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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…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 5
Thank you. Thank you, Chair.
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Disability and employment: evidence session 5
Thank you, Chair. Just one final question. To what extent, in your experience, are disabled students leaving education with the sufficient skills to go through the recruitment process with an awareness of their rights in the workplace, for example to request…
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Disability and employment: evidence session 5
Thank you very much. Yes, exactly, the Down's Syndrome Association has been in touch with us and has said that schools and colleges should start talking to students and perhaps thinking about career options, and of course apprenticeships and college courses…
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Disability and employment: evidence session 5
I think Jane wants to come in. Jane.
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Disability and employment: evidence session 5
Viv, do you want to come back in?
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Disability and employment: evidence session 5
Thank you very much. I just wanted to ask a question specifically about people who have learning disabilities. I'm chair of the cross-party group on learning disabilities, and we've heard a lot of evidence from families who say that they feel that the process…
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Disability and employment: evidence session 4
Just one quick question. We've looked at the rights of disabled people, but just to look at the rights of the employer, you've mentioned a few times that there's a lack of confidence and nervousness, and we've also discussed at length the fact that there's…
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Disability and employment: evidence session 4
Thank you, Chair. To what extent are disabled people aware of their employment rights, and what action would you like to see to being taken by the UK Government and the Welsh Government to ensure that people are more aware of their rights and the action they…
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Disability and employment: evidence session 4
Thank you, Chair, and good afternoon. I want to talk specifically about the rights of disabled people, and we've discussed quite a lot this afternoon the delays that there have been before publishing the disability rights action plan and the incorporation of…
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Disability and employment: evidence session 3
Right. Thank you very much. You've mentioned the 'Business without Barriers' report already, and you said that support for disabled people to establish their own businesses is a key part of closing the disability employment gap. Is there anything the Welsh…
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Disability and employment: evidence session 3
Thank you very much. I'll turn now to some of the Welsh Government initiatives in this area. Could you tell us how effective you think initiatives such as the Business Wales employment champions are in supporting disabled people into employment, and also…
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Disability and employment: evidence session 3
Sorry—if you could perhaps talk about that, the Access to Work, and also the other scheme that's an intervention by the UK Government, namely the Disability Confident scheme. So, if you could mention how well you think these are working, and what are the…
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Disability and employment: evidence session 3
Thank you, Chair, and good afternoon. Of course, businesses have legal duties under the Equality Act 2010, don't they? So, how aware do you think they are of their legal duties under this legislation, and what further action is needed in your view in terms of…
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Short Debate: A fair chance—Ensuring blind and partially sighted people can live the life they choose
I'd like to draw attention particularly to the situation of young people who are blind or partially sighted, because we in Wales have prided ourselves, haven't we, on leading the way when it comes to children's rights, and the Welsh Government is bound, of…
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Short Debate: A fair chance—Ensuring blind and partially sighted people can live the life they choose
Thank you, Julie Morgan, for bringing forward this important debate in the Senedd.
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Women's healthcare
I completely agree, but the point I was trying to make was, the more we talk about it, you're raising expectations then, and currently the health service is not meeting those expectations.
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Women's healthcare
Will you take an intervention?
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Women's healthcare
It is disappointing, I have to say—. I know that the Minister with responsibility for women’s health is here, but the First Minister told us, and made a great show of the fact, that she was listening, and that women’s health was an issue that she’d heard…
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Statement by the Minister for Children and Social Care: The importance of the first 1,000 days of life—Conception to 2 years
Thank you for the statement. You have said that the Government has committed to ensuring that babies are given the best possible start and opportunity in life, but is that aim being given full attention and appropriate investment from the Welsh Government…
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning: Tata Steel
The unique and striking outline of the blast furnaces in Port Talbot is an everyday part of life if you live in the communities I represent, and I now feel nauseous when I pass those huge familiar structures knowing that the hopes of thousands of workers have…
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government: More homes towards ending homelessness
More than two years ago, the lives of the Ukrainian people were turned upside down as Russia attacked their homeland. However, the welcome and support here in Wales has not always offered the stability that they need in order to rebuild their lives. Too many…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 2
Thank you.
