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90-second Statements
Diolch, Ddirprwy Lywydd. I recently had the pleasure of visiting Big Pit National Coal Museum in Blaenavon, where I met with staff and learnt about the excellent work they are doing to preserve and promote Wales's rich industrial heritage. What impressed me…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Trefnydd, could I request a statement from the Deputy Minister for Transport on the role and future of Great British Railways Cymru? GBR is progressing in England, but while GBR Cymru exists as an entity, there remains a lack of clarity over its purpose…
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Questions to the First Minister
—will you finally reconsider a relief road, or have you ruled out the only long-term solution, regardless of evidence?
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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you, First Minister. I know you've spoken about this earlier, but it's one of those things that I think is going to crop up again and again and again for the next few years, because everyone in this Chamber knows the issues on the M4 around Newport all…
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Questions to the First Minister
6. What progress has the Welsh Government made in addressing congestion on the M4 around Newport? OQ64681
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Reform UK Debate: Access to HMOs and social housing for foreign nationals
Diolch, Lywydd. I move the Conservative amendment in the name of Paul Davies. Now, there is no doubt that people across Wales are concerned about pressure on housing. They see growing waiting lists, rising rents and increasing difficulty for local people to…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Local Government, Housing and Planning
Thank you for that, Cabinet Minister. That's reassuring, and I'll be very pleased to contribute some of our ideas. Clearly, if planning is a blocker to delivering the houses we need, we need to level some of those barriers. Moving on to a different subject…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Local Government, Housing and Planning
Thank you, Llywydd. Cabinet Minister, Wales continues to face significant housing pressures. We hear it all the time in this Chamber: rising homelessness, growing demand for affordable homes. Now, at the Conservative conference this week, which I'm sure you…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Health and Care
Cabinet Minister, you've answered many of my points, but I'll echo some of the concerns raised by Mr Senior and Mr Jones. In our community, there are many people who often feel disadvantaged because, when that important non-emergency patient transport is…
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Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, we've heard from Kiera Marshall very clearly that access to childcare is heavily dependent on where you live; Flying Start is a great example. So, you are declaring—your Government says—that its new offer will be flexible and responsive to…
, Legislation Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3—previously considered
Right, okay.
, Legislation Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3—previously considered
Right. So, we'll see that on Thursday, then.
, Legislation Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3—previously considered
Well, you've answered my—. I couldn't remember what the original costs were, and how much, so we're talking nearly double the cost. Where will the scrutiny come on the costings for this—through the Finance Committee?
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Motion to elect a temporary Chair under Standing Order 17.22 for this meeting
Can I nominate Peredur Owen Griffiths, please?
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Local Government, Housing and Planning: Building Safety Programme Update
Can I thank you, Cabinet Minister, for your statement today? There are many sentiments within it that I align with, especially regarding the victims of Grenfell. Our hearts still go out to them and their families. Every resident in Wales deserves to know…
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Questions to the First Minister
Diolch, Lywydd. First Minister, I welcome the food strategy, and I was pleased to read the published terms of reference for it last week, and I look forward to the expert panel being put in place. I am frustrated in many ways that we've lost four months…
, Legislation Committee
General Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
Absolutely. Thank you for that. We covered LCMs quite a bit in the last session, and I think some of my questions have been answered there. Perhaps one, though, that would be helpful is to understand what the volume of forthcoming legislative consent…
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General Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
So, the UK Government are recognising there are frustrations around Sewel. Have they acknowledged that?
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General Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
Right, okay.
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General Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
A couple of questions, one on Sewel. I wonder if you could give us any detail you can on discussions that you may have had with UK Government on the Sewel convention. Perhaps you could, in answering that, give us an indication of what progress has been made…
, Legislation Committee
General Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
That's really interesting, and that's reassuring as well. A final question on capacity in this way of actually reviewing and measuring improvement. How are you planning to review or measure the impacts of what's flown from the review?
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General Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
Just a couple more points. Policy development is absolutely fundamental, obviously, and the processes around that. Are you having to improve, or are you reviewing how the policy development processes are working so that you can get a stronger handle on that?
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General Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
That's positive. That's reassuring for all those aspiring legislators out there amongst us. Could you perhaps give us a flavour also—? To help you boost your capacity—I'm sure it will help us understand better—how is your digitally enabled Cabinet Office…
, Legislation Committee
General Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
That's reassuring. I'm feeling positive about that. Counsel General, you said earlier about the willingness to embrace other parties and other thinking to help develop legislation. One bit that has been a shortcoming, I think, in this place, because I was…
, Legislation Committee
General Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
I'm assuming that you're going to continue with the review that was taken on. I'm wondering, as part of that review, whether there has been a lot of movement in staff. Has there been redeployment to make sure that we are aligning your capacity to what you…
