21 February 2024 , Plenary
Short Debate: The importance of Wales's voice in the campaign for peace—Celebrating the hundredth anniversary of presenting the peace petition by the Women of Wales to President Coolidge and Wales's role in speaking up for peace today
Thank you very much, and thank you to Sioned too.
21 February 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
You won't be surprised to hear that I'm going to echo the calls of both Sam and Siân to look at how we can develop dentist training places in north Wales. One of the angles that I'd like us to think about is the Welsh language and that, actually, we need to…
21 February 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
Thank you to Siân for raising this issue.
20 February 2024 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Good afternoon, Minister. I'd like to request a statement from the Minister for Climate Change, please, regarding building and fire safety, because the suffering for many residents in high-rise buildings goes on, particularly in light of the recently…
20 February 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Good afternoon, First Minister. I think the language and the tone of this issue needs to be respectful on all sides. The place that we might have got ourselves to is actually not really helping anybody and affecting the mental health of those who are going to…
7 February 2024 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: The health service
I'd like to follow up from what Cefin Campbell has said, in that we can all work together here in order to look at solutions and ways forward. I, like Cefin, want to concentrate my contribution on rural communities, which continue to face significant…
7 February 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Good afternoon, Minister. I'd just like, also, to follow up on the issue of GPs, particularly in rural areas where they face particularly severe challenges with recruitment and retention, but also escalating costs, a paucity of social care options, and…
7 February 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Economy
Diolch yn fawr iawn. A 2022 survey by Aberystwyth University found that four in 10 young people in rural Wales expect to be living outside of Wales in five years' time. That's a staggering statistic. And at the same time, we know that skills shortages are…
7 February 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Economy
8. What assessment has the Minister made of economic opportunities for young people in Mid and West Wales? OQ60647
7 February 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Economy
Diolch, Llywydd, and good afternoon, Minister.
6 February 2024 , Plenary
Debate: The Draft Budget 2024-25
I'm sure that all of us here in the Siambr are really clear that this is a very challenging year for the Welsh Government in terms of its budget, but I just really wanted to concentrate on three key areas, if I may. Firstly, childcare—we've heard about the…
6 February 2024 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Good afternoon, Minister. I'd like to request two statements, if I may, one from the Minister for health again, regarding increasing support for our rural GPs. I've visited quite a few rural GPs in Powys across the last week or so to talk with them about the…
6 February 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Good afternoon, First Minister. Just to go from one age group—older people—to our children here in Wales, let's be honest, our benefits system from the Conservative Government is evil, odious and punitive. The sanctions that are given to families mean that we…
31 January 2024 , Plenary
Debate on petitions P-06-1359 and P-06-1362 concerning support for childcare costs
Thank you so much to the petitioners for bringing our attention to this really important issue. It's a really vital concern for many of us here in the Siambr. Like Sarah Murphy and Sioned Williams, I also sit on the Equality and Social Justice Committee…
31 January 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip
Good afternoon, Minister. Last week, we also discussed our report, 'Calling time on child poverty', and indeed the week before, when we reported on it. And I'm grateful to you for your commitment to some of the key recommendations. But the one that you…
30 January 2024 , Plenary
The general principles of the Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill and the financial resolution in respect of the Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill
Thank you for that intervention. I would say to you this: if Welsh Labour wanted a different system to the one that's been proposed, Plaid Cymru would have supported it. And there is your supermajority, in terms of the way that I understand that to be. And…
30 January 2024 , Plenary
The general principles of the Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill and the financial resolution in respect of the Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill
Of course I will.
30 January 2024 , Plenary
The general principles of the Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill and the financial resolution in respect of the Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill
I would like to say it was a great privilege and honour to be a member of this committee, and I'd like to thank the Chair and all the members, and also the Bill and clerking team—thank you very much. I would like to reaffirm my party's commitment to the…
24 January 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Good afternoon, Minister. I just really wanted to continue the discussion around the pressures on farmers, as has been mentioned by Mabon ap Gwynfor, in terms of the extra paperwork. I wouldn't disagree with you at all that a major stress has been the…
24 January 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
We all want to see good childcare across Wales, particularly for those vulnerable families, which is what Flying Start provides. Compared with the rest of the UK, I understand that Wales has the lowest funding hourly rate for three to four-year-olds, at…
24 January 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Thank you for that response.
24 January 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
8. What discussions has the Minister had with the Minister for Health and Social Services about funding the expansion of Flying Start in Mid and West Wales? OQ60569
23 January 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip: The Child Poverty Strategy for Wales
I also want to put on record my thanks to you. I'm absolutely aware that you and your team are committed to eradicating child poverty. Thank you for the strategy and also for the Welsh benefits charter. There is much to be welcomed there. However, none of us…
23 January 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Economy: Tata Steel
Whilst I think the majority of us in this Siambr can see that the UK Westminster Government has, over decades, just not had a clear plan for our manufacturing business, I really hope that there is a sense of us working together across the Siambr to look at a…
23 January 2024 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Good afternoon, Trefnydd. I'd like to ask for two statements, if I may, please. One is in relation to a constituent of mine, Fionna Ashman, who operates a small, family-run dog rescue sanctuary, called Lizzie's Barn Sanctuary in sir Gâr, in Carmarthenshire…
