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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Water quality
Having been one of a very small group of Senedd Members, supported by anglers and environmentalists, concerned about river pollution, it is nice to have a debate on the subject today. Water is uniquely vulnerable to pollution. Known as the universal solvent…
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Statement by the Minister for Economy: Investment Zones
I very much welcome the statement today. It is positive that the current policy is focused on a small number of high-potential clusters linked to strong research capabilities. The danger always is that you end up pepper potting and nothing ever comes out of…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Future Generations Commissioner for Wales's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23
Okay. Thank you, Chair.
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Future Generations Commissioner for Wales's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23
Most organisations in their risk registers have denial-of-service attacks, and they have other IT attacks, such as people making mistakes, effectively, and allowing access into the system. I assume you've got both of those on your risk register.
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Future Generations Commissioner for Wales's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23
You note eight new risks were agreed in 2022-23. I was unable to find any information about them in the annual report. That might be because I didn't look properly, so apologies if I should have seen them, but I didn't see them. Where can I find them, and do…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Future Generations Commissioner for Wales's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23
Other organisations have people for four years, but they also let some of them do an additional two years, in which case, you're changing every two years, effectively. So, in the future, you get some after six years, and then you get others for four, six and…
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Future Generations Commissioner for Wales's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23
Okay. Thank you.
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Future Generations Commissioner for Wales's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23
Okay. Thank you. What are the implications of a change to all but one of the members of your audit and risk assurance committee in 2023? I've always believed in organisations who wanted both continuity and change, so you would change a third or half the…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Future Generations Commissioner for Wales's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23
While single tender actions are sometimes necessary, that's something, of course, that is of concern to a number of people—including, I'd imagine, the auditor general—in actually identifying that you're getting value for money when you haven't tested it in…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Future Generations Commissioner for Wales's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23
In your annual report, you note Audit Wales recommended your office review and strengthen compliance with controls and procedures over procurement, particularly single tender actions. What specific actions have you taken to address the issue with single…
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Future Generations Commissioner for Wales's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23
Diolch, Cadeirydd. Follow-up work showed that not all internal audit’s recommendations in 2021-22 had been implemented in-year. Have they been implemented now?
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Topical Questions
As you probably remember, I regularly raise concerns about sewerage in the River Tawe, where storm water mixes with raw sewage at the Trebanos treatment works and is then discharged into the River Tawe. I have said several times in the Senedd that in order to…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
I drift between amazement and astonishment that there is a belief commonly shared in the Senedd in inspector infallibility. What inspection and external quality control mechanism is the Welsh Government using to ensure that Estyn inspection results are…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you, Minister. Co-operative housing is a very popular form of tenure across Europe and north America. John Lennon lived in the Dakota Building, which was a co-operative housing development. It is much less popular in Wales than the rest of Great…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
6. What action is the Welsh Government taking to increase the number of co-operative housing units? OQ60138
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
From talking to people, 90 per cent of people support 90 per cent of 20 mph roads. But I have had someone tell me, 'I am an experienced driver and I drive to road conditions. I do not need any speed limit.' Another, 'Deaths and serious injury are a price…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Welsh Housing Quality Standard 2023
Sorry. Far too often, landlords, including local authorities, dismiss it as, 'It's just condensation.' People still have water running down their walls. They still have all the problems, but it's dismissed as, 'It's not a problem.' For the people living…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Welsh Housing Quality Standard 2023
I would, but you're not allowed to on a statement.
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Welsh Housing Quality Standard 2023
I very much welcome the statement by the Minister, and I very much welcome that this new standard will continue to drive up the quality of social housing. As someone brought up in a council house, I have never believed those of us living in council houses…
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Short Debate: Breaking the class ceiling—Building an egalitarian Wales
Can I thank Rhianon Passmore for giving me a minute in this debate? I want to make two very quick points. When I was in school, I could access the local library and not be disadvantaged compared to my more affluent classmates. I had the same books as them…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Homelessness
Thank you, Presiding Officer. Homelessness is an affront to any civilised society. I welcome the acceptance—we had it last week from the Minister—that homelessness is not just rough-sleeping. It's people sofa surfing, sleeping on floors, who have no fixed…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Tŷ Olwen Hospice is based in Swansea East about a mile away from where I live. The specialist palliative care team based at Tŷ Olwen provides a service to Singleton, Morriston, Neath Port Talbot and outlying community hospitals. It also provides a community…
, Finance Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Can I just carry on from that? I don't charge for travel in the constituency. My constituency is about six miles across, and I treat that as my place of work; I'm sure a large number of other Members do exactly the same thing. But with the new huge…
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Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Going through it in terms of ease, the easiest job share to have would be Chairs of committee, the second easiest would be Ministers. The more difficult one would be Members. But do you see any reason why any of those should actually cost any more?
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Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Okay, thank you.
