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Short Debate: Full-face coverings are against British values
Face coverings, including the burqa, are anti British. Not all cultures are equal. We can't continue to import alien cultures into this country and expect integration. These oppressive beliefs are totally at odds with our history and culture. Banning these…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Finance: An Update on Council Tax
Can I thank the Cabinet Minister for her statement? I do welcome this u-turn. It's not often we do welcome a u-turn, but we do on this occasion. Families have waited with uncertainty for months, Minister, to find out what this Government plans to do with…
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Questions to the Counsel General
Thank you, Counsel General. Young white women and children in this country were groomed, raped and trafficked, often by groups of mainly Pakistani men over decades. The worst injustice this country has seen, in my opinion. Wales needs its own inquiry. There…
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Questions to the Counsel General
10. What legal advice has the Counsel General provided to the Welsh Government regarding its role within the national inquiry into grooming gangs? OQ64737
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Questions to the Counsel General
Thank you, Counsel General. The last Labour Government introduced a £5,000 grant for teacher training, but it was only available to student teachers from ethnic minorities, not on merit, but purely based on their skin colour. The current Plaid Cymru…
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Questions to the Counsel General
7. What legal advice has the Counsel General provided to the Welsh Government on the compatibility of its policymaking with the Equality Act 2010? OQ64736
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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you, First Minister. Our high streets are being taken over by dodgy vape and barbershops. Last week, in my constituency, two vape shops were shut down due to their suspected involvement in trading illegal goods, including drugs. It's also come to my…
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Questions to the First Minister
7. What action is the Welsh Government taking to support high-street businesses in Gŵyr Abertawe? OQ64730
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Reform UK Debate: Local referendums on council tax rises
Diolch, Lywydd. I thank everyone who has participated this afternoon for all the contributions, and for the humorous interjections, shall I say. It certainly kept us entertained this afternoon. Our motion rests on a simple principle: if a council wants to…
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Reform UK Debate: Access to HMOs and social housing for foreign nationals
I'm happy to follow up with the data, Llywydd. Thank you.
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Reform UK Debate: Access to HMOs and social housing for foreign nationals
Well, if you want to—. You talk about political point-scoring. I'll be precise about where this meets the UK law—[Interruption.] No, no. Because that—[Interruption.] Well, you want to political point-score—that's fine, but there we go. Because that is exactly…
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Reform UK Debate: Access to HMOs and social housing for foreign nationals
No, if they've got dual nationality—.
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Reform UK Debate: Access to HMOs and social housing for foreign nationals
Absolutely, it's on record, and if that's the best you can come back with, have a little time to think, and I'll take another intervention. So, first, bring back section 35, legislate to give every Welsh council the power to set qualification rules for its…
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Reform UK Debate: Access to HMOs and social housing for foreign nationals
No, I didn't say it. I said put it into—
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Reform UK Debate: Access to HMOs and social housing for foreign nationals
I have answered it, on record, in 2019, so you might want to go back and refer to that post then.
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Reform UK Debate: Access to HMOs and social housing for foreign nationals
Perhaps the Member would like to put that into context, actually, and then you can come back to me and we'll have a chat later about that.
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Reform UK Debate: Access to HMOs and social housing for foreign nationals
Yes, go on.
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Reform UK Debate: Access to HMOs and social housing for foreign nationals
It's the latter. And like I say, 22 councils—they don't have that data, most of them, and this is of what's actually been recorded. And that was my question: why isn't it recorded? Our taxpayers want to know. So, I'll carry on. But this is only part of the…
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Reform UK Debate: Access to HMOs and social housing for foreign nationals
Really good question, Jane, and you raise a good question, because those questions I've actually asked the 22 local authorities. Some, they don't even hold the data. So, why not? Why not? They don't hold it. If you look at Neath Port Talbot, they outsource…
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Reform UK Debate: Access to HMOs and social housing for foreign nationals
Twenty-two.
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Reform UK Debate: Access to HMOs and social housing for foreign nationals
Diolch, Lywydd. I move the motion tabled in the name of Llŷr Powell. Social housing in Wales is subsidised by public money. It should be reserved for the people of this country, but under this Government, it isn't. Reform UK believes it should be kept for the…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Local Government, Housing and Planning
Well, Minister, I think data matters when it's taxpayers' money, and we need to know who is in our social homes. When we've got parents waiting for years for social homes, we need to be prioritising our own. So, Minister, there are actions you can take if you…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Local Government, Housing and Planning
I expected that answer, Cabinet Minister, because many councils don't hold that data either. Either they couldn't or they wouldn't tell me the truth. From Swansea to Wrexham, many of them either refused to tell us on cost grounds or, even more shockingly…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Local Government, Housing and Planning
Diolch, Lywydd. Cabinet Minister, I'm sorry to disappoint you by returning to a subject the Government clearly doesn't want to talk about, but the people of Wales, I believe, want answers. My office has asked all 22 Welsh councils about nationality in social…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
Thank you, Minister, for your response. You might have noticed I've written a number of times to you—I've kept your office busy—and I've written to your office a number of times via written questions, and I thank your office for supplying information on that…
