24 January 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Draft Budget 2022-23: Scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Justice
Thank you so much. So, you mentioned the basic income pilot—thank you very much, Minister—earlier, and I guess the question is around the budget and how the plan is to budget for this particular pilot, which as we know is going to care leavers. You'll know…
24 January 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Draft Budget 2022-23: Scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Justice
Yes. I think that's covered all of the areas that I wanted to ask. Thank you.
24 January 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Draft Budget 2022-23: Scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Justice
Good afternoon, Minister and Deputy Minister; thank you for joining us. I just, really, wanted to follow on from Jenny's question around the SIIA—two questions, if I may. One is around whether, using your ministerial portfolio, you saw a change in a budget…
19 January 2022 , Plenary
Short Debate: Getting around: Free public transport for young people
That's why the Welsh Liberal Democrats are proposing that we make public transport—bus and rail travel—free to all under 25-year-olds in Wales, as a key element of that recovery programme for young people. There are three areas that I want to briefly…
19 January 2022 , Plenary
Short Debate: Getting around: Free public transport for young people
Thank you very much, Llywydd, and I'm delighted to hold this debate this afternoon and to draw attention to public transport in Wales. I'm pleased that Carolyn Thomas, Mabon ap Gwynfor and Jayne Bryant have expressed an interest in this debate, and I've…
19 January 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Economy
I'm sure we're all increasingly concerned about the situation in Wales, and particularly about the pressures faced by small businesses. The pile-up of the effects of COVID, Brexit and now of rising energy costs, national insurance increases and inflation is…
19 January 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Economy
Thank you to the Minister, and to Jayne Bryant for posing this important question.
18 January 2022 , Plenary
Legislative Consent Motion on the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill: Motion 1 and Legislative Consent Motion on the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill: Motion 2
This is a very short contribution, because I agree totally with the last two contributions. I particularly want to agree with the contribution from Alun Davies. This Bill is pernicious and undermines our right to protest. Vast swathes of the 300-page Bill are…
18 January 2022 , Plenary
Legislative Consent Motion on the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill: Motion 1 and Legislative Consent Motion on the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill: Motion 2
Thank you, Minister, and thank you too to Huw Irranca-Davies for his work and for his committee's work too.
18 January 2022 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd: BlasCymru/TasteWales—Promoting Welsh food and drink to the world
Thank you, Minister, for your statements. It's very clear that you're incredibly enthusiastic about what BlasCymru is doing. It's going from strength to strength and it's a really important opportunity to promote Welsh food and drink to the world at a time…
18 January 2022 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Economy: Stronger Regional Economies
Can I thank Luke as well for highlighting issues relating to the region I represent, Mid and West Wales? You've highlighted some very salient points. Diolch yn fawr iawn. I have three really brief issues to raise. Firstly, I'm encouraged to see developments…
18 January 2022 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Economy: Stronger Regional Economies
Thank you, Minister, for your statement.
18 January 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Thank you to Carolyn for raising this question. I really support this proposal from Carolyn. Systems and schemes need to work as one to ensure that support in the short term, such as the winter fuel support scheme, can help individuals in the longer term with…
12 January 2022 , Plenary
Short Debate: Deaf People Wales: Hidden Inequality
I have done a very small amount of work with children and their families who have hearing problems, and obviously in my work as a social worker have encountered children and young people who are deaf. As we've heard, the issue is one of figures. We're not…
12 January 2022 , Plenary
Short Debate: Deaf People Wales: Hidden Inequality
First of all, may I thank Mark Isherwood for tabling a debate on this topic, which is so very important, and I'm also very grateful for the opportunity to participate?
12 January 2022 , Plenary
Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee Report: Debt and the pandemic
Back in March 2020, we were told that we were all facing the same storm, but whilst we may have been facing the same storm, we weren't all rowing in the same boat—those on low incomes, the self-employed, the 3 million United Kingdom taxpayers not entitled to…
12 January 2022 , Plenary
Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee Report: Debt and the pandemic
Thank you to Jenny as Chair of the committee, and other members of the committee and all of the officials for this debate. And thank you too to all of those who gave evidence.
11 January 2022 , Plenary
, 6. & 7. The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 22) Regulations 2021, The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 23) Regulations 2021 and The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 25) Regulations 2021
Firstly, I want to register my thanks to the Minister and also her team for all of their work at this very pressurised time. Thank you for your dedication to keeping us safe. I'm also grateful to you for your time in meeting with me. I just want to make a…
11 January 2022 , Plenary
Debate on a Statement: The Draft Budget 2022-23
Can I start by thanking the Minister for the open and collaborative way she and her officials have taken in working with me in recent months? Thank you. Diolch yn fawr iawn. I agree wholeheartedly with her when she said that the Senedd has worked at its best…
11 January 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Seven out of the 20 areas across the United Kingdom hardest hit by rising fuel prices are in Wales, so I just want to follow on from the point from my colleague Joyce Watson. Prices are set to rise by an average of £598 a year, with some seeing bill increases…
11 January 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Thank you, Llywydd, and a happy new year to you, First Minister.
14 December 2021 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Economy: Supporting the creation of a Community Bank for Wales
May I add to the cross-party support that has been echoed throughout the virtual Siambr this afternoon? Thank you so much to the Minister and to your team and to the First Minister as well for all your work in bringing this forward. It is an exciting…
14 December 2021 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, I wanted to ask you about air quality. I know last week you actually responded to the Conservative leader by talking about the clean air Act, and I just wondered if you could put a very clear timetable, if that's okay, on your programme around…
8 December 2021 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Food poverty
It's a desperate situation where access to food is out of reach for many people in one of the wealthiest countries in the world. I welcome the commitment to free school meals in the co-operation agreement. I also welcome the commitment of the Government to…
8 December 2021 , Plenary
Topical Questions
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. I raised, yesterday, the very upsetting case of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes, an eight-year-old boy in Solihull, who was subjected to months of physical abuse by his father and his partner. As I said yesterday, we must not forget that they…
