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Questions to the Minister for Economy
I know you want to pass the buck to local authorities in respect of this tax, but the reality is that it's your Welsh Labour Government that is setting the road ahead and actually facilitating the introduction of a tax that could decimate the economy of north…
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
6. What assessment has the Welsh Government made of the impact of a tourism tax on the economy of North Wales? OQ57634
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Services: Real Living Wage for Social Care Workers
Thank you, Deputy Minister, for your statement. I do welcome this as a big step in the right direction. You'll be aware that the Welsh Conservatives made a commitment in our manifesto for the Senedd elections of a pay rate of £10 an hour, which is just 10p…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Thank you, Trefnydd, for your statement. Can I call for two statements this week? The first is from the Minister for Health and Social Services regarding the social care financial recognition scheme, obviously something that we very much welcome indeed for…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Trefnydd, over the weekend there were pubs across the whole of Wales that were packed with people watching the rugby. Not an enjoyable experience, I know, for many of us this weekend, but that's what many people were doing. Unfortunately, the following day…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: 70th Anniversary of the accession
It is of note, however, that the Welsh Government chose not to table either a statement or a debate on this important milestone in Her Majesty's reign. They did at the sixtieth, for the Diamond Jubilee. The then First Minister, Carwyn Jones, tabled a…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: 70th Anniversary of the accession
Diolch, Llywydd. I'm delighted to move the motion on the order paper this afternoon to propose that the Senedd should extend its warmest congratulations to Her Majesty the Queen on the occasion of the seventieth anniversary of her accession to the throne…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Adverse childhood experiences
Thank you. I'm very grateful for your taking the intervention. It's just about the adverse childhood experiences hub, which I'm very pleased exists in Wales, and it's good that we know it's getting on with some work in terms of sharing good practice. But it's…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Adverse childhood experiences
Minister, will you take an intervention?
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Why is it seven years, seven years to resolve?
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Six years, sluggish progress and we need to get it back on track, if you'll excuse the pun. One of the other things that has been failing for a long time in north Wales now, of course, is mental health services. Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board was put…
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Minister, many people in north Wales welcomed news that a metro was going to be built. Of course, it was in your 2016 manifesto, it's now 2022, and there's still not a lot of progress been made in north Wales. Seven hundred and fifty million pounds has been…
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
In your capacity as Minister for north Wales, can you tell us why north Wales is getting so much less investment in its metro when compared with south Wales?
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Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Exploring reform of the school day and year
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Minister, thank you very much for your statement. I do welcome the fact that you're looking at the school year and the school day, and I think, obviously, with any system that's lasted for 150-odd years, there's sometimes a very good…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Diolch, Trefnydd, for your statement. Can I call for a statement on updates to the NHS COVID pass system, please? I've been contacted by a number of constituents in recent weeks, and I'm sure other Members across this Chamber have too, who had third jabs, as…
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Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, I, too, want to see more investment from both the UK and Welsh Governments in north Wales in the rail infrastructure. One of the things I would very much like to see in my own constituency is a new railway stop train station in the Towyn and…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: The UK Government's Elections Bill
I'm grateful to you for taking the intervention, Counsel General. Can you tell us—? Many people have accused the Labour Party of trying to game the electoral system in Wales to your advantage on the basis of some of the pilots that you are hoping to get under…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: The UK Government's Elections Bill
Diolch. Thank you, Heledd, for taking the intervention. The photo ID cards that people will be able to access if they don't have a passport or driver licence will be free. So, I'm not sure why you're asserting that there's going to be a financial burden for…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: The UK Government's Elections Bill
So, voter ID—I'll respond to both of them, because it's effectively the same point—voter ID is not a threat. Ninety-eight per cent of the electorate already have suitable photographic identification that they would be able to use in order to vote, and those…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: The UK Government's Elections Bill
Go on, I'll take them both.
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Plaid Cymru Debate: The UK Government's Elections Bill
And the reality is that it is a crime we'll all be victims of again and again if the UK Government and the Welsh Government don't take action to combat it. You made reference, Rhys ab Owen, to the relatively few cases of voter fraud that have been identified…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: The UK Government's Elections Bill
I'll take one in a moment, if I may, Llywydd.
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Plaid Cymru Debate: The UK Government's Elections Bill
Diolch, Llywydd. I move the amendment tabled on behalf of the Welsh Conservatives in my name. I have to say, I was a little bit disappointed by the tone of Rhys ab Owen's speech there, and it feels a little bit like groundhog day today, because, of course, we…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Thank you very much for that response, Minister. It's precisely what I would have expected you to say. One thing I am concerned about is the focus that we seem to have in Wales on protecting younger children going in and out of the school premises in terms of…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
2. Will the Minister make a statement on safety in and around school premises? OQ57506
