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6 July 2022Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
I thank the Counsel General for that response. This legislature is supposed to be sovereign in specific areas. Rightly or wrongly, it should be our choice in our national Senedd to legislate and to make some rules and regulations. I'm pleased that our Senedd…
6 July 2022Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
3. What assessment has the Government made of the constitutional implications of the UK Government's plans to repeal the Trade Union (Wales) Act 2017? OQ58310
29 June 2022Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you very much for that response. If I could move on to my next point, one thing that's wonderful about this job is that one learns something new every day, and I've learnt very recently that y clafr is the term for sheep scab. So, I'm going to ask a…
29 June 2022Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you very much, Llywydd. I want to raise an issue that I've raised in the past, if I may. The huge increase in the prices of fodder, fuel and fertiliser is hitting our farmers hard at the moment. There's a shortage of red diesel, which has increased 50…
22 June 2022Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Empowering communities
I don’t want to spend too much time criticising the Government. That's an easy thing to do in terms of the politics of the thing, but the truth is that I genuinely want to see delivery on these issues as soon as possible, and it is only the Government that…
22 June 2022Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Empowering communities
It's a pleasure to close this debate today, and I'd like to thank Luke Fletcher for opening the debate so eloquently, and I thank everyone else who has contributed to it. Before proceeding to the substance of the debate, I would also like to say that Buffy…
22 June 2022Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Empowering communities
Can I just say at the beginning of my contribution that we've got a number of the young citizens of Wales here? Welcome all; you might well be sitting here at some point in the future.
22 June 2022Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Empowering communities
Thank you very much, temporary Presiding Officer.
22 June 2022Local Government and Housing Committee
Housing Ukrainian refugees—evidence session 2
Diolch.
22 June 2022Local Government and Housing Committee
Housing Ukrainian refugees—evidence session 2
Diolch. Natalie.
22 June 2022Local Government and Housing Committee
Housing Ukrainian refugees—evidence session 2
Diolch. Reynette.
22 June 2022Local Government and Housing Committee
Housing Ukrainian refugees—evidence session 2
Thank you. In the previous evidence that we've received, we've heard that accommodation currently provided by some hosts aren't appropriate, that they not sufficiently close to services, that there is no public transport, that they're too rural for some. Do…
22 June 2022Local Government and Housing Committee
Housing Ukrainian refugees—evidence session 2
Diolch. Natalie.
22 June 2022Local Government and Housing Committee
Housing Ukrainian refugees—evidence session 2
Thank you, Chair. Good morning to all of you. Thank you very much to all of you for joining us this morning and sharing your expertise and knowledge with us. Now, you spoke there about the accommodation available and perhaps it's wise to have that temporary…
22 June 2022Local Government and Housing Committee
Housing Ukrainian refugees—evidence session 1
Do you have an idea of what the shortfall is in terms of the numbers of sponsors or the numbers of homes that we need, compared with the numbers from Ukraine who do want to come or who need to be welcomed here in Wales?
22 June 2022Local Government and Housing Committee
Housing Ukrainian refugees—evidence session 1
Thank you. I see Anne's hand up there.
22 June 2022Local Government and Housing Committee
Housing Ukrainian refugees—evidence session 1
Excellent. Thank you. You have raised the point that a number of people who are coming here perhaps don't wish to be in Wales; they want to be in England or don't wish to be in a rural area. Are we clear, then, that the places that we do offer are fit for…
22 June 2022Local Government and Housing Committee
Housing Ukrainian refugees—evidence session 1
Okay. Thank you, Naomi. Anne.
22 June 2022Local Government and Housing Committee
Housing Ukrainian refugees—evidence session 1
And what's the split in terms of the numbers coming in under these different schemes? How many come under the family visa scheme and how many come in under the Homes for Ukraine scheme?
22 June 2022Local Government and Housing Committee
Housing Ukrainian refugees—evidence session 1
Thank you, Naomi. Before we go on to Anne, you said something very interesting at the start there, for my mind at least, in terms of the lack of data—that data isn’t kept with some of these programmes, like the supersponsor and Homes for Ukraine, and…
22 June 2022Local Government and Housing Committee
Housing Ukrainian refugees—evidence session 1
Thank you, Gaynor. If we can go back to the first question with you, Naomi, in terms of the local authorities, and are there people from Ukraine presenting themselves as homeless, or maybe you want to contribute on the last point that was made.
22 June 2022Local Government and Housing Committee
Housing Ukrainian refugees—evidence session 1
Thank you, Gaynor. Before I ask Naomi or Anne, Gaynor, you say that there’s a breakdown in that relationship that’s happened between some of the sponsors. Why? What’s the cause of that? Is it because you haven’t done your work in identifying those sponsors…
22 June 2022Local Government and Housing Committee
Housing Ukrainian refugees—evidence session 1
I'll be speaking in Welsh, so I'll just check that the interpretation is working with everyone. Excellent. Thank you very much. We've heard from the news today, if you listen to Radio Cymru, about the Urdd welcome centre. The Urdd is once again pulling its…
22 June 2022Local Government and Housing Committee
Inquiry into the provision of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers—evidence session 5: Minister for Social Justice
One final point from me, if I may, and please forgive me, but because you are before us, may I take this opportunity to ask on behalf of some of the people I have spoken to in the community—there is a cost-of-living crisis at the moment, and Gypsies, Roma and…
22 June 2022Local Government and Housing Committee
Inquiry into the provision of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers—evidence session 5: Minister for Social Justice
Thank you. If I may ask one further question, the figures that you gave are to be welcomed, of course. It suggests the gap between those figures and the experience of the communities that we are talking with here, but any commitment, in terms of funding and…