, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 2
Just talking broadly on your first point around the barriers that people face currently with manual registration, can you describe how you think they look and feel for people—what those barriers actually are?
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 2
All right. Thank you.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 2
And perhaps, before I come on to a broader point, to support people with disabilities, aside from the timescale and the communication or consultation, are there any particular features that you think you'd want to see to ensure that people with disabilities…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 2
Thanks, Chair. Good morning, everybody. We really appreciate you coming in this morning. I just want to touch on the proposals within the Bill for electoral registration without application or auto-enrolment—whatever sort of language you want to use—and just…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session 1
Okay. I think that's a useful analogy to use, and helpful to get the context right in what the Bill may or may not be able to achieve. And believe it or not, I'm not necessarily against the automatic registration, I'm just trying to play devil's advocate a…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session 1
Yes. Thanks, Chairman. Just reflecting a bit further on some systems that are attempting to be put in place with the Bill, which are seeking to make it more likely for people to engage with our elections here in Wales, I was wondering whether you think…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session 1
All right. Thank you very much. Great. Thank you, Chair.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session 1
Okay. And then finally, just on the all-Wales database, I think that's something that you called for within your written response that is not included within the Bill. Could you just outline, perhaps, some of your thoughts on the risks associated with not…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session 1
Okay. Thank you. There were a number of quite sweeping statements, I guess, in your response there, I think, in talking about young people being frustrated. It doesn't seem to evidence itself in young people's voter turnout for Senedd elections—I think, if I…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session 1
Okay. Thank you. I could go further on that, I'm just conscious of time, but thank you for those responses first of all. I think, in your written evidence that you sent through to us, you have raised some concerns about possible voter confusion with different…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session 1
Thanks. Can I just understand the barriers that you mentioned there? So, the family support side, I can understand if there perhaps is not somebody to guide children perhaps through the process; has your research shown what those other barriers may currently…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session 1
Okay. Lovely. Thank you for that. So then, just coming on to the proposal within the Bill for electoral registration without application, perhaps you could outline your initial thoughts on that and, in particular, how younger people may engage more easily…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session 1
Yes, thanks, Mr Chairman, and good morning, Dr Huebner. I want to come on to ask questions about your thoughts around electoral registration without application, but perhaps before I come on to that, I just want to come back to your previous point. Just more…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Delivering a Fairer Council Tax
Thank you, Minister, for your statement here today, and also for enabling a technical briefing yesterday, which I know a number of colleagues certainly appreciated. I just want to come on to the broader point, to start the contribution, of the Welsh…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Minister for Climate Change
Just briefly, to expand on that point. So, with my previous hat, I was a credit risk manager for a bank. I know that banks have shifted quite significantly in terms of the way they work with and support customers in the last decade or so. But I wonder: is…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Minister for Climate Change
Yes. Thanks, Chair. I'm sorry to go on, but, on the Help to Stay announcement, which was made—. I think it was just this week, wasn't it? I was just wondering, perhaps the Minister could talk to the scheme more broadly, but then specifically perhaps on the…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Minister for Climate Change
I think we certainly would support that, whilst pushing the urgency to get or allow these houses to be built, and it's positive to hear you say there's around 1,000 that seem to be unlocked up in the north Wales region. I just wonder if there's a simple…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Minister for Climate Change
Great. Thank you for that. And then just touching on the point you made in terms of phosphates—and it is good to hear there is, again, progress being made there—I believe there may be another summit coming together. I wondered if you wanted to speak to that…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Minister for Climate Change
Okay. I wonder whether it would be worth sharing the breakdown of that. I think we should have that somewhere anyway.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Minister for Climate Change
Yes. And the number you quoted, the 5,575, that's affordable housing more broadly, isn't it?
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Minister for Climate Change
Thanks, Minister. It is good to hear that you're still striving towards that 20,000. It just struck me in your response that there's perhaps the risk of conflating a very specific target around the low-carbon social homes for rent versus affordable homes more…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Minister for Climate Change
Thank you, Chair. Good morning, Minister. I'm sorry that I can't be with you in the room today. Just a quick comment. I appreciate your earlier comments on the various regional bodies, as someone who sat on a PSB, an RPB, an EAB, an RLB and any other alphabet…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Water quality
Diolch yn fawr, Llywydd. It's a pleasure to be able to close this debate this evening. I think what I've summarised from hearing the debate and trying to wrap this up is that the numbers are quite stark. A number of items were shared, but what struck me most…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you, Minister, for that initial response. We've already heard this afternoon a number of concerns about budget cuts more generally. You mentioned the rural affairs budget cut there, which is going to be a £37.5 million cut, and there are farmers in…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
6. What assessment has the Minister made of the impact that proposed Welsh Government budget cuts will have on the agricultural sector? OQ60186
