Plaid Cymru

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Speeches and questions in Plenary and in committees, newest first. The Llywydd's and deputies' chairing of Plenary is left out.

7,181 speeches and questions

19 January 2022Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: The cost of living
To compound matters, we have a Tory Government in Westminster that is beyond parody. While millions of people worry about how they will be able to afford their utility bills over the next 12 months, the lack of a cohesive answer from the UK Government over…
19 January 2022Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: The cost of living
I agree entirely with Rhun there. Forcing people to choose between heating and eating a hot meal is dreadful, and the damage to people who can't access food regularly is unforgivable and frightening.
19 January 2022Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: The cost of living
We face a perfect storm: inequality and poverty, which were at unprecedented levels before coronavirus, have been amplified in the last two years. Life is already a struggle for so many, yet things are set to get worse—much worse. The energy price cap is…
19 January 2022Finance Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
I propose in accordance with Standing Order 17.42 that the committee resolves to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting. Are all Members content? I see that everyone is content, and Suzy Davies is content as well, so that's an excellent thing…
19 January 2022Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 7
Thank you very, very much for an engaging session, and I hope we'll see you all again in the not-too-distant future as well and pick up on some of the elements that especially Suzy was talking about—the tourist tax levy that we're looking at. But, diolch yn…
19 January 2022Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 7
Excellent. Thank you very much.
19 January 2022Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 7
Ben, I think, wanted to come in as well.
19 January 2022Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 7
Suzy wanted to come in. There we are.
19 January 2022Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 7
Maybe with that explanation, Leighton, did you—?
19 January 2022Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 7
Mike did have his hand up.
19 January 2022Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 7
Okay.
19 January 2022Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 7
Fair enough. If you want to come back in afterwards, then that's fine. Sara.
19 January 2022Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 7
Shall we start with Leighton and work briefly through everybody?
19 January 2022Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 7
I don't know if Sara had anything to add to that, and then we'll go on to the final question then, Rhianon.
19 January 2022Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 7
[Inaudible.]—looking at the tourism industry and then retail. Suzy. Can we unmute—? There we are.
19 January 2022Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 7
Shall we go to Ben first on this one?
19 January 2022Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 7
I was just thinking of the larger CBI businesses, how do they fit into the jigsaw, if you like, with the questions that Rhianon asked? If we could unmute Leighton.
19 January 2022Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 7
Shall we move on to Sara and the retail sector, maybe?
19 January 2022Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 7
Maybe if we go to the tourism industry to start with, with Suzy.
19 January 2022Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 7
Thank you very much. We'll move on to Rhianon and beg your indulgence to go a few minutes over, because we're rapidly running out of time but I want to give Rhianon plenty of time to ask questions. So, Rhianon, over to you.
19 January 2022Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 7
There we are.
19 January 2022Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 7
I'm going to bring Ben in on this, and then we'll move on, if that's okay, Mike.
19 January 2022Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 7
Leighton, I think, wanted to come in on this as well. Could we just unmute? There we are.
19 January 2022Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 7
Who would like to start? Ben.
19 January 2022Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 7
Anything to add to that, Suzy?