30 January 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip: Holocaust Memorial Day
And our last speaker on this is Vikki Howells.
30 January 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip: Holocaust Memorial Day
I've got five speakers and we're over time, so if I could respectfully ask people to keep to time, I know that you all want to speak and we all want to hear you. Delyth Jewell.
30 January 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip: Holocaust Memorial Day
I call on Mark Isherwood.
30 January 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip: Holocaust Memorial Day
We'll move on now to a statement by the Minister for Social Justice on Holocaust memorial. I call on the Minister for Social Justice—Jane Hutt.
30 January 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: White Paper for a proposed Bill on environmental principles, environmental governance and biodiversity targets
Thank you, Minister.
25 January 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - part 2
You did also mention earlier, Minister, in one of your replies, that all the directorates sit together in the same room to realise the impact of one area of spend on another. I don't need to remind you about the spills of sewage into the marine environment…
25 January 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - part 2
Okay. So, I will go on to the marine conservation zones designation. I know you mentioned the MPA network, and, of course, the MCZ designation of sites is critical, and we've been around this for a very long time. I don't think it's reasonable to say that…
25 January 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - part 2
Some of that money, according to the Wales Environment Link, under the fisheries schemes, was also about protecting and monitoring the protection of fishing in our seas. And we all know that we've spent money on the Rhodri Morgan, and other things. Are those…
25 January 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - part 2
Marine. Good morning, Minister—yes, we're still in the morning. Just on the impact of the decrease of funding for marine projects, what's been deprioritised as a result?
25 January 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - part 1
Very briefly, you're talking about integrating all the different systems and plans, but a lot of local authorities at the moment are putting together their local development plans, and part of the local development plan, of course, will be building. I'm just…
24 January 2024 , Plenary
Short Debate: A burning issue: Tackling oesophageal and stomach cancer in Wales
I thank you, Altaf, for tabling this important debate and for highlighting Tenovus's Life Shouldn't Be Hard to Swallow campaign. Charity-led campaigns, often funded by the generosity of the public, are vital in the battle against cancer, and they are…
24 January 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Yes, I'm going to join everybody in welcoming Carmarthenshire council for their inquiry, and, as you said, Minister, the public have to play a part here. It's fairly unbelievable that people buy dogs online. I find that incredible, personally, I have to say…
24 January 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Supporting people with chronic conditions: evidence session with Public Health Wales
Okay. No easy answers.
24 January 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Supporting people with chronic conditions: evidence session with Public Health Wales
I want to go down another trajectory here. We've had evidence that tells us that black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds are sometimes more susceptible to certain health conditions than others. How do we help and support that group?
24 January 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Supporting people with chronic conditions: evidence session with Public Health Wales
I've seen some really good examples of dieticians based in healthcare settings—really inspired people. But then you don't really hear much about them, is the point I'm going to make, in terms of a healthcare pathway. But the importance of good diet, we all…
24 January 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Supporting people with chronic conditions: evidence session with Public Health Wales
I'm going to look at health inequalities and what causes them and how they're dealt with, I suppose. Of course, health inequalities are subject to many things, but the outcome can be multiple chronic conditions. So, poverty, of course, is a big factor, and…
24 January 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Pre-appointment hearing for the role of Chair of Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board: evidence session with the Welsh Government's preferred candidate
Okay. Thanks.
24 January 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Pre-appointment hearing for the role of Chair of Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board: evidence session with the Welsh Government's preferred candidate
Can I just ask? You've demonstrated, as your curriculum vitae does, that you're very much part of the area, of the culture, that is Gwynedd. Have you looked outside for examples of best practice that could be brought into Gwynedd, running alongside the best…
24 January 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Pre-appointment hearing for the role of Chair of Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board: evidence session with the Welsh Government's preferred candidate
Good morning. You will be nothing without your staff, and that's a fact, because they're the people who'll be delivering all of the services all of the time. So, I'd like to understand the approach that you're going to take to lift morale, keep morale on an…
18 January 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Thank you for that.
18 January 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
A quick question. Are you linking up with growing or replacing the crops that have been felled with fast-growing crops or trees so that they can then be used in the industries in Wales, thus reducing the impact on the environment, but utilising—that's how…
18 January 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
You’ve had £2.5 million funding from the Welsh Government. Is that enough—it's an eternal question, but one we have to ask—to deliver the SLA in place to enforce these particular regulations? As a consequence of budget squeeze—or enhanced budgets, whichever…
18 January 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
Will you be able to monitor this? Because the target was supposed to be a limit of 170 kg of nitrogen per hectare, but of course we know that that’s been eased. I’m going to put it on record that I don’t agree with that, but then it’s on the record plenty of…
18 January 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
How were you involved in preparing the guidance for the ENM approach? We know that it was published in December, so what was the level of involvement? That's one question. And whether publishing guidance in December does give sufficient time, given that…
18 January 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
I'm going to move on to nutrient management, and specifically agricultural pollution regulations. What work has been done to assess whether or how the enhanced nutrient management approach is going to impact on the effectiveness of the 2021 regulations in…
