, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: NHS waiting lists
Given Keir Starmer's continued refusal to scrap the outdated Barnett formula and replace it with a funding arrangement that truly reflects the needs of our population—and the First Minister's refusal to speak up for the people of Wales when the Labour Prime…
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: NHS waiting lists
I’d like to speak specifically to the part of our motion that regrets the decision made by the Labour UK Government to continue to apply austerity policies, and the impact that this has on our national health service. Austerity is damaging to people’s health…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Winter fuel payment
Perhaps I could just clarify that what I meant when I was talking about austerity is an approach to fiscal policy. That's the shorthand, isn't it? It's austerity fiscal policy. It's about the pretence of saying that you can cut and therefore try and somehow…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Winter fuel payment
Thank you, Llywydd dros dro. Plaid Cymru agrees with the contents of the Conservatives' motion today and we will be supporting it. We share the concerns that around 400,000 households in Wales will lose hundreds of pounds' worth of support, following the…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Diolch, Cabinet Secretary. The decision to limit the winter fuel payment to pensioners receiving pension credit has, of course, raised wide concerns. The older people's commissioner, Age Cymru, Carers Wales and National Energy Action are among those who have…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
I’m glad you mentioned the Warm Homes programme, because many of the thousands of people across Wales who provide essential, unpaid care to loved ones, saving the NHS and social services millions of pounds, are going to be amongst the hardest hit by this…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Diolch, Llywydd. You berate the Tories, rightly, for 14 years of austerity, but the Labour Government are continuing with that flawed and damaging fiscal approach. Two worrying statistics for you as we head into the winter months: the last available excess…
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Education: Universal primary free school meals
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Universalism is the cornerstone of the free school meal policy, developed because of the co-operation agreement with Plaid Cymru, because it is ensures that no-one falls between the gaps. There's no cliff edge of eligibility, the…
, Plenary
Statement by the First Minister: Tata Steel
Those who'll be losing their jobs mostly live in the communities that I represent, and, despite your claims, Prif Weinidog, nothing has changed for the steelworkers and their families and we really do owe it to them to cut the spin. The fact is that the…
, Plenary
Statement by the First Minister: Government priorities
There was no mention made in your statement about child poverty. It’s very disappointing. I asked you when you became First Minister to put tackling child poverty at the top of your agenda and restore targets. That’s what provides delivery, First…
, Plenary
Statement by the First Minister: Government priorities
You said you wanted to listen to people who didn’t have power, didn’t have a loud voice. Do you know who don’t have power, and who don’t have a loud voice? Children, especially children in poverty.
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
There are other choices for 'balancing the books', as you phrase it. Around 82,000 pensioners in my region will lose out due to the UK Government's plan to cut the winter fuel payment. Your own Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice said that the move by Labour…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
The EU Settlement Scheme and citizens' rights after Brexit: Evidence session 3
Thank you, Chair.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
The EU Settlement Scheme and citizens' rights after Brexit: Evidence session 3
How could this committee help in this sense? What would you suggest that we can do? What role could we play in terms of the scheme and the future of the scheme, and, indeed, the role of the Senedd in its entirety?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
The EU Settlement Scheme and citizens' rights after Brexit: Evidence session 3
And in terms of what you’ve seen, you say that you meet often with public authorities. In your experience at present, do you feel that the level of information is plentiful, or is there more that you need to do, and, if there is more work that needs to be…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
The EU Settlement Scheme and citizens' rights after Brexit: Evidence session 3
In terms of other priority areas—stemming from what you just said, in a way—what are your priority areas, would you say, in looking to the future?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
The EU Settlement Scheme and citizens' rights after Brexit: Evidence session 3
In terms of that—and you did refer to this earlier in terms of looking to the future of the scheme—is that long-term perspective, as the time proceeds further from 2021, the most important thing, would you say?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
The EU Settlement Scheme and citizens' rights after Brexit: Evidence session 3
Thank you, Chair. The Chair referred to this earlier, namely this fear about the fact that we're going to be facing a situation similar to the Windrush generation. Do you share those concerns and that analysis?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
The EU Settlement Scheme and citizens' rights after Brexit: Evidence session 3
Yes. If I could just come in on that question, then. It sounds quite ad hoc in terms of how you discover this information about possible inconsistencies in the way a policy is delivered by public bodies or health boards and so on, locally, that transactional…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Equality and Human Rights in Wales: Evidence session 1
Thank you. Thank you, Chair.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Equality and Human Rights in Wales: Evidence session 1
Diolch.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Equality and Human Rights in Wales: Evidence session 1
Yes. Given that justice isn't devolved, what can the Welsh Government do towards achieving that aim of creating better access to justice?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Equality and Human Rights in Wales: Evidence session 1
And you?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Equality and Human Rights in Wales: Evidence session 1
Okay. Diolch. Charles.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Equality and Human Rights in Wales: Evidence session 1
To have that human rights Bill, for you—it's the first thing you mentioned—is of supreme importance.
