22 April 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Governance of Fire and Rescue Services: evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Housing, Local Government and Planning, and the Chief Fire Adviser
Thank you. Good afternoon.
22 April 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Governance of Fire and Rescue Services: evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Housing, Local Government and Planning, and the Chief Fire Adviser
Just on that, Chair, then, it's worth I think reminding ourselves that the local government elections were in May 2022, so the committees here would only have been in post for a year and a bit by the time this was happening. Some of them will have been…
17 April 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Diolch. Thank you for that answer, and I'd like to congratulate the Cabinet Secretary on his new post and wish him all the best for the future. And I'm sure he's aware of the successful 20-year-old community campaign to save Llanishen and Lisvane reservoirs…
17 April 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
7. What is the Welsh Government doing to protect biodiversity? OQ60913
16 April 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I thank the First Minister for that response. Since the beginning of the year, a number of small independent shops and restaurants in Cardiff North have closed due to rising costs with the cost-of-living crisis and the mismanagement of the economy by the UK…
16 April 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
6. Will the First Minister make a statement on the Welsh Government’s support for small businesses in Cardiff North? OQ60912
20 March 2024 , Plenary
Topical Questions
Thank you, Sioned, for those comments. Certainly, I think we do accept that disabled people did suffer during the pandemic, and disabled people's rights are something that we're obviously very concerned about and want to address. I think, reading through the…
20 March 2024 , Plenary
Topical Questions
Thank you very much, Gareth, for that contribution and for your condolences about this awful situation. I would like to point out to you, Gareth, that many of the issues in this case are related to health, because I'm sure that you're aware that Kaylea did…
20 March 2024 , Plenary
Topical Questions
Thank you, Jane. I think we do all remember we are talking about a tragedy today, where a young woman died just days after her sixteenth birthday. I think it's very important that we respect, in our debates today, the fact that a unique life has been lost and…
20 March 2024 , Plenary
Topical Questions
I thank the Member for that question. Kaylea, very sadly, died just after her sixteenth birthday in tragic circumstances, and her parents were convicted of her manslaughter and are now in prison. The child practice review will help us learn what more we can…
20 March 2024 , Plenary
Nomination of the First Minister under Standing Order 8
Vaughan Gething.
19 March 2024 , Plenary
The Regulated Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
I'm grateful to the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee for his points, which I believe the Government has responded to. Diolch.
19 March 2024 , Plenary
The Regulated Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
Diolch, Dirprwy Llywydd. I move the motion. These regulations amend the Regulated Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) Regulations 2017, which place requirements on providers and responsible individuals of care home services…
12 March 2024 , Plenary
The Special School Residential Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) Regulations 2024
Thank you. I'm grateful to the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee for their scrutiny of these regulations. The committee proposed several technical amendments and I'm pleased to have accepted the majority of their suggestions. In the first point…
12 March 2024 , Plenary
The Special School Residential Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) Regulations 2024
The Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 provides the statutory framework for the regulation and inspection of social care services in Wales. Regulations defining special school residential services as a new regulated service have already…
12 March 2024 , Plenary
The Special School Residential Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) Regulations 2024
Thank you, Llywydd. I move the motion.
12 March 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Services: Regional Integration Fund
Yes, I thank Huw Irranca-Davies for that question. Enabling the flow through hospitals is one of the key issues that the regional partnership boards have to address, and it is one of their aims in order to do that. But, I think, obviously, that the flow…
12 March 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Services: Regional Integration Fund
Okay.
12 March 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Services: Regional Integration Fund
Diolch and thank you very much, Mabon ap Gwynfor, for your support for our long-term strategy and for the work that we've been able to do with Plaid Cymru in order to set up the expert group and ensure that we'll be moving towards a national care service over…
12 March 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Services: Regional Integration Fund
Well, I thank Gareth Davies for those questions and comments. The progress towards a national care service is, as he said, a 10-year process, and, certainly, the RIF plays an important part for a considerable part of that time and we will be looking at…
12 March 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Services: Regional Integration Fund
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. I want to bring the Senedd up to date on the positive progress being made here in Wales in bringing the health and social care systems closer together and to reflect our ambition to increase the scale and pace of change as we move…
31 January 2024 , Plenary
Debate on petitions P-06-1359 and P-06-1362 concerning support for childcare costs
In conclusion, I think what I was saying then is what I want to end with: that the Welsh Government is delivering this expansion, this high-quality expansion, now, and I don't think we should be thinking all the time, 'How does this compare with England?'…
31 January 2024 , Plenary
Debate on petitions P-06-1359 and P-06-1362 concerning support for childcare costs
Any consequentials that come from England come centrally to the Welsh Government, and it's decided by the Cabinet where that money goes. But I don't know why you have this obsession with us wanting to follow England. We are developing childcare here in Wales…
31 January 2024 , Plenary
Debate on petitions P-06-1359 and P-06-1362 concerning support for childcare costs
Yes.
31 January 2024 , Plenary
Debate on petitions P-06-1359 and P-06-1362 concerning support for childcare costs
Diolch. Thank you very much for giving me the opportunity here today to respond to this really important debate about childcare, and thanks to the Petitions Committee for taking this forward and to Jade and Madelaine for bringing these petitions, because it…
