Welsh Labour

Speeches and questions

Speeches and questions in Plenary and in committees, newest first. The Llywydd's and deputies' chairing of Plenary is left out.

4,312 speeches and questions

4 October 2022Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I'm trying to explain to the Member that the issue that she's identified is a proper one; it deserves proper consideration and to not try to turn it into some form of foolish culture war. Because, underneath the headline, the picture is a good deal more…
4 October 2022Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Well, Llywydd, I deprecate the Member's willingness to turn every single issue, no matter how serious, into a form of culture war. There really is no need whatsoever to do that; it's a serious issue—it deserved a better question than you managed to provide…
4 October 2022Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Llywydd, while headline data reveals a gender gap, these mask a more complex position at a subject level. This Government's commitment is to ensure that every person in Wales has high aspirations and a fair and equal opportunity to reach their fullest…
4 October 2022Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Llywydd, what Rhys ab Owen said remains true. I haven't heard anything from the new Prime Minister, I haven't had a phone call or an e-mail—nothing at all. We do have a new scheme, a scheme that we had agreed with the Scottish Government, the Northern Ireland…
4 October 2022Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Llywydd, I have had several conversations with the new Secretary of State for Wales on this and other matters.
4 October 2022Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I thank Vikki Howells for that important point that she makes. There are over 200 childcare settings in Cynon Valley constituency alone. The good news is that, because we have extended the 100 per cent rate relief for registered childcare premises to the end…
4 October 2022Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Llywydd, I thank Vikki Howells for that. Boosting the most generous childcare offer in the United Kingdom, we announced last week almost £100 million to support the expansion of Flying Start childcare to support investments in improvements and maintenance of…
4 October 2022Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Well, Llywydd, I agree that I would rather have people working directly as employees of the NHS, or in bank arrangements under the control of the NHS, than people working in agency arrangements. In the end, these are individuals making decisions in their own…
4 October 2022Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Llywydd, I agree with a great deal of what Joel James has just said. As I've explained a number of times on the floor of the Chamber, the NHS continues to have to deal with the COVID impact, with just under 1,000 members of staff not in work today; around 600…
4 October 2022Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Health boards plan, deploy and manage their workforce to meet population needs. E-rostering solutions have been implemented across NHS Wales to support the effective deployment of staff.
4 October 2022Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
First of all, I agree with the points about economic stability that Mike Hedges made. That's the way in which the long-term investment you'll need if you're building houses can be secured. But he makes a very important final point. In my own constituency of…
4 October 2022Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
First of all, house prices in Wales are less expensive than in most other parts of the United Kingdom, not more expensive as Mr Giffard appeared to believe. There are a series of reasons why there are new obstacles in the path of building the number of houses…
4 October 2022Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
We have committed to deliver 20,000 new low-carbon homes for rent in the social sector, providing record levels of funding to do so. The first statistical release demonstrating progress towards this target is expected later this year.
4 October 2022Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Of course, I recognise exactly the position that Jane Dodds sets out. It's always been a challenge for the Warm Homes programme to find effective ways in which you can insulate properties that don't have the characteristics that most properties do where you…
4 October 2022Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
There are a whole series of things that the Welsh Government has done over many years to invest in such schemes in all parts of Wales, including, of course, rural Wales. People who live in the Member's constituency will be worrying less about the things that…
4 October 2022Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
That's something that is great to see and that will help the people living in Powys in the areas that the Member represents. We're willing to consider whether there is more that we can do, but we are trying to do many things already.
4 October 2022Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
They'll provide £150 to all residents who live in homes that have off-grid fuel supply.
4 October 2022Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
To start, I do recognise everything that the Member has said about the situation in west Wales, and how much people rely on different ways to heat their homes and who aren’t having any support from the Westminster Government. We are doing many things already…
4 October 2022Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I thank Cefin Campbell for the question. The Welsh Government has invested more than £1.6 billion this year on targeted cost-of-living support and universal programmes to put money back in people's pockets and to help alleviate this crisis. This includes, for…
4 October 2022Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Well, Llywydd, it must be nearly a decade now since I first discussed with UK Conservative Ministers their plans to implement the Dilnot review. That never happened. More years went by. We did appear to reach a point under the last Prime Minister where there…
4 October 2022Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Well, Llywydd, Shelter is not calling for a rent freeze in Wales, and the reason that they are not calling for a rent freeze is that they recognise, I believe, the potential unintended consequences for tenants when that happens. I think the leader of Plaid…
4 October 2022Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Well, Llywydd, we will look carefully at the proposals in Scotland, of course. I've had an opportunity to look at them briefly this morning. Let's be clear about what the proposals actually are. There is a rent freeze for social renting tenants in Scotland…
4 October 2022Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Well, Llywydd, there is the impotence of opposition. The leader of the opposition can of course go on making his case for as long and as loudly as he likes. In the meantime, the world has moved on. There is an inquiry, a fully constituted inquiry, set up by a…
4 October 2022Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Well, Llywydd, the Member knows perfectly well that the decision is made, there will be no Welsh separate inquiry and, instead, the answers to the questions that people quite rightly want to see here in Wales will be properly, fully, and best answered by the…
4 October 2022Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Llywydd, I've explained on numerous occasions here why I believe that the answers that patients and their families in Wales deserve to get when we look back at the events of the pandemic, that those answers are best secured through a Welsh participation in a…