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The Road Traffic (Vehicle Emissions) (Fixed Penalty) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
You obviously don't have any children in your constituency to protect. I've already tried the education process. Every time I see people idling, I will politely ask them to turn off and point out that it is against the law. In half the cases, they will…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Yesterday, I visited Cwmffrwdoer Primary School in Torfaen, where I was presented with this excellent PGI Welsh leek grown by the pupils. I read online that 10,000 tonnes of leeks are now being grown in Wales, and it is to be celebrated that this is a…
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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you, First Minister. Pills in the post was one of the few positives from COVID, but women who don't realise they're pregnant discover too late to qualify. So, most people who require a surgical abortion at the moment are being forced to travel to…
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Questions to the First Minister
8. What steps is Welsh Government taking to ensure that all women in Wales have easy access to abortion services? OQ63941
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
Otherwise, are we content to go into private session? I see no disagreement on that, so can we now move into private session, please?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Papers to note
Yes, I agree it was disappointing, given that she said that they were fully engaged in the meetings that she was convening, where they said they were extremely keen to drive down the numbers being sent to prison. So, there's obviously a disconnect there, and…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Papers to note
So, there are seven papers to note, including the one we mentioned—the correspondence from the Magistrates Association. Are there any issues that anybody wants to raise before we go into private session? Jane.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
General ministerial scrutiny: session with the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Thank you very much indeed. Thank you to all your officials as well, and you'll get the transcript in due course.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
General ministerial scrutiny: session with the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Thank you. On that very positive note, I just want to thank you, Cabinet Secretary, for your engagement with this committee over the last five years, but also for the passion with which you've pursued the social justice agenda across Government. You have the…
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General ministerial scrutiny: session with the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Some of them are missing out on a lot of money.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
General ministerial scrutiny: session with the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Thank you. My second question is also around local authorities. There's the excellent work you've been doing on the Welsh benefits charter to prevent people having to tell their stories 65 times, and 12 local authorities have engaged the Policy in Practice…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
General ministerial scrutiny: session with the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Absolutely, it's just that it's a very specific thing.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
General ministerial scrutiny: session with the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Thank you. I just want to go back briefly to the report we did on the situation of migrant women who are suffering violence. After our report was published in 2022, you issued guidance to all local authorities to implement a local no recourse to public funds…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
General ministerial scrutiny: session with the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Okay. I think that the Cabinet Secretary has got the question.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
General ministerial scrutiny: session with the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Okay. Jane Dodds is very keen to come in, and I've got two supplementaries as well. Jane.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
General ministerial scrutiny: session with the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Thank you. Very good. We'll now move on to child poverty, and Sioned Williams.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
General ministerial scrutiny: session with the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
All right. Julie Morgan.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
General ministerial scrutiny: session with the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Yes, okay. Okay, Jane, can you—?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
General ministerial scrutiny: session with the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Well, we're about to publish it after this meeting, so you'll be able to see it.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
General ministerial scrutiny: session with the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
I think we need to move on, so we're now moving on to gender-based violence. Jane Dodds, would you like to come in, please?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
General ministerial scrutiny: session with the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Yes, absolutely. It'd be useful if you could send us a list of all the different community cohesion co-ordinators, because then that would give them a profile—with their e-mail addresses; we could then make contact with them. Thank you.
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General ministerial scrutiny: session with the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
We note your commitment on this subject. Was there anything else you wanted to ask, Altaf?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
General ministerial scrutiny: session with the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Could you give us a specific example, without pinpointing a community that doesn't want to be targeted, just as to how that works?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
General ministerial scrutiny: session with the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Thank you. I'm sure that it'll work its way into our legacy report. Altaf Hussain.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
General ministerial scrutiny: session with the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Thank you. The other thing where we'd love a bit more transparency is on the budget for the action plan. We have asked you for that information, because we think that that would enable ethnic minorities to be reassured that sufficient resources were being put…
