, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Minister for Health and Social Services
Would you possibly take an intervention?
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Minister for Health and Social Services
Thank you for taking the intervention. How would you respond to this comment from myself—that are you not, by doing this today and supporting this motion, playing two sides of the fence here? On one hand, you acknowledge fully the difficulties in terms of the…
, Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Prepayment meters and energy advice services
As a named supporter of this Member debate, I want to place on record the work of Jack Sargeant in raising this very critical issue, as many have said, both in this place and beyond. And it is, as many have said today, the sick and the disabled and the…
, Plenary
Debate: The Estyn Annual Report 2021-22
As a former teacher, lecturer and council cabinet member for education and consortia chair, I have immersed myself for many years in the educational challenges that face our practitioners every day, day in, day out, but never in more challenging economic and…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Dental Reform
Minister, thank you for the statement, and I'm heartened that you state that dentistry is one of your top priorities. And even before COVID, it has had a long and chequered past since deregistration. I think we all realise that. For many of my constituents…
, Plenary
Debate on the Petitions Committee Report, 'The Final Bend? P-06-1253 Ban greyhound racing in Wales'
Thank you so much. Would you agree, then, that, in regard to the statistics that you've just shared and which are common knowledge to everybody in this Chamber, the longer we wait for a ban, the more animals that will be harmed?
, Plenary
Debate on the Petitions Committee Report, 'The Final Bend? P-06-1253 Ban greyhound racing in Wales'
Will you take an intervention?
, Plenary
Debate on the Petitions Committee Report, 'The Final Bend? P-06-1253 Ban greyhound racing in Wales'
Do you understand that Wales and the United Kingdom is an outlier globally, and that even the United States, in 41 states, has banned greyhound racing? And do you not understand that, by banning greyhound racing, you will eliminate immediate suffering and you…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Diolch. ITV Wales's political programme Sharp End last week highlighted the issue of problem gambling in Wales, and the charity GambleAware estimate that the number of Britons who have a gambling problem is a staggering 1.4 million people. The availability…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
5. What assessment has the Welsh Government made of the health challenges presented by gambling addiction in Islwyn? OQ59228
, Plenary
Debate: The Final Budget 2023-24
I also welcome the final budget brought by the Welsh Government after much scrutiny and much collaboration, and I thank the Minister, Rebecca Evans. But after a decade of austerity, Brexit and the COVID pandemic, the economy and public services have never…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Thank you, and I'll turn to my supplementary question. The Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964 makes it a duty for the Welsh Government 'to superintend, and promote the improvement of, the public library service provided by local authorities...and to secure…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
4. How is the Welsh Government supporting the future of public libraries in Islwyn? OQ59143
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
I will. Thank you. And I'll come to that secondarily.
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
The Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964 makes it a duty for the Welsh Government—
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 2
Thank you very much, Chair. Thank you, Peter Fox.
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 2
Okay. That's clear; thank you. And my final question pertains to the auditor general's written evidence to the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee. He believes an additional £30,000 would be required to undertake sustainable development principle…
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 2
And obviously not speaking to the Bill itself. So, you feel confident that all stakeholder costs have been identified. And the second part of that question was how did you confirm that all stakeholder costs have been identified.
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 2
Okay. Thank you very much. You mentioned there are no costs directly resulting from the Bill for voluntary organisations and the private sector. So, how confident are you that all stakeholder costs have been identified, firstly, and how did you confirm that?
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 2
Thank you very much, Chair. I've been listening with interest. I think one of the Minister's comments was on engagement with her. I'll go on to the questions that I have. The RIA notes that costs in relation to the five-year review of local food plans will be…
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 1
So, it's the duplication point. Okay. Thank you, Chair.
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 1
Yes. So, in terms of the cost element that we've discussed, you've been very clear, Minister, in that regard, but you've also mentioned that the other reasoning would be around the fitting in within our legislative framework, and you mentioned the future…
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 1
Thank you. Chair, I do want to ask a further question around the commentary around the legislative framework and the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015, but I'm not sure if others will be doing that. Thank you.
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 1
Thank you. So, you're being quite clear, in terms of cost, that you think that it would be more than on the RIA basis, as a result of this Bill. Do you feel that the basis for the costs is an accurate reflection of the role Welsh Government would perform? I…
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 1
Okay. Would there be in your view, or in David Lloyd-Thomas's view, if he was, in a sense, seconded to work on this proposed piece of work—? Do you feel that there would be aspects of this Bill that could potentially duplicate the food strategy? And if so, in…
