11 January 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing
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11 January 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing
That's very good of you. Thank you. I would like to ask about respite for carers, because one of the key things that keeps carers going is knowing that, at some stage, they're going to have a break. That's how they manage; it's the only way they can manage…
11 January 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing
—as a direct consequence of the cost-of-living crisis?
11 January 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing
Just talking about budgets, and we can't escape the knock-on effect of poverty that's been created by the cost-of-living crisis, which we all know was created by a disastrous budget earlier last year, so, what I'm interested in knowing here is the impact of…
11 January 2023 , Plenary
Topical Questions
First of all, I want to declare my membership of Unite, the trade union. I believe, as others will, that this is an ideologically led attack on workers' fundamental right to strike. They have a track record on this, and they've brought in several pieces of…
10 January 2023 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Diversity in Democracy—Survey Results
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Our local authorities do excellent work, but sometimes they do it with one hand tied behind their back. We've got the cabinet system in place, but it seems that there's very little support for Members to carry out scrutiny. In order to…
10 January 2023 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Trefnydd, I'd like to hear from the education Minister about what is being done to address misogynistic ideology in the classroom. The case of Andrew Tate has lifted the lid on a pervasive, toxic and dangerous culture that is targeting vulnerable boys in…
10 January 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Thank you for that answer, First Minister. This time last year, the Counsel General told this Senedd that the Welsh Government would maintain or improve EU standards. That commitment is imperative if we are going to erase the continued Brexit burden facing…
10 January 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
6. What support will the Government offer the exporters of Welsh goods in 2023? OQ58935
10 January 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I think it might be worth, First Minister, encouraging people to look at the map of flood and coastal capital investment that is available online. You have already mentioned that there has been Welsh Government investment of £71 million for this financial…
13 July 2022 , Plenary
Debate on the Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee Report: 'Refreshing Wales’ Bovine TB Eradication Programme'
I want to thank the committee for what is an interesting report. I remember being elected in 2007, and there were serious concerns around bovine TB in Wales then, but the data shows how far we have come. There’s a new picture now, as the Minister put it in…
13 July 2022 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bus and rail transport in Wales - evidence session 4
Thank you.
13 July 2022 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bus and rail transport in Wales - evidence session 4
Well, not surprisingly, funding is the key implementation way forward of getting anything done, so I want to ask if you've had any detail—or if you can give us any details of any discussions, rather, that you've had as local government and Welsh Government on…
13 July 2022 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bus and rail transport in Wales - evidence session 4
You've sort of touched on this, but what about your views on the White Paper proposals to remove the restrictions on local authorities operating their own municipal bus companies? Do you have any views? If you don't, we'll move on.
13 July 2022 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bus and rail transport in Wales - evidence session 4
I think that's clear. I want to know then how the corporate joint committees will support and enhance public transport services through those regional transport plans, and whether you think that is a move in the right direction in terms of integration and…
13 July 2022 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bus and rail transport in Wales - evidence session 4
We know, but people don't.
13 July 2022 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bus and rail transport in Wales - evidence session 4
Can I just request that you don't use 'RTPs' and things like that, because the public won't know what on earth you're talking about?
13 July 2022 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bus and rail transport in Wales - evidence session 4
You've talked about planning, and Transport for Wales will play a key part in that, but there are planned corporate joint committees and they will be involved in planning for the future of public transport, because transport doesn't just stay in one…
13 July 2022 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bus and rail transport in Wales - evidence session 4
Chair, just on that very issue, we've taken that evidence here as a committee—. I think it was here; it might have been in a previous committee in another life, I'm not sure. But anyway, the point is that the timescale for that was somewhat in the future…
13 July 2022 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bus and rail transport in Wales - evidence session 4
We've talked about cleaning up cars, of course, versus taking public transport. What we haven't talked about is cleaning up public transport. When you're promoting public transport as a modal shift, what focus is being given to also, at the same time…
12 July 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, nuclear is a small part of our energy-generation prospect in Wales. With our natural resources, we can offer great potential to generate renewable energy from wind, wave and tide. With that in mind, First Minister, would you agree with me how…
6 July 2022 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Rejoining the single market
Diolch, Cefin. Whilst I would love to rejoin the single market—I’d do it tomorrow, I’d go back to the European Union tomorrow and I’m sure that other people would—and I agree with everything that you’ve said, don’t you accept that, at the moment, we cannot…
6 July 2022 , Plenary
Statement by the Chair of the Standards of Conduct Committee: The procedure for dealing with complaints against Members of the Senedd
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd. And thank you, Chair, for taking on what is an extremely complex and difficult thing to do. But I do have one question and it's about the removal of the appeals provision by majority decision. I had, as you well know, extreme…
6 July 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
My question is, to you, Counsel General: therefore, do you think that it would be unwise for the UK Government to try and take that action here in Wales and cause all that mayhem?
6 July 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
As you said, it's a choice, isn't it? It's a choice of the Tory Government, which is now in disarray—it can't even agree with itself—to disallow those things within the Wales TUC Act that we currently allow. And one of those things, of course, that is…
