, Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Climate Change: Trees and Timber
I welcome the Welsh Government's statement. I requested a statement on trees a few weeks ago, and thankfully we've now got one. Can I also say how much I welcome the tone of the Minister's statement? We need a lot more trees to meet our climate change needs…
, Plenary
Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: Convention on our Constitutional Future
I welcome the setting up of a constitutional commission. Up until now, only Plaid Cymru, with independence, and abolish supporters have been consistent and have had an end point. Despite that, the majority of the Welsh people, in every opinion poll we've…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
I'm asking for two statements by the Government. The first one is on how health will be improved and how life expectancies will be increased by improving the overall health of people in Wales, as opposed to intervening when people are seriously ill and need…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Introduction, apologies and substitutions
Mike Hedges, Labour Member for Swansea East and a long-term member of this committee, with only a small interruption.
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Affordability, Second Homes and the Welsh Language
I'm very pleased that we have had this statement today. We have too few houses, we have too few affordable houses. House prices have increased due to a shortage of accommodation, but also Government policies such as Help to Buy and the land transaction tax…
, Plenary
Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: The Legislative Programme
I welcome the Welsh Government's programme; fair work rights are long overdue. I hope that the social partnership Bill will ensure that companies who engage in fire and rehire, and who have exploitative contracts paying less that the real living wage, will…
, Plenary
Statement by the First Minister: Reforming our Union
Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. I welcome the statement. I have three comments and two questions. A union of four parts cannot work with England being between five and six times larger than the other three combined. Devolution has to be the same for…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Can I ask for an urgent Government statement on cladding on buildings? In Swansea East and the SA1 area, there are several buildings with cladding and a large number of very concerned individuals, regarding the cost of removal and making it safe. I know this…
, Plenary
Nominations for Committee Chairs
I second it.
, Plenary
Short Debate: A fair deal for workers
Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. Can I thank Jack Sargeant for giving me a minute? I agree with everything that Jack Sargeant and Sarah Murphy have said about fire and rehire, but I am not going to rehearse that. I'm going to move on to another topic…
, Plenary
90-second Statements
Thank you. This year, Morriston Ladies Choir is celebrating 80 years since its formation, and I’m very proud to be president of the choir. The choir was formed in 1941 by Miss Lillian Abbott and members of the local first aid defence group. At the time, there…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
We get very little of the benefit of food production beyond the sale of the raw materials. Does the Minister agree with me that we need to develop the food processing industry in Wales, and will the Minister look at the Felindre site in my colleague Rebecca…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Can I ask the Minister to look at the number of spoilt ballot papers we had the length and breadth of Wales when we had the Senedd elections? But I can think of no worse electoral system than STV. Can I ask the Minister to look at the size of the wards and…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Can I welcome the response given by the First Minister? I think this is something that many people across the Chamber are very much in favour of. On Friday, I met with pupils from Glyncollen school online, who were unanimously in favour of a deposit-return…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
I'm asking for a Government statement on proposed tree planting, to include how the public can become involved. If everyone in Wales who has a garden planted a new tree then we'd have an additional 1 million trees. I am sure that some Members will remember as…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
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, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: The Senedd's powers
I welcome this opportunity to debate the devolution settlement. This is something we need to do. Can I make, initially, three general comments? Asymmetrical devolution does not work; Plaid Cymru appear to have a policy of salami-slicing to separatism, and we…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Can I agree with what the First Minister has just said and thank him for his response? But the question is: what can the Welsh Government do to discourage fire and rehire? Can they use their procurement policy, can they use their financial support for…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
2. What assessment has the First Minister made of the use of fire-and-rehire practices by employers in Wales? OQ56530
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
I'm asking for an update on the legislative consent motion on increased sentences for animal cruelty. The Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee unanimously agreed to support it during the last Senedd, but, unfortunately, it was too close to…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I was also going to say, another advantage is reduced traffic jams on motorways. But people work in offices because, when everything was paper-based, they had to in order to access data and update files. There has been a movement towards homeworking, with…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
7. Will the First Minister make a statement on the economic benefits of homeworking? OQ56515
