, Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 3
Now, having heard what you've said about how different models provide different things for different communities, and there's no one right model in any circumstance, have you seen any pattern, within these models, that one kind of model increases…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 3
Thanks.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 3
Thank you very much, Chair, and thank you for appearing before us here this morning. In looking at the different models that we have in terms of provision and how these facilities are run, I know from your own evidence, Matthew, that the WSA is model…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 2
Yes. If I could just build on that again, a little bit, please. Of course, the working terms in local authorities are very good, not only in terms of pensions but also the real living wage has to be provided as part of that provision now. I have spoken to a…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 2
Thank you, Chair. If we could just build a little bit on those answers. Each one of you before us today represents a trust. Why have you gone for that model? There are many different models available in terms of provision: creating an arm's-length company, or…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 2
Good morning. Thank you all for being here. Some of us had a visit to Deeside to see some of Aura's places, and thank you for the welcome. Sian, I remember you'd hurt your foot at the time; I hope you're better. But thinking about the chat that we had and…
, Plenary
Questions to the Senedd Commission
Thank you very much for that response, Llywydd. Last week, I asked a question to the Minister for agriculture on using the Government’s procurement power to use Welsh wool, for example, in carpets on public transport. Likewise, what consideration has the…
, Plenary
Questions to the Senedd Commission
4. Will the Commission provide an update regarding the procurement policy for materials on the Senedd's estate? OQ59367
, Plenary
Legislative Consent Motion on the Social Housing (Regulation) Bill
I will try to respond to some of Janet's questions in my response now. This supplementary legislative consent motion, like every other LCM, undermines the principles of devolution and fails to adequately address issues surrounding social housing here in…
, Plenary
The Alcoholic Beverages (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2023
Thank you very much to the Minister for that statement. We have no reason to oppose, and we think it is a wise move in the current climate, so thank you very much.
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd: The Refreshed TB Eradication Programme
I thank the Minister for this statement today and the plan that's been submitted. I'm particularly pleased to see the collaborative element that's part of the statement, which is so important if we're going to tackle this challenge of eradicating TB. But I…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
The Right to Adequate Housing - evidence session 5
Excellent, thank you. So, taking that some authorities across the world have incorporated this and are developing it, and from the research work that you’ve both undertaken, do you think that introducing a right to housing in legislation would have an impact…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
The Right to Adequate Housing - evidence session 5
Good afternoon. Thank you very much to you both for coming before us and presenting your evidence to us. It's been particularly useful and very interesting. And to go on a little bit from what you've just been discussing, and expanding it to this concept of…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
The Right to Adequate Housing - evidence session 4
Diolch yn fawr iawn.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
The Right to Adequate Housing - evidence session 4
If I may, Chair, just briefly—. I know that time is short, but if I may ask one more question. From your detailed research on this issue, and you've looked at different territories that have introduced legislation of this kind, do you think there's evidence…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
The Right to Adequate Housing - evidence session 4
Thank you very much. You've touched there on human rights. In terms of the rights of individuals, especially vulnerable people, you've touched on the element of reducing social inequality amongst particular groups. Do you think that that's effective, and if…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
The Right to Adequate Housing - evidence session 4
Thank you very much, Chair, and thank you, Jessie, for attending. Budyeri kamaru—I think that's a greeting in the language of the Gadigal, the indigenous people of Sydney. In thinking of the right to adequate housing, you've mentioned human rights somewhat…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
The Right to Adequate Housing - evidence session 3
Thank you. That information is especially useful, and makes it clear that, certainly financially, there are financial savings to be made in investing correctly in homes. That has been useful. A number of you have mentioned a more long-term ambition…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
The Right to Adequate Housing - evidence session 3
Thank you very much, Chair, and thank you to you all for joining us this morning. We heard earlier—I think it was Jim who mentioned it—that houses, whether good or bad, were a determinant in terms of people's success in life. So, I was just thinking about the…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 1
Accepting that—and thank you very much, Owen—as you say, that builds on what you were saying previously. In Sport Wales's opinion—and Jennifer, for that matter, also—do we need such a review in Wales? And, if we do—Owen, you've suggested that, perhaps, the…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 1
Thank you. Thinking about that strategy or that framework in place in Wales for libraries, but going a step further to another part of the discussion here, to leisure and sport provision, for Owen specifically: we know that Sport England has published a…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 1
Thank you, Jennifer, for that response. It does suggest that there's a lot of good practice out there that it would be possible to share amongst other libraries and communities. So, Jennifer in this particular case, and perhaps Lyn also, do you feel that…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 1
Thank you very much, Chair. Specifically with regard to libraries, you will know that, here in Wales, the Welsh public library standards framework seeks to ensure consistency of service across the breadth of Wales. But I'd like to understand what its impact…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 1
Dwi'n gweld bod Jennifer eisiau dod i mewn hefyd.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 1
Thank you very much, Chair. I'm going to be speaking Welsh, so just to check that you can all hear me properly and the interpretation. Okay. Thank you. Following that question, if I may, some years ago at the beginning of the austerity period, we saw a lot of…
