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Welsh Conservatives Debate: The transport network
Thank you, Presiding Officer. I move the motion tabled in the name of my colleague Darren Millar. It's no secret that I've been in my role for over a year, and after having conversations with numerous members of the public, various bodies, various…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
I'd like to thank my colleague Jayne Bryant for bringing this question to the forefront. Some schools in my region and elsewhere in Wales have surplus land available as part of their school grounds. Some such as, and pardon my pronunciation, Olchfa…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Minister, could I please request two statements? The first is from the Minister for health on increasing the availability of GP appointments in Wales. I know my colleague Sam Kurtz touched upon this earlier, but one of the biggest concerns of people in my…
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Regenerating Town Centres: Evidence session
Thank you for answering my questions. Chair, back to you. Thank you so much.
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Regenerating Town Centres: Evidence session
Thank you very much. My final question is: how do you feel that local authorities and the Welsh Government could use relevant data perhaps better to understand the issues affecting town centres and perhaps create an informed response going forward?
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Regenerating Town Centres: Evidence session
I agree with you completely there. How can local authorities, in the words of the auditor general's report, be 'more interventionist' in the context of powers they have currently, and any powers that you feel may be additionally added that may be useful and…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Regenerating Town Centres: Evidence session
Okay. Thank you so much for that. Do you think that some Welsh town centres are simply just too big and that local authorities actually need to acknowledge this and develop plans for alternative uses? I know you touched upon that in your answer now, but are…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Regenerating Town Centres: Evidence session
And what would you suggest we do in the surplus capacity, once it's knocked down?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Regenerating Town Centres: Evidence session
I do. I'm going to go a little bit rogue, actually, and ask you a bit of a sub-question, if that's okay. Apologies, Chair, and everyone else. What's your view on retail parks? Because the region that I represent has got a wide spectrum of people from…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Regenerating Town Centres: Evidence session
Okay. Thank you so much for that. And what do you think local authorities could be doing specifically to develop their leisure, social and night-time offer that they can have for people who live in the area?
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Regenerating Town Centres: Evidence session
Thank you, Chair. Hello, Karel. Just a quick one: do you feel that the local authorities have the necessary skills and capacity to deliver the changes needed to actually create thriving town centres?
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Topical Questions
Thank you, Minister. I'm sure that you're aware that legends Tom Jones and the Stereophonics are set to play this weekend, undoubtedly in front of thousands of people, in Cardiff this Friday and Saturday. Now, only a few weeks ago, we all witnessed the…
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Topical Questions
Apologies for that.
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Topical Questions
Thank you for that—
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Topical Questions
2. What discussions has the Minister had with rail operators about the potential disruption to rail services due to the Stereophonics and Tom Jones concerts in Cardiff this weekend? TQ638
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
Minister, one of the aims of the Heads of the Valleys economic strategy is to capitalise on investments on the A465. Last week, during the business statement, I referred to the Future Valleys consortium being awarded the contract to take forward the…
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Business Statement and Announcement
So, my question, Minister, after going through all of this, and my issues and concerns are—and they have been raised by numerous patients—that I'd like the Minister to make a statement in this Chamber, as soon as possible, about what the Welsh Government is…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Minister, unfortunately, late last week, I had to go to A&E at the Grange hospital after taking advice from my doctor. Let me be clear that what I'm about to share with the Senedd is not at all a criticism of the staff, because every single person I spoke to…
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Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, the pandemic crisis has pushed many families in Blaenau Gwent and elsewhere into hardship and exposes the severity of the UK's food poverty problem, a problem that I cannot deny has been exacerbated by current increases in the cost of living…
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Debate on the Report of the Special Purpose Committee on Senedd Reform—Reforming our Senedd: A stronger voice for the people of Wales
Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. A stronger voice for the people of Wales. I have no doubt in my mind that anyone here is going to disagree with this sentiment, and I commend the hard work of everyone who's taken part on the committee. And I also have no…
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Topical Questions
Thank you, Presiding Officer. Minister, as my colleague just mentioned, news that the Rutherford cancer centre in Newport is to close is deeply disappointing and will be met with great concern by cancer sufferers in Wales. We all know the benefits of…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Thank you, Minister. I wish to return to a subject that I recently raised during a business statement here in the Chamber. Too many disabled people still face difficulties and disparities in the workplace. According to the research published in April last…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
3. What discussions has the Minister had with Ministerial colleagues about promoting the rights of disabled people? OQ58115
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Business Statement and Announcement
Minister, may I ask for a statement from the Welsh Government about the Future Valleys consortium and its contract regarding works to complete improvements to the A465 Heads of the Valleys road? In November 2020 your Government confirmed that the Future…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Care Home Commissioning for Older People: Evidence session with the Welsh Government
Thank you very much. Thank you, Chair.
