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Childcare and parental employment—evidence session 3
Thank you so much, Chair. Lovely to meet you, and thank you, both of you, for your time this afternoon. Mine is around parents with atypical work patterns. I know, Alison, you talked a little bit about the offer in Scotland and that you can vary that. Can I…
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Childcare and parental employment—evidence session 2
Thank you very much. I don't know if others have anything to add, but that's very helpful. Thank you, Gwenllian.
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Childcare and parental employment—evidence session 2
Thank you, Chair. Just one question, if I may. And it's a question on the framework that we're looking at in order that we provide greater equality in terms of the childcare offer. What ideas do you have around that, particularly in terms of the Welsh…
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Childcare and parental employment—evidence session 1
I suppose I was trying to interrogate the difference in what your reflections are, not necessarily of Flying Start, but what are the reflections around the offer in childcare to working versus non-working parents. We hear a lot about the offer around working…
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Childcare and parental employment—evidence session 1
Thank you very much, everybody. Diolch.
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Childcare and parental employment—evidence session 1
Shavanah, just your thoughts on the childcare offer to parents that are not working.
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Childcare and parental employment—evidence session 1
Yes, thank you very much. I wanted to look at the issues of childcare for parents who are not working, who are unemployed, and Catherine, you just touched a little bit on that in your response. But I just wondered if we could just hear from you what your…
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Debate: Voter Inclusion
Thank you, Darren. I'm going to come on to your evidence—which I think is very selective—from the Electoral Commission, and I will continue on. When I'm door knocking, my aim is to engage people in the democratic process as much as possible. So, trying to…
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Debate: Voter Inclusion
The health of our democracy is indicative of the health of our society more generally. The two are inseparable, and that's why I too am totally opposed to the Conservative Government's approach in Westminster to introducing voter ID for reserved elections. It…
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The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 19) Regulations 2021
Good evening, Minister. Firstly, I'd like to make clear my concerns at the high COVID rates here in Wales, and I totally agree that COVID has not gone away. We have all been willing to accept during the course of the pandemic what would in normal times be…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Net-zero Strategy
I want to ask the Minister about micro hydro projects. We have lost the funding to these in Wales and I wondered if you might consider restarting the hydropower grant scheme so that we can ensure that Wales meets its commitments to reach net zero. Thank you…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Net-zero Strategy
Thank you, Minister. Thank you very much for all of the work that you've done. I'd like to pay tribute to you and the Welsh Government in your work and in publishing your second carbon budget in the weeks running up to the COP summit in Glasgow. I want to…
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Strengthening and advancing equality and human rights in Wales
Thank you. Diolch yn fawr iawn.
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Strengthening and advancing equality and human rights in Wales
Thank you very much, Chair.
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Strengthening and advancing equality and human rights in Wales
Thank you very much. That's all.
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Strengthening and advancing equality and human rights in Wales
I understand completely. Just what problems, what issues might there be, but I understand that you probably can't predict what's going to happen. But, thank you very much.
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Strengthening and advancing equality and human rights in Wales
No, I understand that.
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Strengthening and advancing equality and human rights in Wales
Just a brief question, after Sioned mentioned the situation in Wales. I wanted to just take a step back and look at the situation across the UK. We know that there is a review ongoing in terms of the Act. Do you have any opinion, based on your experience, on…
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Debate: Eradicating racism and building an anti-racist Wales
I'd like to thank the Minister firstly, for bringing forward this incredibly important debate. And I'm pleased to be a co-signatory of the motion welcoming the introduction of the race equality action plan so that we can create an anti-racist Wales. Whilst at…
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Questions to the First Minister
Diolch, First Minister. I'd like to thank you for your answer and to further state, certainly, my support and my party's support for the Welsh Government's plans for a universal basic income. Whilst I would prefer, of course, for the scope of the pilot to be…
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Questions to the First Minister
6. Will the First Minister outline the progress on the Government’s plans to pilot a universal basic income? OQ57074
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Tributes to Sir David Amess MP
Diolch yn fawr iawn, Llywydd, and thank you very much for the opportunity to say a very few words at this time. Whilst I did not know Sir David personally, it is clear to me and everyone how passionate he was about what he did—about fuel poverty, animal…
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Good afternoon, Minister. Just following on from my colleague's question around the River Wye, living on the River Wye as I do, in Hay-on-Wye, I do get additional questions and issues brought up around this issue. It's a very live concern. The River Wye, like…
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Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Good afternoon, Minister. May I ask you again about business rates? Because, like many colleagues in this Chamber, we're asked about business rates by small family businesses, which, at this particular time, are under a great deal of pressure. I'm just…
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Debate: The Children’s Commissioner for Wales Annual Report 2020-21
Thank you for all your work, not just throughout the past year, which has been an exceptionally difficult year, but since being appointed in 2015. I'd just like to focus on one small issue, and again, I'm asking the Minister to look at a road map in relation…
