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Regenerating Town Centres: Roundtable Session 1
Thank you. Again, based upon your experiences, what needs to happen to get other public sector partners, for example health trusts, boards, universities, or otherwise, to work with councils to deliver regeneration in towns?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Regenerating Town Centres: Roundtable Session 1
And what, in your view, needs to change to address those?
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Regenerating Town Centres: Roundtable Session 1
Thank you. Mr Roe.
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Regenerating Town Centres: Roundtable Session 1
Thank you. In terms of the planning system, again, to what extent in your experience do you believe this has been flexible enough to support businesses and partners to respond quickly to problems when they arise, and, if it hasn't, what should be done to…
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Regenerating Town Centres: Roundtable Session 1
Thank you. Have you witnessed or seen any pushback from, say, senior people who don't want to share power in practice, and want to be in charge and carry on in the old way? How's that being managed to get them on board?
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Regenerating Town Centres: Roundtable Session 1
Thank you. In the evidence we've received thus far, we've seen local authorities taking the leadership in some towns, but we've also seen town councils, for example, different tiers of local government, taking the lead in other areas, which goes back to the…
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Regenerating Town Centres: Roundtable Session 1
Thank you. Would Richard Roe like to comment?
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Regenerating Town Centres: Roundtable Session 1
Thank you very much indeed. Actually, you're not very far from where I'm sitting at the moment, ironically, albeit across that incredible border. As you'd expect, we have a number of questions, and I would ask both Members and witnesses to be as succinct as…
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Regenerating Town Centres: Roundtable Session 1
Thank you very much. And, Mr Roe.
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Regenerating Town Centres: Roundtable Session 1
Bore da. Croeso. Good morning and welcome back to the Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee, meeting this morning remotely. I welcome our guests who'll be giving evidence to committee. I'd be grateful if you could state your names and roles for…
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Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for items 3, 6 and 7
I propose in accordance with Standing Order 17.42(ix) that the committee resolves to meet in private for items 3, 6 and 7 of today's meeting. Are all Members content? Thank you. Well, I note I believe that all Members are content. The clerk, therefore, will…
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Introductions, apologies and substitutions
Bore da a chroeso. Good morning and welcome to today's meeting of the Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee in the Senedd. No apologies for absence have been received—. That's not actually accurate: we have two Members who have given apologies…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Although the blue badge scheme in Wales does not lie within your portfolio, removing the barriers for disabled people does, and the current blue badge scheme in Wales is creating barriers. I've been contacted by numerous constituents with a range of physical…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Social Justice: Update on Ukraine
Clearly, the horrific ongoing events in Ukraine, following Putin's illegal invasion, have a direct impact on the number of Ukrainians arriving in Wales, and will continue to do so in the future, with January's UK Government figures showing that 8,700 visas…
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you. Trees provide numerous environmental, social and economic benefits, and tree planting is widely considered to be one of the most important ways to combat climate change and poor air quality. However, the decline in the curlew is strongly associated…
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
10. What action is the Welsh Government taking to protect threatened wildlife species? OQ58941
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Business Statement and Announcement
I call for a statement from the Minister for Health and Social Services on Welsh Government support for GP practices to implement the new GP contract in Wales, starting this year. For example, the single consulting room, cramped and crowded workspace and…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Liver disease
Diolch. I thank the Member for South Wales Central, Joel James, for securing this timely and important debate in this Love Your Liver awareness month, and national awareness raising day for less survivable cancers. He's been a great advocate on liver health…
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Debate on the Local Government and Housing Committee Report: 'Community Assets'
Just very briefly, do you share my concern that the Welsh Government has failed to use the powers available to it since the introduction of the UK's Localism Act 2011 to introduce a community asset register and a community right to bid, to help tackle that…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Responding as chair of the cross-party group on fuel poverty and energy efficiency to your statement on improving the energy efficiency of Welsh homes on 8 November, I referred to the Equality and Social Justice Committee recommendations for the Welsh…
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Statement by the Minister for Social Justice: Cost of Living
Thank you for your statement. Following Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine, with its massive impacts on global food and fuel prices, and the pressures on the economy caused by the pandemic, the UK Government has taken extraordinary steps to support people…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Child Poverty
Are you not concerned that that approach makes you sound more like Liz Truss than Alistair Darling?
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Child Poverty
Diolch. We support the contents of this motion. Speaking here in 2019 in support of a motion calling on the Welsh Government to produce a tackling poverty strategy, budget and action plan, I noted the statement by the Children's Commissioner for Wales then…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Diolch. I call for a statement on support for people with eating disorders in Wales. Research has found that using menu labels to limit calories has been shown to be related to binge eating amongst women and to be associated with more weight-related concerns…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Independent review of children’s social care
Diolch, Llywydd. Well, Gareth Davies, our colleague, obviously, opened this debate by extending his thoughts and condolences—and I know every Member here shares this—to Logan Mwangi's family and friends and community. Such a tragedy, he said, highlights the…
