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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Inequality remains a significant challenge that hinders not only individual potential, but the collective well-being of our country. The most recent report into the well-being of Wales, published at the end of last month, highlighted…
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Debate: The Children’s Commissioner for Wales Annual Report 2023-24
This is something that we've been raising and the Bevan Foundation have been loudly raising: the issue of no recourse to public funds as regards entitlement to free school meals. I've raised it with the Cabinet Secretary for Education. There still has been no…
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Debate: The Children’s Commissioner for Wales Annual Report 2023-24
Will you take an intervention?
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Debate: The Children’s Commissioner for Wales Annual Report 2023-24
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd. There are several important elements, I think, to the report that require the Government's attention, a number of them related to the impact of poverty and the way that children's rights are being undermined. I'd like to start by…
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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you. Local authorities provide the majority of front-line services to support residents who need assistance. And we heard yesterday, didn’t we, that there is a black hole of £540 million, at least, in their budgets, which will have a significant impact…
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Questions to the First Minister
1. How is the Welsh Government supporting South Wales West residents who have been affected by the redundancies at Tata steelworks? OQ61696
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 7
Thank you. Thank you, Chair.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 7
Yes, thank you. I will move on to one other question. Professor Debbie Foster told the committee that she found that the Welsh Government's work on this issue was carried out in silos, and that they weren't interconnected. How have you found the Welsh…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 7
Yes. With regard to the action plan, I suppose, that is going to be forthcoming.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 7
Thank you. Do you think that enough focus has been placed on people with a learning disability and employment support?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 7
Thank you. And, of course, the Welsh Government's work on these issues has been carried out by the disability rights taskforce, hasn't it, over a period of three years at this point? So, could I ask you what has your engagement or involvement been with the…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 7
Thank you, Chair. I will be speaking in Welsh, so if you could put your headphones on, that would be great. As a committee we have heard evidence of a delay before the publication of the disability rights action plan, and also evidence that the incorporation…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 6
Thank you, Chair.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 6
Thank you. We know, in Wales, that the disability employment gap is higher in Wales than in the UK as a whole, so I'm sure that there are a number of governments on these islands that aren't addressing this correctly and are working in silos. But the need…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 6
Thank you. We heard also from Professor Debbie Foster that she felt that Welsh Government work on this issue is carried out in silos. How would you describe the Welsh Government's work in this area? Do you agree with Professor Foster’s view?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 6
Specifically in terms of incorporating the convention, we know that was a commitment in the programme for government for this Senedd. What specific impact do you believe that will have on the policy work that needs to happen, for example to address the…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 6
Thank you, Chair. We have discussed a little the impact of the delay before the publication of the disability rights action plan, and as a committee we’ve heard evidence that there will be now no incorporation of the United Nations convention on the rights of…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Education funding
The name of the report that we mention in our motion is 'Falling Short: The deepening school funding crisis in Wales'. It is continuing; it's not staying still and it's not just something that's happened as an impact of the years of austerity we've seen from…
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Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee Report, 'Sound the Alarm: The Governance of Fire and Rescue Services'
Thank you, Jenny. I just would like to emphasise that where we're talking about changes in terms and conditions with these reforms—[Inaudible.]—pointed out need to happen, because of bad practice and out-of-date practices, that that should be done, of course…
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Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee Report, 'Sound the Alarm: The Governance of Fire and Rescue Services'
This is a very significant and far-reaching report because it demonstrates that the basic issue here is the failure of the Welsh Government over many, many years to reform the governance of the Welsh fire and rescue services. What the report reveals is that…
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Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Diolch yn fawr. I recently visited the Bryn Môr housing development in Neath. This innovative development by Wellspring Homes uses hempcrete in its building materials, contributing to the homes being highly mould resistant and energy efficient—so important in…
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Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
6. What steps is the Welsh Government taking to support the sustainability of farming? OQ61645
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
Thank you very much. Our public services, many of which are already in a critical state because of the austerity policies, are facing more cuts this year, as you know, as health boards reveal a shortfall of tens of millions in their funding, schools having to…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
1. What discussions has the Welsh Government had with the UK Government about securing sufficient funding for Welsh public services? OQ61633
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Questions to the First Minister
You talk about the millions spent on supporting children in poverty, as if that's something to be proud about—it's not, it's something we should be ashamed of, that we have to do it. We have to provide that support because, as the Institute for Fiscal Studies…
