, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
It was fascinating at the weekend to see a little evidence of blue water appearing in the leader of the Conservatives' speech—it wasn't so much an ocean or even a river, nor a stream; it was more a rivulet, or perhaps a rill, a tiny little trickle—in terms of…
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Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: Justice in Wales
First of all, can I welcome both the statement and also the accompanying 160-odd pages? I haven't done any word counts in there, but we are looking forward, as a committee, to getting our teeth into this as well. I welcome the focus that both you and the…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Welsh in education workforce
Thank you very much, Dirprwy Lywydd. Minister, I hope that you enjoyed the visit to Llanhari school today and I very much hope that you enjoyed the singing as much as the children and the teachers enjoyed your dancing in the playground. [Laughter.] Indeed…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Could we have a statement on measures that Welsh Government Ministers will take to urge the UK Government to raise the value of Healthy Start vouchers to meet the runaway cost of inflation? The UK Government last raised the value of the Healthy Start vouchers…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
We then move to item No. 7, which is our regular motion, under Standing Order 17.42, to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting. Colleagues, are we happy to do so? We are. There we are. I'll ask my clerking team to take us into private…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
We move on to item No. 6, which is papers to note. And again, quite limited today, so we're rattling through this. One item of correspondence. It's from the House of Lords Constitution Committee to the Prime Minister Boris Johnson in respect of revision of…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Inter-institutional relations agreement
That brings us on to item No. 5, the inter-institutional relations agreement, and, again, one item under this. Item 5.1 relates to a letter from the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd in respect of the Sea Fisheries (Amendment)…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Common frameworks
We will move on, then, to item No. 4. We have our updates here on this regular item on common frameworks. Again, only one item today, which is 4.1, a report by the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee in respect of the provisional common…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Written statements under Standing Order 30C
That takes us on rapidly, then, to item No. 3, where we have written statements under Standing Order 30C. We only have the one here and it's item 3.1—written statement 30C(6)009, the Common Agricultural Policy (Cross-Compliance Exemptions and Transitional…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Gareth, thank you very much for that. Are we happy to agree that reporting point? We are. Thank you very much, Gareth.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
So, we will move to item No. 2, instruments that do raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3. Under this item, we only have one today. It's relatively straightforward today. We have item 2.1, SL(6)201, the Education…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Prynhawn da. Good afternoon, and welcome to today's session of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee in the Senedd. We're conducting today's proceedings in a virtual setting, but all of our Standing Orders apply as normal. We have Welsh and…
, Special Purpose Committee on Senedd Reform
Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
So, could I just ask Members, if they're happy, in accordance with I believe it's Standing Order 17.42, to move into private session? There we are. In that case, we'll move into private.
, Special Purpose Committee on Senedd Reform
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Bore da. Good morning. Croeso i chi i gyd. Welcome, everybody, to this public session of the Special Purpose Committee on Senedd Reform. We're very briefly in public today, before we go into private session to discuss a range of matters. We are quorate here…
, Plenary
Debate on the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee report: Report on the Welsh Government’s marine policies
Lay off the salmon.
, Plenary
Debate on the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee report: Report on the Welsh Government’s marine policies
Thank you for giving way. Really, really quickly—it's a proper debate here—just two things: one is, in taking stakeholders with you, don't be afraid of actually being radical as well. The Lyme Bay issue is quite an instructive one. It was totally contested…
, Plenary
Debate on the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee report: Report on the Welsh Government’s marine policies
Could I genuinely on a note of optimism say we are a world away from where we were 12 or 15 years ago? We actually have in place now all the things that are referred to in this report that the Welsh Government is working on—the marine planning, the ambition…
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Debate on the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee report: Report on the Welsh Government’s marine policies
It's a pleasure to follow Llyr, our Chair on this committee, and to say a few words. I'll try not to replicate what he said, but I want to touch on a few points, including in the Welsh Government's response as well, before I come to what I think is the…
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Debate on the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee report: Report on the Welsh Government’s marine policies
Thank you, Llyr, for giving way on that, and for the way you've introduced this debate today. Would you recognise that some of those organisations, like WWF, the Marine Conservation Society, the RSPB, the Wildlife Trusts and others, do actually get the need…
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Topical Questions
Counsel General, the announcement by the UK Foreign Secretary raises clear concerns on the flow of goods between Great Britain and the island of Ireland for our west-facing ports, particularly for Holyhead, and for Welsh businesses more widely. And we ignore…
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Topical Questions
3. What assessment has the Welsh Government made of any implications for Wales of the recent announcement by the UK Foreign Secretary regarding the intention to legislate to change the terms of the Northern Ireland protocol? TQ626
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Well, I really welcome that, and the Minister has been a good friend to the college, and has met Simon Pirotte on several occasions recently, and has seen the STEAM Academy development in Pencoed, which, I have to say, is a Wales leader in bringing together…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
4. What engagement has the Minister had with Bridgend College on plans for campus development? OQ58034
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Economy: Offshore Marine Energy
—the environmental aspects of this are also safeguarded? All of those organisations want to see this happen, like WWF, like the Wildlife Trusts, like the Marine Conservation Society, but they want, Minister, to make sure that it's done also protecting the…
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Statement by the Minister for Economy: Offshore Marine Energy
Dirprwy Lywydd, you were looking directly at me when you said that, then. [Laughter.] I'll try to keep it very succinct, in that case. Can I welcome the tone and the substance of this statement today, because it seems to show that there is a genuine effort to…
