescales that you said, and…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Habilitation training for sight-impaired children
I wanted to start by saying that, although I recognise providing for the complexity of disabilities that exist in Wales is challenging, I'm nonetheless still surprised, given all the information that we know about the positive impact of helping those with…
, Plenary
Topical Questions
Deputy Minister, one of the major issues of the initial announcement of the cut of emergency funding was the relatively short notice of it, which meant that some bus companies, especially smaller ones, did not have the necessary financial reserves to keep…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you, Minister, for your response to my colleague Jack Sargeant's question. As you know, in a few weeks' time, we will shortly be discussing the Petitions Committee's report on greyhound racing and specifically its main recommendation that the sport be…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Minister, research has shown that, during the pandemic, those with disabilities spent even less time out in green spaces and accessing nature than before. Whilst the vulnerability to COVID was a key factor, it has also been found that cognitive load had a…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Minister, as you are aware, flooding can seriously impact our communities, resulting in long-term environmental damage, destruction to property, disruption to our transport network and, sadly, even resulting, as my colleague Heledd said, in the loss of life…
, Plenary
90-second Statements
I would like to take this opportunity to raise awareness of National Apprenticeship Week, which aims to celebrate and promote apprenticeships in Wales as a valuable pathway into work and the benefits that they bring to both individuals and employers. I would…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
I'd like to thank my colleague Rhys for raising this issue. Minister, I understand that PRP, the company instructed by the Welsh Government to complete site surveys of the 163 buildings in Wales registered as affected by cladding issues, will not release any…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I'd like to thank the representative for Cynon Valley for raising this important issue. Over the last 40 years in Wales, the number of female suicides per 100,000 of the population has dropped almost 50 per cent, from nine to five. For males, unfortunately…
, Plenary
Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal—A Bill on digital carbon footprint reduction
Thank you, Rhun, for raising this important debate today. I fully support the proposals of this Bill, and I believe that we need to be much more forward thinking in our approach to policy that helps reduce our carbon footprint in technological areas…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Deputy Minister, as you know, the Royal Mail strikes over the Christmas period not only had a financial impact on Royal Mail, but caused profound reputational damage as well. I think we all here agree that it is an individual's right to take industrial…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Thank you, First Minister. As I am sure you'll agree with me, the experience that some disabled people have in Wales when they're accessing public transport still falls woefully short of the standards that we expect and they deserve. I regularly receive…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
2. Will the First Minister make a statement on the accessibility of public transport for those who are visually impaired? OQ59018
