7 February 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
4. How does the Government ensure that effective health treatment is available to people who misuse drugs? OQ60637
6 February 2024 , Plenary
& 9. The general principles of the Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill and the financial resolution in respect of the Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill
—financial support for candidates with caring responsibilities, why are there no provisions included in the Bill? How is the Welsh Government trying to support candidates with caring responsibilities, such as parents and unpaid carers—a great many of whom are…
6 February 2024 , Plenary
& 9. The general principles of the Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill and the financial resolution in respect of the Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill
As the Plaid Cymru spokesperson on equality, I would like to ask some specific questions today on how this Bill addresses the diversity of candidates, how it considers their needs and how it supports them. Adam Price has already mentioned the importance of…
6 February 2024 , Plenary
Debate: The Steel Industry in Wales
The whole evening encapsulated the truth of the trauma that is befalling so many communities that I represent that depend on Port Talbot steelworks. The crushing feeling of powerlessness that Welsh communities have felt so often in the face of forces both…
6 February 2024 , Plenary
Debate: The Steel Industry in Wales
Nearer to the absolute truth than the historian / Is the dramatist, who is all lies.
6 February 2024 , Plenary
Debate: The Steel Industry in Wales
Last Friday I was privileged to be at the screening of Michael Sheen's new television drama The Way at Reel Cinema, Aberavon. The atmosphere was one of anticipation and pride, as you can imagine, with one of Port Talbot's most famous sons bringing to his home…
6 February 2024 , Plenary
Debate: The Draft Budget 2024-25
The social justice budget is facing the largest cut, in proportional terms, of all of the Welsh Government's spending areas, which will inevitably compromise this Government's ability to address the deep-rooted inequalities in our society and their effects on…
6 February 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Partnership: South Wales Fire and Rescue Service review of culture and values—Next steps
Thank you for the update, Deputy Minister, and for taking action in such a robust way in the wake of the entirely unacceptable situation that has been allowed to develop within the South Wales Fire and Rescue Service in terms of the culture and, as we've…
5 February 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Papers to note
Thank you, Chair. On the paper from Sarah Rees from Oxfam Cymru with regard to providing evidence to our inquiry on childcare, I would like to support what she has noted in the letter. I sponsored the drop-in session that she refers to with Mothers Matter…
31 January 2024 , Plenary
Debate on petitions P-06-1359 and P-06-1362 concerning support for childcare costs
—on top of what she said in Davos recently about not increasing taxes on wealth or major corporations, was appalling in the context of the message in these petitions. We have to invest in our most precious asset, our children.
31 January 2024 , Plenary
Debate on petitions P-06-1359 and P-06-1362 concerning support for childcare costs
I have a great deal of sympathy with those who have submitted and signed these petitions, and I fully support the aims of the petitions, because investment in the early years is the most important step that can be taken to deliver equality, according to…
31 January 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip
Diolch. The expert group also highlighted, of course, the effect of the cost-of-living crisis on older people in Wales. Around one in five older people in Wales live in poverty, and many more have been badly affected by the crisis. A report published…
31 January 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip
Diolch, Llywydd. Citizens Advice Cymru has just published their 2023 review dashboard highlights, which show that they are continuing to help unprecedented numbers of people in crisis. By the end of the year, they'd referred 21,000 people to foodbanks or…
30 January 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip: Holocaust Memorial Day
The Holocaust, therefore, demands that we take a stand. It calls publicly for an end to prejudice and hatred or violence on the basis of race, religion, sexuality or gender, or any characteristics that are used as grounds for oppression, injustice or limited…
30 January 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip: Holocaust Memorial Day
'I recall once, at his home, that he referred to the silence of decent people in Germany, and elsewhere, in the presence of the monstrous and unspeakable deeds of Hitler, and spoke of the need to make public protest against such.... That he very publicly…
30 January 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip: Holocaust Memorial Day
As you reflected in your statement, Minister, at the heart of our acts of remembrance, in response to the horrors of the Holocaust, is a reflection on humanity's ability to cause such suffering to fellow humans, and also humanity's ability to remain silent in…
24 January 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 8
Thank you, Chair.
24 January 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 8
On the matter of licensing, the Bill doesn't provide for the licensing of providers or set requirements that must be met before accepting residential visits from schools. What's your view on setting a minimum level of requirements for providers of residential…
24 January 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 8
Thank you. Would, for example, ensuring that the provision that's mentioned in the Bill is available in Wales help to support the development of Welsh-medium provision, do you think?
24 January 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 8
Thank you, Chair, and good afternoon, Minister. The Bill provides that open-air education must be available through the medium of Welsh, if that is the school's wish. Do you think that there's enough provision available at present in Welsh, and also to meet…
24 January 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 7
Thank you. Thank you, Chair.
24 January 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 7
The Bill as drafted doesn't provide for the licensing of providers, it doesn't set requirements that must be met before providing residential visits to schools. So, what's your opinion on whether we should set a minimum level of requirements on providers of…
24 January 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 7
Hello, good morning, and I'd like to speak specifically, perhaps, about Welsh language provision and the requirements in a broader sense on providers. Do you agree with the provisions in the Bill that this residential outdoor education should be available in…
24 January 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 6
Diolch. Diolch, Cadeirydd.
24 January 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 6
Thank you. And one other thing regarding licensing. So, as drafted at the moment, the Bill doesn't provide for the licensing of providers. It doesn't set requirements that must be met before providing residential visits. What is your view on whether there…
