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Papers to note
Thank you very much indeed.
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Papers to note
Thank you very much indeed. We have a letter from the Welsh Government's director general for education, social justice and Welsh language in response to the Auditor General for Wales's 'Time for Change - Poverty in Wales' report. This is in response to the…
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Papers to note
Okay. Thank you very much indeed. Well, we wrote to the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip on 8 December 2021, following the debate held in Plenary on 24 November 2021, in relation to the committee's report 'Delivering for Future Generations: The…
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Papers to note
I'm switched into the loop and I'm afraid I was struggling to hear you as well.
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Papers to note
Okay—
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Papers to note
Members will know from our recent joint meeting with the Health and Social Care Committee that we appreciate we shouldn't be focusing on the clinical matters here; it's more the matters raised with us regarding the procurement process and allegations…
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Papers to note
Okay, thanks very much indeed. We have correspondence between the Welsh Government's director general for health and social services and chief executive of the NHS Wales, and the chief executive of Velindre University NHS Trust, and myself as Chair. I wrote…
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Papers to note
Thank you. We've also had a letter from the Chief Executive and Clerk of the Senedd regarding the scrutiny of accounts for 2020-21 for the Senedd Commission. The chief executive wrote in February in response to our recommendations. The seven recommendations…
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Papers to note
We have a number of papers to note. I wrote to the chief executive of Transport for Wales on 19 April regarding concerns that have been raised with me about the procurement and supply of five class 230 hybrid battery/diesel trains from VivaRail, in the wake…
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Introductions, apologies and substitutions
Bore da a chroeso. Good morning and welcome to this meeting of the Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee in the Senedd. No apologies have been received for today's meeting and I welcome Adam Price, who's again substituting for Mabon ap Gwynfor…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Devolution of justice and policing
Lots of reference was made by your colleagues to devolution in other parts of the United Kingdom. I won't rehearse the arguments I made again, but are you aware that Scotland now has the lowest number of police officers since 2008, that police officer numbers…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Devolution of justice and policing
Will you recognise the fact that Alistair Darling's austerity budget in the spring of 2010 introduced the police cuts that lasted until 2015, because he dated them to 2015, and that police budgets have been rising since 2015?
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Devolution of justice and policing
Will you give way?
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Devolution of justice and policing
I'll conclude, yes. And neither Plaid Cymru's desire to divide and destabilise, nor the failing and controlling Labour Welsh Government's desire to grab ever more power, should be allowed to distract us from the real needs of Britons on both sides of the…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Devolution of justice and policing
The mayor in Manchester, as elsewhere, has the same powers as the police and crime commissioner. Are you calling for that to be centralised in the Welsh Government and for our regional police and crime commissioners to be abolished? Because that's what it…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Devolution of justice and policing
I'll finish the sentence, and then, yes. Only 5 per cent of the combined population of Scotland and England lives within 50 miles of the border between those countries.
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Devolution of justice and policing
New Plaid Cymru leader—congratulations; same old chestnuts being recycled yet again and same grandstanding from Alun Davies. I will, therefore, recycle my arguments showing that this call defies reality. Of course Wales remains the only devolved nation…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
The senior barrister and KC I referred to, whose representations were very recent, further stated that the end of the existing law of England and Wales would be 'disastrous in two respects. First, the current law of England and Wales has been, and remains…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
I hope you're consulting the Solicitors Regulation Authority regarding the practicalities they've already addressed elsewhere regarding this. How do you respond to concern raised with me by a barrister and King's Counsel who copied me on the article of 27…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Diolch, Llywydd. In The Law Society Gazette article of 27 January on the future direction of Welsh Government's justice policy, you state that the Welsh Government's agenda for the law and legal sector includes a tender to assess the need for solicitor…
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Legislative Consent Motion on the Illegal Migration Bill
Well, I think it's horrific that gangs are stealing children off our streets, and I share your concern. But as a matter of policy, the power in clause 3(2) of the Bill will only be exercised for unaccompanied children whilst under 18 in very limited…
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Legislative Consent Motion on the Illegal Migration Bill
Oh, sorry. Yes.
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Legislative Consent Motion on the Illegal Migration Bill
Wales, as a nation of sanctuary, exists for friends from overseas once they arrive here and access devolved services, although, of course, those services are already under massive pressure, with a housing supply crisis and the worst NHS waiting times in…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Partnership: Armed Forces Day
Armed Forces Day takes place on the last Saturday of each June, falling this year on 24 June. Celebrations began yesterday, when the armed forces flag was raised on buildings and famous landmarks around the country. Reserves Day tomorrow, 21 June, will also…
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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you. Earlier this month, I visited Buckley stroke group, with the Stroke Association, to learn about their experience of stroke in Flintshire, Wrexham and Denbighshire. There are currently over 70,000 stroke survivors in Wales, and the number is…
