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Debate: The Local Government Settlement 2022-23
Thank you to the Minister and the Welsh Government for bringing forward today's debate on the 2022-23 local government settlement. At this point, I'll just declare an interest that I still am an elected member of Conwy County Borough Council, and, sadly…
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Statement by the Minister for Social Justice: International Women’s Day
Thank you, Minister for bringing forward the statement today. And in marking International Women's Day, and as outlined by you, Minister, and by colleagues from across the Chamber, it's really important, of course, that we continue celebrating the…
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Statement by the Minister for Economy: Stronger, Fairer, Greener Wales: A Plan for Employability and Skills
Thank you, Minister, for your statement today and responses so far in the Chamber here. As a keen follower of Plenary, I'm sure that you noted that, last week, I asked a question to the climate change Minister around the opportunities in particular in north…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you very much, Minister, for your response, and I'm really pleased to hear that you too see the opportunities that renewable energy has for us in north Wales and Wales as a whole. If we're ambitious enough, we could see a transformation in our economy…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
7. What discussions has the Minister had with the Minister for Economy on promoting the economic benefits from renewable energy production in north Wales? OQ57690
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you to the Member for Arfon for raising this really important question, because like her, residents have been in touch sharing their disaster stories, really, of the scheme in some of their properties. Minister, you highlighted some of the money that…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Services: The Children and Young People’s Plan
—so you can hear the voice of parents. So—. Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. I'll ask a question. How will you ensure that, in your plan, the role of parents is not disregarded, and what specific action will you take to ensure that the voice of parents is…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Services: The Children and Young People’s Plan
Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer, and thank you, Deputy Minister, for bringing forward today's important statement—one in which I, of course, have a keen interest, having three of the best children in Wales, of whom I am the father. As you mentioned…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Good afternoon, Trefnydd. I'd like to ask for a Welsh Government statement regarding the future role of the fire service in north Wales and in Wales more broadly. As someone whose brother-in-law is a firefighter, I know the extraordinary work that the fire…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Local Government funding
Can I make a brief intervention here? Thank you. You pointed out there that the formula is driven by data. Would you accept, though, as I pointed out, that some of the data points—actually, quite a few of the data points—are clearly very far out of date? And…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Local Government funding
As Members will be aware, the local government funding formula represents around 70 per cent of a council's ability to spend on and deliver their services, meaning that this funding dictates the bulk of what councils are able to deliver. As outlined in the…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Local Government funding
Diolch, acting Llywydd. I'm delighted to move the motion tabled today in the name of my colleague Darren Millar regarding local government funding. I will again declare an interest as an elected member of Conwy County Borough Council as well. As the start of…
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Local Government elections
I'm sorry for intervening again, but I just want to be clear: the numbers that I shared were a four-year period. I wasn't picking individual years. So, the difference between the two prior years, or the two prior elections and the two post elections were the…
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Local Government elections
Absolutely. An absolute risk, yes.
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Local Government elections
Thank you. To those points you just raised there in terms of that consultation, Mike Hedges made some really important points around how sparse some of these areas could be, and therefore the risk, with proportional representation, of losing that local touch…
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Local Government elections
Will you take an intervention?
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Local Government elections
It's a very strange coincidence, then, Llywydd; a very strange coincidence that voter turnout has fallen dramatically at that point. In terms of looking to deal with uncontested seats, which I think is an important part of the motion, and certainly something…
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Local Government elections
I'll take an intervention, Llywydd, if he's interested.
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Local Government elections
Thank you to Rhys ab Owen for submitting today's Member's debate, and also to Llyr Gruffydd and Jane Dodds for co-submitting. I'd better declare an interest as a sitting county councillor in Conwy County Borough Council at this point. As many Members will…
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Local Government elections
Thank you, Rhys. The points around Scotland and the STV coming in, you rightly pointed out the uncontested seats move. But, also, since STV's been there, electoral turnout has been significantly less. So, in the two years preceding STV, there was a turnout of…
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
Thanks to the Member for submitting today's question. I'm sure the Minister will agree with me, and perhaps acknowledge, that it is deeply concerning that, after 20 years, the Bryn Cegin Park still lies empty. And I appreciate the comments you've made in…
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The South East Wales Corporate Joint Committee (Amendment) Regulations 2022
Thanks, Minister, for your statement today and the regulations that have been set out before us as well. As the Minister, I'm sure, is aware, and many people are aware, I'm a keen follower of corporate joint committees. I was intrigued to see them on the…
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Short Debate: The more I practice, the luckier I am: Sports facilities in our rural communities
Thank you to Mabon ap Gwynfor for submitting this really important debate and allowing me to speak. It's great to have a ringside seat on the issue of sports facilities in our rural communities. As outlined so far in debate, sport is so crucial for rural…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Thank you, Deputy Minister, for your response. I'm sure that you'll agree with me that one of the best ways of tackling poverty is to promote prosperity, and one of the best ways to move out of poverty is to be in a good, secure job and for businesses to be…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
8. How is the Minister using cross-cutting measures to promote prosperity in North Wales? OQ57615
