, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the implementation of the 'Anti-racist Wales Action Plan': evidence session 3
Thank you very much, Chair. I just wanted to confirm with Debbie: you used 'JET meetings'. Could you just tell us a bit more, please? Who is included in these JET meetings? Is the Government a part of them et cetera, please? Thank you very much.
, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with Electoral administrators
I see. Thank you.
, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with Electoral administrators
So, it's the first part of that, the recall, to get to the 10 per cent.
, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with Electoral administrators
Yes. I'll ask in English. Just so that I understand that, so the recall system is complex—is that what you said? Yes. Can I just understand a little bit more about why that is? Sorry, I'm just not aware—.
, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with Electoral administrators
Diolch. Diolch, Cadeirydd.
, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with Electoral administrators
May I just return to the point that Clare raised there, as that's very important? You've mentioned that it would cost a great deal to ensure that people are trained in a new system across Wales. So, just to ensure that I understand this, the funding would…
, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with Electoral administrators
Thank you very much. I'll move on, if I may, to just one question on vacant seats. We don't know, but perhaps there will be occasions when seats will be vacant—that is, individuals might leave, give up their seats, especially if they're independent members…
, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with Electoral administrators
May I return to the voting system, please? I just want to understand this in full, please. You are right to say that, in the past, with elections for police and crime commissioners, we've used STV, and so that system has been operated across Wales in the…
, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with Electoral administrators
Thank you very much. So, just to move that forward, there is an opportunity perhaps to have an entirely different system, so, perhaps we might be looking at flexible lists or something similar, an open list—we're not entirely sure. So, could you just give us…
, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with Electoral administrators
Thank you very much, Chair. I want to ask my questions in Welsh, if that's okay. So, I want to focus on the electoral system and the impact on returning officers and electoral administrators, and I just want to hear your views on the systems that we currently…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd: Bovine TB Eradication
Thank you very much for the statement. I am passionate about animal welfare, as I know many are in this Siambr, but it is an absolute tragedy that 10,000 cattle until June 2023, close to that number—really only a very minor decrease—have been slaughtered. And…
, Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Services: Children’s Rights
Diolch yn fawr iawn, Dirprwy Lywydd. I do welcome your statement—thank you very much—and your continual commitment to moving this agenda on. In fact, the last thing you said is encouraging to me, because I did want to focus on statutory advocacy. Let me read…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Good afternoon, Trefnydd. May I ask for two statements, please, with the first from the Minister for Social Justice on the ongoing support available for those refugees displaced by Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine? In May this year, the Henderson Hall…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
This month, November, is Mouth Cancer Action Month where we're concentrating on, as you said, sadly, the rising rates in oral and pharyngeal cancer. As you say, oral cancer affects everybody of all ages, but sadly, it spikes in people between the ages of 60…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Thank you for the response.
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Questions to the First Minister
5. Will the First Minister make a statement on oral cancer rates in Wales? OQ60239
, Plenary
Short Debate: Can carers afford to care?
I also want to talk about young carers, and I want to inspire them, because I know a young carer who is now the leader of the Liberal Democrats—the federal Liberal Democrats. That's Ed Davey. Ed Davey's mother contracted cancer when he was eight. His father…
, Plenary
Short Debate: Can carers afford to care?
Thank you to Sioned for the opportunity to speak for one moment.
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Conflict in Israel and Gaza
I stand here in humility, in a spirit of sheer sadness. I cannot imagine how raw and painful it is to be affected by this conflict. This conflict has deeply personal and tragic dimensions for many individuals in Wales and across the UK who have loved ones…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Water quality
I live in Hay-on-Wye. I live on one of the most polluted rivers in Wales. I represent Mid and West Wales, where the three top polluted rivers are. They are in the following order: the Usk, the Wye and the Tawe. Before half term in the Siambr, I raised an…
, Plenary
90-second Statements
Diolch yn fawr, Dirprwy Lywydd. Malcolm Eager, known as Mac, has just retired after 34 years as a street cleaner. He joined Brecknock borough council in 1989, which then became Powys County Council. Mac's jobs were varied—he would cut grass, wash down the…
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Good afternoon, Minister. I'm afraid it is the Habitat Wales-fest this afternoon, because I did want to follow up on the question asked by Russell George. Many of us living in rural areas have had the opportunity to hear from farmers. I've met quite a few…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Thank you very much for the response. It's great to hear that there are those discussions around the funding gap, because at just £5 an hour, Wales has the lowest funded hourly rate for childcare for three to four-year-olds across all four UK nations. With…
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Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Thank you very much for the response.
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
9. What discussions has the Minister had with the Minister for Health and Social Services regarding Welsh Government financial support for the childcare sector? OQ60207
