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Questions to the First Minister
It must have been a very long Cabinet meeting if it started yesterday afternoon and you couldn't get a statement out until this morning. But the real reason why the First Minister is so passive when it comes to passing judgment on the Prime Minister is…
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Questions to the First Minister
Her attack of Peter Mandelson is no doubt justified; her continued defence of the Prime Minister, of course, raises more questions. Whatever the depths of chaos in Downing Street, the First Minister's record is one of, ultimately, defaulting to supporting…
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Questions to the First Minister
Diolch yn fawr iawn, Llywydd. Last week, I wrote to the First Minister to ask her to formally investigate whether Peter Mandelson's actions, including his sharing of Government information with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, had in any way undermined…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Health board governance
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd. Of the 12 and a half years I've been the representative for Ynys Môn here, the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board has been in some kind of special measures in eight and a half of those years. And it's worth adding that only for…
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Questions to the First Minister
I did make the point that multi-year deals can mean different things, including structural changes that can be ongoing. Short-term measures are often sticking plaster solutions. Looking to the longer term, it's clear to me that the business rates system in…
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Questions to the First Minister
I agree with you that business is looking for stability, and it's why the pro-business attitude shown by Plaid Cymru is so attractive to so many people leading businesses in Wales now. The Welsh Government's written statement makes reference to using its own…
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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you, Llywydd. Last night I was in a room full of businesspeople who share the same aspiration as me of seeing a prosperous Wales and a wealthier Wales. The challenges faced by Welsh businesses, of course, are very real, and Brexit, COVID and the…
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Debate: The Final Budget 2026-27
You can't afford it, can you?
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Debate: The Final Budget 2026-27
Just very, very simply—and thank you for taking an intervention—will you explain to the people of Wales why you were happy to have council tax increases of up to 20 per cent or even more, based on your negotiation that wanted to favour those with the largest…
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Questions to the First Minister
You know what, people watching this will be remembering the question that I asked, and I'll tell you what, it's a masterclass in wriggling out of addressing her impotence in relation to the UK Government. And remember that we don't want devolution for the…
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Questions to the First Minister
You talked about the constitution when you were delivering that speech last week, only to find out four or five days later again how powerless you are to have any influence over UK Government Ministers. More wriggling, as I anticipated. I urge the First…
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Questions to the First Minister
Diolch, Llywydd. Yesterday, the Home Secretary outlined what she described as the biggest reform of policing in 200 years. That should surely be a big opportunity for Wales. Last week, the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice stood in this Chamber and she…
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Topical Questions
I thank the Cabinet Secretary for that response. Now, I did have to check with my staff today, asking them, 'Can you check exactly when the bridge had to close? Are we sure that it was the end of 2022?' And, yes, it was the end of 2022, and today's…
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Topical Questions
1. Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on the delay to the phase 2 works on the Menai suspension bridge? TQ1432
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Questions to the First Minister
I'm sorry, but all we've seen under Labour Governments has been stagnation. That has to come to an end. And the truth is that Labour have been hiding behind blaming the Tories for a decade and more and now that they have no wriggle room what is the First…
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Questions to the First Minister
I'll tell you what businesses tell me every day: they say they are desperate for a new direction and new leadership. Let me give you a taste of what this First Minister promised—just a couple of things. She promised a Minister for productivity and a new…
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Questions to the First Minister
Diolch yn fawr iawn. In the light of the news that James Evans has lost the Conservative whip for flirting with a party he once called 'unserious', with 'dangerous' rhetoric, I look forward to taking my place and being the first opposition party leader to ask…
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Questions to the First Minister
Of course, this is a First Minister who can't mention rail, because this is a Government that was willing to settle for a paltry sum given to Wales for investment in rail in the recent comprehensive spending review, when the Scottish Government was able to…
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Questions to the First Minister
With Labour's record, nobody believes the words uttered by the First Minister there. Plaid Cymru talks Wales up; Labour runs Wales down. On all these pre-election promises, do them now. That is the message. If you are so capable as a Government, do these…
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Questions to the First Minister
I look forward to having the debate with others in this Chamber and beyond in the build-up to this election, robustly and respectfully. But firstly, I'd like to congratulate the First Minister for capturing perfectly what's at stake in May, as Labour's leaked…
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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you. Happy new year, Llywydd, First Minister and Senedd. In a crucial year for Wales, I do look forward to taking the Plaid Cymru offer to the people—an offer that offers real solutions to the challenges facing our communities and that will show…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Brexit and the future relationship with the EU
Thank you. Do you agree with me that, far from the comfort blanket that the UK was, as described by the leader of the Conservatives, Brexit opened the door to the UK Government undermining Wales through the Barnettisation of the funding for agriculture?
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Brexit and the future relationship with the EU
Thank you for taking the intervention. Describe to me how the economic stagnation that Wales has been suffering as part of the United Kingdom or the entrenched child poverty that we have in Wales as part of the United Kingdom makes this a successful union for…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Brexit and the future relationship with the EU
Will you take an intervention?
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Topical Questions
The ceasefire in Gaza, whilst long overdue, offers hope after the darkest of days. The humanitarian response from the international community must not repeat the inaction of Governments around the world since Hamas's shocking and horrific attacks of 7…
