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Statement by the Minister for Social Justice: International Women’s Day
Minister, thank you so much for your statement. I must say, I really did appreciate everything you said. International Women's Day is a moment to recognise past achievements, I 100 per cent agree with you when you said that, and to look at the future…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Making Saint David's Day a bank holiday
I fully support the proposal that St David's Day should be a bank holiday here in Wales, and I'd like to thank my colleague Tom Giffard for leading the debate here in the Senedd today. A bank holiday on our national day will bring our nation together to…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you, Deputy Minister. Deputy Minister, if you're serious about combating climate change and tacking the frequent delays on our railways, you must ensure Wales has a modern rail service. However, your own Government's figures show that 69 per cent of…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
4. What action is the Welsh Government taking to support the decarbonisation of transport? OQ57685
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Sorry. My apologies.
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you very much. I do apologise, Presiding Officer. Thank you very much. Deputy Minister, if you're serious about combating climate change and tackling the frequent delays on our railways—
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Okay. Deputy Minister, you were recently reported as saying that electric buses—this will be something that I know you'll enjoy [Laughter.]—should be made in Wales instead of being imported from China, expressing the wish to see an electric bus factory opened…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Okay. Thank you, Deputy Minister. I can assure you we are all concerned about climate change. There's no denying that, and I think my colleagues across this bench, and even in Westminster, will agree with me on that. However, having seen the information that…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you, Presiding Officer. Deputy Minister, last week, the economy Minister unveiled the Welsh Government's national space strategy, outlining its ambition to achieve a 5 per cent share of the UK space sector, which would equate to £2 billion a year for…
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
Minister, a vital component of any strategy to help tackle the cost of living is to ensure the Welsh Government's economic policy supports businesses, allowing them to keep people in jobs. The latest tracker survey of small and medium enterprises in Wales…
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Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, I welcome your Government's commitment to providing 125,000 all-age apprenticeships in Wales over the next three years. However, I'm sure that you will agree with me that we need to ensure quality as well as quantity. It is vital that these…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Thank you, Minister. Minister, the Welsh Government's Nest scheme offers a package of home energy efficiency improvements to lower energy bills. However, there are no specific grants for solar panels in Wales. In England, the smart export guarantee, launched…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
3. What steps is the Welsh Government taking to help people with their fuel bills? OQ57605
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: 70th Anniversary of the accession
It gives me great pleasure to add my voice today to the tributes to Her Majesty the Queen to mark the seventieth anniversary of her accession to the throne. A Platinum Jubilee is a unique event in British history, and we should take time to reflect on the…
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Minister, in 2018, the Greyhound Board of Great Britain launched its greyhound commitment, containing its expectations on how the sport should be run, with welfare at its heart. The safety of every greyhound racing at, as you mentioned, a GBGB licensed track…
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Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Thanks, Minister. In June last year, the Deputy Minister for Climate Change announced a freeze on all new road building projects in Wales. As a result, the Llanbedr bypass project was cancelled after nearly £1.7 million had already been spent on it. I tabled…
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Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
9. What consideration was given to improving transport infrastructure when setting the budget for the climate change portfolio? OQ57548
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Public transport in rural areas
At the end, please, Deputy Presiding Officer, if that's okay. There is no doubt that people living here in Wales are very car dependent, as bus services are inadequate, infrequent or non-existent. It is a fact that a lack of a decent transport service…
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Public transport in rural areas
I'd like to thank my colleague James Evans for initiating this debate. It's a fact that 85 per cent of land in Wales is used for agriculture, forestry or as common land, and this is the same figure as England. However, whereas 18 per cent of the population in…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Minister, I recently met with members of the Farmers Union of Wales at Monmouthshire livestock market. During the meeting, concerns were raised about the Welsh Government's plans to extend free school meals to all primary school pupils in view of the Deputy…
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Welsh Government Public Bodies Unit: Evidence Session with the Welsh Government
Okay. Thank you very much. That's it from me, Chair.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Welsh Government Public Bodies Unit: Evidence Session with the Welsh Government
Okay. I promise I don't have very many questions left, so I will get through. The Welsh Government is indicating that it plans to update its senior management pay reporting for public bodies on only a two to three-year period. Sorry, a three to four-year…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Welsh Government Public Bodies Unit: Evidence Session with the Welsh Government
Okay. And are there any particular consequences? I know you gave us the example previously in the healthcare sector, but are there any particular consequences, if, for example, there was a disagreement on pay disparity between the PBU and the Welsh Government?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Welsh Government Public Bodies Unit: Evidence Session with the Welsh Government
Okay. So, it's actually, from what you've just said, quite rare for them to disagree with the advice you've given in relation to pay.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Welsh Government Public Bodies Unit: Evidence Session with the Welsh Government
I appreciate that you're trying to be in line with Scotland—that's absolutely fine. But ultimately, from the information I received, the ultimate decision as to what the pay is going to be is in the hands of the Welsh Government. So, in that instance, their…
