, Wales COVID-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee
Briefing: Civil contingencies and preparedness for the publication of the UK COVID-19 Inquiry's report into Module 1
Thank you very much. There'll be a range of questions now. I'm going to kick off with the first question. We don't know yet what the UK COVID-19 inquiry's view will be considering the evidence that they've had through module 1, but I think there's a theme…
, Wales COVID-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee
Briefing: Civil contingencies and preparedness for the publication of the UK COVID-19 Inquiry's report into Module 1
So, to that end, we are now going to receive a briefing by Professor Ben Anderson, an academic from Durham University. And I thank you very much for coming, and we look forward to your presentation.
, Wales COVID-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Good morning. I want to welcome members of the committee to the meeting of the Wales COVID-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee this morning. We have received apologies of absence from Jack Sargeant, and, as far as I am aware, there are no other apologies…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Partnership: South Wales Fire and Rescue Service review of culture and values—Next steps
It's quite depressing, really, isn't it? I can imagine the morale must be really low amongst the workforce, especially for the hundreds of employees who didn't engage in any of this appalling behaviour that's been cited. I'm interested to know how you will…
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Questions to the First Minister
Diolch, First Minister. Last month, I visited Ammanford foodbank and was in awe of the hard work and dedication by the staff and the volunteers. And I'd like to take the opportunity to thank them for all their commitment to helping others—it's truly…
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Questions to the First Minister
1. How is the Welsh Government supporting foodbanks in Mid and West Wales? OQ60673
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Short Debate: Heart Failure—Innovation is saving lives
And that brings today's proceedings to a close.
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Short Debate: Heart Failure—Innovation is saving lives
I now call on the Minister for Health and Social Services to reply to the debate. Eluned Morgan.
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Topical Questions
I thank you for that answer, Minister. I suppose I should start by declaring my registered interest as a member of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, because I'm delighted about the ospreys. As a regular visitor of the Dyfi osprey project, I've…
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Topical Questions
1. Will the Minister provide an update on developments regarding Gilestone Farm following the Written Statement issued on 29 January 2024? TQ969
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales
No, I know it's not straightforward. That's why nobody's looking at it.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales
I would call it storage, and I mean on a larger scale than the existing footprints.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales
Well, I'll call it what I like.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales
Okay. Yes, that's useful, but what I'm hearing, then, from you and what I've heard from everybody else is that nobody is looking at storage, beyond the footprint of a house. I know that there's storage there. I know that you can have storage in the footprint…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales
Okay, so how do you avoid any potential duplication, because we've had various groups involved in trying to address the issue of flooding? How do you keep your work unique to and separate from that?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales
Have you done any research—I've talked about this quite a lot—about storage? We've had more rain this winter, for example, than ever. I've been around a while, so I've got a good recall on what we would normally expect. So, of course, it's causing the problem…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales
Flooding.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales
I'm going to move on to flooding, and I've read the work that you're currently doing. I've always been interested in flooding, and I'm going to flip the question to you, unkindly, I suppose. You're working on flooding, but we've seen that drought is equally a…
, Wales COVID-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee
Briefing: Civil contingencies and preparedness for the publication of the UK COVID-19 Inquiry's report into Module 1
And sharing international best practice?
, Wales COVID-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee
Briefing: Civil contingencies and preparedness for the publication of the UK COVID-19 Inquiry's report into Module 1
Whether there were any specific policy changes.
, Wales COVID-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee
Briefing: Civil contingencies and preparedness for the publication of the UK COVID-19 Inquiry's report into Module 1
I think, moving on, the key questions here are: are there specific legislative or policy changes that you might recommend to strengthen the existing frameworks, and also, more widely, are there established mechanisms for learning from international…
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Statement by the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd: BlasCymru/TasteWales
I call on Llyr Gruffydd, spokesperson on behalf of Plaid Cymru.
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Statement by the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd: BlasCymru/TasteWales
Samuel Kurtz, spokesperson for the Conservatives.
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Statement by the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd: BlasCymru/TasteWales
We're now moving on to item 6, a statement by the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales on BlasCymru/TasteWales.
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Statement by the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip: Holocaust Memorial Day
Thank you. I know that we've overrun, but I thought it was important that we extended that debate.
