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Business Statement and Announcement
Trefnydd, I'd like a written or oral statement on what plans your Government may or may not have to strengthen access rights, increase investment and improve the general offer for ramblers in Wales. It's now over 10 years since a Labour Government Minister…
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Group 8: Council tax increases (Amendments 20, 26)
We oppose the amendments in this group that would oblige local authorities to hold referenda wherever they have to raise council tax by more than 5 per cent. As we've discussed many times before, local government finance in Wales is on an utterly…
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Group 7: Council tax reform (Amendment 2)
Diolch, Cabinet Secretary. I am disappointed that the Government has not agreed to this amendment on this matter. As I've intimated already, council tax reform is not an issue that's come out of the blue—it's been the subject of serious and comprehensive…
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Group 7: Council tax reform (Amendment 2)
Year after year, council tax imposes a disproportionate burden on lower income households, thus exacerbating entrenched social inequalities. A case for replacing this regressive system of taxation with a fairer, more progressive model is incontrovertible…
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Group 7: Council tax reform (Amendment 2)
I move the amendment.
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Group 6: Publication of notices (Amendment 19)
And that's one of the discussions that we were having, and having a transition period would have allowed for that discussion, but we haven't been able to do that in this instance. But I’m certainly happy to talk about that, and how that discussion goes…
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Group 6: Publication of notices (Amendment 19)
The discussions between Peter and the Cabinet Secretary and myself around this amendment have been very productive, but that amendment wasn't able to be taken forward. But this one is, and we're happy to support this amendment, which would remove the…
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Group 4: Regulation-making powers (Amendments 11, 12, 15, 18, 27)
We're happy to support these amendments, which follow on from the recommendations made by the committee on the need to allow for a minimum period of 60 days for relevant committees to scrutinise regulations proposed under the powers in section 5. We believe…
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Group 3: Non-domestic rating multipliers (Amendments 9, 1)
Amendment No. 1 would place an obligation on Welsh Ministers to publish a statement of policy on setting the non-domestic rating multiplier in Wales and to lay this before the Senedd for debate. While we fully support the rationale for the Senedd to have the…
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Group 3: Non-domestic rating multipliers (Amendments 9, 1)
Thank you for the opportunity to speak in this debate today, and thank you to everybody who has supported the work to bring this Bill forward. We will be supporting amendment 9, because we agree with the need to tailor the powers that are in this legislation…
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Debate on the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee Report, 'Report on rail services and Transport for Wales’ performance 2023-24'
Prolonged delays, frequent cancellations, persistent overcrowding and inadequate service provision during major events have become regrettably familiar experiences for TfW passengers. It's not surprising, in this respect, that TfW was ranked last out of all…
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Debate on the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee Report, 'Report on rail services and Transport for Wales’ performance 2023-24'
Thank you very much to the committee for this report, which should be an urgent incentive for Government on the issue of the management of train services.
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Motion under Standing Order 17.42(vi) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting and from the start of the meeting on 18 July
Therefore, under Standing Order 17.42(vi), I propose that we resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting and the start of the meeting on 18 July. Thank you.
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Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
And, obviously, thank you for offering to write to us on the other aspects that we've talked about this morning.
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Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
—complex and wide-ranging these proposals are. And we will write to you with a number of questions, if we can, to clarify some of these things.
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Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Well, thank you very much for your time this morning. Sorry we've run over, but it just shows how—
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Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Thank you. And, finally, Mike, would you mind asking question 13?
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Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Could you ask No. 11?
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Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Yes, we'll write to you with anything that we don't cover, it's just that it's been quite fascinating going through this.
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Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
We can do, yes.
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Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Just to bear in mind, I think we're actually out of time, but if you've got a few more minutes, then, obviously, Mike and Peter have got a few questions if we could go over.
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Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
So, that's something for the future work.
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Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
I think one other piece of work that this committee is hoping to do is the cost of legislation, and something that we're keen to try and do is to look at what you said in your RIA, and after a Bill becomes an Act, does it match?
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Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
—of Bills.
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Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
And it's the post-implementation reviews—
