, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Draft Budget 2022-23: Scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Justice
If I can, I may bring Sian in on this, if that's possible, just because, obviously, it's a cross-Government commitment and it comes from a different budget MEG.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Draft Budget 2022-23: Scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Justice
I think it goes back to actually having that shared objective and that shared commitment to ensuring that this does happen, and we know that that commitment is there from our local authority colleagues, and I know that they are committed to doing that as…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Draft Budget 2022-23: Scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Justice
Can I thank the Member for her question? I think, just to touch on the whole of the real living wage, whilst, as you say, it's been allocated in the draft budget in terms of—[Inaudible.]—£33 million [correction: £43 million], whilst that doesn't come out of…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Draft Budget 2022-23: Scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Justice
Yes, absolutely. So, how that commitment to the national milestones sit alongside the ambitions for a fair work Wales. Because, actually, when we talk about fair work, it's not just—. It's about what you get paid, your terms and conditions, but it's actually…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Draft Budget 2022-23: Scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Justice
Thanks. I think, just perhaps to give a bit of overview, first of all, in terms of what allocations are for in the budget with regard to the social partnership and fair work allocation, the aim is to support a wide range of activity and support the…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
I thank the Member for her question, and I'm really pleased that the Welsh Government is determined to see that that real living wage uplift begins to affect the pay packets of social care workers later this year. As the Member points out, this is…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
The Welsh Government is committed to leading by example as a real living wage employer and working in social partnership to increase real living wage adoption. We have announced our funding commitment to the real living wage in social care and are working…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Diolch, Llywydd. Can I thank the Member again for her work in this area—the work of the cross-party Senedd group on human trafficking? I know Welsh Government officials have recently met with the group to see how we can work collaboratively again across the…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Can I thank the Member for his question and his interest in this issue? I'm sure Members across the Senedd floor can agree this is something that there should be consensus and cross-party work on given the very nature of the subject matter and the challenges…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
The Modern Slavery Act 2015 has improved the focus on identifying and tackling the risk of modern slavery, supporting survivors and bringing perpetrators to justice. We are working with the Home Office and partners in Wales to review the modern slavery…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
I thank the Member for the question and for highlighting the work of Monmouth council and the work that you did in your role as leader as well. I know that there are numerous examples, from across the country, of different initiatives that councils, local…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
All public bodies are expected to meet their due-regard duties contained within the socioeconomic duty and the public sector equality duty. Monitoring of these is overseen by the Equality and Human Rights Commission, which provides regular progress updates to…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Can I thank the Member for his question and his interest in this area? We know it's important to all of us, and actually paying the real living wage—. [Interruption.] That's the strangest heckle I've had in here to date. [Laughter.] Paying the real living…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
I thank John Griffiths for his follow-up question, and you're absolutely right there that the living wage is important and it's key, but it should always be seen as a baseline rather than a benchmark, and those other things you listed around terms and…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
We're using all of our influence to improve real living wage adoption, including leading by example ourselves as a real living wage employer, progressing our commitment to the real living wage in social care, and encouraging employers to actively explore the…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Llywydd, I need to refer the Member to my earlier answer—that it's not appropriate for me to comment on individual matters without being appraised and fully informed of the detail of that. But I would take the opportunity, perhaps, just to remind the Member…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Llywydd, I always take what we read in the newspapers with a strong pinch of salt, and it's not for me to comment on alleged practice like that. It's certainly something that we would raise both in social partnership with the employers and with the trade…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Can I thank the Member for his question? He certainly raises a very disturbing phenomenon. We will have all known people that have perhaps contacted us in our constituency capacity to raise concerns not just on scams of this nature, but other scams, which is…
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Legislative Consent Motion on the Armed Forces Bill
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd, and can I thank the Chair of the committee for your contributions in the debate, and also the correspondence we've had on this matter? As I said in the opening remarks, much of your concerns and disappointment are shared by myself as…
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Legislative Consent Motion on the Armed Forces Bill
Diolch. Llywydd. I move the motion today and will set out why I believe that the Senedd should support it. We’ve recently marked the remembrance period, as we do every year, to pay tribute those who’ve served in our armed forces, both past and present, and I…
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Debate: Remembering and supporting our Armed Forces community in Wales
Altaf Hussain talked about—. I absolutely support and echo the comments regarding the contribution of armed forces personnel from all faith backgrounds and all corners of the Commonwealth, and I know Jane Hutt attended a service in Cathays Park recently along…
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Debate: Remembering and supporting our Armed Forces community in Wales
There were so many contributions from Members and I'll do my best to try and encapsulate and sum them up. Mark Isherwood talked about the role of those third sector voluntary organisations, and we absolutely recognise that, in Wales, we've been able to do…
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Debate: Remembering and supporting our Armed Forces community in Wales
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd, and can I genuinely thank all Members for their thoughtful and heartfelt contributions to the debate this afternoon? I think Alun Davies hit the nail on the head when he opened by saying it's been a somewhat fractious afternoon in some…
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Debate: Remembering and supporting our Armed Forces community in Wales
We will remember them.
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Debate: Remembering and supporting our Armed Forces community in Wales
Reflecting on more recent conflicts, particularly with recent events in Afghanistan, I think it is right and appropriate that we take a moment today to recognise all those men and women who served in Afghanistan. And I would also like to place on record my…
