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Questions to the First Minister
One thing reform of this Senedd will do is to bring us closer to the level of representation that they have in the Scottish Parliament. Yesterday marked nine years since the Scottish independence referendum. I’d like to ask the First Minister: is this a…
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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you, Llywydd. Yesterday, exciting plans were published to turn this Parliament into a stronger, more representative Parliament that will better serve Wales, and that is 26 years since the original devolution referendum. I look forward to collaborating…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Restricted Roads (20 mph Speed Limit) (Wales) Order 2022
Will you take an intervention?
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Restricted Roads (20 mph Speed Limit) (Wales) Order 2022
I believe that it would have been better to do this differently—to create 20 mph zones rather than changing 30 mph to 20 mph and then inviting exemptions. But that is not what the Labour Government decided to do, so let us now ensure that there is a process…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Restricted Roads (20 mph Speed Limit) (Wales) Order 2022
I assume from that that you will be supporting our amendment that calls for supporting communities to seek further exemptions. I'll look forward to that and I'm grateful to you for expressing that support. The law makes it very, very clear that there can be…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Restricted Roads (20 mph Speed Limit) (Wales) Order 2022
Thank you for the intervention—I was only too pleased to accept it. I will explain why I think there is a far more reasonable way forward. Your use again there of the term 'blanket'—it clearly isn't a blanket change—shows that you're coming at this from an…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Restricted Roads (20 mph Speed Limit) (Wales) Order 2022
I regularly do, yes.
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Restricted Roads (20 mph Speed Limit) (Wales) Order 2022
Of course—I was expecting it.
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Restricted Roads (20 mph Speed Limit) (Wales) Order 2022
I'm very eager to contribute to this debate. As a starting point, I will say that I am a strong believer in pragmatism. I am a strong believer in trying to do what's right, but to do that in a way that is practical and reasonable. The immaturity of the…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Education Update on RAAC
I'm grateful to the Minister for his statement today, and for the opportunity for a personal briefing and conversation during recess. It's a very worrying situation across Wales, but, as it happens, the two schools identified were in my constituency and a…
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Business Statement and Announcement
May I request a statement from the Deputy Minister for Climate Change on the truly critical situation facing bus services on Anglesey at the moment? Since the announcement by Arriva buses last week, dozens of constituents have contacted me to express their…
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Questions to the First Minister
People want governments elected for a reason; it's because they want a change. No pledges there on HS2 or public sector pay, or on increasing the Welsh Government's budget. Let's turn to what the First Minister and I certainly agree on—that the UK…
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Questions to the First Minister
I think the people of Wales will be looking for assurances that a Labour Government would be restoring funding. We know that governments need resources in order to tackle inequalities and injustice. At the heart of my positive vision for Wales, Government…
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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you, Llywydd. It's good to be back after the summer recess. It's clear that the high temperatures have told on some. It doesn't surprise me to hear the Conservatives asking questions on the speed limits. They're playing politics, I'm afraid. I do feel…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: The Crown Estate
Thank you for giving way. I wonder if you agree with me that it's not just about making sure that Wales gets a fair share of profits that are made from our natural resources, but the devolution of the Crown Estate would encourage us to create more benefit in…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: The Crown Estate
We've become accustomed, haven't we, over the past few years, unfortunately, to Keir Starmer being virtually silent on what he has to offer for Wales, but this is another one of those times when that's not good enough and when we need some urgency, as Delyth…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: The Crown Estate
The status of the Crown Estate in Wales is characteristic of how uneven and unequal the constitutional foundations of the United Kingdom are, which, without exception in my opinion, have left us with nothing but crumbs from Westminster's table. And as with…
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
The Minister will have heard me talking about the idea of developing a food production park on Anglesey several times now. I visited Food Works in Weston-super-Mare a few weeks ago, where there is a development centre, a food technology centre, alongside…
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Debate: Welsh Government Annual Report—Delivering the Government’s priorities and legislative programme
Earlier this afternoon, you talked about the firepower of the UK. That got us thinking 'Where is the firepower of the UK when it comes to saving jobs in all those places that jobs have been lost recently, in saving Welsh families from the cost-of-living…
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Debate: Welsh Government Annual Report—Delivering the Government’s priorities and legislative programme
Will you take an intervention?
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Debate: Welsh Government Annual Report—Delivering the Government’s priorities and legislative programme
From a legislative proposal, we worked with the Government to deliver the social partnership and public procurement Bill to entrench fair work practices and ensure that Welsh businesses reaped the rewards of public procurement. And the agriculture Bill, of…
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Debate: Welsh Government Annual Report—Delivering the Government’s priorities and legislative programme
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd. As we come to the end of another Senedd term, almost halfway through the sixth Senedd, it’s a good time to evaluate the current situation of Wales and to ask ourselves as Members openly and honestly: are we doing everything that we…
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Questions to the First Minister
I fully recognise what the First Minister says—that sometimes businesses aren't as transparent as we'd like them to be. But I'm disappointed that the First Minister isn't putting his hands up and saying, 'Yes, we need to do more to get our finger on the pulse…
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Questions to the First Minister
Today's figures show that Wales has the highest unemployment rate in the UK, the highest in five years, rising for a third month running. But, again, with Zimmer Biomet, we've seen what appears to be a lack of engagement by Welsh Government to look out for…
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Questions to the First Minister
I heard what the local Members, Luke Fletcher and Huw Irranca-Davies, said about that situation, but I do think it's quite clear that the Welsh Government's finger isn't on the pulse in terms of a company and an employer that was so very important. And it…
