16 July 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for North Wales and Transport: Transport update
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16 July 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for North Wales and Transport: Transport update
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd.
16 July 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for North Wales and Transport: Transport update
Cabinet Secretary, first of all, may I welcome what you've had to say on 20 mph? I think there is quite a strong consensus that the existing policy did need adjustment, but that that adjustment would be what I would describe as tweaking, more than anything…
16 July 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Yes. First Minister, following that decision not to proceed with the M4 relief road around Newport, the Burns commission set out that vision for a truly integrated transport system for Newport and around—so, more and better bus services, rail services, and…
16 July 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
6. How is the Welsh Government working with the new UK Government on integrated transport for Newport East? OQ61485
12 July 2024 , Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Topical Scrutiny
Diolch, Gadeirydd. First Minister, we know we now have a UK Government committed to dealing with the regional economic inequalities in the UK and working with the devolved bodies to that effect. I know that we have ambitions in south-east Wales in terms of…
12 July 2024 , Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Rural communities
If I might move on to rail services. The recent timetable review by Transport for Wales is resulting in service cuts in some rural areas. There is a concern that those rural areas are being disproportionately disadvantaged compared to the picture around Wales…
12 July 2024 , Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Rural communities
Thank you, Prif Weinidog. In terms of the upcoming bus Bill, how will that help smaller operators who typically feature to a greater extent in the rural areas, and are there examples of good practice from anywhere else in terms of those rural challenges and…
12 July 2024 , Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Rural communities
Prif Weinidog, perhaps I can move on to affordability and people in rural areas who are struggling with the cost of transport. Of course, people tend to be disproportionately dependent on private cars, but public transport is a real issue as well. Your…
12 July 2024 , Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Rural communities
Okay, First Minister. Well, in terms of what you say about public transport, we know that options are rather more limited in rural areas compared to urban, so I just wonder whether your administration will take a different approach to roads policy compared to…
12 July 2024 , Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Rural communities
Diolch yn fawr, Cadeirydd. First Minister, bore da. Professor Stuart Cole has suggested that rural Wales has lost out on Welsh Government transport investment and day-to-day expenditure if you make a comparison with urban areas. Does your Government have any…
10 July 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with representatives of local health boards
Yes, sure. Finally from me on continuing healthcare, around direct payments, what needs to be put in place in terms of information, advice and support so that people can make informed decisions as to whether they want to use direct payments for continuing…
10 July 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with representatives of local health boards
Okay. Continuing with continuing healthcare, then, one health board raised the issue of fluctuating health needs, that eligibility isn’t for life and there are instances where continuing healthcare might be withdrawn following a review, if those health needs…
10 July 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with representatives of local health boards
Diolch yn fawr, Cadeirydd. Yes, I'd like to ask some questions relating to continuing healthcare. I guess we're all fairly familiar with the disputes that sometimes arise as to whether continuing healthcare applies or not, and we've heard from the Welsh Local…
10 July 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with organisations supporting children in care
I was just going to ask a brief question about numbers. We know that too many children go into care, and it's very variable between local authorities. Obviously, if fewer children are going into care in the future, there'll be fewer placements required. Do…
10 July 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with organisations supporting children in care
On the funding and the £68 million made available for preparatory work for what the Bill will bring, you’ve mentioned some issues around funding already, but what do you think about the use of that £68 million? Is it being best used to do what it’s intended…
10 July 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with organisations supporting children in care
Diolch yn fawr, Cadeirydd. Sharon, when we talk about the need for children currently with private providers to have advocacy so they understand about the Bill and what might happen, is there anything you’d point us to specifically in terms of what needs to…
10 July 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with young people from Voices from Care
Thank you all very much.
10 July 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with young people from Voices from Care
So, what you're saying, Elliott, or what you said to begin with, is that money that's taken in profit by those profit-making organisations at the moment should be actually ploughed back into provision and services and training?
10 July 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with young people from Voices from Care
Yes. Diolch, Cadeirydd. I'm just wondering if there's anything that you haven't yet told the committee that you would like to mention that's relevant to this legislation that would take profit making out of the system.
10 July 2024 , Plenary
Topical Questions
Cabinet Secretary, as we know, Tata's operations in Wales are centred on Port Talbot, but there are various other sites, of course, including Llanwern. In terms of that transition, as you've described and David Rees has described, the new level of investment…
9 July 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, our criminal justice and prison system is in a dire state, and many of the people in prison shouldn't be there in the first place; they need to be better helped with the underlying factors that lie behind their offending. And, of course, if…
3 July 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting and from the next Committee meeting on 18 July 2024
Item 5, then, is a motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting and from the next committee meeting on 18 July. So, that's to consider the evidence that we've received today, and also our approach to…
3 July 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Papers to note
Okay, item 4 on our agenda today is a paper to note, which is a letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Housing, Local Government and Planning to the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee in relation to the Welsh housing quality standard. Are…
3 July 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session 10
Okay. Rebeca, thank you very much for coming in to give evidence to committee today. You will be sent a transcript to check for factual accuracy. Diolch yn fawr.
