, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
To illustrate all the points that you've made, First Minister, last week, Huw Irranca-Davies, MS for Ogmore, and I visited Sony, based in Bridgend, and we got to sit in on one of their educational sustainability workshops with Porthcawl Comprehensive School…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Governance of Fire and Rescue Services: panel 6
Yes, thank you, Chair. I just wanted to take the opportunity to note that in the first response to my question that women and female workers were referred to as 'young girls' coming into the station. I would like to offer the person an opportunity to rectify…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Governance of Fire and Rescue Services: panel 6
Thank you very much. I guess—just to follow up on what Sioned is asking—when we're talking about the themes, the themes that we're really interested in knowing, if you categorise them, are sexual harassment and racism. So, are they the themes that you're…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Governance of Fire and Rescue Services: panel 6
Of course. Thank you very much, Chair.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Governance of Fire and Rescue Services: panel 6
Thank you very much. Thank you all for your responses there. Just to finish then with my section. What actions were taken following the publication of the values and culture report by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services in…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Governance of Fire and Rescue Services: panel 6
Cool.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Governance of Fire and Rescue Services: panel 6
Thank you very much. Councillor Bradwick, actually, I was going to come to you next, just to have clarification based off of what you've already said as well. So, had South Wales Wales Fire and Rescue Authority been made aware of any of the allegations prior…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Governance of Fire and Rescue Services: panel 6
Thank you. Does anybody else want to come in?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Governance of Fire and Rescue Services: panel 6
Thank you very much, Chair, and thank you all for being here this afternoon. So, this is the first question, which is quite an open question, and it would help us tremendously as a committee if you could give us as many examples as possible. So, how are…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Governance of Fire and Rescue Services: panel 5
No, honestly, that is extremely helpful, and I think that's partly why we wanted to do this inquiry, because we're hoping that, when this is done well, it can be a case study of how to do it well, and good governance. I think that's what everybody is aiming…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Governance of Fire and Rescue Services: panel 5
That's wonderful. Thank you. Just to loop back to the couple of questions that I asked, can you give us some sort of idea of what you hope to see in future and what you think the next steps should be? Do you have any insight into that?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Governance of Fire and Rescue Services: panel 5
Thank you very much. Did anyone else want to come in on that? No. That's okay. And then my second question is: to what extent have Audit Wales been involved in the next steps, then, of the process? How have you been involved in discussions with the Welsh…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Governance of Fire and Rescue Services: panel 5
Thank you very much, Chair, and thank you all for being here this afternoon. I'm going to ask some questions now about your thoughts on Welsh Government's response to the culture review. So, to start with, the Welsh Government has undertaken a number of…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Governance of Fire and Rescue Services: panel 3
Thank you, both, very much. Excellent points for us to consider. Thank you very much, Chair.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Governance of Fire and Rescue Services: panel 3
Thank you very much, and if I can just come back to you, Tristan, finally, then, just to ask: if there was a Wales-wide review, do you have any thoughts on what the aims and objectives should be? Or I suppose what, Mark, you've implied there is: do you think…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Governance of Fire and Rescue Services: panel 3
Thank you very much. Mark, did you have any comments to make as well about the calls by FBU and Unison to do a Wales-wide review, or even wider? And, if so, what do you think the aims and objectives of such a review could be?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Governance of Fire and Rescue Services: panel 3
Thank you.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Governance of Fire and Rescue Services: panel 3
Hello, both, and thank you for being with us this afternoon. I'm going to start off with some questions about the background and the culture review. To begin, why do you think it's taken a whistleblower coming forward to expose the issues and the culture…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Governance of Fire and Rescue Services: panel 2
Excellent. Thank you very much, Peter. Thank you, Chair.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Governance of Fire and Rescue Services: panel 2
True. Thank you very much. And just finally, then, just to clarify, Unison is not necessarily, then, calling for a Wales-wide review because, as a trade union, you're aware that there are currently cultural issues, misogyny and discrimination present in north…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Governance of Fire and Rescue Services: panel 2
Absolutely, and we really welcome you sharing that with us, Peter. That's very enlightening. Following that, then—it sounds like that meeting was around about mid February—Unison, along with the FBU, called for a Wales-wide review. So, why do you think this…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Governance of Fire and Rescue Services: panel 2
Yes, okay.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Governance of Fire and Rescue Services: panel 2
Thank you very much. And can you let us know what your members are telling you about the current situation in South Wales Fire and Rescue Service?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Governance of Fire and Rescue Services: panel 2
Thank you very much, and before I begin, Chair, I have to declare that I am a member of Unison. So, Peter, thank you very much for being with us this afternoon. I'm going to start off with some questions about the background and the culture review. So, just…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Governance of Fire and Rescue Services: panel 1
Absolutely. Thank you very much, and thank you, Chair.
