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Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Minister, constituents have been in touch with me saying that they find it very difficult, in Canton in Cardiff, to travel by bike back and forth to school, because of an absence of cycle lanes. What assessment has the Welsh Government made, in terms of…
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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you very much, First Minister. As you will be aware, on Clean Air Day, the Labour council in Cardiff reopened Castle Street in the heart of Cardiff, and the Deputy Minister for Climate Change described that as disappointing. Many Labour councillors in…
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Questions to the First Minister
8. What action is the Welsh Government taking to reduce air pollution levels in Cardiff? OQ56658
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Business Statement and Announcement
Does the Trefnydd agree with me that it's very odd, to say the least, that Cardiff's Labour council are using clean air funding from Welsh Government on something that will, in fact, increase pollution and affect the air quality of residents and the 45…
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Business Statement and Announcement
We all welcome the long-awaited clean air Act in the programme for government. It has a lot of support here in the Senedd and beyond. In April last year, I called on our cities and towns to be more considerate of people, suggesting closing Castle Street in…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: The Senedd's powers
It is a real shame—you mentioned there is common ground—it's a real shame when we had our first opportunity to work together that Labour fell back again and said just 'delete all'. We have an opportunity here to get that far-reaching federalism. Why can't we…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: The Senedd's powers
And in terms of the Crown Estate—as Delyth mentioned, another example of Wales being failed time and time again. And the tidal lagoon supported by the Conservatives for a while, and then that disappeared too. Counsel General, may I congratulate you on your…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: The Senedd's powers
They shouldn't be expected to wait to come out of poverty. James Evans—confusion about devolution. Well, it doesn't help that policing and justice isn't devolved in Wales, but it is everywhere else in the United Kingdom—policing devolved in Manchester…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: The Senedd's powers
Sioned Williams told us that we don't want power for power's sake. This isn't some ego boost for the Senedd. We want powers in order to improve the lives of the people of Wales. Why shouldn't we devolve welfare to the same level as Scotland? Why can't we have…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: The Senedd's powers
I was pleased to hear you talk about the relationship of equals. If so, why can't we state now the powers we want? We have the consensus. Why can't we start the process now? You say, by the way, that independence was rejected in the ballot paper. You should…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: The Senedd's powers
And let's hope that day comes quickly that we will have on the Conservative benches once again people who are willing to consider great constitutional issues, such as David Melding, Nick Bourne and Lisa Francis. Huw Irranca-Davies—I'm very pleased to hear you…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: The Senedd's powers
It's a shame that he didn't stop after the kind words. Darren Millar mentioned that, in his maiden speech in 2007, the fire alarms went off—well, Darren, I'm sure that the alarm bells are going off in the union unit in Downing Street, because Wales is on the…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: The Senedd's powers
Thank you very much, Deputy Presiding Officer. May I first of all thank Darren Millar for his kind words?
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Plaid Cymru Debate: The Senedd's powers
There have been so many positive changes in our country as a result of protest, from the daughters of Rebecca to the Chartists, to Cymdeithas yr Iaith and, more recently, Black Lives Matter and Extinction Rebellion. There is a supermajority in our Senedd in…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: The Senedd's powers
Proper rehabilitation, an effective and compassionate victim charter and preventative work to sweep aside the root causes of crime. That's what our communities need. Sadly, all these principled aspirations will remain beyond our control until we have the…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: The Senedd's powers
After over 20 years of devolution it makes no sense, does it, that justice is not devolved to this Senedd? If it's good enough for Scotland, if it's good enough for Northern Ireland, why isn't good enough for us here in Wales? Why don't we in this Senedd take…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: The Senedd's powers
Should we really leave all these important matters to a party that wishes to slash the international aid budget? Really? Is that what we're asking the Welsh people to accept?
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Plaid Cymru Debate: The Senedd's powers
We must make legislation that is closely aligned to health and education and welfare services.
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Plaid Cymru Debate: The Senedd's powers
The coronavirus pandemic has shown that, when Wales takes the lead in public health matters, it is usually far more effective than following Westminster's lead. The Welsh Government, you are rightly proud of your vaccine programme, but now we need to create a…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: The Senedd's powers
As we slowly make our way to a post-COVID future, it's important that we take this opportunity to build a better Wales. We can't go back to how things were in the past. From the ruins of the second world war, a Labour Government showed the way—they…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: The Senedd's powers
During the election campaign, the First Minister said this: 'We need home rule for Wales, more powers, a position where devolution cannot be pulled back by a whim of a prime minister.' Well, First Minister, well, Counsel General, today you have an opportunity…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: The Senedd's powers
The Welsh Government was elected on a manifesto pledge to fight for radical constitutional change. Well, may I say there is nothing radical in your amendment today? One could easily believe that we'd gone back in time to the beginning of the fifth Senedd, as…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: The Senedd's powers
It's fair to say that Wales is at a crossroads in our development as a political nation. Little did I think as a schoolboy watching the first proceedings of the National Assembly for Wales in 1999 that I would be standing here as a Member of the Senedd, a…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: The Senedd's powers
Thank you very much, Deputy Presiding Officer. Last month's Senedd elections gave a clear and powerful mandate for the devolution of substantial further powers to this place, to Cardiff.
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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you for that response, First Minister. I do hope that we will see a more confirmed timetable as to how the Government intends to implement the recommendations relating to the Welsh Government. When I came here as a schoolboy in 1999 to the opening of…
