, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the implementation of the 'Anti-racist Wales Action Plan': evidence session 4
Thank you so much, Professor. That's incredibly helpful and powerful, I think, for all of us to hear today. Dr Jones, I'm just going to come to you with my last question, then. Just to ask you, really, what you're seeing. Do you think that the Hate hurts…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the implementation of the 'Anti-racist Wales Action Plan': evidence session 4
Absolutely. Thank you very much. Then, to ask you both about what Welsh Government is doing, because most of the actions to tackle hate crime in the 'Anti-racist Wales Action Plan' do sit with Welsh Government. So, what do you think they are doing to lead…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the implementation of the 'Anti-racist Wales Action Plan': evidence session 4
Thank you very much. And to come to you, Dr Jones, you mentioned earlier on about the data, and it is very difficult to find, and then it's very difficult sometimes to disaggregate for Wales, and even further down into particular Welsh communities. So, we've…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the implementation of the 'Anti-racist Wales Action Plan': evidence session 4
Good afternoon. Thank you both for being here this afternoon. I'm going to ask some more questions now about hate crime, which is very prevalent in the news at the moment. I'll come to you first, Professor Iwobi, because in Race Council Cymru's written…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the implementation of the 'Anti-racist Wales Action Plan': evidence session 3
That's excellent. It's good to hear the stuff that is happening, and also examples of good practice as well as the examples where things have gone very, very wrong. So, thank you, all, very much, and thank you, Chair.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the implementation of the 'Anti-racist Wales Action Plan': evidence session 3
Thank you very much. That was just going to be my question, really: what further action would you like to see, because the action plan does very little to address the language barrier issues in healthcare? Would you like to see a specific part of the plan…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the implementation of the 'Anti-racist Wales Action Plan': evidence session 3
Thank you for sharing that example. That's really powerful.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the implementation of the 'Anti-racist Wales Action Plan': evidence session 3
Thank you. Can I just ask a follow-up question as well, for anyone else wants who to come in? I've heard cases as well where, sometimes, patients' children are brought in to interpret for their family members, which is very concerning, because, as you touched…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the implementation of the 'Anti-racist Wales Action Plan': evidence session 3
Good afternoon. Thank you, all, for being here today. I'm going to pick up a little bit more on what you've already touched on, which is the language barriers and the access to interpretation, specifically. So, it'd be good for us to know why you think that…
, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with Electoral administrators
Absolutely. Thank you both very much, and thank you, Chair.
, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with Electoral administrators
That's fair enough. Thank you very much. And Clare, did you have a view on this as well?
, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with Electoral administrators
Absolutely. And we've all been there. I had an excellent returning officer myself, who was very much, as you said, like that. I'm just going to circle back around to what you mentioned at the end there as well, Colin. In terms of checks that may need to be…
, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with Electoral administrators
That's very helpful. Thank you both for that insight.
, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with Electoral administrators
Absolutely. Clare, did you have anything you wanted to add to that?
, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with Electoral administrators
Thank you very much, Chair, and thank you, both, for being here this morning. That brings me on quite nicely. I'm going to come to you first, Mr Everett. The Wales Electoral Coordination Board has said that the residency requirement for candidates, as set out…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Diolch. I would support everything that you've said there, Counsel General, especially as, according to the UK Government Ministry of Justice, UK prisons are at 98 per cent capacity, and it has been reported that two thirds of prisons in England and Wales are…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
5. What discussions has the Welsh Government had with the UK Government regarding the devolution of the justice system to Wales? OQ60216
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
I’d like to echo calls for a statement from the Welsh Government about the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recommendation to remove access to Kaftrio and other drugs for those with cystic fibrosis on the NHS. I feel that a statement is…
, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with the Welsh Language Commissioner
Absolutely. Thank you very much. Thank you, Chair.
, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with the Welsh Language Commissioner
Absolutely. And my last question—I've touched on this—is just whether you think the timescales for the review would provide sufficient time for the establishment of an expert panel. I suppose you'd use the same panel that you have, so, in terms of that…
, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with the Welsh Language Commissioner
Yes. I have to agree. I've had a looked at your expert panel, and they're incredible, really, and the guidelines that they've produced. Just as an aside, when they did the new parliamentary seats, there was a big push in my community to have the seat, because…
, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with the Welsh Language Commissioner
Thank you very much, Chair, and thank you for being here this morning—this afternoon, as it is now. I'm going to ask some questions about the names of the seats, essentially, looking at the Local Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru, as you've just…
, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session on the electoral and boundary reform experience in Scotland
Thank you very much. Thank you, Chair.
, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session on the electoral and boundary reform experience in Scotland
Thank you. You've answered my next question, so I was just going to add in one here about what you noted about public hearings, because you have talked about possibly the need to have oral evidence as well. This was obviously not something that we were able…
, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session on the electoral and boundary reform experience in Scotland
That's really helpful. Thank you very much. And your views on the pairing of the 32 UK parliamentary constituencies to create 16 Senedd constituencies for the 2026 election; do you think that this is an achievable timescale, based on your experience?
