Welsh Conservatives

Speeches and questions

Speeches and questions in Plenary and in committees, newest first. The Llywydd's and deputies' chairing of Plenary is left out.

931 speeches and questions

25 January 2023Plenary
Debate on the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee Report—'Increasing costs: Impact on culture and sport'
Will you take an intervention?
25 January 2023Plenary
Debate on the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee Report—'Increasing costs: Impact on culture and sport'
I'd also like to thank, as Delyth Jewell has, stakeholders from the sports and cultural sectors in Wales for giving their time to the committee and setting out the key issues that they face. A number of things struck me as we were gathering evidence for the…
25 January 2023Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
I'm grateful to you for your answer. I've been made aware by members of the mid and west Wales fire authority that you informed the service there that the FireLink Airwave grant, used to support their essential radio platform, is set to end completely in…
25 January 2023Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
6. What action is the Welsh Government taking to financially support fire and rescue authorities? OQ58992
24 January 2023Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Trefnydd, the First Minister said in First Minister's questions, in answer to Andrew R.T. Davies, that he thought that 'urgent and transparent action' was needed by the WRU to ensure it responded properly to rectify the horrific allegations that were made of…
24 January 2023Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Thank you, First Minister. I'm sorry to say that Swansea suffers from the largest number of drug-related deaths in Wales, with nearly 200 people dying of drug misuse over the last five years. The situation has now been worsened by the flooding of fake…
24 January 2023Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
4. How is the Welsh Government supporting people with drug addictions in South Wales West? OQ58991
18 January 2023Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Offshore renewable energy
I'm grateful to you for the intervention. And on that floating windfarm off the south-west Wales coast, which I know we both support, did you share my delight earlier today when we saw the Secretary of State for Wales, David T.C. Davies, confirming that the…
18 January 2023Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Offshore renewable energy
Will you take an intervention?
18 January 2023Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Good afternoon, Minister. I've looked at the Bevan Foundation's evidence to the Finance Committee. I'm struck by the point, and I quote, 'that short-term measures to ease cost-of-living pressures are not a substitute for action to reduce poverty'. And they…
18 January 2023Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
But Carolyn's question was: is it sufficient for her to do her work?
18 January 2023Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Could I ask about the commissioner? Even though she's new to the role—and I'm looking forward to seeing what she will do in the role—she will have different priorities to the previous commissioner, so how do you know that the budget that you have allocated is…
18 January 2023Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Diolch.
18 January 2023Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
One final one, you're clearly someone who cares about the Welsh language, and, obviously, education is also in your portfolio, but you'll also understand that, to truly raise the standards of the Welsh language, it needs to be a cross-Government priority…
18 January 2023Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Sorry, it wasn't in the census, but it's clear that this is a problem.
18 January 2023Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
And one of the things that was quite clear, I thought, was that out-of-school Welsh use wasn't the strongest, it probably would be fair to say, so, how does this budget prioritise 'out of a learning setting', if you like, Welsh use?
18 January 2023Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Yes.
18 January 2023Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Thank you. Going back to the point that we were talking about a moment ago about the census, you said that you didn't have all that data in as it stands, and obviously, more and more data is coming in all the time. What allowances have you made in that…
18 January 2023Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session with the Minister for Economy and Deputy Minister for Arts and Sport, and Chief Whip
Before we close this part of the meeting, can I just state my dissatisfaction with the connection issues that we've had? I think we've had multiple interruptions throughout, from both the Deputy Minister and the Minister, and I've got misgivings about doing…
18 January 2023Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session with the Minister for Economy and Deputy Minister for Arts and Sport, and Chief Whip
But you understand there's a difference between progress reports at Cabinet and an ongoing assessment to ensure that things that don't sit within your portfolio are meeting the needs that perhaps do exist in your portfolio. That is a very different thing from…
18 January 2023Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session with the Minister for Economy and Deputy Minister for Arts and Sport, and Chief Whip
Okay. I fully accept what you said about not all of sport would necessarily be something that comes under your portfolio and actually exists in other departments; I accept all of that. What oversight do you have of the ongoing work that might not necessarily…
18 January 2023Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session with the Minister for Economy and Deputy Minister for Arts and Sport, and Chief Whip
So, what progress have you seen since last year on that?
18 January 2023Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session with the Minister for Economy and Deputy Minister for Arts and Sport, and Chief Whip
Okay.
18 January 2023Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session with the Minister for Economy and Deputy Minister for Arts and Sport, and Chief Whip
Okay. Well, what progress have we made since last year?
18 January 2023Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session with the Minister for Economy and Deputy Minister for Arts and Sport, and Chief Whip
Thanks. Deputy Minister, there's a line in the draft budget paper that says, 'Sport can be the nation’s most effective preventative health tool but greater cross-sector prioritisation is needed'. It's a lovely line, but it was in last year's draft budget as…