, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Draft Budget 2022-23: Scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Justice
Thank you very much, Minister. Thank you, Chair.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Draft Budget 2022-23: Scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Justice
That's great. The last point I want to ask you, Minister, is the citizen engagement report in December 2021 highlighted a number of key issues, including how disabled groups were identified as an important group to focus on for support with housing needs…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Draft Budget 2022-23: Scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Justice
Thank you very—
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Draft Budget 2022-23: Scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Justice
Minister, I welcome that. Let me ask you: how much of the allocation in 2022-23 to the equalities and community cohesion budget expenditure line will be used to specifically fund actions arising from the disability rights taskforce?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Draft Budget 2022-23: Scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Justice
The equality and community cohesion budget will increase from £12.7 million in 2022-23 to £20.8 million in 2024-25. This represents the main increase in the social justice main expenditure group. Can the Minister provide further details of the allocations and…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Draft Budget 2022-23: Scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Justice
Thank you. Thank you, Minister. Thank you, Chair.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Draft Budget 2022-23: Scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Justice
To start the pilot, you're using Welsh Government reserves to pay for it. What considerations have you given to the principle of value for money in deciding to use financial reserves for what is essentially a pilot scheme, and one that even your own…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Draft Budget 2022-23: Scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Justice
Let me make the last point.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Draft Budget 2022-23: Scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Justice
All right.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Draft Budget 2022-23: Scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Justice
Yes, but, Minister, let me ask you about the committee of the Senedd chaired by the Labour MS Jack Sargeant, which has questioned if focusing on care leavers would provide enough robust information. He said the Welsh Government should investigate increasing…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Draft Budget 2022-23: Scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Justice
No, I will clarify a few things, and the Minister will be coming back to us. Does she refute the claim that the UBI pilot is too small to give any accurate information of its effectiveness? I can put these together, then I have a few more. Can the Minister…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Economy
Thank you, Minister. Let me take it a little further. Minister, many employers already offer flexible working conditions, recognising that organisations can very often benefit from arrangements that respond to people's lifestyles, family arrangements and…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Minister, last month, I was delighted to donate three defibrillators—two to primary schools in Bridgend and one to Brynawel rehab centre. And it is to highlight, really, yet again the importance of building our Wales-wide network and number of defibrillators…
, Plenary
Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee Report: Debt and the pandemic
Yes, Deputy Presiding Officer. Along with that, there's a medical debt, which we have not addressed so far, but the Chair has agreed that we'll be looking into that. It is a huge concern for me, personally, that this is going on here, and we are not doing…
, Plenary
Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee Report: Debt and the pandemic
As a member of the Equality and Social Justice Committee, I am delighted to contribute to today's debate on our report, 'Debt and the pandemic'. The pandemic has taken its toll in different ways. For many people it hit financially—they faced job insecurity…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Minister, digital technology has the potential to reshape the way that justice operates and how people access it. The courts and tribunals service is investing roughly about £1 billion to reform its systems with the aim of bringing new technologies and modern…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Minister, many of our most hard-pressed families will face major financial challenges over the next few years, and not just in the cost of fuel. As your Government continues to press ahead with its carbon-neutral target, it is those least able to afford a…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Minister, as a Senedd friend of Srebrenica, I would like to call for a debate in Government time to discuss the worrying developments in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Many of our colleagues here, including Ministers in the Welsh Government, have been long-standing…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
We now have a co-operation agreement setting out reforms that sound ambitious. The move to a national care service is an interesting idea, and I would like you to schedule time for the Deputy Minister for social care to outline what a national care service…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Minister, since you will be in Bridgend, I would recommend you also to see a school in my ward, Pen-y-fai. Minister, it is relatively straightforward to set targets for our new school and college buildings, and ensuring that they contribute to our net-zero…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Business Minister, many of the services we rely upon are greatly enhanced by a variety of third sector organisations in our communities. This was clear during the pandemic, and, to some extent, I think we underestimate the reach that these organisations have…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Social Justice: International Day of Disabled People
Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. Thank you, Minister, for your statement. Whilst we welcome this Friday as the International Day of Disabled People, it is important not just to celebrate the contribution of disabled people, but to ask the question: in the…
, Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Services: Age Friendly Wales: Our strategy for an Ageing Society
Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. Ageing is a blessing. The ministerial advisory forum on ageing in 2018 convened five working groups to focus on the key areas that Members felt we must get right in planning for ageing, including how to make rights real…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Thank you very much, Deputy Presiding Officer. Minister, on Wednesday, a city-centre public space protection Order is being introduced for three months in Swansea and will apply to behaviour such as drug taking and drunkenness. It means that alcohol and drugs…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Minister, on Wednesday, a city centre public space protection order is being introduced for three months in Swansea, and will apply to behaviour such as drug taking and drunkenness. It means that alcohol and drugs being consumed on the street can be…
