, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Evidence session 5
Thank you for that. I can think of two areas of preventative spend: one that is continued, which is Designed to Smile, which has reduced children's dental needs, but also Communities First, which has ended, which was helping in communities to try and get…
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Evidence session 5
Thank you for that. You suggest there is evidence throughout the budget of preventative spending being reduced. There's also political support for spending money now on things rather than trying to prevent them—dealing with people who've got health issues…
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Evidence session 5
Thank you. The Welsh Government says that, through this budget, it has needed to act in the short term to protect the core services on which people rely to ensure they're sustainable into the future. With no indication of funding for future years, it's very…
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Evidence session 5
Diolch, Cadeirydd. Firstly, your evidence suggests that there is increased transparency in the budget narrative and the strategic impact assessment this year, but you also say that they lack analysis of the long-term impact and detailed evidence of how the…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Building Safety in Wales
Thank you, Cadeirydd.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Building Safety in Wales
But you deal with different types of buildings, don't you? I mean, Swansea and Cardiff have an awful lot of high-rise buildings, for example; I don't think there are any high-rise buildings in Powys and I don't think there are many, if any, in Neath Port…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Building Safety in Wales
Does the sector believe that the national performance framework the Welsh Government has been developing would provide a robust oversight of performance in making buildings safe?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Building Safety in Wales
Thank you very much. As we all know, Grenfell Tower brought tremendous interest and concern about building control and about what's happened with buildings, and I'm still dealing with the repercussions of it in SA1 and the work that needs to be done there…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Building Safety in Wales
Diolch, Cadeirydd. I want to talk about performance and monitoring. What other indicators have LABC and councils considered to monitor the performance of building control and building safety services as well as speed?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Building Safety in Wales
Thank you.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Building Safety in Wales
As you know, I'm several years—probably the best part of two decades—out of being involved in it in any way, but it used to be—I say that a lot—that you'd check it at each stage and make sure the footings were dug deep enough, and then you'd check it at each…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Building Safety in Wales
I was a recipient of a complaint because I suggested it should all be done by local authorities. Somebody complained to the Senedd about me. So, I'm with you on this. Why are few enforcement actions referred to councils from the private sector?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Building Safety in Wales
Thank you, Peter, and can I also thank you for doing your bit to advertise Swansea in your background? [Laughter.] What is the LABC’s position on the mixed market approach and the auditor general’s recommendation for the Welsh Government to review it? Are…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Building Safety in Wales
Thank you. What is the LABC’s position on the mixed market—
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Building Safety in Wales
Diolch, Cadeirydd. Scotland have gone down the direction of the hub approach. Do you think that we should in Wales? We've talked about the hub approach, and Scotland have gone down that route. Have you noticed any problems from the hub approach in Scotland…
, Plenary
Debate: Levelling-up
If levelling up is going to work, it has to be about increasing gross value added and median salary. It's not about doing nice things or prettying up areas, important as they are; it's about creating more high-paid employment. The Westminster Government says…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
I would like to ask for two Government statements. The first statement I am requesting is an update on the development of co-operative housing in Wales. As is well documented, Wales and the rest of Britain have far less co-operative housing than western…
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Child poverty and educational attainment
Because we don't subsidise a whole range of industries, and what I'm saying is that there is no reason to subsidise agriculture, and I hope we have a debate on this at some stage, because I'm absolutely—[Interruption.] I would if I could, because I really do…
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Child poverty and educational attainment
Please, yes.
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Child poverty and educational attainment
I always find it very difficult to talk in these debates. I always feel I'm being unfair to my parents. They didn't want to be poor. That wasn't their ambition in life, to be poor. It was what life gave them, and a lot of my constituents are in exactly the…
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Child poverty and educational attainment
You tried to put Plaid Cymru in power in—
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Programme for International Student Assessment results
Thank you. England have done very well. They've done very well because of the London Challenge and the Manchester Challenge. If you want a criticism of the Welsh Government, we had the Welsh Challenge and they then stopped it. But, certainly, the London and…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Programme for International Student Assessment results
Okay. Thank you. England have—
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Programme for International Student Assessment results
I don't think I'm allowed to—[Inaudible.]
, Plenary
90-second Statements
Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. Tomorrow is Less Survivable Cancers Awareness Day. It is a chance to shine a spotlight on cancers of the brain, liver, lung, stomach, oesophagus and pancreas. These cancers are, unfortunately, united in stubbornly low…
