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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Housing
My intervention was because we were talking about energy prices within housing, and the tidal lagoon obviously would affect energy prices. It's another time when we can debate the tidal lagoon; I just wanted to make that point.
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Housing
Do you now regret the fact that the Conservative Government did not fund the tidal lagoon in Swansea?
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Housing
I agree with you. I would say 'electrical' rather than 'electronics'. [Laughter.] But, yes, I think you do. I mean, far too often, we've seen crafts being considered second best, and we all need the benefits of plumbers and electricians and builders. Councils…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Housing
Well, the Welsh Government bought it out, didn't they? It is a matter of concern that we had a system that stopped councils building houses and where council houses were going to be sold and you only got 50 per cent of the value of that house. And despite…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Housing
Can I start by saying that the money from the sale of council houses was not able to be used to build more council houses, it had to be kept in a separate account? That was the law; it was a law brought in by the Conservative Government, but that was the law…
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): The Devolution of Policing
What of the day-to-day policing carried out by the four Welsh police forces? Effectively, the role of the police and crime commissioners, who currently report to the Home Secretary, they should be reporting to whichever Secretary or whichever Cabinet Member…
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): The Devolution of Policing
Thank you very much, Deputy Presiding Officer. I believe the case for devolving policing is overwhelming. I am very pleased to open the debate. I thank my co-sponsors, one of whom, Rhys ab Owen, will be replying to the debate. This type of debate gives the…
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Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Can I thank the Minister for that response? As Members here will know, I've been very supportive of the invest-to-save scheme and the innovate-to-save scheme over a number of years. They've been provided for several years. Can the Minister explain how…
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Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
5. Will the Minister provide an update on funding for the invest-to-save scheme for the 2022-23 financial year? OQ57735
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Debate: The Local Government Settlement 2022-23
I'd firstly like to say it's really pleasing to see so many people sat in this room with very senior local government experience taking part in this debate. I think that can only add to the quality of debate on the local government settlement. I welcome the…
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Debate: The Final Budget 2022-23
I would say, also, when Rhodri Morgan was First Minister, we didn't engage in PFI.
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Debate: The Final Budget 2022-23
This debate would really be improved if we had alternative proposals, even if only at the level of ministerial budgets, from the Conservatives and Plaid Cymru. I welcome what Peter Fox said about producing one next year. Just a piece of advice: it has to…
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Debate: The Final Budget 2022-23
Will you produce a Conservative budget?
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Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal: Alun Davies (Blaenau Gwent)—The impact of storm overflows
Can I also thank my colleague Alun Davies for tabling this important piece of legislation? It is something I will support on behalf of my constituents who live in the lower Swansea valley. There is serious pollution in the River Tawe, especially as it travels…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Can I thank the Minister for that response? Last month, I attended the official opening of the new Tan-y-lan school, where my grandchildren attend, and this month, I will be attending the opening of the new Tirdeunaw school. Of the six comprehensive schools…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
7. Will the Minister provide an update on the twenty-first century schools and colleges programme in Swansea? OQ57682
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Welsh Government Second Supplementary Budget 2021-22: Evidence session
Thank you.
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Welsh Government Second Supplementary Budget 2021-22: Evidence session
Is any of it in the supplementary budget?
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Welsh Government Second Supplementary Budget 2021-22: Evidence session
One is a statement and one is a question. The statement is: aren't we keen on reducing the amount of travel, environmentally, and, people working from home in larger numbers, isn't that a good thing, rather than cramming everybody onto trains? But my question…
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Welsh Government Second Supplementary Budget 2021-22: Evidence session
But you've got two things, haven't you? You've got kitchen capacity and you've got the seating capacity for children to be fed. Now, does anybody know what needs to be done to increase both of those, before getting into the people capacity—getting more cooks…
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Welsh Government Second Supplementary Budget 2021-22: Evidence session
That's me.
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Welsh Government Second Supplementary Budget 2021-22: Evidence session
But I think one of the things that many of us are very keen on is things to be embedded into a budget, rather than just be dealt with as one-offs, because you get the one-off and then it disappears. So, I'll just ask you, perhaps, if you could look at that…
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Welsh Government Second Supplementary Budget 2021-22: Evidence session
And finally from me, I think the £1,498, approximately £1,000 after tax and national insurance, is very welcome. Why didn't you put it into the base salary or base pay? Rather than just a one-off, why didn't you just do an uplift?
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Welsh Government Second Supplementary Budget 2021-22: Evidence session
One of the big problems is the forms themselves. They tend to be lengthy, they tend to be complicated and they tend to not be aimed at people who are not highly educated. So, the people—and, as we know, wealth is proportional to educational qualification in…
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Welsh Government Second Supplementary Budget 2021-22: Evidence session
Yes, because, if it went out any other way, it would be in the best interests of the local authority to allocate £20 million less than they needed for social services, because the Welsh Government would be coming over the hill providing extra money. So, I'm…
