, Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): The Devolution of Policing
I'd like to start with a very quick response to my colleague Mark Isherwood. And I really do understand his passion and the need for us to look back and to see what has worked and what hasn't. But I want to look forward. And this isn't, as we've heard, about…
, Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): The Devolution of Policing
Thank you to Mike for tabling this debate. I'm very pleased to have the opportunity to participate.
, Plenary
Debate: The Final Budget 2022-23
Good afternoon, Minister, and may I thank you on International Women's Day for your leadership, in terms of developing this budget, and also your team as well for the constructive approach that you've taken in engaging with me around Welsh Liberal Democrat…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Social Justice: International Women’s Day
Good afternoon, Minister. I, like many in this Chamber, including my colleague Joyce, just want to focus on the situation in Ukraine. I don't know about people here, but I just can't think of anything at the moment apart from that tragic situation. And just…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Fuel poverty and the Warm Homes programme: Evidence session 4
Ben first. Thank you.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Fuel poverty and the Warm Homes programme: Evidence session 4
You've touched a little bit on the evidence and the data already. May I ask you what kind of data and evidence will be important for us to gather with regard to a future programme, please? What's important for us to focus on in future if there were to be a…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Fuel poverty and the Warm Homes programme: Evidence session 4
Good afternoon to you both.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Fuel poverty and the Warm Homes programme: Evidence session 4
Thank you very much. Good afternoon.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Fuel poverty and the Warm Homes programme: Evidence session 3
Chair, I wonder if we could skip that one. It's a very detailed question.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Fuel poverty and the Warm Homes programme: Evidence session 3
Thank you very much. I want to ask a completely different question, if that's okay. You've talked about Ukraine and the situation that is ongoing there. Just for the record, do you have any sense of what will happen with regard to fuel poverty in future? Just…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Fuel poverty and the Warm Homes programme: Evidence session 3
Thank you. Just a short question on skills. You've spoken about skills already and there is a skills action plan that is meant to be ready by the spring of this year. Have you been involved in developing the plan and what is your view on that plan, and what…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Fuel poverty and the Warm Homes programme: Evidence session 3
Thank you very much. I'll come back to you, Chair, if I may. We've got a lot to get through, I'm aware.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Fuel poverty and the Warm Homes programme: Evidence session 3
Can I just follow that up? Is it too ambitious to have one Welsh Government programme that both tackles fuel poverty and also has decarbonisation as a thread running through it? I might have simplified that, but do you feel that's too ambitious, that that…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Fuel poverty and the Warm Homes programme: Evidence session 3
I want to ask about the programme looking at fuel poverty. We've talked about this in the past. On the one hand, we have targets to tackle decarbonisation and, on the other, we have a programme looking at fuel poverty. So, may I ask the two of you, please: do…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Fuel poverty and the Warm Homes programme: Evidence session 3
Diolch yn fawr iawn. Good afternoon, commissioner and good evening, Donal. Thank you for joining us. Diolch yn fawr iawn.
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Making Saint David's Day a bank holiday
Thank you so much for doing that. In light of what you've said and in hearing what Huw Irranca-Davies has also said, I wonder if you and your colleagues will take the message back to your colleagues in Westminster that this is what we want and that you will…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Making Saint David's Day a bank holiday
Will you take an intervention, please?
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Making Saint David's Day a bank holiday
We can have a little competition, I think, between ourselves in the Welsh liberals and Welsh Labour, because bank holidays were actually first introduced in 1871 by Sir John Lubbock, who was a Liberal MP who drafted the Bank Holidays Bill. However, I would…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Making Saint David's Day a bank holiday
May I thank the Conservatives for bringing this issue forward, and thank Tom for opening this debate? It was wonderful to hear you make a contribution in Welsh. Thank you for that.
, Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Services: The Children and Young People’s Plan
Thank you for your statement, Deputy Minister. I wholeheartedly welcome this plan, setting out a range of steps that we are taking here in Wales to ensure that every child has the best start in life, now and in future. But there are four elements of the plan…
, Plenary
Emergency Question: The Russian Invasion of Ukraine
The Welsh Liberal Democrats join with all of the political parties to condemn this war and condemn Putin. We have all heard the upsetting stories of people who are remaining in Ukraine and those desperately fleeing. I hope that the outpouring of support from…
, Plenary
Emergency Question: The Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Thank you, Llywydd, and thank you to Jack Sergeant for bringing this issue forward this afternoon.
, Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Local Government elections
We all want to see every vote count, and make sure that people are more confident in their democracy. Thank you. Diolch yn fawr iawn.
, Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Local Government elections
Let us all ensure that every vote counts.
, Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Local Government elections
Surely, none of us want an electoral system that guarantees safe seats, guarantees huge majorities for less than 50 per cent of the vote, and a system that breeds political division and a lack of interest in voting. Surely, we all want to make sure that every…
