8 March 2023 , Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv)—Biometric data in schools
Some people have questioned the role of encryption and whether this can offer the safety required to secure students' data collected in schools, by ensuring that hackers cannot reverse engineer a password or key. But we must take into consideration that a…
8 March 2023 , Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv)—Biometric data in schools
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Thank you to Jane Dodds, who co-submitted this motion, and to Carolyn Thomas and Jack Sargeant who supported it. I move the motion. I have requested a debate on biometric data in schools a few times since being elected, so this is a…
2 March 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Pre-appointment hearing for the role of Chair of Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board: evidence session with the Welsh Government's preferred candidate
Thank you very much. Thank you, Chair.
2 March 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Pre-appointment hearing for the role of Chair of Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board: evidence session with the Welsh Government's preferred candidate
Yes. I was also just going to raise with Jonathan that the escalation status in maternity and neonatal services is very worrying. The quality governance and quality related to performance and long waiting times are currently at targeted intervention level…
2 March 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Pre-appointment hearing for the role of Chair of Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board: evidence session with the Welsh Government's preferred candidate
I was just going to say ‘thank you very much’. I think that’s an excellent answer.
2 March 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Pre-appointment hearing for the role of Chair of Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board: evidence session with the Welsh Government's preferred candidate
Thank you very much, Chair. Thank you for being here this morning to answer some of our questions. This follows on quite nicely, I think, from what you were just saying about social care. As the Member for Bridgend, obviously, CTMUHB covers my community and…
1 March 2023 , Plenary
90-second Statements
Diolch, Llywydd. This Monday marks the beginning of Eating Disorder Awareness Week, a time to emphasise that eating disorders are not all about food itself, but about feelings. The theme this year is recognising and raising awareness that men get eating…
1 March 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Annual Scrutiny - The Development Bank of Wales
Thank you very much, Chair.
1 March 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Annual Scrutiny - The Development Bank of Wales
Thank you very much.
1 March 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Annual Scrutiny - The Development Bank of Wales
Thank you very much. And my last question is on the quality of the data held by the development bank on the ethnicity of the owners, directors or shareholders of the businesses it supports. How do you collect that and how does that, I suppose, guide your…
1 March 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Annual Scrutiny - The Development Bank of Wales
Thank you very much. And then the annual report shows that, in 2021-22, three local authority areas, Gwynedd, Merthyr Tydfil and Blaenau Gwent, attracted the lowest amount of investment from the development bank. What work does the development bank do to…
1 March 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Annual Scrutiny - The Development Bank of Wales
Okay. And then, I suppose, create a strategy to raise it.
1 March 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Annual Scrutiny - The Development Bank of Wales
Wonderful. Thank you very much. And then, to what extent does the methodology used to collect this data allow meaningful year-on-year comparisons, then, to be made? Because, as you said, I know it’s volatile, but—
1 March 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Annual Scrutiny - The Development Bank of Wales
So, in terms of setting your targets, you wouldn’t want to see that go back up again, of course.
1 March 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Annual Scrutiny - The Development Bank of Wales
Okay.
1 March 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Annual Scrutiny - The Development Bank of Wales
Thank you very much, Chair. Thank you, all, for being here today. To follow on, really, about the figures around job creation, but specifically looking at the high-pay jobs, the latest annual report contains some heavily caveated data on the quality of jobs…
1 March 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 7
Thank you very much. Thank you, Chair.
1 March 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 7
Thank you. I hope it's the right time for me to come in with this question, because it's something that we've had come up a couple of times about a Welsh food commission and a Welsh food commissioner. I can absolutely see—. If you look at the commissioners…
1 March 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 7
Thank you very much, and thank you very much, Chair.
1 March 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 7
Thank you very much, and my last question: you told the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee you don’t believe the Bill provides the solutions to the issues included in the EM. Can you further explain that assertion to us, please?
1 March 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 7
Okay. Thank you very much. And then also the Food Foundation has reported that 18 per cent of households in Wales were food insecure in September 2022. I imagine it's probably higher than that now. What are you doing to tackle this issue, especially with the…
1 March 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 7
I suppose what we've heard, though, in our evidence is that, at the moment—. Like you said, if you take the free schools meals, it's about making sure that schools are able to get, then, that fresh food, and that is not always possible, and there is not that…
1 March 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 7
Thank you very much, Chair. Thank you, Minister. The explanatory memorandum highlights data showing a rise in childhood obesity in recent years, and that Welsh reception children are more likely to be obese compared to those in Scotland and England. Does not…
27 February 2023 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Debt and the cost of living: Evidence session with the Minister for Social Justice
Excellent. Thank you very much, Minister. Your draft budget evidence paper noted that you were reviewing the DAF flexibilities that are currently in place to ensure equity of access in responding to the cost-of-living pressures. When do you expect the review…
27 February 2023 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Debt and the cost of living: Evidence session with the Minister for Social Justice
Thank you very much, Chair. Thank you, Minister. So, I'm going to ask some questions about the discretionary assistance fund. You've said that the discretionary assistance fund has been prioritised as a mechanism for helping with cost-of-living pressures in…
