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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Later on, maybe. Later on.
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
—sets aside an additional £35 million from financial transactions capital to experiment and develop new funding models in order to assist with accelerating the scale and how quickly we can decarbonise housing in Wales. Can the Minister confirm whether the…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
I'm coming to it now, thank you for your patience. The final budget—
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
I thank the Minister for that response and, for the record, I'd like to thank Vikki Howells for presenting the report in the cross-party group this morning. There is cross-party support for developing such proposals, and therefore I look forward to seeing the…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you very much, Llywydd. The Wales Co-operative Centre has just released a report that calls on the Government to introduce a community ownership and empowerment Act to assist local community groups to develop permanent affordable housing in their…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Thank you very much, Llywydd. I want to ask for two statements, if I may. I want to ask you to ensure that the Minister for health brings forward a statement on the provision of dentistry services. The people of Dwyfor Meirionnydd have the worst access to…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
I thank the Minister for that response. Well, after three years of establishing improvement groups, task and finish groups, a change of leadership personnel, and, ultimately, commissioning an independent report, at last there is recognition that substantial…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
6. What assessment has the Minister made of the findings of the Royal College of Surgeons report on vascular services in North Wales? OQ57656
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thank you, Llywydd. May I also take this opportunity to wish the Minister a happy birthday through you, Llywydd? Thank you.
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The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Amendment of Schedule 9A) Regulations 2022
Thank you. I didn't hear you clearly—I'm sorry. Thank you very much, Llywydd, for that. May I also declare an interest and draw your attention to my register of interests, please? These regulations are a significant step in the right direction to improve the…
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Short Debate: The more I practice, the luckier I am: Sports facilities in our rural communities
I had the pleasure of going to speak to a group of pupils at Ysgol Glan y Môr, Pwllheli, about 10 days ago—talk about informed, curious and welcoming young people. It was a pleasure to be in their company. Anyway, one of them, Elan Davies, asked me the…
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Short Debate: The more I practice, the luckier I am: Sports facilities in our rural communities
Thank you, Llywydd. I have agreed that five other Members should take part in this discussion. James Evans, Sam Kurtz, Jane Dodds, Sam Rowlands and Laura and Jones have expressed an interest in contributing, and I'm very grateful to them for that. Llywydd, it…
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Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal: Mabon ap Gwynfor (Dwyfor Meirionnydd)—Rent control
Well, that is a concern, that that policy does mean that a number of social homes down in the Teifi valley and in Monmouthshire won't be built at the moment, but it's a matter for the Government to respond to that point. But I am very pleased to hear that the…
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Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal: Mabon ap Gwynfor (Dwyfor Meirionnydd)—Rent control
Thank you very much, Dirprwy Lywydd, and thank you to everyone who has taken part in this discussion. Thank you to the Minister for her comprehensive response. I'm interested, I have to say, in the responses of the Conservatives. I'm thinking sometimes that…
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Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal: Mabon ap Gwynfor (Dwyfor Meirionnydd)—Rent control
Let us take one example from history. Following the second world war, what did Clement Attlee and Aneurin Bevan do? Well, they went about implementing the recommendations made in the Ridley report and strengthened rent controls, and embarked on a major…
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Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal: Mabon ap Gwynfor (Dwyfor Meirionnydd)—Rent control
Thank you very much, Dirprwy Lywydd. [Interruption.] Thank you for the welcome. I have to declare an interest at the beginning of the debate as someone who owns another property occupied by a tenant. So, why am I, of all people, putting forward a motion to…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Thank you very much for that response. These levelling-up proposals look to co-operate directly with local authorities across the UK. There is talk of devolution in the White Paper, but it's devolution in the context of England, of course. The spin put on it…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
8. What legal advice has the Counsel General given to the Welsh Government regarding the UK Government's proposals to directly fund projects in Wales under its levelling-up fund? OQ57620
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Inquiry into second homes: evidence session 4—economy
Thank you very much.
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Inquiry into second homes: evidence session 4—economy
May I come in at that point, please, and just challenge a little bit what Shomik has said? Forgive me, David, I'm sure that you wanted to come in in a moment as well. Perhaps that is the truth in theory, but if you were to go to Abersoch, to Aberdyfi, to…
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Inquiry into second homes: evidence session 4—economy
Good morning, everyone. Thank you, all, for joining us this morning. May I ensure that the interpretation is working? I see that it is. Excellent. So just on that final point, as a Member representing Dwyfor Meirionnydd, our communities are telling us that…
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
I thank the Minister, and I'm sure you, like me, enjoyed breakfast with the Farmers Union of Wales, which was collecting funds for the DPJ Foundation recently, which does excellent work in mental health. This increase in input costs over the last few months…
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you very much, Llywydd. May I take this opportunity to thank Cefin Campbell for his work in this role, and to wish him well in his new role? I want to ask the Minister, please—. There's been a great deal of coverage of the cost-of-living crisis facing…
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Questions to the First Minister
I thank the First Minister for that response. Llywydd, some years ago, the health board in north Wales had something to boast about, namely the vascular service at Ysbyty Gwynedd, which was among the best of its kind. Then, for some reason, as you have…
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Questions to the First Minister
4. What assessment has the Welsh Government made of vascular services in north Wales? OQ57582
