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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you. First Minister, figures obtained by the Wales on Sunday newspaper show at least 955 patients have been diagnosed with malnutrition in Wales since 2021, with many more across the UK as a whole, as highlighted by the UN rapporteur in his special…
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Questions to the First Minister
2. What assessment has the Welsh Government made of the levels of malnutrition in Wales? OQ61488
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
I want to pay tribute also to Julie Morgan for her work and support for the cultural life of Wales. So, it's important to recognise, as the Cabinet Secretary says, the groundbreaking significance of the first national music service, and in particular, I…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Can I ask for an urgent statement to the Senedd, outlining both the short-term and longer term impacts of the proposed sudden closure of the young artist junior department at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, outlining how this has come to pass and…
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Thank you very much, Chair. I think, if I can just go through some of the actions as a result of this petition in terms of the request for the urgent debate to Business Committee, the communications with the Chair of the Culture, Communications, Welsh…
, Petitions Committee
New Petitions
Thank you, Chair. The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care has acknowledged the strength of feeling amongst the communities in mid and north Wales about this issue, and that's quoted from her, and she is clear that, in her words, 'The decision to…
, Petitions Committee
New Petitions
Thank you very much, Chair. I note that, in my short time on this committee, I think this is the third cultural petition that we've received alongside the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, the national library and Amgueddfa Cymru. And then there's…
, Petitions Committee
New Petitions
Thank you very much, Chair. So, a little bit of background: the A4076 is a nine-mile trunk road in Pembrokeshire, the responsibility, obviously, of the Welsh Government, and delegated operational management is the South Wales Trunk Road Agent. As is known…
, Finance Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Thank you very much. Thanks, Chair.
, Finance Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Okay, thank you. And finally, you say that you would not expect the number of children in the care system, and the balance of provision across fostering and residential care, to remain constant over this appraisal period. Why does the RIA assume, then, that…
, Finance Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Okay, good. So, other than capital costs for new residential homes, the RIA is silent on the assumptions and does not set out the calculations for the costs and benefits of the proposal to eliminate profit. So, do you consider that that is sufficiently…
, Finance Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Yes, absolutely, I agree, but—. Yes. Okay, fine. So, I'll move on, then. In terms of the Children's Homes Association, who have talked about the other financial costs—they say social and human—of eliminating profit as being dangerously underestimated. They…
, Finance Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Thank you, and just briefly, in terms of when you explained around the difference in terms of aggregate and the RIA summary figures, which you're going to write to us about so that we've got full clarity on what's presented in the summary, you said that there…
, Finance Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Do you want to write to us to just go through that in a bit more detail? It's just so we get a fuller understanding. I think that would be the simplest way forward with it. Okay, thank you.
, Finance Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Yes, £394.5 million to £495.7 million.
, Finance Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Okay, thank you very much. In terms of the ranges that we've had mentioned, the RIA summary suggests the total cost of the Bill ranges from £394.5 million to £495.7 million, and then, in terms of the summary as set out, it mentions £429.8 million to £455.7…
, Finance Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Thank you very much, Minister, and for spelling out the transformational difference that this could make. However, as has been stated, this is very much an iterative process, and this is the Finance Committee. So, firstly, before I talk about some of those…
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Welsh Language: Tata Steel
Cabinet Secretary, thank you for your statement today updating the Senedd on the latest de-escalating situation regarding Tata Steel. As a Gwent Member of the Senedd, I welcome that you have emphasised that these decisions impact downstream on plants…
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Debate on Petition P-06-1437, 'Increase, don’t cut, funding for the National Library, Amgueddfa Cymru and the Royal Commission'
Thank you very much, Deputy Presiding Officer. I would like to thank Members across the Chamber for their contributions, the Chair of the culture committee, Delyth Jewell; Rhun ap Iowerth; Heledd Fychan and Peredur Owen Griffiths for their passionate pleas to…
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Debate on Petition P-06-1437, 'Increase, don’t cut, funding for the National Library, Amgueddfa Cymru and the Royal Commission'
Diolch, Deputy Presiding Officer. On behalf of the Petitions Committee, thank you for the opportunity to introduce this debate today on a subject that will be no stranger to Members here. This petition was submitted by Susan Jane Jones-Davies, with 12,075…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice
Thank you very much, Presiding Officer. Cabinet Secretary, the internationally renowned orchestra of the WNO is being balloted for strike action as we speak, with the WNO chorus imminently expected to follow suit, and that is obviously truly unprecedented…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for North Wales and Transport
And Crumlin railway station.
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for North Wales and Transport
Diolch. Cabinet Secretary, the south Wales metro progress continues apace. The core Valleys lines—those that connect Cardiff with Aberdare, Coryton, Merthyr Tydfil, Rhymney and Treherbert—have all been electrified, and these communities will have four…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for North Wales and Transport
6. What long-term plans does the Welsh Government have for rail services in Islwyn? OQ61336
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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you, First Minister. Tomorrow evening, the South Wales Schools and Education Awards are being held, and the comprehensive I attended and my father taught at for 25 years, Newbridge School, is nominated for secondary school of the year, following on from…
