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New Petitions
Anybody else like to come in? Okay, from my point of view, I think option 1 is fine. We do need to write to the climate change committee, as this falls within their purview, to draw their attention to this petition. I probably would like to see their response…
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New Petitions
Okay. So, I think we're agreed. Nobody else online has a comment. We're going to close this petition and write back to the petitioner with our findings. Okay. [Inaudible.] Sorry? [Inaudible.] Yes, closed. So, the next one is P-07-1577, 'Pause and withdraw…
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New Petitions
There is still the political debate to be had, certainly, you know, in the Chamber—and various parties, including my own, are making that case. So, as far as the petition goes, I would agree that we need to write back to the petitioner to explain that local…
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New Petitions
Yes, noted. And I think the response from the Deputy Minister for Transport is—. I'd agree with it, actually, that it would add complexity.
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Okay.
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New Petitions
Okay. Would anybody else like to come in? Okay. So, option 1: the committee will write to the Climate Change, Environment, Sustainability and Rural Affairs Committee to invite that committee to consider the issue as part of its work programme for the seventh…
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New Petitions
Okay. Do you have a recommendation that you'd like to make?
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New Petitions
Okay. Thank you very much. Would anybody else like to comment on this one? Okay. From my point of view, I agree with the summarised action. I think it's the right one. The debate has been had, the battle has been won or lost, depending on your view. But I…
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New Petitions
Okay. We'll come back to this one, then. Moving on, then, P-07-1591, 'Put a referendum to Wales asking "Do you want to reduce the number of MSs from 96 to 40?"' 'In May 2024 the Senedd members voted against having a referendum on the subject of expanding the…
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Good. Moving on, then, to P-07-1614, 'NRW to begin routine dredging of Welsh rivers with the support of the Senedd'. 'Our routine dredging programme was downgraded in the 1990's mainly due to the EU Water Framework Directive. Since then our rivers have…
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New Petitions
Okay. Are we all agreed?
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New Petitions
Let's check on the progress with the Minister, and get it through the other committees, and see where they are. But I do appreciate that this gentleman's obviously quite passionate about it, so deserves an answer.
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Yes, I accept that, and it's a good point. I think the fact that this has already been debated in Plenary once, I don't believe we should be forwarding this again, and I agree with what Vikki said there.
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Okay. Thank you very much. Would anybody else like to comment?
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That's noted, Elwyn. I think that, for me, is something that would be worth bringing up during the debate itself at Plenary. I think the decision for the committee today is: can we agree to take it forward so that those points can be brought out more fully?…
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I completely agree, from my point of view. Anybody else like to come in? Happy with that? Okay. Elwyn.
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Thank you. Noted. All agreed? Okay. We'll move on to P-07-1611, 'Allocate the full consequential funding to Additional Learning Needs (ALN)'. 'We call on the Welsh Government to allocate and ring-fence the £500m in consequential funding from English SEND…
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Thank you very much. Would anybody like to come in on that one? I'll start. I'm not satisfied with the Cabinet Minister's response. I do feel that this petition has been batted off slightly. There are 12,154 people who have felt the need to sign a petition…
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New Petitions
We also need a decision on this one as to whether or not to request a Plenary debate. I am minded to do so, but I would probably not do it immediately, not until we've heard from the WLGA on their current ability to seek enforcement. So, I think that we…
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New Petitions
Would anybody else like to come in? No. Just from my point of view, obviously animal welfare is something that resonates strongly across Wales and it's something that we should be enforcing where we can. I think that the people of Wales will agree with that…
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New Petitions
Item 2, new petitions, petitions being considered in the committee for the first time. I will invite Members to comment on these petitions as we go through them in turn. The first one is P-06-1587, 'Ban the tethering of horses and get them help when…
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Introductions, apologies and substitutions
Good afternoon, everybody. I'd like to welcome you all to the meeting of the Petitions Committee here at the Senedd. As a reminder, this meeting is being broadcast live on Senedd.tv, and the Record of Proceedings will be published as usual. Going through the…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy: Welsh Defence Ethical Framework
Thank you for your statement, Minister. At a time of rising geopolitical tensions and a fragile economic outlook, we should not be placing political ideology ahead of Welsh security, Welsh jobs and Welsh investment. What we should be doing is everything…
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Questions to the Counsel General
We've all been elected.
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Questions to the Counsel General
Diolch, Lywydd. Yet, the Member keeps their seat, alongside their very generous salary. Now, some learned legal minds, such as yourself, could consider that to be fraud by misrepresentation. So, Counsel General, does Welsh electoral law provide any legal…
