, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Cost of living
… for those eligible and in need of support to make the necessary applications and claims. The Bevan Foundation has highlighted that low-income households need to complete a number of different application forms, and I know Welsh Government …
, Plenary
Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee Report: 'Minding the future: The childcare barrier facing working parents'
… local authorities are not bending over backwards to tell people about provision that doesn't actually exist. The Bevan Foundation reported that even awareness of the 10 hours of universal provision for three- and four-year-olds …
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Papers to note
… would just be good to have that conversation with the Bevan Foundation as well sometime. Thank you …
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Papers to note
… concur with Mabon on reading this. It would be quite good actually, I think, to have the Bevan Foundation, or somebody from there, to come in and to present to us the findings, and talk us through them …
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Papers to note
Thank you very much, Chair. On the Bevan Foundation paper, it's a very difficult read. It's very interesting and very useful, but it's a difficult read in the sense that one sees the challenges facing …
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Papers to note
… course, was debated and voted on in the Senedd yesterday. And paper 2 is a report from the Bevan Foundation—'Wales Housing Crisis: making the LHA work for Wales', which is local housing allowance. Mabon ap Gwynfor …
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
… Tory MPs, and yet we've had Tory Governments for more than two thirds of the time. The Bevan Foundation has recently strongly made the case for the devolution of power over housing benefit and the housing element …
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: The cost-of-living crisis—The effect on schools and children
… increase in just shy of 20 years, so it hasn't accounted for inflation at all. And the Bevan Foundation estimates that we would need to increase the payment to £45 for it to be the same value …
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
… sure the Minister is aware of the work by the Bevan Foundation on the Welsh benefits system. Their analysis of the current situation is that although the Welsh Government has provided unprecedented levels of support, efforts are undermined …
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Recent analysis by organisations such as the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, the Bevan Foundation and Children in Wales has found that households with children are amongst the hardest hit by the cost-of-living crisis. Lone parents and their …
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
The Older People's Commissioner for Wales, the chief executive of Age Cymru, the director of the Bevan Foundation, the director of Citizens Advice Cymru, the chief executive of Care and Repair Cymru, the head of National Energy …
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
… those in the Member's own constituency. Recent analysis by organisations such as the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, the Bevan Foundation and the Resolution Foundation have each concluded that the coming year will be particularly challenging for those households …
, Plenary
Debate: The Final Budget 2022-23
… suffering and what a difference there is between the rich and poor in our society. I thank the Bevan Foundation for their 'State of Wales' figures that show that low-income families spend £35 a week on food …
, Plenary
Debate: Welsh Rates of Income Tax
… day prices of food, fuel, energy, clothes, travel and rent are all going up as inflation rises. The Bevan Foundation's snapshot of poverty revealed that more than a third of Welsh households do not have enough money …
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Hospitality, retail and tourism issues - Trade Unions and Bevan Foundation
… else different you want to add to that? No. So, my second and final question, then. Victoria, the Bevan Foundation, and the Wales TUC—so, yourself as well, Shav—have called for fair work conditions to be placed …
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Hospitality, retail and tourism issues - Trade Unions and Bevan Foundation
… towards Victoria, but of course if anyone has any comments they'd like to make, please indicate. The Bevan Foundation has called for the Welsh Government to develop a fair work innovation fund to improve productivity and job …
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Hospitality, retail and tourism issues - Trade Unions and Bevan Foundation
… employment setting as well. So, we very much support the measures that have been set out in the Bevan Foundation's cost-of-living action plan, for example, and we believe that the cap on the discretionary assistance …
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Hospitality, retail and tourism issues - Trade Unions and Bevan Foundation
Yes. I'd say that Welsh Government has taken on the advice from the Bevan Foundation, and, of course, this was something that the Fair Work Commission also included within their recommendations, and, of course, others like the …
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Hospitality, retail and tourism issues - Trade Unions and Bevan Foundation
Thank you very much. And just my last question: the Bevan Foundation and Wales TUC both called for the establishment of social partnership structures in sectors like tourism, hospitality and retail to improve working conditions. So, what progress …
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Hospitality, retail and tourism issues - Trade Unions and Bevan Foundation
… got a simple answer, and that is that the Bevan Foundation hasn't been involved in any of those processes. So, unfortunately, I can't really comment, and I think Shavanah and Mark would have a much better …