13 May 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare follow up inquiry: Ministerial evidence session
Just to follow up quickly on that, in terms of the use of having one single platform, particularly when we think about the most disadvantaged families, what conversations are you having with the Minister for social justice in terms of how this could come…
8 May 2024 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Coal tip and opencast mine remediation
You mentioned in quite a bit of length there about what the Government is doing in relation to Ffos-y-fran, and now you're talking about the new forthcoming legislation. Will that include other opencast mines, such as the one I mentioned in East Pit?
8 May 2024 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Coal tip and opencast mine remediation
Well, you should perhaps talk to your ancestors. Our industrial past is etched in the landscape of the area in which I live and that I represent. Across my region of South Wales West, there are more than 900 disused tips, with the highest number of any local…
8 May 2024 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Coal tip and opencast mine remediation
Before I start, I just want to say, as the granddaughter of miners, I think that contribution by Joel James showed a terrible lack of understanding of the industrial history of Wales, and of the community that he purports to represent. Our industrial past is—
8 May 2024 , Plenary
Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee Report, 'How we must all play our part: a public health approach to halting the epidemic in gender-based violence'
Okay. Diolch yn fawr.
8 May 2024 , Plenary
Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee Report, 'How we must all play our part: a public health approach to halting the epidemic in gender-based violence'
Social media is famously lacking in nuance. While the debates can be superficial, frivolous, polarised or even hateful, it can, nevertheless, sometimes be helpful in bringing an issue into focus and spreading awareness of that issue. The 'man versus bear'…
7 May 2024 , Plenary
& 9. Legislative Consent Motion on the Victims and Prisoners Bill—motion 1, and Legislative Consent Motion on the Victims and Prisoners Bill—motion 2
Before speaking in detail about the content of the clauses in the Victims and Prisoners Bill that require consent, I would once again like to state Plaid Cymru's position that decisions relating to devolved areas that are within the competence of the Senedd…
7 May 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I’d like to thank Jane Dodds for raising this important question. The reality is that Wales's aspiration to be a nation of sanctuary is being entirely undermined by the fact that we do not have the power to fully realise it. Wales is now part of the…
1 May 2024 , Plenary
Short Debate: Gaza—A Welsh response
That speaks volumes, really.
1 May 2024 , Plenary
Short Debate: Gaza—A Welsh response
You'll remember that, in the Scottish Parliament, there was a debate held calling for an immediate ceasefire. During that debate the former First Minister Humza Yousaf said that he had sent a letter from the Scottish Government to both Rishi Sunak and Keir…
1 May 2024 , Plenary
Short Debate: Gaza—A Welsh response
More than 34,000 people have been killed in Gaza and, according to the UN, 72 per cent are thought to be women and children. As a woman, parliamentarian and as a representative of Welsh women in this place, I have a moral duty to use my voice to condemn the…
1 May 2024 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Cass review
—of being the most LGBTQ+ friendly country in Europe?
1 May 2024 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Cass review
—feel confident and empowered to support pupils, especially in view of the toxic and reactionary and sometimes misleading response that has developed following the publication of this report. Will the Cabinet Secretary agree with me that it's through…
1 May 2024 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Cass review
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd. The priority for Plaid Cymru when discussing this issue—and it should be a priority for us all—is that the well-being of our children and young people, their views and their experiences, are absolutely central to their care, and any…
1 May 2024 , Plenary
Debate on the Petitions Committee Report, 'A Warmer Winter: P-06-1326 The Senedd should scrutinise the prepayment meter scandal in Wales'
I am pleased to have the opportunity to contribute to this debate, because fuel poverty has been one of the main areas of inquiry of the Equality and Social Justice Committee, of which I am a member. And, as Plaid Cymru's spokesperson on social justice, the…
1 May 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
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1 May 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Thank you very much. Yes, the point is that those day centres do play such an important role in that preventative work to prevent people from having to access health and care services in the first place, and ameliorate that pressure. A number of people have…
1 May 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Thank you, Llywydd. Welcome to your new role, Minister. I'd like to raise with you the great concern that exists about the number of day centres closing across Wales. These centres have been more than just buildings for so many people who need support in the…
30 April 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Welsh Language: Tata Steel
The news we heard last week from Tata doesn't just impact the workforce in Port Talbot and their families, but also, of course, all of the communities that I represent, and the nightmare that has hung over them for all these months is now real. It's so…
29 April 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare follow-up inquiry: evidence session 4
—levels we have currently of provision isn't giving that boost to those children either for them to be able to succeed better in life. So, thinking about socioeconomic deprivation, but also other groups who suffer disadvantage—I suppose we're thinking there…
29 April 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare follow-up inquiry: evidence session 4
Bear with me, because I've written my questions in Welsh. Do you want to dig in deeper on this issue of how early years education and childcare can tackle inequalities of all kinds, and, obviously, socioeconomic deprivation? Chris quite rightly pointed out…
29 April 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare follow-up inquiry: evidence session 4
Okay. Perhaps it's not for Naomi. No worries.
29 April 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare follow-up inquiry: evidence session 4
Okay. I'll ask in English. No worries.
29 April 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare follow-up inquiry: evidence session 4
Yes. I just wanted to check whether the interpretation is working. No. Okay.
29 April 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare follow-up inquiry: evidence session 3
I just wanted to ask, on that point, you say in your paper—it's a question for Jane—you say in your paper that you want to see the Scottish Government delaying things before further expansion. Is this due to what you've just outlined about this pipeline…
