13 July 2022 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Inquiry into community assets—evidence session 4: Minister for Climate Change and the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Thank you. I'm going to contribute in Welsh.
13 July 2022 , Plenary
Debate on the Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee Report: 'Refreshing Wales’ Bovine TB Eradication Programme'
Well, it's impossible to overemphasise the importance of the farming industry to rural Wales. Farming businesses in Wales are the backbone of the rural economy, the axis that rural communities turn around. The core products produced here are central to the…
13 July 2022 , Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Basic Income and the transition to a zero-carbon economy
Do you agree that this, a UBI, would actually follow in the proud tradition of Wales, introduced back in 1909, when David Lloyd George introduced the Old Age Pensions Act—a great son of Dwyfor and a great Liberal in his time as well?
12 July 2022 , Plenary
, 8. & 9. The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Housing Association Tenancies: Fundamental Provisions) Regulations 2022, The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Amendment of Schedule 12) Regulations 2022 and The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Amendment) Regulations 2022
This discussion comes at a time when the housing crisis is getting worse and worse, day by day. Renters and landlords alike live in worry for this growing crisis, with landlords fearing many will sell up and stop renting homes due to the new regulations, and…
12 July 2022 , Plenary
, 8. & 9. The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Housing Association Tenancies: Fundamental Provisions) Regulations 2022, The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Amendment of Schedule 12) Regulations 2022 and The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Amendment) Regulations 2022
Thank you very much, Llywydd, and I also want to declare an interest that's on the public record too.
12 July 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Thank you for that response, First Minister. Now, if the first people to leave the African continent 80,000 years ago had mined for uranium and developed nuclear energy, then we would be continuing to deal with the waste today, because thorium-230, which is…
12 July 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
2. How does the Government reconcile the work of Cwmni Egino on the development of nuclear power stations with the requirements of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015? OQ58372
7 July 2022 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Inquiry into community assets: evidence session 3
Yes, absolutely. Diolch yn fawr iawn. Thank you very much.
7 July 2022 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Inquiry into community assets: evidence session 3
Thank you very much. I will be speaking in Welsh, so we'll check that the interpretation is working. Yes, I see that it is. Excellent. Thank you very much for joining us and sharing your vast knowledge. Tom Chance, if you're ever in the Llŷn peninsula again…
7 July 2022 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Inquiry into community assets: evidence session 2
Jon Rae.
7 July 2022 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Inquiry into community assets: evidence session 2
Therefore, both of you have mentioned the time it takes for a community group to come together, draw up a business plan and gather funding and so on, but do you think there should be some sort of legislation in place, or regulations perhaps, in order to…
7 July 2022 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Inquiry into community assets: evidence session 2
Thank you very much, Chair. I will ask my question in Welsh. Can I just check that the interpretation is working? Can you just confirm that that's the case? Excellent, thank you very much. We've so far focused, naturally, because of the people we have in…
7 July 2022 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Inquiry into community assets: evidence session 1
If I may ask one further question, Chair; I know that time is tight. You've touched on this issue already. We've talked—or you've talked—about the need to provide financial assistance and support; you've talked about legislation in order to give priority to…
7 July 2022 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Inquiry into community assets: evidence session 1
Hello and good morning. Thank you very much for joining us. It's been a very interesting conversation so far. Can I just check that the interpretation is working? We'll just check interpretation; you should be able to hear that come through now. Thank you…
6 July 2022 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Rejoining the single market
Do you think the trade agreement with New Zealand and Australia will be beneficial to our rural communities and farmers?
6 July 2022 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Rejoining the single market
Will the Member take an intervention?
6 July 2022 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Winter fuel support scheme
So, energy prices have skyrocketed to unprecedented levels over the last year. The price cap increase in April saw the average gas and electricity bill increase to north of £2,000 a year, a rise of £700. In the last 18 months alone, the cost of heating a home…
6 July 2022 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Winter fuel support scheme
Thank you very much, Llywydd.
6 July 2022 , Plenary
Motion to annul the Non-Domestic Rating (Amendment of Definition of Domestic Property) (Wales) Order 2022
Do you not accept that the licensing scheme will actually help the sector, the indigenous sector that's been working for decades in our communities, and also that the biggest problem facing that sector is the huge mushrooming in Airbnbs, and those are the…
6 July 2022 , Plenary
Motion to annul the Non-Domestic Rating (Amendment of Definition of Domestic Property) (Wales) Order 2022
Thank you for that contribution. No, I don't accept that. This policy aims to close the loophole; that's the point. The intention of this Order that you as Conservatives are seeking to annul today is to close that loophole, as I mentioned, in the law. I think…
6 July 2022 , Plenary
Motion to annul the Non-Domestic Rating (Amendment of Definition of Domestic Property) (Wales) Order 2022
Of course.
6 July 2022 , Plenary
Motion to annul the Non-Domestic Rating (Amendment of Definition of Domestic Property) (Wales) Order 2022
It's disappointing, but not unexpected, to see the Conservatives jumping at the first opportunity they have to try and dismantle one of the first steps of the package of measures published to tackle the housing crisis, specifically the second homes crisis…
6 July 2022 , Plenary
Topical Questions
Thank you to Sam Kurtz for introducing this question today. And given where we were four years ago with 'Brexit and our land', there's been a significant shift here in language and tone, and that's to be welcomed. I'm also pleased to see that the co-operation…
6 July 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Thank you very much, Counsel General, for that response. There is no doubt that there is an increase in the numbers supporting independence for Wales, and the current mess in Westminster highlights on a daily basis why we can't continue to be part of this…
6 July 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
4. What assessment has the Government made of the implications for the constitutional future of Wales of the Scottish Government's statement that it wants to hold an independence referendum? OQ58311
