10 June 2026 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Rural Resilience and Sustainability
Minister, as you will know, our country's industrial legacy means that there are over 2,500 coal tips in Wales, of which around 14 per cent are in the highest risk category and in need of the most frequent monitoring. Many of these are in close proximity to…
10 June 2026 , Plenary
Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Minister for Social Justice and Equality
Four and a half million free school meals for primary pupils served in Rhondda Cynon Taf and Merthyr Tydfil, 55,000 school holiday enrichment programme places, the child poverty innovation and supporting communities grant, the pupil development grant, the…
9 June 2026 , Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Transport: Key Infrastructure Resilience
I'd like to thank you, Minister, for your statement today and welcome you to your new role. The transport role, of course, holds particular responsibility. It's not just about how we get from A to B, it's also key to investment into Wales. We need road…
2 June 2026 , Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy: Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy Priorities
Thank you, Cabinet Minister, for your statement. I'd like to welcome you to your role. I know from working with you previously on the economy committee that this is a portfolio area that you are truly passionate about. I'd like to focus on energy. We've all…
2 June 2026 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Trefnydd, I'd like to welcome you to your new role. Along with environmental campaigners, I was very concerned to hear the recent comments from the Cabinet Minister for Rural Resilience and Sustainability on slurry spreading. The regulations that are in place…
12 May 2026 , Plenary
Nomination of the First Minister under Standing Order 8
Abstain.
12 May 2026 , Plenary
Nomination of the First Minister under Standing Order 8
Abstain.
6 November 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
Thank you, Sam, for that supplementary question. I absolutely agree with everything you said there. It's so important that we don't just look at these skill sets, but at how they can enable our young people to stay in the communities that they are born and…
6 November 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
Dirprwy Lywydd, I'd like to thank Joyce Watson for that supplementary question, and I absolutely agree with her about the importance of initiatives like that. And, in fact, I'm undertaking a joint visit to Pembrokeshire College in just two weeks' time with…
6 November 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
We want to ensure all our young people are able to positively engage with a world increasingly driven by technological and digital innovation. This financial year, the Welsh Government is providing over £1.6 million for STEM activities in schools, with a…
6 November 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
Thank you, Cefin. Correspondence, as I'm sure you're aware, is written correspondence. All of my dealings with the universities to date have been through face-to-face meetings and discussions, and I've been really pleased to be able to meet with so many…
6 November 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
Thank you, Cefin Campbell, for the question. I acknowledge that the Chancellor's announcements of changes to employer national insurance contributions from April next year will increase costs for our universities, and I'm currently working with my officials…
6 November 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
Is that all three of your questions?
6 November 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
I thank Cefin Campbell for those questions. I will begin by saying that I recognise that our universities, just like universities across the UK and beyond, are under significant financial pressure. I’m working with my officials to consider the impact of the…
6 November 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
Thank you, Laura Anne Jones, for your supplementary there. And I would disagree with what you said there; I think the Government has got a really strong track record of investing in STEM. A £1.6 million commitment will reach across the STEM portfolio to…
6 November 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
I’d like to thank Julie Morgan for that supplementary question, and I know from my own work as a local MS that when construction projects like this deliver these tangible educational benefits, then it can really help our learners to understand how studying…
6 November 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
I am committed to ensuring equality of opportunity, encouraging a culture of science literacy and learner progression. We provide support from nursery to higher education and beyond, prioritising STEM across the Curriculum for Wales, pledging £1.6 million for…
5 November 2024 , Plenary
& 10. The Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022 (Designation of Providers) Regulations 2024 and the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research (Registration and De-registration of Tertiary Education Providers in Wales) Regulations 2024
I'm grateful to the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee for participating in today's debate. I call on Members to approve this package of statutory instruments to enable Medr and the Welsh Government to continue to work with the…
5 November 2024 , Plenary
& 10. The Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022 (Designation of Providers) Regulations 2024 and the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research (Registration and De-registration of Tertiary Education Providers in Wales) Regulations 2024
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. I move the motion. Part 2 of the Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022 provides for a registration system that will provide the legal mechanisms for regulatory oversight of registered tertiary education providers in Wales in…
23 October 2024 , Plenary
Topical Questions
Well, thank you, Tom. You may be in the business of hyperbole and cheap political point scoring, but I can assure you that myself and the Cabinet Secretary are in the business of delivering for students across Wales at all ages. And there is that £197 million…
23 October 2024 , Plenary
Topical Questions
Thank you, Cefin Campbell, for your supplementary questions there. I'd like to start by saying that I am absolutely committed to supporting a sustainable higher education sector, and by that I mean strong institutions that are able to deliver not just on our…
23 October 2024 , Plenary
Topical Questions
We are absolutely committed to supporting a sustainable higher education sector. The sector will receive £197 million in grant funding this financial year from Medr, previously the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales. The Welsh Government has increased…
16 October 2024 , Plenary
Short Debate: Ensuring all children can thrive: Celebrating alternative education in Wales
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. I'd like to thank Buffy Williams for tabling this short debate today, for the points that she's raised on access to education in Wales, and Carolyn Thomas for the points that she raised as well. I'd also like to join Buffy in paying…
15 October 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Further and Higher Education: Tertiary education
Thank you, Adam Price, for your contribution there, and I fully recognise the important role that FE provision plays in local communities up and down Wales, both in bringing educational opportunities as close to home for those learners as possible, which is…
15 October 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Further and Higher Education: Tertiary education
Thank you very much, Rhys. I think everybody has given me a warm welcome this afternoon, so I'm very pleased for that and for your emphasis as well on Cymraeg—it is absolutely crucial. I would encourage you to feed your views—and perhaps I should have said…
