, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Evidence session 2
That makes absolute sense. Thank you.
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Evidence session 2
Okay. Well, one final question from me, then. I just wondered if you could clarify why you've revised your assumption that the level of standard waste not from Welsh local authorities will fall at a rate of 5 per cent, rather than 3.3 per cent. And what does…
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Evidence session 2
That's okay.
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Evidence session 2
Thank you very much.
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Evidence session 2
Yes, that's clear. Thanks for that. I did note also that there are risks with your forecast for land disposal tax due to perhaps not getting sufficient information from the WRA. I wondered what discussions you may have had with the WRA regarding…
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: Evidence session 2
Good morning, all. I'd like to just probe a couple of questions to understand why there is a weakening of outturn data that are used for land disposal tax. You revised the landfill disposals tax receipts down, due to weaker than expected outturn data in the…
, Plenary
Debate on a Statement: The Draft Budget 2024-25
I'm not going to give way, no, because I'm conscious of time. Our hard-working staff are doing their best under ever-increasing pressures, but this cannot go on. A third of Welsh NHS staff absences are a direct result of stress due to an ever-increasing…
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Debate on a Statement: The Draft Budget 2024-25
Thank you for the statement, Minister. I think all would agree here that proper scrutiny is so important. Democracy is made stronger by a Government that accepts and invites scrutiny and accountability, especially at a time when the Welsh Government is…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives' Debate: Agriculture
There is a dilemma for the small family farm and this is something that the Government have to grapple with, and the additional extra initiatives and pressures and bureaucracy and those things are actually driving people to give up. And that's what we've got…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives' Debate: Agriculture
Huw, there is something fundamentally wrong. A lot of the small family farms are run by an elderly farming population. There is little to retain that young, dynamic blood in the farming community, because it's lost the support that it needs. Young farmers…
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Welsh Conservatives' Debate: Agriculture
Yes, I certainly will.
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Welsh Conservatives' Debate: Agriculture
Absolutely, Tom, I agree. It was Small Business Saturday recently, and we encouraged people to go out and support their local businesses and local butchers, and that then supports our local farmers. That is absolutely fundamental. So, yes, I absolutely agree…
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Welsh Conservatives' Debate: Agriculture
Yes, certainly.
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Welsh Conservatives' Debate: Agriculture
Can I start by declaring my interest as an active farmer? I'm proud to be able to contribute to this debate on agriculture today, something close to my heart. Our farmers are absolutely fundamental to the preservation and sustainability of this country we all…
, Plenary
Motion under Standing Order 26.91 seeking the Senedd's agreement to introduce a Member Bill: Mental Health Standards of Care (Wales) Bill
I’d like to first congratulate my colleague James Evans on his pragmatic and timely Bill, which seeks to safeguard the future of mental health provision in line with modern therapeutic understanding. My constituency of Monmouth, much like the Member’s own…
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Topical Questions
Thank you, Minister. You would have received a letter I sent to you on 1 December asking you to contact the OBR to review your current memorandum of understanding with them to include a wider economic and fiscal outlook for Wales based on your budget…
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Topical Questions
1. What discussions has the Minister had with the Office for Budget Responsibility regarding its assessment of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 next week? TQ939
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Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, the updated fiscal framework that you signed with the UK Conservative Government in 2016 factored in the Holtham recommendation for the Barnett formula to include needs-based assessment. This was a really positive step. The revised agreement…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Road freight transport strategy
As has been pointed out, road freight is absolutely fundamental to maintaining and driving forward the economic potential of businesses and communities right across Wales. If businesses can't move products and goods around the country, they are severely…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Minister, while MIM is an important vehicle to drive infrastructure development without depleting capital budgets, it has to be affordable as its projects will be funded through revenue. And we know those three main areas that are currently considered under…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: PISA Results 2022
Minister, I think we all agree it's totally unacceptable that Wales languishes at the bottom of the PISA table. And I reiterate that this is no criticism today, our discussion, of our young people or our teachers. In my political career, I've seen PISA test…
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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you, First Minister, for that. I know you would agree with me that the victims of sex offenders should be given all the support they need as they go through an incredibly abhorrent situation. However, that one group of victims that tends to get…
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Questions to the First Minister
2. What assessment has the First Minister made of the emotional support services currently available for the children of convicted sex offenders? OQ60389
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Small businesses
I'll no doubt be echoing much of what Paul Davies has already said. As we all know, small businesses make up the beating heart of our economy and our communities across Wales. We have almost 0.25 million enterprises across Wales, as we've heard, employing…
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Statement by Sam Rowlands—Introduction of a Member-proposed Bill: Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill
Thank you, Sam, for bringing forward this extremely pragmatic approach to education and a vehicle to drive social change. I absolutely believe in outdoor education. As a past leader of Monmouthshire, we retained our outdoor education sector, whilst our Labour…
