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New Petitions
Well, funnily enough, I've just had a response today from Mick Antoniw, the Counsel General, about comments last week about doing the constitutional commission—going out to see where we are in terms of progressing further powers or what the people of Wales…
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
As the Minister will be aware, despite every effort to stop and prevent illegal fishing, some people are still determined to break the law and illegally overharvest our seas for their commercial gain. This, unfortunately, has a huge knock-on effect, with fish…
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Debate: The Children’s Commissioner for Wales Annual Report 2020-21
Firstly, I would like to start by thanking the children's commissioner for all her hard work and dedication throughout her time in office. I'd also thank her and her staff for preparing this report. Sadly, like many other sections of society, children…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Nature, biodiversity and local places for nature
As the Minister will be well aware, blue carbon ecosystems have been identified as having enormous potential to store carbon, and exhibit carbon burial rates of up to 30 times higher than forests, which, incidentally, receive a disproportionate amount of…
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Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, the week beginning 13 September was National Racehorse Week across the UK, which is designed to showcase many of the fascinating aspects of horse racing, and open the doors of many of the horse trainers to show the high standards of love, care…
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Questions to the First Minister
9. Will the First Minister make a statement on the horse-racing industry in Wales? OQ56993
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Statement by the Minister for Social Justice: Well-being of Future Generations National Implementation
I imagine that the 'Delivering for Future Generations' report must have made for some uncomfortable reading for the Minister, given the overwhelming number of criticisms that have been laid at her feet and how poorly implemented this legislation has been. The…
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Updates to previous petitions
Again, just for the want of transparency, I'm a member of the British Association for Shooting and Conservation, and I think that's probably relevant for this and for the next petition. But I note from the possible actions that we could write to the Minister…
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Updates to previous petitions
Thank you, Chair. Yes, it was just for want of transparency, I suppose, because I agree with everything that has been said. I'm a councillor on RCT council, and I believe the petitioner is as well, so there's that link there. But, yes, I agree with what's…
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Updates to previous petitions
Thank you, Chair. The only thing to add now is that I think, in one way, we could close the petition because the white bridge now is starting to be reopened. The council has worked with Cadw to get the funding to maintain it. I agree with this. When it was…
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Updates to previous petitions
Sorry, Chair, it was just to come in. I agree with Buffy. The problem is I don't think that we could ever be in a position where abolishing leaseholds altogether can happen. I think, from reading the notes and from reading some of the stuff from the research…
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Updates to previous petitions
Yes, thank you, Chair. No, it's just for want of transparency, I'm on that Local Government and Housing Committee, but, yes, I agree with Luke there. I think it would be a good idea to write to them.
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New Petitions
It was just to agree with what has been said in the sense I think the best course of action would be to bring it back to the next meeting rather than just to close it now.
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New Petitions
Thank you, Chair. It's just to say that with my councillor hat on, I've been involved with this application in the past and I've met with—I've not met with the petitioner, but I've met with people involved in the committee about that. The difficulty has…
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New Petitions
I agree with you, Chair, in the sense of posthumous awards and whether the St David's Day awards take that into account.
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New Petitions
Thank you, Chair. It was just a quick thing, really, on reading the blurb of the petition, it's sort of like there's a two-pronged thing that the petitioner is trying to say. It's almost as if those—and I don't necessarily see the point of a Cymru knighthood…
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New Petitions
Thank you, Chair. I agree with what Luke was saying there, but the only slight difference with me then is: because it's the consultation that's happening, is there a possibility that we just keep the petition open until the consultation has happened? Because…
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New Petitions
Thank you, Chair. It was just a quick question—again, I'm speaking with my councillor hat on. A lot of the funding for traffic calming, councils can't afford it, so they put in grant bids to the Welsh Government. Is there any scope to look at that process a…
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New Petitions
The only thing I can say is that I've had experiences with SLAs as a councillor myself, and it is frustrating, because when you look at SLAs, it looks as if there's quite a lot of protection with them in place. Because it's a special landscape area, more…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Transport
However, it is without question that the Welsh Government must recognise that surveying people about toll roads and being very specific about the M4 and A470 as possible locations will put into people’s minds that this is a course of action that the…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Transport
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd. The abolition of the Severn bridge tolls has proved to be a massive benefit to the people of Wales. As the stranglehold of tolls was released by the UK Government in 2017, businesses and commuters were relieved of massive financial…
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
Thank you. As the Minister will be aware, Cardiff capital region has been identified by the Kalifa review as a place for emerging clusters of financial technology companies. The UK Government, through Her Majesty's Treasury, has appointed a fintech envoy to…
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
5. What discussions has the Minister had with the UK Government regarding the implementation of the Kalifa review of the UK fintech sector? OQ56914
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Business Statement and Announcement
Can I call for a debate in this Chamber on the issue of what can be done to provide safer travel for horse riders in Wales? Equine ownership in Wales is worth over £0.5 billion to the Welsh economy, and is a vital part of the health and well-being of many…
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Updates to previous petitions
Yes. [Laughter.] I seem to know quite a lot of people, I don't know why. Just to say, really, I've noticed that we've chased for her comments and that, and they haven't come back, and also, from the report, it says it's not really sure really what we can do…
