, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd: The Agriculture (Wales) Bill
It's really positive to see this legislation coming forward. It's a bit overdue, but I'm glad to see it's coming forward. One part of the Bill is about animal welfare, and in the explanatory memorandum points 7.514 to 7.531 set out actions and targets for the…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Minister, planning and other appeals were removed from the joint agency between the UK and Welsh Government and placed within the planning and environment directorate within the Welsh Government. We were told this would improve the service and deliver the…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Historic Environment (Wales) Bill: Evidence session with the Law Commission
Thank you.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Historic Environment (Wales) Bill: Evidence session with the Law Commission
A bit of tidying up.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Historic Environment (Wales) Bill: Evidence session with the Law Commission
Interesting.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Historic Environment (Wales) Bill: Evidence session with the Law Commission
One final quick question from me. You'll have to bear with me, it's quite a long question. Section 31(5) of the Bill addresses the issue of serving copies of temporary stop notices. Section 31(5) includes a new provision that copies may be served on occupiers…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Historic Environment (Wales) Bill: Evidence session with the Law Commission
You've been in Welsh Government far too long already. [Laughter.]
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Historic Environment (Wales) Bill: Evidence session with the Law Commission
We might as well go home.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Historic Environment (Wales) Bill: Evidence session with the Law Commission
It's good you mentioned the 'Planning Law in Wales' report, and that did set out some very clear recommendations. So, do you think that this Bill actively represents those recommendations that were put forward? We might get our first criticism.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Historic Environment (Wales) Bill: Evidence session with the Law Commission
Same comment? Thank you.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Historic Environment (Wales) Bill: Evidence session with the Law Commission
Okay. Thank you. And do you consider the changes made in section 109(2) and (3) of the Bill in relation to notification of purchase notices to be a proper reflection of what the Law Commission proposed?
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Historic Environment (Wales) Bill: Evidence session with the Law Commission
Thanks, Chair. I'll probably get into the meat, now, of some of the recommendations you've made. Do you consider the changes made in section 91(1) to (4) in the Bill in relation to notifying owners of applications for consent to be a proper reflection of the…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Historic Environment (Wales) Bill: Evidence session with the Law Commission
Yes. Across the panel, really, just what are your general thoughts on this consolidation Bill, really, just from your perspective of it?
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
I honestly think it's quite a positive response from the Secretary of State, in a way. He's actually willing to work through the governmental wheels, shall we say, to try and find a resolution to this process, rather than going for the nuclear option, which I…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Minister, while the idea of rent controls and suspending evictions may seem like a good idea to help people, history shows us that it's not a good solution to fix the problems that we currently face. In 2017, the Irish Government brought in rent controls, and…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Summer exam session 2022—evidence session
Thank you very much. Diolch.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Summer exam session 2022—evidence session
Do WJEC want to comment on this at all?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Summer exam session 2022—evidence session
Okay, thank you. And my final question is to Qualifications Wales. Was the number of incidents that awarding bodies reported to you—I think it's around 90 or so—what you were expecting?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Summer exam session 2022—evidence session
Okay, thank you. I've got another issue I want to raise about the GCSE science paper as well, where you had to save the file under the same name as the existing document that was there. I know Qualifications Wales have said in their review that this probably…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Summer exam session 2022—evidence session
How has it been strengthened?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Summer exam session 2022—evidence session
Okay, that's fine. I'm not picking on WJEC, but I've got another question for you here, and this is about the Shakespearean text on the English A-level paper where four pages were omitted. I know you've addressed that in your letter to us, but you did state…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Summer exam session 2022—evidence session
Yes, because, as I said, a lot of the questions that have come in thought the examination papers were more difficult this year. So, you're confident that you don't think they were and they were quite fair.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Summer exam session 2022—evidence session
Okay, thank you. From some of the questions we've received from the public as well, it was perceived that the examination papers were more difficult this year. That could potentially be because people haven't sat exams for a long time and didn't quite know…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Summer exam session 2022—evidence session
Okay. Thank you. Does anybody else want to come in?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Summer exam session 2022—evidence session
Thank you. I seem to get all the nice questions to ask in this format. So, as you said, there has been a three-year gap since the last examination system, so we could say the system may be a little bit rusty, shall we say. So, how confident are you that…
