Welsh Labour

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Speeches and questions in Plenary and in committees, newest first. The Llywydd's and deputies' chairing of Plenary is left out.

2,007 speeches and questions

4 July 2023Plenary
The Animal By-Products, Pet Passport and Animal Health (Fees) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2023
Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. I move that the Animal By-Products, Pet Passport and Animal Health (Fees) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2023, which were laid before the Senedd on 13 June, be approved. This instrument seeks to make amendments to the…
4 July 2023Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Well, as you said, you have written to the Minister and she has responded to you. With regard to your last question, I would assume—and certainly, this would be the advice I would give my own constituents—that they should go back to their GP to see what can…
4 July 2023Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Thank you. The Deputy Minister for Social Services and her officials are fully engaged in the work. Indeed, one of her senior officials chairs the board in relation to this piece of work. If you have any specific concerns, I would suggest that you raise them…
4 July 2023Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Absolutely. I'm aware of what a brilliant resource it is. I visited it—I'm trying to think was it last year or the year before—with the First Minister, and, as you say, we have been invited, I think, to the celebration that's coming up, I think, later this…
4 July 2023Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
I don't think it's the time to have a statement, because no final decision has been taken. It is important that any environmental assessments are undertaken based on final proposed uses of the site, and not potential uses explored.
4 July 2023Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Thank you. With regard to your second question, the introduction of universal primary free school meals has had no impact on pupil development grant funding to date, but I will ask the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language to bring forward a written…
4 July 2023Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Thank you. Unfortunately, we are seeing far too many pollution incidents in our rivers, due to a variety of causes. You'll be very aware, I'm sure, of the water quality summits. We've had two now that have been held, which the First Minister has chaired…
4 July 2023Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Again, I go back to what I was saying about our budgets, which are very, very stretched at the moment. I think it might be best if you just wrote to the Deputy Minister for Social Partnership and ask her to look into that. I'm not aware of any conversations…
4 July 2023Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Diolch, Llywydd. There is one change to this week's business. The Business Committee has agreed the debate on the Senedd Commission's annual report on its official languages scheme should be postponed until September. Draft business for the next three weeks…
4 July 2023Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Thank you. Events are a vital part of the visitor economy. The economic impact of events is significant, and we estimate that funded events have delivered an average annual direct economic impact of over £55 million. Clearly, that is another welcome thing…
4 July 2023Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Thank you. The Welsh Government continues to hold discussions with a wide range of event organisers and rights holders to bring major events to Wales. Some discussions are already in the public domain, such as the bid for the Euros 2028. Other discussions…
4 July 2023Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I mentioned in an earlier answer that we very much value all the work that our NHS staff do. I absolutely agree with you about what you're saying about protecting it from privatisation; absolutely, our values are not in the same place as some politicians'…
4 July 2023Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
The Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is responsible for delivering health services in South Wales East. I would expect it to continue to adapt services to meet the needs of people to ensure that the right services are available to support them.
4 July 2023Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Well, I’d like to ask you where you think we’ll get the money from, because a great deal more funding would be—[Interruption.]—would be required, and I really think that the Welsh Conservatives need to start taking a bit of a reality check when it comes to…
4 July 2023Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I absolutely agree with the Member, and it was interesting, I was reading about Bevan over the weekend, and it was talking about the NHS, at the time it was first established, facing unprecedented demand for services, but, of course, whilst that’s still the…
4 July 2023Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
As we celebrate the seventy-fifth anniversary of our NHS and look towards the future of services in Wales, including Blaenau Gwent, we must protect the fundamental principles upon which our NHS was created, whilst understanding that we will all need to rise…
4 July 2023Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I think it's really important to remember that the storms we saw in February 2020 were the worst we'd seen in Wales in 40 years. I was in my previous portfolio then. I visited the areas and saw the devastation. Over 3,000 properties were flooded, and, for…
4 July 2023Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Thank you very much, and I know, Buffy Williams, even before you were elected as an MS, you have been a long-standing campaigner for flood risk alleviation in your constituency. As you said, on 22 June, the First Minister saw firsthand the scale of the works…
4 July 2023Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Since storm Dennis, the Welsh Government has made £14.6 million capital and revenue funding available to Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council to alleviate the risk of flooding, including in Pentre. The Welsh Government, Natural Resources Wales and RCT…
4 July 2023Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Thank you. Well, the reason we voted against Peter Fox's food Bill was because we believed that the majority of things that were being brought forward that we agreed with were already being done and didn't need legislation. There were some things that I think…
4 July 2023Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Thank you very much, and I'd be very happy to do that. Perhaps we can do it over the summer recess. I'm very aware of the important role that the company does play in the Airbus supply chain. We both have many companies in our constituencies that play a part…
4 July 2023Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
We support innovation in Welsh manufacturing through specialist advisory support, grant funding and collaborative opportunities through assets such as the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre. We recently announced £30 million to support innovation in Welsh…
4 July 2023Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Thank you. Another important area in polypharmacy, and medicines have an enormous positive impact on the lives of so many people. For many people, it is necessary for them to take a number of medicines, as you referred to, to manage and treat their medical…
4 July 2023Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Thank you. I think you raise a very important point about reducing medicine waste and minimising medicine waste is a very important element of both the decarbonisation agenda and, of course, a prudent healthcare approach in Wales. It’s the Welsh Government’s…
4 July 2023Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Thank you. I am not aware of the programme that you referred to, but I certainly have seen the figure that you mentioned of one in seven in the UK taking antidepressants. One has to assume that GPs have looked into alternative therapies, for instance, when a…