6 November 2024 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Welsh Government response to UK Government budget
Let me go through the figures. Those of us who are not farmers will face death duties of 40 per cent on anything over £325,000 that we pass on. That will not apply to farms. There'll be no inheritance tax to pay on any estate worth under £1 million—a huge tax…
6 November 2024 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Welsh Government response to UK Government budget
Rachel Reeves inherited a broken economy and has begun the work of repair. This was a necessary budget, necessary because austerity failed. And again, it's been left to a Labour Government to repair the damage. Let's remember the policy of austerity was a…
6 November 2024 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Welsh Government response to UK Government budget
In the debates around tree planting, you and your colleagues often make the case that we can't ask farmers to do things like that because it impedes their ability to act as a business and they should be treated as a business. Well, now they're going to be…
6 November 2024 , Plenary
Debate on the Standards of Conduct Committee Report—Seventeenth report to the Sixth Senedd under Standing Order 22.9
A censure by the Senedd is a solemn thing. None of us should take lightly a rebuke by our peers or a finding against us by the independent standards commissioner. But I’m bound to note a pattern of behaviour from the leader of the opposition, Andrew R.T…
6 November 2024 , Plenary
Topical Questions
Of course, it's not for us to second guess the investigation into this awful incident, and it is important to remember how rare deaths are on the railways, but the report yesterday suggested that the blockage in the pipe that sprayed sand when there are…
5 November 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: NHS Wales organisations—Escalation update
I also want to ask about the scrutiny of the decisions made by health boards. As you rightly say, it's not reasonable for a health Minister to oversee individual decisions, and the old Aneurin Bevan line about the sound of a bedpan should reverberate around…
24 October 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 16
Chair, given that answer and the time, I'm content to leave it there.
24 October 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 16
Yes, I agree with that because, arguably, the school system invested in my physical education abilities up to the age of 16; it's a very poor return on investment. [Laughter.] But there was no expectation that I would go on to do GCSE PE and no sense that I'd…
24 October 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 16
I'm interested in that exchange with Cefin there about the expectation that children who are educated in primary continue in secondary, and I'm putting words in his mouth now, because he's not said this and I'm sure he doesn't mean it, but there's an…
24 October 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 16
Okay, diolch.
24 October 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 16
I guess, does the Welsh Government have a granular grasp of the extent of that stretch, and what it's going to take in order to achieve it?
24 October 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 16
Just in terms of the trajectory of change that we've seen over the last 10, 20 years, for example, is that realistic? Is it a stretch target to expect that level of change within the next 10 or so years, as you've said?
24 October 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 16
Chair, could I just ask a quick follow-up on that?
23 October 2024 , Plenary
Joint Debate on Committee Reports: The Sustainable Farming Scheme and Farming Connect
No, I haven't—
23 October 2024 , Plenary
Joint Debate on Committee Reports: The Sustainable Farming Scheme and Farming Connect
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23 October 2024 , Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Assisted dying
Sorry, thank you, yes. We're talking about the terminally ill here, not people with anorexia. You're twisting the debate.
23 October 2024 , Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Assisted dying
We're talking about the terminally ill.
23 October 2024 , Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Assisted dying
If we value all lives, surely we value the right of individuals to make choices about their lives and how their lives end.
23 October 2024 , Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Assisted dying
Would the Member give way?
23 October 2024 , Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Assisted dying
Thank you. These examples you're citing are not examples that would fall within the legislation that's being discussed in the UK at the moment, are they?
22 October 2024 , Plenary
& 9. The general principles of the Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill and the financial resolution in respect of the Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill
Thank you. I don't think it is about demonising the private sector, but I accept your point that capacity is constrained, and it's about allowing local authorities to build capacity. Wouldn't he agree that what is inappropriate is putting out to tender some…
22 October 2024 , Plenary
& 9. The general principles of the Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill and the financial resolution in respect of the Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill
Will you give way?
22 October 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: The Climate Adaptation Strategy
Diolch. It's clear from the strategy that the impact of climate change is not simply an environmental issue. It's a health issue. It's an economy issue. It affects buildings, transport networks, food and water security. Now, we know that there is one…
17 October 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 15
Okay, thank you.
17 October 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 15
Despite those misgivings, you still support a statutory target.
