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Debate on the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee Report, 'Natural Resources Wales—Annual Scrutiny 2023-24'
Three areas struck me; three areas of interest to me, also. The first is the point that Janet has alluded to already with regard to the features on sites of special scientific interest—this is a matter that's been raised in the Pentyrch area of Cardiff—and…
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Debate on the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee Report, 'Natural Resources Wales—Annual Scrutiny 2023-24'
I read this report. Like Laura, I am not a member of the committee, but NRW comes up regularly in my casework. And as has been said, the responsibilities are broad and expectations are high. As everyone who has contributed already has said, it's clear from…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
Thank you for that response. Thanks to the work of pioneers like Michael and Ethni Jones, and the late beloved Beryl Williams, who died two weeks ago, who worked in this area for decades, there is a commendable tradition of Welsh education for children with…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
4. Will the Cabinet Secretary provide an update on the work of the Welsh medium additional learning needs national steering group? OQ61588
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
Cabinet Secretary, I'm sure many of us here receive several e-mails every day from high-rise residents with concerns about fire safety, the slowness of remediation work and the costs that they are required to pay. They are at their wits' end and they…
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government: More homes towards ending homelessness
Twenty years ago, Minister, I attended a meeting to bring an end to tea for the homeless in Cardiff, which had been provided since the 1970s. The numbers had gone down to a handful, but then there was austerity and the numbers went back up…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
I think the list of people I had to include in this question and my previous question shows the complexity of the devolved system and of the jagged edge in Wales. However, that's another matter. Until a constituent contacted me, despite working in this area…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
6. What discussions has the Counsel General had with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, and the Ministry of Justice, about making child contact centres in Wales free at the point of use to parents and other family members? OQ61590
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
Diolch yn fawr, Cwnsler Cyffredinol. Can I gently suggest that those conversations should happen very quickly? Because earlier this year, a circuit judge sitting in the family court in Cardiff gave an example of the tragic impact of the ending of the family…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
3. What discussions has the Counsel General had with the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip, and the Ministry of Justice following the family drug and alcohol court pilot in Cardiff? OQ61589
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Updates to previous petitions
You're creating work for my wife, Chair. [Laughter.]
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Updates to previous petitions
[Inaudible.]—representation.
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Updates to previous petitions
Surely it's better to buy in Monmouth. [Laughter.]
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Updates to previous petitions
Thank you very much, Chair. This is the second time we've considered this matter. This is a matter we hear people raising with us from time to time. I've heard friends complaining to me about it, but this is a policy decision that the Welsh Government has…
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Updates to previous petitions
I want them to be reassured that we are taking this very seriously.
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Updates to previous petitions
The point I'm making is I don't want them thinking that we're fobbing them off too.
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Updates to previous petitions
We had. I was just stressing that we went back and specifically make the petitioner aware that we are taking it very seriously, because this will be a real disappointment to them. They will be very worried, they will be very concerned, and I don't want them…
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Updates to previous petitions
I think I'd led on this the last time the petition was mentioned, and I think Luke then came in in supplementary. I think. The importance of this committee is that people feel that they can be heard. I'm sure the petitioner would be very disappointed on…
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Updates to previous petitions
I think Peter's point is important there, and it follows on from Vaughan’s point. The health board is not in a unique position. Attraction and retention is an issue across the board in many other professions too. You speak to legal firms these days, and…
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Updates to previous petitions
I think this is cue Vaughan Gething.
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Updates to previous petitions
I think I spoke to this on the fourth time, and I think we agreed that we would write a final letter, and we really thought that that would be it, but it's been the same position months afterwards.
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New Petitions
Thank you, Cadeirydd, and llongyfarchiadau on your election. I look forward to working under your chairmanship. You've read out the five key elements of this petition. The former Cabinet Secretary for health has provided detailed responses to each point. The…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Thank you very much, Minister. According to the NHS Confederation, the suicide rates in disadvantaged areas of Wales are between two and three times higher than they are in more privileged areas. Sixty-one per cent of adults in Wales say that their financial…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
3. What progress has been made in implementing the recommendations of the Health and Social Care Committee’s 'Connecting the dots: tackling mental health inequalities in Wales' report? OQ61567
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Statement by the Minister for Children and Social Care: The National Framework for the Commissioning of Care and Support in Wales
Diolch yn fawr, Weinidog. Do you see this as a stepping stone to a national care service? If so, when? Because you'll be well aware that individuals and families are being crippled by care costs and they're often not receiving the care that they should be…
