17 July 2024 , Plenary
Short Debate: Confronting the crisis: Tackling youth homelessness in Wales
As you've both mentioned, preventative work from an early age is crucially important to prevent homelessness among young people. By collaborating on a cross-sectoral basis, we can identify those young people who are at risk way before they reach crisis point…
17 July 2024 , Plenary
90-second Statements
Thank you very much. In 1984, R. Gwynn Davies from Waunfawr was inspired by personal circumstances to transform people’s perceptions of the role of individuals with learning disabilities in society. Antur Waunfawr was established to provide opportunities to…
17 July 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Thank you very much. In a Government statement in 2022 this was said: 'Ensuring that all primary school children in Wales will get free school meals by 2024, presents real opportunity for a major step change in policy and practice to transform the food…
17 July 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
6. What assessment has the Cabinet Secretary made of the success of the Welsh Government's policies to develop local food supply chains? OQ61472
17 July 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution and Cabinet Office
Of course, we don’t have a Cabinet Secretary for housing and local government at the moment, do we? According to one estimate, poor housing costs £95 million per annum to the health service here in Wales, and only around 4 per cent of the total Government…
17 July 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution and Cabinet Office
11. What discussions has the Cabinet Secretary had with the Cabinet Secretary for Housing, Local Government and Planning about increasing the budget allocations for tackling the housing crisis? OQ61474
16 July 2024 , Plenary
& 8. The general principles of The Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill and the financial resolution in respect of The Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill
Despite the efforts of some to pour cold water over this important Bill, I do think that today is a historic day, a day for celebration, because, first of all, the Reform Bill Committee does recommend that the Senedd does agree to the general principles of…
16 July 2024 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
I would like to ask for two things before the end of the current parliamentary term—two issues that were promised before recess. First of all, the Senedd health committee, in a report on dentistry, has called for the establishment of a dental school in north…
16 July 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
For a few hours now, your Government hasn't had a Cabinet Secretary with responsibility for housing, and you will be standing down too. On a personal level, I wish you well. But the chaos in the Labour Party over the past two months is unforgivable. It has…
16 July 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
1. How does the Government intend to tackle the housing crisis in Wales? OQ61473
10 July 2024 , Plenary
Motion to note the annual report on the Senedd Commission's Official Languages Scheme for 2023-24
Thank you very much, and I, I’m sure on behalf of everyone in this Chamber, congratulate Hannah on the progress that she’s made with the Welsh language in a very short period of time. So, huge congratulations to you. I'd like to congratulate the Commissioner…
10 July 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing, Local Government and Planning
Thank you. I'm a little concerned that I didn't hear you mention there the White Paper on the right to adequate housing, which is work in the offing. Now, maybe you're not aware of that work, or—I am concerned—perhaps there is a delay in the work by the…
10 July 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing, Local Government and Planning
It does sound like a large sum of money, but it's a very small percentage of this Government's budget, in fact. Fundamentally, I think that we must change the way that we think about homes, starting by seeing them as a right. We need a national commitment to…
10 July 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing, Local Government and Planning
Thank you, Llywydd. This is the first time for me to ask questions as the housing spokesperson. I'd like to thank Julie James for her very constructive collaboration while both of us were part of the co-operation agreement, and also thank you in the same way…
9 July 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the First Minister: The Legislative Programme
There are four Bills in your legislative programme that are of specific interest to me as Plaid Cymru’s new housing spokesperson, so I look forward to seeing the homelessness Bill and the building safety Bill. I do notice that there’s a new Bill for the…
3 July 2024 , Plenary
Short Debate: Safer skin: The role of schools in preventing skin cancer
Cancer does or has touched almost every family in Wales. Twenty five years ago, my husband, Dafydd, died having been diagnosed with skin cancer, melanoma. He was 47 years old and he was the father of four young children, with the youngest just three years…
3 July 2024 , Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Dentistry training
Thank you very much. I thank Jane Dodds, who has been a joint submitter for the motion, but she has apologised for not having been present today. I also thank Sam Rowlands, who is a joint proposer in principle, if not technically. I thank Carolyn for her…
3 July 2024 , Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Dentistry training
Now, one would imagine that it's a matter of common sense, therefore—quite fundamental common sense—to increase the number of university training spaces in Wales in order to nurture a workforce to provide this public dental service that is so badly needed…
3 July 2024 , Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Dentistry training
Thank you very much, Llywydd. The shortage of dental services through the NHS is a subject that’s regularly raised in this Chamber and it’s certainly an issue that worries my constituents in Arfon. Of the six NHS dentists in Arfon, when we phoned them in…
3 July 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session 10
Thank you.
3 July 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session 10
Thank you for pursuing the issue, John. But in terms of the work that you do, isn't it perhaps more realistic—in smaller communities with chapels, particularly, perhaps—to be thinking of working with the community, rather than with the RSL? Do you work with…
3 July 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session 10
Yes, thank you.
3 July 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session 10
Following on from that, can you just explain the issue of the units? There are 117 of them, but what kind of units are they? Church buildings and halls—are they more appropriate for some kinds of social housing mix? And also, you focus on churches, but there…
3 July 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session 10
Fine.
3 July 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session 10
Yes, I know.
