, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 6
… the moment, particularly for people on low incomes, but in many income brackets. We initially, in the Bevan Foundation, called for and supported that figure of 20,000 new homes. It was one that was calculated by people …
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 6
… few specific items to just gather your thoughts on, first around free school meals. I believe the Bevan Foundation described the free-school-meal allocation of £90 million as being adequate, so I'm just wondering whether you …
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 6
… money you spend, it's how you spend it. It's not an area of expertise of the Bevan Foundation, health, but I think it is right that there has to be an acceleration in the number …
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 6
… Victoria Winckler, and I'm director of the Bevan Foundation …
, Plenary
Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee Report: Debt and the pandemic
… committee for your significant contribution and hard work during your inquiry. Before Christmas, I also met with the Bevan Foundation to discuss their latest survey within their 'A Snapshot of Poverty' report series. The figures show that personal …
, Plenary
Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee Report: Debt and the pandemic
… our first inquiry, and I would like to thank my fellow committee member Sioned Williams, along with the Bevan Foundation's research, for suggesting this, and my colleagues on the committee, the clerks and the whole team that …
, Plenary
Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee Report: Debt and the pandemic
… For example, disabled people have been twice as likely of being in arrears during the pandemic, and the Bevan Foundation reported that its research had demonstrated that people living in social housing were more likely …
, Plenary
Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee Report: Debt and the pandemic
… taking part in one of our online focus groups. I want to highlight the pivotal role of the Bevan Foundation. Its work on debt raised it up the agenda for all of us, and their initial report into …
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Papers to note
… Senedd and the Welsh Government; a letter from Shelter Cymru in relation to housing; a report from the Bevan Foundation, 'A snapshot of poverty in Winter 2021'; a letter from CladDAG—Leaseholder Disability Action Group, in relation …
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
… number of support schemes to complement those offered by the UK Government. However, despite this valued support, the Bevan Foundation have recently stated that the current disjointed nature of these schemes means that it's difficult for people …
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
… some additional flexibility over and above the means-tested nature of the EMA itself. I've seen the Bevan Foundation report, of course, about the fact that were we to uplift the EMA to maintain its real-terms …
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Food poverty
… Welsh Conservatives, will take their responsibilities as well. We have the evidence: Trussell Trust, Children in Wales, the Bevan Foundation, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. If we play our part with our powers and resources, the UK Government must …
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
… Minister on expanding free school meals many times in this place. And anti-poverty groups, such as the Bevan Foundation, have been campaigning hard for this. The co-operation agreement notes that this is a further step towards …
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
… health boards, and it happens with those campaigning organisations and those research and policy think tanks, like the Bevan Foundation, who guide us so much in our policy making …
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
… the commitment that you've set out, particularly the £51 million to help families facing crisis. The Bevan Foundation, interestingly, noted recently that 10 per cent of households in Wales were behind in terms of paying their bills …
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Economy: The Foundational Economy
… being rolled out in other areas? The Minister may be aware of the report published by the Bevan Foundation last year, which focused on the capacity and potential of businesses in three communities in the south Wales Valleys …
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Debt and the pandemic—think tanks
… and thank you, Steffan. The work that you've been doing on this issue of debt within the Bevan Foundation is invaluable and very important indeed. And we've touched there on some of the possible solutions that …
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Debt and the pandemic—think tanks
Thank you, Chair. Thank you, Steffan, and to the Bevan Foundation, really—a lot of the people that we've met with today have quoted a lot of your research, and it's really invaluable when it comes …
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Debt and the pandemic—think tanks
… This is slightly off the wall, perhaps, but do you have a view on debt bonfires? Does the Bevan Foundation have a position on debt bonfires …
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Debt and the pandemic—impact on groups with protected characteristics
… Government support to tackle debt during the pandemic in terms of the needs of different groups, and the Bevan Foundation's excellent research on this has shown that the people at risk of going into more debt during …