, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Debt and the impact of the rising cost of living: evidence session 3
Thank you, Chair. One of the ideas that's been discussed because of this, what you've mentioned, in terms of the difficulties people face in getting everything they should, is having a completely co-ordinated, streamlined system, where people can be…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Debt and the impact of the rising cost of living: evidence session 2
Thank you. Thank you, Chair.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Debt and the impact of the rising cost of living: evidence session 2
Robbie, you wanted to come in there, I think.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Debt and the impact of the rising cost of living: evidence session 2
Thank you. Are there measures the Welsh Government should take to enhance access to free school meals in relation to secondary school pupils and primary school pupils in year groups that do not yet receive universal provision?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Debt and the impact of the rising cost of living: evidence session 2
Thank you, Chair. Hopefully, the Wi-Fi connection is okay. I'm having problems. They are working on the road. I just wanted to ask a couple of additional questions on free school meals. You've already touched on the potential of free school meals to address…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Debt and the impact of the rising cost of living: evidence session 2
Yes, I can hear.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Debt and the impact of the rising cost of living: evidence session 2
Thank you, Chair. I just wanted to follow up on a comment made by Sarah from FareShare regarding the increase in demand. In the written evidence, 75 institutions on the waiting list and 42 organisations—[Inaudible.]—in specific areas of Wales—[Inaudible.]
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Income tax devolution
Yesterday in the debate on the Welsh Government's draft budget, I spoke about how the people of Wales are facing multiple crises, unprecedented crises since the advent of devolution, and I agreed with the Welsh Government that this was a difficult budget in a…
, Plenary
Topical Questions
In the cross-party group on consumer rights, which I chair, we heard on Monday from Which?. Their latest report, published this week, showed that 92 per cent of Welsh consumers are worried about energy prices higher than in England and Scotland, and that…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - evidence session 8
Okay. Thank you.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - evidence session 8
Just a quick question on the evaluation. Will you be looking at the financial benefits of the pilot, namely the money that, probably, it will save in the long term?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - evidence session 8
Diolch.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - evidence session 8
Just to ask quickly, then, why—? I can see that you were talking about those concrete interventions that can happen around drug and alcohol misuse. Is that why that was selected for the pilot rather than another risk, such as domestic violence? Just an answer…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - evidence session 8
Thank you, Chair. Good morning. Could you explain to us, to start, the family drug and alcohol court model and how it differs from proceedings in the usual, regular family court? And can you set out why parental drug and alcohol use in particular was selected…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - evidence session 7
Thank you very much, and perhaps the other side to that coin is the problem that we have already heard about in the evidence that we've taken so far, namely the disruption and concern that children and families experience when they have frequent changes of…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - evidence session 7
Thank you, Chair, and good morning. I'd like to come back quickly to the work of the public law working group. We have heard this morning from advocacy services that social workers don't have the time or the resources to provide the assessments required—and…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - evidence session 6
Thank you, Chair. Going on to the pre-proceedings process, we know that delays in securing permanency can be very harmful for children in the long term. To what extent do local authorities make full use of the pre-proceedings process? Do they have the…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - evidence session 6
So, just to be clear—a legal right to advocacy.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - evidence session 6
Thank you. I'll be speaking in Welsh. We have heard very powerful evidence, really, from birth parents regarding how they value parental advocacy, and you touched on how that can help them to go through these complex and difficult processes. So, what does the…
, Plenary
Debate: The Draft Budget 2023-24
With Westminster denying Wales the resources and the powers that we need, yes, there is a need for difficult decisions to be made. The Welsh Government makes those decisions even harder by failing to secure the resources it needs through fair, proportionate…
, Plenary
Debate: The Draft Budget 2023-24
In introducing the draft budget to the Senedd, the Minister mentioned that this was one of the most difficult budgets since devolution. This is because it is a time of austerity, a time of poverty, and a time of crisis, the likes of which we haven’t seen for…
, Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Partnership: The LGBTQ+ Action Plan
The co-operation agreement between the Welsh Government and Plaid Cymru promises to make Wales the most LGBTQ+ friendly nation in Europe and support the publication of an LGBTQ+ action plan. Today is therefore a proud day for Plaid Cymru, as for Adam Price as…
, Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Partnership: The LGBTQ+ Action Plan
Thank you for the statement, Deputy Minister.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Papers to note
Okay, fine. Diolch.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Papers to note
Paper to note 5.
