, Plenary
Debate: Fair Funding
Thank you, Llywydd. I move the amendment in the name of Lynne Neagle. Ensuring fair funding for Wales is a central concern for any Government.
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Welsh Language Priorities
May I thank the Minister for the update? And may I add our voice to the cross-party support for the Welsh language in this Chamber now? Everyone's sharing their own personal stories—from my perspective, a little like Helen's grandfather, I couldn't speak a…
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy: New Development Agency for Wales
I've previously said that I was worried that you were outsourcing economic development to an arm's-length body; I'm now worried that you're outsourcing the thinking about what that body will do to an outside body, in setting up this expert group. I've read…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I had hoped to hear something in those priorities about the practice of the tethering of horses. This is currently the most signed petition on the Senedd petition website. There was a tragic incident earlier this year where a formerly tethered horse was hit…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I thank the First Minister for that response.
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
8. Will the First Minister outline the Government’s priorities for animal welfare? OQ64364
, Legislation Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
Yes.
, Legislation Committee
Papers to note
So, it's away—it's enacted.
, Legislation Committee
Papers to note
But, just for clarity, the last Government gave consent.
, Legislation Committee
Papers to note
Can I just check my understanding? Are you saying there wasn't a role for the Senedd because the decisions had been delegated because the Senedd had been dissolved?
, Legislation Committee
Papers to note
It is down the bottom.
, Legislation Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
I've got an interest in item 2.1. I'm a local education authority-appointed school governor. And in item 8, I have a family member working in the related sector.
, Legislation Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Chair?
, Finance Committee
First Supplementary Budget 2026-27: Evidence session
Just to return to the issue of ALN, if I may, just briefly, and understanding there is a future revenue consequential due in 2028-29, as you said, are you expecting to make future revenue provision between now and then to Welsh councils? Or is the expectation…
, Finance Committee
First Supplementary Budget 2026-27: Evidence session
Can I go somewhere else?
, Finance Committee
First Supplementary Budget 2026-27: Evidence session
Okay, but, just to be clear, there's no expectation from the finance department that that extra £100 million reduces in-year overspends.
, Finance Committee
First Supplementary Budget 2026-27: Evidence session
I understand that, but it's more about the control, if you like, of accountability that this is being used for the purposes that Government wishes it to be used for.
, Finance Committee
First Supplementary Budget 2026-27: Evidence session
But it's your intention to transfer this money in a single go to the health board—or are you going to drip feed it? And how are you going to condition it? The health Minister has previously talked about giving the NHS the tools, so what are those tools? How…
, Finance Committee
First Supplementary Budget 2026-27: Evidence session
Yes, just on the same theme, really. So, in your answer to my written question two weeks ago on health in-year pressures, I think you put the figure as £333 million, the in-year deficit position. Obviously, there are commitments towards health and care in the…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Trefnydd, corporate joint committees have been established by law. They're not perfect, but they're an important vehicle to ensure that regional collaboration can work on a democratic basis, which contrasts sharply with Plaid Cymru's proposal to outsource…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Trefnydd, the comments made by the Minister for Local Government, Housing and Planning in this Chamber two weeks ago created a lot of confusion within local government, when the Minister asserted that regionalism had happened gradually, through the back door…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
So, First Minister, could you tell us, First Minister, what discussions you had with the teaching unions before announcing these plans? You said that you want to be working in partnership. What were those discussions that you had? Why didn't you listen to the…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I will say that ethnic minorities are under-represented in the teaching workforce. That leads to poor outcomes, and I'm very proud of the steps that the last Labour Government took to try and address that. I'm grateful to the First Minister for carrying on…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Finance
I thank the Minister for that response. Certainly, we in Welsh Labour will continue to look at the developments in that area. If I could turn now to something that is certainly a priority for the new Government: reviews, consultations, commissions, meetings…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Finance
Diolch, Lywydd. Cai Parry-Jones has sought to raise the bar in terms of being nice, not just to the Minister, but also to Labour First Ministers, so I will try and follow suit and acknowledge the good dialogue that's taken place in the lead-up to the…
