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Group 5: Artificial avoidance arrangements (Amendments 20, 23 and 8)
Diolch, Cadeirydd. If I can speak to amendment 20 first, I'll be opposing amendment 20, which would remove the provision of this Bill to address non-domestic rates avoidance. Understanding completely what I've just said under amendment 44, that we do have a…
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Group 4: Non-domestic rating multipliers (Amendments 18, 19, 44 and 22)
I move.
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Group 4: Non-domestic rating multipliers (Amendments 18, 19, 44 and 22)
Diolch, Cadeirydd. I'll speak to my amendment 44. This amendment would place an obligation on Welsh Ministers to publish a statement of policy on setting the non-domestic rating multiplier in Wales, and, then, to lay before this Senedd for debate. I…
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Group 3: Powers to confer or withdraw exemptions (Amendments 16, 17 and 21)
Diolch, Gadeirydd. No additional comments, other than to say that we are happy to co-submit amendment 21, where the amendment looks to provide a minimum period of 60 days for allowing committees to scrutinise regulations proposed under the powers in section…
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Group 2: Non-domestic rating reliefs (Amendments 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 1, 24, 5, 38, 39 and 41)
I hope that Peter, in his closing remarks, can give a bit of clarification on amendment 10 and why the amendment is seeking to remove section 5. That's the only thing I'd like to raise.
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Economic policy
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Whatever was left of the Tories' self-proclaimed reputation on economic competence lies in tatters after 14 years of austerity that's widened societal inequalities, after a hard Brexit that's contracted trade in goods by over 13 per…
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Statement by the Minister for Social Partnership: The retail sector—Contributing to Wales's economic mission
I don't believe I've had the opportunity to formally welcome you into your new post, Deputy Minister, so I'll take that opportunity now. I want to start by just saying, actually, I think the focus on people and skills is a really important one, and I think…
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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you for that answer, First Minister. I understand that Warmworks has been commissioned to deal with the insulation repair scheme, but residents in Caerau in the Llynfi valley have been contacting me with concerns. They've lost faith that anything will…
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Questions to the First Minister
8. What discussions has the First Minister had with Bridgend County Borough Council regarding support for residents adversely affected by the Arbed scheme? OQ61253
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Topical Questions
Of course, everything that has gone on in Parc right now has caused serious concern for a number of people. G4S are proving that they're unable to run the prison, just like they proved they were unable to run Birmingham, and just like Birmingham, it should be…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Thank you for that answer, Cabinet Secretary. Of course, I'm sure you're also aware of the research conducted by the University of Central Lancashire and the Fire Brigades Union into firefighter health in the workplace. As I've mentioned previously, instances…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
11. What discussions has the Cabinet Secretary had with the Cabinet Secretary for Housing, Local Government and Planning about the Welsh Government's progress in relation to health policy within the fire and rescue services? OQ61211
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Welsh Language
I have accepted all along that Welsh Government is limited in what it can do, but that doesn't stop you calling on the UK Government to make these decisions on nationalisation, or even preservation. Now, the Government has been reluctant to do that up until…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Welsh Language
I have to say, I was taken aback yesterday by the Cabinet Secretary's comment saying the solutions that both myself and Adam Price have championed are not grounded in reality. He's repeated that here now. But the reality as I see it is that the closures are…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Welsh Language
Diolch, Llywydd. Cabinet Secretary, I want to follow up on yesterday's Government debate on steel and just express my disappointment that Plaid Cymru's amendments to the motion were voted down. I don't think that the Government, or the Tories for that matter…
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Social housing supply: Evidence session 5
Thank you. Great.
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Social housing supply: Evidence session 5
Great. I don't know if Mark wants to come in before I hand back to you, Chair.
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Social housing supply: Evidence session 5
I have a particular interest in modular housing, but I think one of the problems we've had over the years is that, as politicians and policy makers, we talk about it quite a bit as being potentially a way of solving the problem, but I think the pipeline point…
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Social housing supply: Evidence session 5
Mark.
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Social housing supply: Evidence session 5
Diolch, Cadeirydd. I was going to come on to modern methods of construction and the role they can play in addressing the backlog we have, in terms of social housing and the need to build them. I was going to ask about the barriers, but I think, in the first…
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Social housing supply: Evidence session 5
Okay. Thank you. That's really interesting.
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Social housing supply: Evidence session 5
So, how would you get around the scalability issue, then, if you take away? Is that the way you would go about it, or is there—?
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Social housing supply: Evidence session 5
Sorry, is that a loan through the Development Bank of Wales, then?
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Social housing supply: Evidence session 5
Diolch, Cadeirydd. Sticking with delivery, if I could go to David, with Tirion. As part of the written evidence that you provided to the committee prior to this session, you described a business model based on pension fund investments. I was just wondering if…
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Social housing supply: Evidence session 4
Any other comments? Rosie.
