, Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 2
Richard, just to expand a little bit on, perhaps, a regional approach and the advantages that might bring, are we talking about back-office savings, for example—back-office cost savings? So, you'd only have one set of directors of personnel and IT, finance…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 2
Okay, thank you very much, Sara. Perhaps I might ask one further question before we move on to other committee members. I think we're probably all familiar with the developments that have taken place over several years in terms of local authorities sometimes…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 2
Yes. Okay. Yes, Sara.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 2
Thank you very much. And Mark.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 2
Okay. Thank you very much, Diana. Okay, if the rest of our witnesses are content with what we've just heard and do not wish to add anything, that's fine. Let me move on, then, and ask for a view on the key challenges facing local authorities and leisure…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 2
Okay. Diolch yn fawr, Richard. Thank you very much. Would any of our other witnesses like to add to what Richard just said? Yes, Diana?
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 2
We will move on, then, to item 2, which is the committee's second evidence session regarding its inquiry into local authority library and leisure services in Wales. I'm very pleased to welcome—joining us here in the committee room, we have Richard Hughes…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Welcome, everyone, to this meeting of the Local Government and Housing Committee. Our first item today is introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest. Let me say that the meeting is being held in a hybrid format, but aside from…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Palliative care
I'm very pleased to take part in this important debate today. I think all Members are very conscious of the value of palliative care and end-of-life services in their own areas, and that certainly is the case with me. I'm very familiar with St David's Hospice…
, Plenary
Legislative Consent Motion on the Social Housing (Regulation) Bill
Diolch yn fawr, Llywydd. I hear what the Minister has said about the difficulties in timing, Llywydd, and these have plagued this particular Bill, I'm afraid. We were once again as a committee unable to give this latest LCM the sort of consideration we would…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Tackling the impact of poverty on attainment
I very much welcome the new funding and focus on community-focused schools, Minister, which I know we've discussed before. I have some good examples, I think, in my area, including Maindee Primary School, which is multicultural and is doing some really good…
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Ministerial scrutiny session—The co-operation agreement
Diolch yn fawr.
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Ministerial scrutiny session—The co-operation agreement
Thank you both very much. Just one other question from me on net zero, and that's in terms of Ynni Cymru and the role that that will play, particularly in terms of the smaller scale community, domestic and farm developments. I know it will work alongside the…
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Ministerial scrutiny session—The co-operation agreement
Diolch yn fawr, Cadeirydd. A couple of questions from me in terms of how we play our part in Wales in reaching net zero. I think most people would say we have great potential in Wales in terms of tidal energy, offshore, floating wind platforms, wind energy…
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Cost of Living
Okay. I know that time is always limited, Chair, so—. Foodbanks, First Minister, have become a feature of modern life and the use of those foodbanks, and the pressure on that service is ever-growing, it would seem. I know that the Trussell Trust are of the…
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Cost of Living
Okay. Another area that's been highlighted—this time by the Bevan Foundation, First Minister—is rural households who are often particularly affected by cost-of-living pressures with cost of transport, some of the energy issues, and you mentioned the off-gas…
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Cost of Living
I'd like to ask a few questions, First Minister, on poverty and equality, on issues that have been brought up by various organisations in Wales. Firstly, I know the Equality and Social Justice Committee heard from Well Fed and other organisations in terms of…
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Cost of Living
Yes. I just wanted to pick up on some of the remarks we've heard already from yourself, First Minister, and indeed, Jack Sargeant, in terms of the levers available to Welsh Government to tackle inequality and poverty because, you know, we have here in Wales a…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Papers to note
Item 10 on our agenda today is papers to note. We have two papers to note, papers 8 and 9. Paper 8 is a letter from the Finance Committee in relation to the Welsh Government's draft budget and invites us to comment on the budget process in terms of the…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
The Right to Adequate Housing - evidence session 5
Okay, Joel? Okay. Well, thank you very much, Dr Casla and Professor Hoffman, for giving evidence to committee this afternoon. You will be sent a transcript to check for factual accuracy. Diolch yn fawr.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
The Right to Adequate Housing - evidence session 5
Okay. Okay, Mabon? Diolch yn fawr. Joel James.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
The Right to Adequate Housing - evidence session 5
Thank you. Thank you very much. Mabon ap Gwynfor.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
The Right to Adequate Housing - evidence session 5
Okay. Thank you very much. Sam.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
The Right to Adequate Housing - evidence session 5
Okay. Thank you very much. Thank you, Carolyn. Sam Rowlands.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
The Right to Adequate Housing - evidence session 5
Okay, thank you very much. Carolyn.
