, Health and Social Care Committee
Post appointment scrutiny session with the interim chair, Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Sorry, I'm doing your job there, Chair. Can I ask through the Chair whether you can write to us on that? And I also talked about improving health outcomes.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Post appointment scrutiny session with the interim chair, Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Can you write to us on that?
, Health and Social Care Committee
Post appointment scrutiny session with the interim chair, Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
I muted myself and unmuted myself. Good morning, Mr Elias. I must say today I'm very impressed by the comments you've made so far this morning. I used to work in the Cwm Taf area, so I know quite a lot about it. It's got high levels of deprivation, it's got…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Net-zero Strategy
I also thank the Minister for her statement. First, can I request that the science is explained? It is net zero rather than zero because we exhale carbon dioxide. Carbon is oxidised to form carbon dioxide. We know that carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
I'm asking for one statement and one Government debate. I'm requesting a statement on procurement to increase the amount bought from locally based companies. The Welsh Government, and the Welsh Government funded public sector are major purchasers of goods and…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Economy: Moving the Welsh Economy Forward
Thank you. I welcome this statement and look forward to further economic statements and debate. I very much welcome pursuing a progressive economic policy that focuses on better jobs, narrowing the skills divide and tackling poverty. The greatest economic…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
I would like to ask for two statements. The first is on the use of medicinal cannabis. In the last Senedd, we debated the provision of medicinal cannabis, and it had a large amount of cross-party support. There is evidence that certain medicinal cannabis…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
First of all, can I thank the First Minister for that response? Thousands of wild and domestic animals are killed or severely injured in Wales every year due to the use of snares. The RSPCA report that the use of snares is still widespread, as many as 51,000…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
5. Will the First Minister make a statement on the use of snares? OQ57033
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: The energy sector and the climate and nature emergencies
Sorry, I just wanted to say: can you add to that the Swansea tidal lagoon?
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Can I thank the Minister for that response? Whilst last week the major public debate was about safety from COVID, my e-mail account had more contact regarding pollution of the River Wye than it did about anything else. I'm also aware of the pollution of other…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
5. What measures will the Welsh Government introduce to tackle river pollution from agriculture? OQ56990
, Finance Committee
Public Services Ombudsman for Wales—Scrutiny of Annual Report and Accounts 2020-21, and Estimate 2022-23: Evidence session
Thank you very much.
, Finance Committee
Public Services Ombudsman for Wales—Scrutiny of Annual Report and Accounts 2020-21, and Estimate 2022-23: Evidence session
Nick, as you know, I'm very much in favour of own-initiative and my question was not critical of it; I was just passing on those views that were expressed by, as you described, unnamed Government Ministers at the time. My final question is: if your budget is…
, Finance Committee
Public Services Ombudsman for Wales—Scrutiny of Annual Report and Accounts 2020-21, and Estimate 2022-23: Evidence session
Thank you. You've covered part of what I was going to cover. I think that you're absolutely right, but when will we be able to evaluate the impact of the own-initiative investigations? And I was very keen on what you said about prostate cancer—being able to…
, Finance Committee
Public Services Ombudsman for Wales—Scrutiny of Annual Report and Accounts 2020-21, and Estimate 2022-23: Evidence session
That was one of the reasons I actually supported the Bill. I think that there are a number of people, including many of my constituents, who are much happier saying something than writing it down. In making people do that, you start knocking out about a…
, Finance Committee
Public Services Ombudsman for Wales—Scrutiny of Annual Report and Accounts 2020-21, and Estimate 2022-23: Evidence session
You might think some of our questions today have been difficult, but you're paid to have those difficult questions. If we had some of your junior members of staff in here, then that would be entirely different. And there was an organisation that was sending…
, Finance Committee
Public Services Ombudsman for Wales—Scrutiny of Annual Report and Accounts 2020-21, and Estimate 2022-23: Evidence session
I'm very pleased about dealing with the vexatious complaints, and even if it's by people in my own party, they should be dealt with as well. I'm not here to protect people who are engaging in that. The other question, of course, is officer on member…
, Finance Committee
Public Services Ombudsman for Wales—Scrutiny of Annual Report and Accounts 2020-21, and Estimate 2022-23: Evidence session
Can I talk about efficiencies? You get a lot of spurious complaints. I've got a prediction now, from about now until next April, that you'll have lots of councillor complaints—you'll have lots of potential candidates and councillor complaints. You have that…
, Finance Committee
Public Services Ombudsman for Wales—Scrutiny of Annual Report and Accounts 2020-21, and Estimate 2022-23: Evidence session
Do you—and I'm probably aiming this more at the level of Nick and you here than the staff who are dealing with it—end up having lots of abuse on social media?
, Finance Committee
Public Services Ombudsman for Wales—Scrutiny of Annual Report and Accounts 2020-21, and Estimate 2022-23: Evidence session
I'm assuming that you know, Nick, that the problem with complaint handling is that people are frightened of saying anything that could be perceived as admitting liability, and their lawyers are jumping on top of them and saying, 'Don't say anything. Don't…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Nature, biodiversity and local places for nature
I would like to thank the Minister for this statement, which I also agree is very timely. I agree with the Minister that we need to develop a more sustainable relationship with the natural world and that the relationship begins in our local communities. We…
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session
That's me, Peredur.
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session
I'd always urge buying it, because people's general view on housing is it's cheaper to buy than to rent over a period of time, and assuming the Senedd isn't going anywhere—although that's not necessarily everybody's view—I think that owning it would be a good…
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session
So, the windows aren't a matter of debate, they're part of our lease responsibilities?
