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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
I am focusing upon the question. And the point of the matter is that your Government has previously brought plans forward for enabling the franchise to be extended to prisoners who have sentences of four years or less, which includes, according to the…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Well, I'm very, very pleased to hear that, Minister, and so will members of the public be pleased to hear it. Because what we did not want to see was a return to the attempt that your Government made in the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act, back in…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Especially when it's going to cost over £100 million over a five-year term. Now, one of the things that you referred to yesterday in your statement on electoral reform was the suggestion that you would progress work on electoral reform…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
As you well know, Minister, the Senedd reform Bill is the product of a dodgy backroom deal between the First Minister and the now former leader of Plaid Cymru, and it's not a Bill that we will be supporting. We don't believe that the public has an appetite…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Minister, will you provide an update on the latest proposals for a Senedd reform Bill?
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Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: Electoral Reform
Final question: in terms of stakeholders' concerns, obviously the biggest concern, particularly about auto-enrolment, is the challenge to people's identity and people being located if they're on an open register that is available in the public domain. Can you…
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Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: Electoral Reform
In terms of diversity, the access to elected office fund, I don't know how successful that has been, but it strikes me that not many people are aware of it, and therefore, we're not getting many applications to draw down from it. So, I want to know what the…
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Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: Electoral Reform
Can I just thank the Minister for the advance copy of his statement today? I think everybody in this Chamber wants us to have a more vibrant democracy, in which more people are able to access their democratic right to vote and where voter turnout is…
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Motion under Standing Order 16.5 to establish a Senedd Committee
It's a matter of public record that we requested the establishment of this committee in a Senedd debate, and that there was an offer, then, from the First Minister, to meet with the leader of the opposition in order to take something forward. There's nothing…
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Motion under Standing Order 16.5 to establish a Senedd Committee
I wanted to intervene on the Minister, if I'm allowed to, prior to her making a response.
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Business Statement and Announcement
Trefnydd, I'd like to request a written statement from the Deputy Minister with responsibility for the armed forces in Wales on the Welsh Government's support for service children in the education system. You may be aware that Ysgol Pen y Bryn in Colwyn Bay…
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Topical Questions
Thank you for that answer, Minister. Patients and their families have paid a very high price for the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board’s bungling of the centralisation of vascular services in north Wales. It is a disgrace that these deaths were not…
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Topical Questions
2. Will the Minister make a statement on the announcement that four vascular patient deaths at Glan Clwyd Hospital are to be investigated further by the coroner? TQ772
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Business Statement and Announcement
Trefnydd, can I call for a statement from the Minister with responsibility for the trunk road network in Wales, in particular around the unscheduled maintenance of trunk road assets? So, there are two bridges in the Abergele area of my constituency, which…
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Questions to the First Minister
We need to make sure that our elections are secure and that there is integrity around them. Why is it that Wales will be an outlier within the UK as a result of your decision?
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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you, Llywydd. I'm baffled by the Welsh Government's position on this matter. This is about the security and integrity of our elections. We know that, across the whole of western Europe, voter ID is the norm, and in most western democracies, it is the…
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Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: The Coronation of HM King Charles III
Can I thank the Minister for his statement today on behalf of the Welsh Government? My house will be decorated with some bunting this weekend, and a large union jack flag, in order to commemorate what is a very historic occasion in our nation. Of course, we…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Trefnydd, can I call for a statement on the impact of the higher rate of land transaction tax on the housing market here in Wales? I've been contacted by an elderly couple in my constituency, who own their own home, but have been on a waiting list for an…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: HS2 redesignation
Will you take an intervention?
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Plaid Cymru Debate: HS2 redesignation
I would point out, actually, that the UK Government offered to underwrite and fund the cost of the M4 relief road. Yes, it did, and it made it quite clear that it was prepared to do that, and the Welsh Government of course abandoned it—a £100-odd million road…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: HS2 redesignation
Thank you, temporary Presiding Officer, or interim Presiding Officer—I'm not quite sure how we refer to you. Can I just say I'm really disappointed with this debate because I thought it would be a good, consensual debate where we were able to gather around…
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Debate on the Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee Report—Scrutiny of the Welsh Government’s Accounts 2020-21
It doesn't sound like it.
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
Can I wholeheartedly agree with your comments, Minister? We do need to get to grips with this public health menace. We know that problem gambling has been on the rise in recent years, and too many vulnerable people are falling prey to the gambling industry…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Local government funding
I have the great fortune of being able to represent half of the wonderful county borough of Conwy, but unfortunately, residents in that county borough this year are facing the highest level of increase in their council tax bills on record, and, of course, it…
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Motion to amend Standing Orders—Proxy voting
I actually want to speak against the proposals before the Senedd today, not because I don't support the need to facilitate both short- and long-term leave for parents, for those who are sick or injured or with caring responsibilities or because of a…
