23 January 2025 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Transport for Wales
Thank you for that. We appreciate that very much.
23 January 2025 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Transport for Wales
Yes, of course.
23 January 2025 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Transport for Wales
We're moving on to the main focus of our meeting today, namely the scrutiny of the work of Transport for Wales. This is an annual scrutiny session. I think the last time we had you here officially was back in November 2023, for a similar session, but of…
23 January 2025 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest
Good morning, all, and welcome to this meeting of the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee.
22 January 2025 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Speech and language therapists
May I also say that I would join with Wrexham University in encouraging more investment in the bilingual provision that goes around these degree courses? Let's be more ambitious in terms of growing the number of lecturers who can lecture through the medium of…
22 January 2025 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Speech and language therapists
Well, I'm sure you can raise that with the Cabinet Secretary. I would much prefer, as I said earlier, that we grow our own and that we retain this service in the public sector so that everyone has equal access and there's not an element of profit being…
22 January 2025 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Speech and language therapists
We know that demand for services, as we've heard, is growing hugely, and we also recognise that the numbers being trained in Wales are much too small. We need to see, therefore, a sustained increase in the number of training places in Wrexham and elsewhere…
22 January 2025 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Speech and language therapists
And with 44 per cent of those who were accepted onto the course last year being Welsh speakers, well, as we've heard, that will strengthen the provision, which is very scarce across Wales at the moment, not just in north Wales. And that's important, because…
22 January 2025 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Speech and language therapists
And that's important, of course, as we've heard, because speech and language therapy is a recognised in-need profession, and this does offer us in north Wales an opportunity to grow our own speech and language therapists. Back in 2022, when the course began…
22 January 2025 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Speech and language therapists
I rise to support the motion before us today, and also to support the recognition of the key role that speech and language therapists play. I had the privilege of visiting the team at Wrexham Maelor Hospital last year on Swallowing Awareness Day, and I…
22 January 2025 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
Councils, of course, are facing an increase in costs because of the increase in national insurance contributions. Now, I know that, in my region, somewhere like Wrexham is facing an increase of £5 million, and Flintshire over £4 million. And these councils…
22 January 2025 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
1. Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on local council budgets in the next financial year? OQ62184
21 January 2025 , Plenary
Legislative Consent Motion: The Water (Special Measures) Bill
Thank you very much, Dirprwy Lywydd, and before I turn to the substance of the motion before us today, I think it's important for us as a Senedd to reflect again, if I may say, on the adequacy of the legislative consent process and the reasonableness of what…
21 January 2025 , Plenary
Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Water interruption in Conwy
It's just under a year, actually, it's 11 months, since the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee reported on Dŵr Cymru's performance. The report followed what was then the latest performance report from NRW and Ofwat, and they showed, of…
21 January 2025 , Plenary
Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Growing the Timber Industry in Wales: Jobs and Green Growth
There is a dilemma here, though, of course, isn't there, because we know that the Government are falling short of tree planting targets? So, clearly, it would be interesting to hear how you feel that this strategy will continue towards ramping up the…
21 January 2025 , Plenary
Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Growing the Timber Industry in Wales: Jobs and Green Growth
May I thank the Cabinet Secretary for his statement? It's certainly one I welcome. This is a key issue, of course, for our economy, for the environment too, and is an issue where the Welsh Government, in my view, does need to show ambition and clarity of…
15 January 2025 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: NHS waiting times
I want to pursue two particular issues, one of which certainly isn't given the attention it deserves, and that is waiting lists in terms of neurodevelopmental issues. Now, the situation in north Wales, in my region, is frightening, if I'm honest. I received…
15 January 2025 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: New UK Government's first six months
Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. And for the record, I would like to align myself with the comments of the Member from Llanelli. But I will address elements in the motion particularly, and I want to speak about, obviously, the inheritance tax issue that…
8 January 2025 , Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Establishment of a school of dentistry in Bangor
Now, if we allow this continued drift out of NHS dentistry into the private sector, then NHS dentistry in north Wales is in danger of becoming extinct eventually. It was towards the end of last year that we heard how two dental practices gave back their NHS…
8 January 2025 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) and (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting and the start of the meeting on 23 January
Item 5. I propose, in accordance with Standing Order 17.42(vi) and (ix), that the committee resolves to meet in private for the remainder of this meeting and for the start of the meeting on 23 January. Are Members content? Everyone is content. So, we'll go…
8 January 2025 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Papers to note
Committee, we have another item before we go into private session, and that's to note a number of papers, 4.1 to 4.7 in our paper pack. Are we happy to note them collectively? Yes. Diolch yn fawr.
8 January 2025 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 - Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales
That's another one for us to consider. I'm very grateful to you for flagging that opportunity up to us. Diolch yn fawr iawn. I think we've concluded our session. Can I thank you, Cabinet Secretary, for joining us this morning, and your officials as well?…
8 January 2025 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 - Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales
Thank you. Joyce, very briefly, and we'll have to conclude then.
8 January 2025 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 - Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales
To Taff's Well, indeed. Yes.
8 January 2025 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 - Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales
Thank you. The final question, I think, to Janet, in the couple of minutes that we have left.
