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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being: Update on healthy food environment legislation
Thank you to the Deputy Minister for the statement. Before moving on to scrutinise the statement and asking some questions that arise from it, I want to express disappointment about the public discourse that led up to this statement today. In the same way as…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: National Immunisation Programme for Wales
Thank you to the Minister for her statement, and for giving us sight of it beforehand. This announcement is to be welcomed, and of course it is important to ensure that as many people as possible are vaccinated here in Wales. It is an undeniable fact that…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Devolution of justice and policing
I'm glad to hear of your commitment to the devolution of policing and justice—that's great. Is that true for your leader, Keir Starmer, in London?
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Devolution of justice and policing
Will you take an intervention?
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Devolution of justice and policing
Interesting stats as they are, what's the difference between Manchester, therefore, and the rest of England, and how can Manchester have greater devolution of policing?
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Report Stage for the Agriculture (Wales) Bill
In favour.
, Plenary
Report Stage for the Agriculture (Wales) Bill
Throughout the Bill's journey through the Senedd, Plaid Cymru have endeavoured to champion the Welsh family farm, rural communities and the agricultural sector more broadly, both economically and culturally. Cast your mind back to the first iteration of this…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: The Warm Homes Programme
The Warm Homes programme set out some highly commendable targets, and there's no doubt that the outcomes are making a real difference for many people. Making homes warmer and more comfortable whilst also significantly contributing to decarbonisation shows…
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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you to Vikki for this question. Of course, I take pride that the co-operation agreement between Plaid Cymru and the Government has led to a White Paper that we will see in due time, and I look forward to contributing to that. I also welcome the…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Diversity in Local Government - Evidence Session 3
Thank you. Very briefly, again, having touched on that, Chris, what are your views on hybrid working? It's possible to work from home now since COVID. Is that a positive thing? Is that going to facilitate more people coming into local government?
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Diversity in Local Government - Evidence Session 3
Thank you very much, Chair. So, briefly, we've heard you talk about new ideas. Do you think that the idea of job sharing is one that works, or is a good one, and would you welcome seeing that being promoted?
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Diversity in Local Government - Evidence Session 3
Thank you very much, Chair. May I ask one question, and ask you to give a brief answer, as a starting point? Why are we in this situation, in your view, where people from different backgrounds cannot, or feel that they cannot, put their names forward?
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Diversity in Local Government - Evidence Session 2
Thank you. I just wanted to go after that quickly. We know since COVID that hybrid working has come into force. Do you think that the system works and makes it more democratic, makes it fairer and offers more opportunities for people to have that diversity of…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Diversity in Local Government - Evidence Session 2
Chair, I do have a question on hybrid working. Do you want me to ask it now, or ask for written evidence?
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Diversity in Local Government - Evidence Session 2
And similarly with Stefanie. While we are hearing that people with disabilities are keen to have this, is there evidence of disabled people who have job shared, wherever they are, that shows that it has worked in local government in terms of elected members?
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Diversity in Local Government - Evidence Session 2
Thank you, I think we would appreciate that.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Diversity in Local Government - Evidence Session 2
Could I ask, following up on that—? You mentioned Newport, Monmouthshire, Flintshire, Swansea—that there are about four or five examples of job sharing at cabinet level. Has any kind of study been done, talking to those individuals about whether it worked…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Diversity in Local Government - Evidence Session 2
I am very keen to follow up on that, but I'm also keen to hear what Stefanie has to say on job share, because she did touch on this earlier in the context of people with disabilities. So, does Stefanie have an opinion on that?
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Diversity in Local Government - Evidence Session 2
Thank you. If I can go on to the question on job sharing, what do you think are the qualities of job sharing? Do you think that it's something that's beneficial and should be promoted further? Is it a system that currently works? Do we have data on this?…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Diversity in Local Government - Evidence Session 2
Thank you. So, there's a question there about how we are in this situation, why people don't feel like they can put themselves forward, especially as independents. There's something that we should tackle, but there is no solution at the moment.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Diversity in Local Government - Evidence Session 2
Thank you, Chair. Before I go into job sharing, one thing that has struck me from the great data that has been received from ERS is that we, here, are discussing the role of political parties, but the one group that we don't represent is independents, and the…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Diversity in Local Government - Evidence Session 2
Diolch.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Diversity in Local Government - Evidence Session 2
Thank you. That new data we heard from Nia today is very, very interesting, and the suggestion from what Jess has just said is that these multimember wards are better in terms of representation, and that multimember wards with at least three members are even…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Diversity in Local Government - Evidence Session 1
Okay. If I could ask the last question from me, and Lis has just touched on this in terms of hybrid working, how has that impacted the role of being a councillor? I know, as a young parent, a relatively young parent—I have young children, at least—that that…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Diversity in Local Government - Evidence Session 1
Following on from that, and going back one step from being a councillor to being a candidate, is there a reason why we shouldn't introduce some kind of job sharing, for candidates? Chwarae Teg, for example, have called for that. Is it something that you think…
