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Questions to the Trefnydd, Chief Whip and Cabinet Minister for Culture and Sport
Over the weekend, it was wonderful to attend Tafwyl, the Welsh cultural festival in Cardiff, which is celebrating its twentieth anniversary. It's gone from strength to strength, which is good to see. Will the Minister commit now to continue with the financial…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Finance: The First Supplementary Budget 2026-27
The UK Labour Government made £340 million of consequentials available this year from their investment in support for children with additional learning needs. Why is this money not being passed on to councils in Wales to support schools and children with ALN?…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Finance: The First Supplementary Budget 2026-27
We note and welcome that there were no proposed cuts to the basic programme put forward by Welsh Labour. The further funding for reducing waiting times in the health service continues with the investment that Welsh Labour began. Since that investment of £120…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Finance: The First Supplementary Budget 2026-27
Governments should welcome scrutiny, not avoid it, and I would urge the Minister, building on her commendable track record on this whilst she was Llywydd, to take this message back to her colleagues in Government, asking them to reflect on this and…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Finance: The First Supplementary Budget 2026-27
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd, and may I welcome the Minister to her role and congratulate her, and say how good it is to have a cardi in charge of the money? But, Dirprwy Lywydd, I have to say that I was more prepared for this statement than I'd anticipated…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution: Priorities for Government Effectiveness and Constitution
These are the practical answers that people want. Now, we welcome the proposals for a public dashboard. That follows from the lead of certain local councils I could mention. Will the Minister commit that this data will be live data, updated regularly, and…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution: Priorities for Government Effectiveness and Constitution
May I congratulate the Minister, because during the first week of this Government, we have seen that it is very effective, very effective, that is, at commissioning reviews and plans and organising meetings? Indeed, that was the primary focus of your 100 days…
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Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, could you elaborate further on the current position of housing associations in Wales in terms of their number and their interaction with local authorities? In particular, the experience that is common amongst stock-holding local authorities is…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Priorities for Education
May I wish the Minister well and say that it's good to see, in her and myself, two former pupils from Ysgol Gymraeg Aberystwyth in the Senedd? That school, of course, was the first Welsh-medium primary school to be established, and it was a cause of pride for…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
Turning now, Minister, to what you have said you would be doing, on your manifesto during the election, the Institute for Fiscal Studies warned that Plaid Cymru's policies would deepen the cuts faced by unprotected services. Welsh Labour, my party, warned…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
I thank the Minister for that response. There wasn't a great deal of confirmation given there, and I do hope that the teaching assistants, cleaners and cooks listening to this discussion won't feel that their interests will face an uphill struggle, if I can…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
Can you confirm, as the Cabinet Minister with responsibility for the legislative programme and the programme for government, that you are now respecting the Senedd's wishes and have begun preparing legislation for a school support staff negotiating body to be…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
May I welcome the Minister to his role and wish him well, in the hope that there is enough air in the tyres of the ministerial bike, and enough wind in his sails too? Minister, last week, the Senedd voted in favour of bringing legislative proposals forward…
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Welsh Labour Debate: School support staff negotiating body
A recent report by Unison confirmed how, since COVID, the role of teaching assistants in particular has changed hugely, with the role becoming more complex and a whole new range of skills required. A rise in anxiety amongst pupils has led to learning support…
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Welsh Labour Debate: School support staff negotiating body
I speak to support the motion, and, in doing so, I'd like to declare an interest as a member of Unison Cymru and the GMB, the two unions representing and campaigning for support staff in our schools. I won’t rehearse the powerful arguments that have been made…
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Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Minister for Social Justice and Equality
My question is on food in schools. Of course, here in Wales, for 22 years now, we've had free breakfasts in our schools, and the last Welsh Labour Government introduced universal free school meals at primary school age. For too many of our pupils, this is the…
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Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Minister for Social Justice and Equality
Welcome to your role, Minister. On the theme of food, may I draw your attention to the work of Food Cardiff, Bwyd Caerdydd, which has won the Sustainable Food Places gold prize recently—the fourth local authority in the UK to have won this award? So, it would…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Transport: Key Infrastructure Resilience
As others have said, it is a pity that your first statement in the Chamber has focused so narrowly on just two areas, two pieces of road, with lots of questions across all of Wales. Clearly, taking the M4, much of the congestion around Newport is driven by…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Transport: Key Infrastructure Resilience
Congratulations and best wishes in this role, Mark.
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Questions to the First Minister
It is clear there is cross-party consensus on this issue. Wales has passed very strong legislation going beyond just cladding, but also taking in fire safety. The issue, I think we can all acknowledge, is one of urgency. Now, there are practical challenges to…
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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you, First Minister. I want to add my voice to the cross-party chorus on this matter. I appreciate the comments of my colleague in raising this point.
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Statement by the First Minister: The First Minister's Priorities
And yet, poverty and inequality persist in these communities, nowhere more obviously so than in the field of housing, and I was struck that there was no mention in your statement of the need to build new homes. Both Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan councils…
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Statement by the First Minister: The First Minister's Priorities
Congratulations and best wishes in your new role, First Minister. From my perspective, it's a great honour and privilege to stand here representing Caerdydd Penarth. From the beaches of Splott and Penarth to the top of the Garth mountain, from the steelworks…
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Nomination of the First Minister under Standing Order 8
Abstain.
