, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Good afternoon, Trefnydd. I just wanted to raise an issue, if I may, with you around the Heart of Wales line and request a further statement, please, from the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales. The Heart of Wales line has just had a fifth train…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
Good afternoon, Minister. I think part of our role here is to bring pressure on you as Ministers, and also to share our experiences before we came to this wonderful place. So, I would like to thank James, and Rhys as well, for continuing to raise this. And…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Good afternoon, First Minister. One piece of legislation that I know is within your programme is around a Bill on Member accountability, particularly the element of deliberate political deception, and to make that an offence through an independent process…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Budget 2025-26
Just how you're working with the Cabinet Secretary's colleagues to ensure that the equality action plans that you are responsible for are actually being actioned, and how the additional moneys that you have allocated in the budget will be distributed. So…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Budget 2025-26
Yes. I'll do it in English to do it more quickly.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Budget 2025-26
I can see that we're running out of time, Chair, so just one another question, please, and that is: what do you intend to do in the long term with regard to food poverty, please? We've talked a little bit about the situation where you're supporting foodbanks…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Budget 2025-26
Thank you very much. It's excellent to hear about initiatives that are happening at a local level in communities, but we want to see what's happening in terms of policies across Wales. If it's okay, can I go back to the basic income for children who are care…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Budget 2025-26
Thank you, Chair. I want to ask please about the long-term position. How are you going to work in the long term with regard to the position we're in now in terms of people living in poverty? The budget mentions the cost-of-living crisis and you've mentioned…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Budget 2025-26
So, no targets. Just a 'yes' or 'no' would be helpful. Thank you. That's all. Thank you, Chair.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Budget 2025-26
Yes. So, no targets.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Budget 2025-26
Thank you very much. Cabinet Secretary, we heard that you were looking at the impact of the budget, particularly in terms of the smaller payments you're making to organisations, but without—and I've mentioned this before—targets in the child poverty strategy…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Budget 2025-26
No, that's okay.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Budget 2025-26
Chair.
, Plenary
Statement by the First Minister: Delivering for Wales
First Minister, I just wanted to raise the issue of children living in poverty here in Wales. Some 190,000 children in Wales live in relative poverty, and, despite the decades of promises, that number remains unchanged, I'm afraid. It is heartbreaking and…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Good afternoon, Trefnydd. I just wanted to see if I could have a statement, please, from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care with regard to funding to health boards, particularly those that are operating on the border with England. The big…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I just wanted to bring the issue back around to healthcare, and particularly around hospital discharges, whether it's from private or from our own state hospitals, because one of the big challenges is around social care and its availability. We heard on 30…
, Plenary
Statement by the Llywydd
The first thing I’d like to do is extend our deepest sympathies to Pete and the family at this very sad time. It was very sudden and a shock for them in losing Jenny. Jenny was here at the dawn of devolution. She was a public servant all her life. She was a…
, Plenary
Statement by the Llywydd
Thank you very much for the opportunity to pay a short tribute to Jenny Randerson.
, Plenary
90-second Statements
I have 90 seconds to mark the ninetieth anniversary since the miners' welfare hall was opened in Ystradgynlais. This wonderful hall was built from the miners’ pennies and cost them at the time £9,000. The opening ceremony was followed by a week of…
, Plenary
Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Diolch yn fawr iawn. Just to follow through on some of the issues that have been raised this afternoon, it really is very interesting to hear you say that very few farms will be affected, because we do need those numbers, if that's your view. We need that…
, Plenary
Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
7. What assessment has the Cabinet Secretary made of the potential economic impact on rural Wales of the UK Government's changes to inheritance tax? OQ61842
, Plenary
Debate: Remembrance
Over the weekend, yesterday and today, we have gathered and are gathering here with poppies close to our hearts, a familiar symbol that represents a profound, often unspoken, truth: these flowers honour the members of the armed services who have fallen. But…
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government: Building safety
Good afternoon, Cabinet Secretary. Grenfell happened seven years ago. The Grenfell phase 2 report was released in September. You can understand the level of frustration that there is amongst those who are suffering right now that this is taking so long. The…
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip: Diversity and inclusion for political parties
There is a sizeable risk that the next Senedd will be the least gender balanced in history. That's not me saying that, that's the director of the Electoral Reform Society. So, in fact, your hope, Cabinet Secretary, that it will be more gender balanced may not…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Good afternoon, Trefnydd. Could I request a statement, please, from the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales regarding the proposed cuts to the Heart of Wales line? The Heart of Wales line, for those of you who don't know, is a 120-mile rural…
