11 November 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 11
Thank you very much. I had an interest in reading about the Wales union learning fund, which supports disabled workers. Could you just tell us a little bit more about that, please, and explain how in your opinion it affects the picture that we have here in…
11 November 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 11
Sorry, just one question on the question that you asked. In terms of those who represent people in the workplace, what do you think about the idea of having experts who just focus on the subject of disability, namely that they can represent people in the…
11 November 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 11
—appropriate to send them in?
11 November 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 11
I wonder, Chair—. I don't want to take any more time up here, but I wonder if there's an opportunity, if there are any high-profile cases in Wales, where you've involved the courts, for example, because I think those would be really good for us to try and…
11 November 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 11
Thank you, Rhianydd, it's very interesting to hear what the TUC’s doing. I’m just really interested in this concept of reactive versus how you can be more—not you, but how we can all be more proactive, because we are relying, in many ways, on the disabled…
6 November 2024 , Plenary
Debate on petition P-06-1400, 'Fair and Adequate Resourcing of General Practice in Wales'
I would like to begin by thanking BMA Cymru for their Save our Surgeries campaign. I was there at the Senedd reception back in July that Russell has just referred to, and it was incredibly sad to hear the stories of GPs who face incredible challenges in 2024…
6 November 2024 , Plenary
Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee Report, 'Annual Report: European Union Settlement Scheme'
In 2016, Vote Leave promised that EU citizens would automatically be granted indefinite leave to remain in the UK, and assured that there would be no significant changes for those lawfully residing here. A shameful requirement for those people who have given…
4 November 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence Session 11
Diolch, Cadeirydd.
4 November 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence Session 11
Thank you very much. And my final question is: when views are espoused by Members of the Senedd or candidates, do you have any opinion on whether those statements are made as public figures or private individuals? I know that this is a difficult question to…
4 November 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence Session 11
Thank you very much. And then the second part is looking at the time frame for introducing any allegation or complaint about a deceptive or false statement. Do you have any views on that? That is, for example, a statement made in the last six months or the…
4 November 2024 , Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence Session 11
Thank you very much, first of all, for joining us this morning. We're very grateful. I'd like to ask some questions, if that's okay, on the scope of the framework and the mechanism. First of all, who, in your opinion, should be covered by this mechanism? The…
23 October 2024 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: UK Government Budget
Thank you for saying that you would tax the rich. I just want to respond to that by saying I looked at a very interesting website. It was called Patriotic Millionaires. They say very clearly that they want to be taxed more and they will not leave the country…
23 October 2024 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: UK Government Budget
Of course I will.
23 October 2024 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: UK Government Budget
Thank you. The people of Wales quite rightly expect that a Labour Government in Westminster would forge a meaningful and challenging partnership and relationship with the Welsh Government—one that would secure the funding and the co-operation needed to…
23 October 2024 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: UK Government Budget
There is no doubt that the Conservatives' legacy in Government is one of economic devastation: our public services in tatters, our finances decimated, mortgages spiralling out of control and families forced to choose between heating and eating. I was left…
23 October 2024 , Plenary
Joint Debate on Committee Reports: The Sustainable Farming Scheme and Farming Connect
One more sentence. I hope that I can hear from the Cabinet Secretary that there are no barriers in the SFS to farmers who may not be able to provide 10 per cent trees, to tenant farmers, to young farmers, and to those who are common farmers as well. Diolch yn…
23 October 2024 , Plenary
Joint Debate on Committee Reports: The Sustainable Farming Scheme and Farming Connect
Many of the points that I wanted to make have already been made, but I want to say 'thank you' to both of the committees for focusing on the sustainable farming scheme, and some really key points in that. I want to begin by reaffirming my belief that the…
22 October 2024 , Plenary
& 9. The general principles of the Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill and the financial resolution in respect of the Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill
I think we've run out of time. I'm so sorry.
22 October 2024 , Plenary
& 9. The general principles of the Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill and the financial resolution in respect of the Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill
I am proud to be here in the Senedd, and in a nation taking historic steps to eliminate private profit from our care system. This is a landmark Bill on the road to creating a care system in Wales that puts vulnerable children and young people right at the…
22 October 2024 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Diolch yn fawr iawn. The previous First Minister did commit to a review of Dŵr Cymru, having set it up, I believe, over 20 years ago. Please could we have a statement with regard to timelines on when this review will happen? Diolch yn fawr iawn, Llywydd.
22 October 2024 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Good afternoon, Trefnydd. I'd like to request a statement, if I may, from the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs. In 2023-24, Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water were responsible for 105,000 spills, of which 93 per cent were rated significant. Dŵr Cymru…
22 October 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Good afternoon, First Minister. Just following up on the question from James Evans there, I just want to concentrate, if I may, on elective treatments for patients in Brecon and Radnorshire, who do go across the border—we're actually quite used to going, to…
21 October 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 10
Thank you very much. Thank you, Chair.
21 October 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 10
Thank you. Andrea, finally.
21 October 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 10
Thank you very much. And then one final question, please, and just short answers on this, please: how do you collaborate with other organisations in Wales or in the region that you represent, and organisations like Careers Wales and so on? How do you work…
