4 May 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Senedd Commission
I thank you for the question. The Commission ensures that accessibility of the Senedd estate is regularly reviewed to ensure that it acts as an exemplar in line with emerging developments and best practice. The Senedd building design eliminates unnatural…
4 May 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Thank you for that update, Minister. The plan is, of course, morally abhorrent, for all the reasons that we discussed yesterday in the human rights debate, but it is gratuitously expensive. And given Britain's obligation under the UN refugee convention and…
4 May 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
8. What discussions has the Welsh Government had with the UK Government regarding its Rwanda asylum-seeker policy? OQ57977
4 May 2022 , Health and Social Care Committee
Mental health inequalities: evidence session with the Centre for Mental Health and Society at Bangor University, Platfform and Psychologists for Social Change
No, I'm fine, thank you.
4 May 2022 , Health and Social Care Committee
Mental health inequalities: evidence session with the Centre for Mental Health and Society at Bangor University, Platfform and Psychologists for Social Change
Thank you.
4 May 2022 , Health and Social Care Committee
Mental health inequalities: evidence session with the Centre for Mental Health and Society at Bangor University, Platfform and Psychologists for Social Change
There's just one area, Chair—I'm going to use a little extra time—that was briefly passed over, really, because of time, and that was the lived experience, and particularly domestic abuse with children, and if any of you have anything that you can share with…
4 May 2022 , Health and Social Care Committee
Mental health inequalities: evidence session with the Centre for Mental Health and Society at Bangor University, Platfform and Psychologists for Social Change
There is another barrier, and that's those people who don't recognise that they have a mental health illness and therefore don't present at all. And I don't know if any of you can shed any light on those different groups that—and I hate this label—would be…
4 May 2022 , Health and Social Care Committee
Mental health inequalities: evidence session with the Centre for Mental Health and Society at Bangor University, Platfform and Psychologists for Social Change
Thank you.
4 May 2022 , Health and Social Care Committee
Mental health inequalities: evidence session with the Centre for Mental Health and Society at Bangor University, Platfform and Psychologists for Social Change
We've spoken about barriers this morning, but there are barriers, sometimes, for specific groups, and those groups are people with, quote, 'co-occurring conditions', and the challenges that they face. I've mentioned substance misuse, but there are…
4 May 2022 , Health and Social Care Committee
Mental health inequalities: evidence session with the Centre for Mental Health and Society at Bangor University, Platfform and Psychologists for Social Change
It's a quick question, but I don't know about the answer. You talk about emotional regulation, Dr Daffin, but, of course, lots of people use other means to regulate their emotions, so substance misuse, alcohol misuse and all those things. So, there's a clear…
3 May 2022 , Plenary
Debate: Human Rights
I also—. No, I'm beyond time; I can't. I also want to take issue with him in using individual cases that we all know about, where children have been let down, as an excuse to remove human rights from people. I think that is sinking to the lowest determinant…
3 May 2022 , Plenary
Debate: Human Rights
Human rights are, by definition, we've heard today, universal. They have to be. So, if we are going to deny one group, then, by de facto, we deny all groups. That is the fundamental principle that underpins human rights, and I don't think it can be said too…
3 May 2022 , Plenary
Debate: Human Rights
Just to talk about the record on human rights, and let's link it to the borders Act, I'm sure that you will agree with me that you were appalled with what happened to some of the people from the Windrush scandal. I was in the same room when May had to explain…
3 May 2022 , Plenary
Debate: Human Rights
Will you take an intervention?
28 April 2022 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonisation of Housing - evidence session 4
Obviously, we've got Cyfle, we've got other training bodies. And for those who don't know what Cyfle is, it's—I think I'll get this right; you tell me if I've got it wrong—five local authorities all sending apprentices on a three-year rolling programme to…
28 April 2022 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonisation of Housing - evidence session 4
[Inaudible]—just one thing with Mark first, really. All you've said, I agree with, and it's really good, but you did also say about the requirement of a consistent offer of training. So, how do we marry everything you've just said now with what you said about…
28 April 2022 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonisation of Housing - evidence session 4
Well, it sort of follows on quite neatly. If you haven't been involved in the Net Zero Wales skills plan, how convinced are you, then, that the new plan for employability and skills is going to support the sector to develop the skills that we're assuming are…
28 April 2022 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonisation of Housing - evidence session 4
Thank you. And if you could send—Chair, if you don't mind—if you could send—. You did allude to other countries doing it better. If you could send some of that, that would be very useful. Thank you.
28 April 2022 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonisation of Housing - evidence session 4
Can I just follow that through? I know—and you know I know—that the majority of the workforce in the construction industry is of the age of 50 or 55 plus, particularly in SMEs, which are the majority of the workforce in construction in Wales anyway. So, the…
28 April 2022 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonisation of Housing - evidence session 4
The Minister has a scheme at the moment that is all about getting the right installation or retrofit process in the right type of house. So, that scheme is ongoing now in recognition of the failings that have already been mentioned here today—that one scheme…
28 April 2022 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonisation of Housing - evidence session 4
Following on, really, from where Mark left off, what are your views on whether we need a new independent quality assurance scheme for housing, particularly around the retrofit measures, and, if we do need it, so everybody's in the same place—maybe not at the…
28 April 2022 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonisation of Housing - evidence session 3
I'll conflate two things. I was going to come on to tenant engagement, but I'm going to bring that forward. We've got an energy crisis and a fuel poverty crisis going on now. People aren't perhaps feeling the energy crisis in the way they will come…
28 April 2022 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonisation of Housing - evidence session 3
Also, apart from saying 'no', which I suspect you're going to, if you can tell us what needs to change, because we need to make recommendations.
28 April 2022 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonisation of Housing - evidence session 3
You've started answering what I was also going to ask, but I would like to understand whether you think that the ambition, the policies and the proposals that are set out in the Net Zero Wales plan are going to progress the decarbonisation agenda at the scale…
28 April 2022 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Decarbonisation of Housing - evidence session 2
Did you put your hand up, Neil?
