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90-second Statements
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd. On Sunday, many of us celebrated St David's Day, a proud commemoration of our shared national heritage and identity. But 1 March was also World Seagrass Day, a reminder that some of the most powerful forces shaping our environment…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
Thank you, Cabinet Secretary. As you will know, council tax bills will soon hit doormats, and many residents are rightly worried about how they will manage yet another above-inflation increase. I hope you recognise that frustration of council tax rises is…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
Thank you, Cabinet Secretary. As you know, cities and towns across Wales are visibly declining. Residents and businesses are being asked to contribute more through council tax and business rates, yet many feel that they're seeing less investment in…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
Thank you, Llywydd. Cabinet Secretary, local authority finances across Wales are in an unhealthy state, to say the least. Multiple analysis shows that they're on an unsustainable path, with projected funding gaps in the hundreds of millions of pounds in the…
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Group 8: Leases and occupation contracts (Amendments 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 38)
Yes, please. Thank you.
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Group 8: Leases and occupation contracts (Amendments 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 38)
Yes, please.
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Group 8: Leases and occupation contracts (Amendments 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 38)
Yes, please. Yes.
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Group 8: Leases and occupation contracts (Amendments 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 38)
Yes, please.
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Group 8: Leases and occupation contracts (Amendments 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 38)
Yes, please. Yes.
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Group 8: Leases and occupation contracts (Amendments 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 38)
Yes, please. Yes.
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Group 6: Residents’ engagement strategies (Amendments 4, 1, 5)
Thank you, Llywydd, only just to thank the Cabinet Secretary again for her support on the amendments. I'm really grateful for it. Thank you.
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Group 6: Residents’ engagement strategies (Amendments 4, 1, 5)
Thank you, Llywydd, and, as this is the last opportunity for me to speak, I would just like to reiterate my thanks to the Cabinet Secretary and my Welsh Parliament colleagues for the constructive way we have approached this legislation, especially given the…
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Group 4: Timing of fire risk assessments (Amendments 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
Thank you, Llywydd. No, I'm just really grateful for the Government's support of these amendments. Thank you.
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Group 4: Timing of fire risk assessments (Amendments 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
Thank you, Llywydd. Thank you again for allowing me to address the Chamber virtually. I'm just sorry I can't be there in person. Speaking to my amendments and my concerns, which are shared by a number of stakeholders, they relate to a potential issue with the…
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Business Statement and Announcement
No worries, Dirprwy Lywydd. Despite the fact that 94 per cent of hearing loss cases are age-related and can be managed safely from a high-street setting. With this in mind, can I ask for a statement from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care on how…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Trefnydd, today marks World Hearing Day, an important opportunity to reflect on the access to hearing care in an ageing society and on the awareness, prevention, early care and policy action needed to ensure people of all ages can maintain good hearing…
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Updates to previous petitions
Thank you, Chair. I've been thinking a bit about this. I well remember when I last came to committee, and the issues being raised are quite worrying, really, for park home residents, I think, especially in terms of the leakages not being fixed in time and…
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New Petitions
Thank you, Chair. I'd just like to start by thanking the petitioner, if I can, for raising such an important petition. Unfortunately, I well remember Martha Mills's passing. It was about 2021. She was only 13 at the time. I know her family campaigned quite…
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New Petitions
Thank you, Chair. I'm awfully sorry I can't be there in person this afternoon. I'd just like to start, as you say, by highlighting the work that local Member Sam Kurtz has been doing on this issue. As you mentioned, he did offer to host us at the B4318, and…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd. Trefnydd, can I please ask for a statement on the ongoing school maintenance that is currently happening in Cardiff and how the Welsh Government is engaging with the council to ensure the work is carried out in a timely fashion to…
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Debate: Stage 4 of the Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill
I think every Member here agrees how important it is to not only tackle homelessness, but to make sure it doesn't happen in the first place. That is why one of the greatest disappointments that I have with this legislation is how late in the parliamentary…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Trefnydd, the University Hospital of Wales Cardiff is Wales's largest hospital. It should be a symbol of national pride; instead, it has become a symbol of national failure. Members will be well aware that problems at UHW are now making repeated headlines…
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Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, following on from my colleague's question, I have no doubt that this Welsh Government sees littering as quite a trivial matter not worthy of its attention, but it's not a minor issue for residents, it's a visible symbol of neglect. Just take…
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Updates to previous petitions
I just think it's weird, Chair, that the Welsh Government would bring forward legislation to bring in a local element in terms of procurement and then not really care about it in terms of grants or awards. I think it's another example of virtue signalling…
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Updates to previous petitions
Thank you, Chair. I note that the petitioner has come back very strongly against this committee, actually, in the work that we've been doing and that we haven't really scrutinised the decision as effectively as we could have, in their opinion. I know they…
