, Finance Committee
Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill
Diolch, Cadeirydd. You have budgeted £500,000 per annum for awareness raising in relation to air pollution, and you can work within that budget when you decide what to do. What I would like to ask you is: what about zero-cost work that can be done, actually…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Economy: Shared Prosperity and Levelling Up
The shared prosperity fund, as Luke Fletcher has just said, leaves us £1.1 billion short, compared to the European Union structural and rural funds. In the existing round of European Union programmes, £380 million was invested in research, development and…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: The 2023-24 Flood Programme
Deputy Presiding Officer, I very much welcome the statement today. Unless we find a way to change the weather so that we have less heavy rain, then the problem of flooding will continue. Global warming has led to a change in the weather in Wales, from regular…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I thank the First Minister for that. It's an imperfect guide, but it is a guide, and I think the most successful economies have high GVA. While most economies in Europe, Asia and North America have tourism, agriculture and the foundation economy as part of…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
3. How is the Welsh Government helping to increase the Welsh gross value added? OQ59379
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Papers to note
I've got concerns about Mr Shawcross. As people are aware, he's an old Etonian, an active member of the Conservative Party, and he has been accused of Islamophobia, and some of the items he's written would be considered by many people, including myself, to be…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Local government funding
I'm about to say that. Thank you, Sam. My preference is that all houses are revalued and that council tax is a fixed percentage of the value of the property. I will again call for either more bands and a change to the multiplier, or a spot-price valuation…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Local government funding
Please do.
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Local government funding
I am very pleased to see that we have cross-party support for recognising the vital role that local authorities play in delivering public services across Wales and the funding challenges they face. The rich, and their representatives here, the Conservative…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Thank you, Mark. Perhaps that could be passed on to some GP practices who demand that people ring when it’s basically impossible for them to do so. How can the Welsh Government ensure that those with hearing loss who are dealing with Welsh Government-funded…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
I thank the Minister for the response. The deaf and hard of hearing community consists of those who are born with hearing loss and those who have lost their hearing as they’ve got older. Many deaf people use British Sign Language as their main means of…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
7. Will the Minister make a statement on the provision of public services to those with hearing loss? OQ59329
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Access to Primary Care Services
I very much welcome the statement today. The access commitment introduced in April last year, requiring a GP practice to adopt a planned approach to meeting patient need, moving away from the, 'Release all appointments at 8 a.m., and if you happen to be…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Economy: The Free-port Programme in Wales
Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. I welcome the statement today. Anything that helps the economy of the Swansea bay city region I will support. Using the site of Port Talbot to build and then take out to sea offshore wind turbines will benefit our fight…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
I would like to ask for a Government statement on the future of the Heart of Wales railway line. I'm told by constituents that trains are regularly cancelled, and that, during summer, they are overcrowded. Can the Government outline its plans for the Heart of…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Minister for Health and Social Services
Well, first of all, I disagree entirely with what you just said, Jenny. I didn't say anything about having 22 individual boards; what I said is that primary care and secondary care don't work well together, and we've had a serious problem with it, and the…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Minister for Health and Social Services
Russell George and I were both elected in 2011. Eluned Morgan is the best health Minister we've had in that time. This is the most difficult job in Government. The structure we have now is the one that she inherited. As merger mania hits the Senedd across…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Minister for Health and Social Services
Oh, thank you, Presiding Officer. You caught me out there.
, Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Prepayment meters and energy advice services
It is very expensive to be poor; almost everything costs more. If I'd been having this discussion about 20 years ago, I would have said that everything costs more, but the German discount-rate retailers arrived, so not everything does cost more, but very few…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Can I thank the Minister for that response? I know that, at one time, it was being used by Natural Resources Wales to fill their gaps because of the cost of the merger. But, generally, I believe it's a very good thing, invest-to-save, and it is an opportunity…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
11. Will the Minister provide an update on the Welsh Government's invest-to-save programme? OQ59284
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Building Safety
I'm very pleased we're having this statement today. As the Minister is aware, it's been a cause of concern to my constituents living in Altamar and South Quay, and it's generated many e-mails and requests on the business statement from me for a long period of…
, Plenary
Debate: The Second Supplementary Budget 2022-23
The second supplementary budget is a relatively minor movement of money, and completes the budget system for the year. I want to just make three very brief points. I welcome the areas prioritised by the Welsh Government in this supplementary budget and the…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Can I welcome that answer? When the Swansea tidal lagoon was rejected by the Conservative Westminster Government, gas prices were low, and expected by the Government to remain low for ever. As we all know, they got that wrong. We know that tidal energy is…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
5. Will the Minister provide an update on Welsh Government support for the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon? OQ59237
