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.

2,514 speeches and questions

19 March 2024Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Well, I thank Natasha Asghar for that very generous question. It's been a privilege for me to be able to recement and deepen some of those relationships with our closest neighbours. I was in Silesia in January, and I went to Silesia because there is such a…
19 March 2024Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I thank Joyce Watson for that, Dirprwy Lywydd. I think there are a whole range of reasons and opportunities as to why we want to go on investing in promoting Wales abroad. We've lived through some difficult times, reputationally, haven't we? Whatever our…
19 March 2024Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I thank Joyce Watson, Dirprwy Lywydd, for that question. Devolution has provided a platform to bring Wales to the attention of the world. Our reputation as an outward-going, engaged nation, confident in our own identity, welcoming to others pays dividends…
19 March 2024Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Thank you to James Evans for that. Dirprwy Lywydd, as I said, Natural Resources Wales are concentrating the efforts that they can make, and the funding that they have from the Welsh Government, on the 50 abandoned metal mines that have the greatest capacity…
19 March 2024Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Well, I thank Huw Irranca-Davies for that, Llywydd. I was very pleased last year to know that we had attracted that international conference, and there's no doubt that one of the reasons why we had experts from around the world here in Wales was because there…
19 March 2024Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Well, Llywydd, first of all, can I thank Adam Price for that question? Wales is covered in metal mines. There are, we think, 1,300 of them, some of them very well known, like the Dolaucothi gold mine in the Member's own part of Wales, where Afon Cothi flows…
19 March 2024Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
So, Wales’s industrial heritage has left us with a difficult legacy of pollution from many industries. We work alongside others to understand and manage the consequences. Since 2020, we have funded Natural Resources Wales to deliver a targeted work programme…
19 March 2024Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Thank you very much, and just to say, it strikes me that it's appropriate for me to have this first question on the last time that I answer questions from the Member.
12 March 2024Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip: Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill
I'm looking for a woman.
12 March 2024Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Llywydd, can I thank Huw Irranca-Davies for that? He summed up so much of what animates this Government and the Labour Party to which he and I belong. Because our ambition in being in politics is to make sure that the very uneven deal that people are offered…
12 March 2024Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Llywydd, all our interventions are designed to improve the socioeconomic status of people across Wales. Integrated impact assessments include a socioeconomic duty component, which helps to inform ministerial decision making. Our interventions have regular…
12 March 2024Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
First of all, I echo Hefin David's welcome to people in the public gallery. Llywydd, one of the things that I like the very most about the Senedd is the fact that on our way into the Chamber we pass through the Neuadd upstairs and people from any part of…
12 March 2024Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I thank Hefin David for that question. The publication of the bus reform road map this month marks a huge milestone in our programme, which is more ambitious than any other across the UK. It will culminate in legislation to ensure that buses do meet the needs…
12 March 2024Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
The White Paper has closed its consultation phase, the responses to it are being analysed, and I'm sure the points that Jane Dodds has made on the floor of the Senedd this afternoon will be taken into account in that. My reading of the White Paper is slightly…
12 March 2024Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Thank you to Jane Dodds for those supplementary questions.
12 March 2024Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Legislation in this Senedd term will extend entitlement to a personal adviser to every care-experienced young person until they are 25 years old. The first ever national standards for childcare social work practice will include specific standards for…
12 March 2024Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I thank Sarah Murphy. What a different contribution. What it is to celebrate the young people we have here in Wales, with all their energy, their ambition, their wish to make a contribution to the future of our nation. I thank her for drawing attention to the…
12 March 2024Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
In the great Conservative tradition here, the Member has not a good word to say for any staff member or any child here in Wales. She asked me about the last six years. Let me give her just six good examples of how this Government goes on investing in…
12 March 2024Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
In the last six years we have fundamentally reformed services for children with additional learning needs, developed and implemented a new Curriculum for Wales, and created a new Commission for Tertiary Education and Research. These, and other developments…
12 March 2024Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Well, Llywydd, there's an awful warning in the Member's question about reading out a question that somebody's written for you in advance, and, as far as I can tell, asking it in the wrong question as well, because question 1 was the question that dealt with…
12 March 2024Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
She only just arrived.
12 March 2024Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I thank John Griffiths for that. He's right to celebrate the achievements of Welsh local authorities. Five local authorities in Wales already meet or exceed the new statutory target of a minimum of 70 per cent being recycled. That includes Monmouthshire, and…
12 March 2024Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Can I thank John Griffiths, Llywydd? Tackling climate change has to be a collective effort. I commend Newport City Council for its joint work with the Welsh Government to support decarbonisation, leading by example to provide zero-emission vehicles and…
12 March 2024Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Llywydd, I'd like to begin by thanking the cross-party group, and Sam Kurtz in leading it, for the report. I've had a chance to read it. It's a good read and it will be very important material for an incoming First Minister and the team of Ministers that he…
12 March 2024Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I thank Cefin Campbell. I do remember the original question after the election in 2021. Many of the points made by the Member are important and relevant. Of course, some issues in rural areas are different to those facing people who live in Riverside in the…