, Plenary
Statement by the First Minister: Delivering for Wales
First Minister, one of the great challenges for England, Wales and Scotland has been the delivery of new schools, and the inheritance that we’ve all had across the UK in terms of the state of our schools, many inherited back from Victorian times. Just…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 13
The legislative framework for employers is fairly clear. Is the issue that the framework isn't strong enough, or is it really the work that needs to be done to coach and support employers in understanding what their responsibilities are?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 13
You’re obviously describing quite a substantial hurdle to overcome. Learning Disability Wales has called for a national job coaching strategy, hasn’t it? Can you tell us a little bit more about what is probably required with regard to that? Clearly, it is…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 13
Thank you. There are a few questions I want to ask that are really about the sort of support and employment rights. Just one thing that followed on from one of the comments that you made. You talk about that there’s quite a lot of work to be done before a…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 12
Okay. Thank you.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 12
One of the issues that has been emerging—. And just on that last point, we have had evidence, I think from the Wales TUC, in terms of representations they're specifically making. Just a little bit about invisible health conditions, because this is something…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 12
Dee.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 12
Thank you.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 12
But is it your view that there should be more specific legislation, that there should be something incorporated within it? This is the first real opportunity in 14 years to actually introduce less restrictive and more open employment legislation.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 12
Please, come in.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 12
Did anyone else want to come in? If not, I’ll follow on with some questions. Okay, I’ll follow on, then. One of the areas where, of course, there’s a lot of change taking place is going to be via the Employment Rights Bill. Within that Bill, though there are…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 12
Thank you for the evidence you've given. I'd like to ask specifically about the framework within which we work with regard to legal advice, to support advice and so on. I think you have called for specific and very focused advice centres and disability advice…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 11
Thank you.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 11
Thank you for that. One aspect, again, that you've touched on and other witnesses have touched on, of course, in determining what is happening in the labour market and how change can be implemented, is obviously having accurate data—the collection of data…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 11
The devil, of course, in all legislation, is the detail of it. Sorry. The devil is in the detail of that legislation. As you've identified, there is nothing that's specific with regard to the disability issues. I was just wondering, firstly, is that something…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 11
I want to ask a few questions about a matter that you raised very early on, and that is, of course, that much of the legislation relating to disability is non-devolved. Of course, we do have an Employment Rights Bill that's going through Westminster…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
Counsel General, after 14 years of disastrous Tory Governments, the justice system is on a precipice, close to collapse. Access to justice is as much about the better delivery of justice, particularly in the areas of youth justice and probation, where the…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
4. Will the Counsel General make a statement on access to justice in Wales? OQ61779
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence Session 11
The issue of clarity of privilege is one thing, but, for example, the creation of a criminal offence effectively removes parliamentary privilege, doesn't it? It means there will be no parliamentary privilege and it means, for any individual, anything you say…
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence Session 11
Yes. That brings us, doesn’t it, to the constitutional question of parliamentary privilege. How important is parliamentary privilege? I put that within the context of a UK Government that’s, basically, said it wants to extend parliamentary privilege so it is…
, Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Assisted dying
Ten years ago, I was involved in the debate that we had then on assisted dying in this Chamber, and I put my name to that motion at that particular time to support it. And during the course of the debate, I actually changed my mind. Not in terms of the…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning
Thank you for that answer, Minister. I've worked with a number of grass-roots sports clubs in my constituency—the ones I have in mind are Beddau welfare and Coedely welfare—all of which have developed from their traditional welfare role in mining communities…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning
5. What discussions has the Cabinet Secretary had with sporting bodies regarding community outreach? OQ61741
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 9
Okay, thank you.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 9
Yes. You've answered some of the points I wanted to ask about, but you mention an awful lot about joined-up working, and I wondered if you could just say a little bit more. I mean, there's a number of organisations out there—Agoriad, ELITE Supported…
