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Plaid Cymru Debate: The UK Government's Elections Bill
We cannot on the one hand say that we support the rights of groups such as trans and non-binary people in policy areas such as health and education, but then not allowing them to express their democratic views. This Bill will also have a disproportionate…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: The UK Government's Elections Bill
Research by Stonewall has found that among those trans and non-binary people who have had their ID questioned or rejected in the past, 34 per cent cited that the problem was a difference in appearance between photos and appearance. Thirty-two per cent said…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: The UK Government's Elections Bill
In their contributions to this debate, my fellow Plaid Cymru Members have highlighted concerns that are shared by many organisations, charities and other institutions. The people at most risk of losing their democratic voice as a result of this Bill are those…
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90-second Statements
Thank you, Llywydd. Monday of this week was the International Day of Education, a day that celebrates the role of education in terms of promoting peace and development worldwide. The International Day of Education this year takes place once again during the…
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Statement by the Minister for Social Justice: Holocaust Memorial Day
Thank you, Deputy Llywydd. In his excellent book Yr Erlid, Heini Gruffudd of Swansea tells the story of his mother, the scholar and author Käthe Bosse-Griffiths, and the appalling impact of the growth of Nazism and the Holocaust on her and her family in…
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Questions to the First Minister
Diolch, Brif Weinidog. I welcome your answer. In 2012, following a campaign led by the former Plaid Cymru MP Elfyn Llwyd, new laws came into force that, for the first time, recognised stalking as a specific crime. My Plaid Cymru colleague Delyth Jewell also…
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Questions to the First Minister
8. Will the First Minister provide an update on the Government’s strategy to tackle the growing problem of stalking? OQ57529
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Draft Budget 2022-23: Scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Justice
Thank you, Chair. Yes, as demonstrated by the Chwarae Teg report on the economic impact of the lockdown period on women, the pandemic has, of course, revealed and exacerbated those inequalities, and so it was good to see an increase in the budget to tackle…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Draft Budget 2022-23: Scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Justice
Thank you. That was very useful. Thank you. I'm sure we'll be returning to that in future. A question specifically now with regard to the discretionary assistance fund. Even though the allocation is £7 million higher than in pre-pandemic years, it is lower…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Draft Budget 2022-23: Scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Justice
Turning to that new inequality data unit that you mentioned and the evidence that that will give us, how do you believe that that will feed into the process of setting the budget?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Draft Budget 2022-23: Scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Justice
Thank you, Chair. A question on tackling poverty now. How have budgetary decisions to tackle poverty been measured and evaluated in terms of whether they achieve that aim of reducing inequality? You've listed a number of new plans and strategies, and those…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Draft Budget 2022-23: Scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Justice
Thank you. Diolch, Gadeirydd.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Draft Budget 2022-23: Scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Justice
Thank you, Chair. Good afternoon, Minister and Deputy Minister. I have a general question. One theme that emerged consistently and very strongly in several of the responses to the consultation on the draft budget was the sustainability of funding. The UK…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23—evidence session 2
Thank you. Thank you, Chair.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23—evidence session 2
Thank you. And finally, can you confirm how funding for the international learning exchange programme in 2022-23, and future years, compares to the current budget?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23—evidence session 2
And hope that that provision will be expanded?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23—evidence session 2
Thank you. You've touched on this already, namely this topic of the degree apprenticeships. So, may I just confirm that the allocations in this draft budget mean that degree apprenticeships will move beyond being a pilot project and become a permanent feature…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23—evidence session 2
Thank you. How does the draft budget take forward the recommendations from the Reid review, for example, by rewarding universities that bring investment into Wales, and provide greater support for innovation?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23—evidence session 2
Thank you. How much money have the reforms emanating from the Diamond review allowed Ministers to transfer from student support funding to the HEFCW programme expenditure budget expenditure lines in 2022-23 and in previous years? Is this in line with the…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23—evidence session 2
Thank you. Universities Wales have stated in their response to the budget that, whilst support was available in 2020-21, no additional funding has been provided to support the HE sector response to COVID-19 in 2021-22, and they outline several things that are…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23—evidence session 2
Thank you. I have questions with regard to higher education. The budget line that provides core funding for the higher education sector is lower than the current 2021-22 budget, and the forecast outturn for the current year. Is this a real-terms cut in…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23—evidence session 2
Thank you.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23—evidence session 2
Thank you, Chair. I just wanted to ask about that element of recruitment with regard to the workforce. I saw that Dyfodol i'r Iaith said in their response to the Finance Committee on the draft budget that it won't be possible to sustain the growth in…
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Yes, just to say that my husband works for Swansea University.
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Plaid Cymru Debate: The cost of living
In discussing tackling the pandemic, the Government has often talked about the importance of early action. That is exactly the approach that we need with this crisis. We need to provide protection, yes, but we also need to try and prevent the storm from…
