, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
I thank the Counsel General for that answer. Counsel General, like many Members of the Senedd, I was very pleased to hear the Welsh Government announcement on flexible voting pilots, which will make it easier for people to vote, but, at the same time, I think…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
3. What steps will the Welsh Government take to encourage participation in elections in Wales? OQ57249
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Thank you for that, Minister, and I was pleased to see the First Minister's announcement last week of the new real living wage in Wales—that announcement on the twentieth anniversary of the establishment of the living wage movement. According to the Living…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
3. What plans does the Welsh Government have to introduce the real living wage across Wales? OQ57240
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Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: The Welsh Language Communities Housing Plan
As I outlined earlier, our committee is currently looking at second homes and will be looking at the Welsh Government's response to Dr Brooks's report on whether the steps taken are appropriate ones. Of course, Dr Brooks looked at the future of Welsh as a…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: The Welsh Language Communities Housing Plan
Thank you, Llywydd. I'm speaking as Chair of the Local Government and Housing Committee. Thank you very much to the Minister for his statement.
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Second Homes and Affordability
Diolch yn fawr, Llywydd, and yes, I will be speaking in my capacity as Chair of the Local Government and Housing Committee today. I thank the Minister for her statement. Our committee will be looking at housing in the round over the course of this Senedd…
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Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, I was fortunate to attend COP26 last week, and I was pleased to see there the importance of integrated public transport being highlighted in the global effort to combat climate change. And, of course, locally in south-east Wales we have the…
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Questions to the First Minister
1. What impact does the Welsh Government anticipate COP26 will have on Wales reaching net zero? OQ57192
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Social Justice: Wales and Africa
Diolch, Llywydd. I can certainly say, having been to Mbale myself, that the programme for Africa money is money well spent, because the health links, the educational links between that region of Uganda and PONT, for example, in Pontypridd in Wales were so…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Diolch yn fawr, Gweinidog. I think it's fair to say that there was a general view that, during the pandemic, Welsh Government worked very well with local authorities and local authority leaders, with, sometimes, the new technology aiding that in making weekly…
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Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
7. How is Welsh Government working with local government in Wales to improve the delivery of services? OQ57015
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Nature, biodiversity and local places for nature
I've been trying to work with Network Rail to allow for some brightening up of this area, with perhaps graffiti artists and so on, but they say that their criteria are such that unless there's a structural issue, they have no funding for those sorts of…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Nature, biodiversity and local places for nature
Thank you very much for your statement today, Minister. I'm particularly keen on the local places of nature and connecting people in urban communities, which most of our population live in of course, with nature, as best we can. In Newport, there's a…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Social Justice: Well-being of Future Generations National Implementation
Minister, it's really good that we have this internationally recognised legislation here in Wales to help guide us, and I would say a very strong commissioner to help drive progress. And I'm glad that you've been able to find some additional funding for the…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Transport
I'm very pleased to speak in this debate today. Looking at the Welsh Government amendment pointing out the significance of transport in the challenges of climate change and reducing emissions, and the UK Climate Change Committee's advice on reducing car…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
Item 4 is a motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting. Is committee content so to do? Okay, thank you very much. We will then move into private session.
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Papers to note
Okay. Diolch. Subject to that, then, we note those papers.
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Papers to note
We will discuss these matters in detail during the private session of the committee today, Mabon.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Papers to note
Okay. Thanks for that, Alun. I'm sure that committee will want to give those matters full discussion in due course, but, yes, it's useful to have that flagged up at this stage. Subject to that, then, is committee content to note the papers? Mabon.
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Papers to note
Item 3, then, is papers to note. We have paper 2, which is our predecessor committee in terms of our responsibilities, the Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee legacy report, published at the end of the last Senedd term, making observations…
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Committee remit
Then, we will move on to item 2 on our agenda today, which is the committee remit. There is a paper—paper 1—setting out that remit, and committee is asked to note our responsibilities. Are there any questions, or is committee content to note those…
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Okay. I would like to welcome everyone to this first meeting of the Local Government and Housing Committee. In accordance with Standing Order 34.19, I have determined that the public are excluded from the committee's meeting in order to protect public health…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, I very much agree with you in terms of the effect of those UK Government policies. Much entrenched poverty is rooted in social class, and working class communities in areas of industrial decline in the Valleys and on our social housing estates…
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Questions to the First Minister
5. Which policies will the Welsh Government follow to address entrenched poverty levels in Wales? OQ56775
