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Debate: The Welsh Language Commissioner’s Annual Report 2022-23
… business through the Welsh language will have to wait over three days to do that. Overnight, the service was destroyed—a service that led the way for a time. I want to refer to a second example …
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90-second Statements
… members had appeared in the magazine, with hundreds more waiting to join. It was a girl who became the first general—remember, this reflected the style of the times, just after the first world war. She was Marian …
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Topical Questions
… from another tragedy, an area waiting for an inquiry, which of course was the Orgreave events. The issue around the duty of candour is that had that existed at the time of Orgreave, then Hillsborough might never have …
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Short Debate: Allied Steel and Wire workers and pension justice
… for over a decade. Where was the quadruple lock on Welsh steelworker pensions? They have shown time and time again that they are not listening to working people. While I am thankful that the UK pensions Minister met … stole. And so the fact that work is only now taking place is outrageous. Countless workers have died waiting for their pensions to be restored. I knew some of them—people like Billy Hill, people like Des Harris …
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Public service broadcasting in Wales: evidence session with S4C (1)
… take that into account. So, we are waiting. We don't know when the report will arrive, but, clearly, when it does, we will need to take time to consider its content, and also to consider the legal …
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Affordability, Second Homes and the Welsh Language
… and I refer the Minister to the council house waiting lists of both those cities. It's obvious to me that we need more council housing. The only time, post war, when housing supply equalled housing demand was …
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Prohibition of Greyhound Racing (Wales) Bill - Stakeholder evidence session with dog trainers
… school, so they're on time, and she works all day. And there are three meetings a week. She's earning her own money, she's not hanging about waiting for benefits and seeing if we're doing …
, Local Government and Housing Committee
The Right to Adequate Housing - evidence session 3
… think. So, that takes us to a minimum of 10 years, for example, to look at, during that time, how you would measure that progressive realisation. So, by having the outcomes that were identified, by having the conditions … have to wait until we got to the end of 10 years to know how we were doing; to know what progress was being made and what barriers had had to be overcome in that time, or were …
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27: Evidence session 1
… the, 'Well, actually, should we wait because there's an election coming, because of circumstances in Westminster'? Would it have been—? I know this committee always wants as much time as possible, and we commend you for that …
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Welsh Government Delivery
… question as to we still have people waiting over two years, there are many jobs that have been lost and green jobs are not coming in at this point in time. So, I suppose, in a sense, what …
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
… welcome the Member to his new position on the Reform frontbench. Had he been at a previous question time, he would have heard me say from this position that this Government is committed to delivering on its priorities … the people of Wales—on childcare, on child poverty, on the economy, on educational standards and on tackling waiting lists. Those are our priorities. That mission is underpinned by standing up for Wales, and we make no apology …
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Soil Health in Agriculture: Panel 3
… change and obviously the more unpredictable weather. So, more droughts, more intense rainfall, which reduces the amount of time that people can be farming some pieces of land. Clearly, the map the Government has provided tells you the … they were waiting for the fence to be removed so they could get onto the next one. But they were saying this has measurably improved the quality of the grass, because it's got more time to recover …
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Coal bodies
… that the requirements are brought in in time, because the evidence is the coal spoil tips are the higher risk ones. Just to reassure everyone, though, we're not waiting. If we find a risky non-coal spoil …
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Routes into post-16 education and training - evidence session 2
… and many others, had a period of time when they were excluded and there was no education provision, so they had to be at home, and we were just waiting for the diagnosis to come through that unlocked …
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Restoration of opencast mining sites - evidence session 4
… almost from square one, at the same time as I was involving the Coal Authority and the local planning authority. They didn't even make the pitch, never mind waited for the kick-off. They just simply said … why we suffered loss. There was no need for us to suffer loss at any point in time. There was no need for us to have had this thing imposed on us. And it's not just for …
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Topical Questions
… fact, there were only about 80 or so patients, which was in contrast to the about 160 waiting in the emergency department the previous evening. The situation was quite calm; there were only two ambulances there. One had … revert to that escalation any time after that. So, the kinds of questions that they’re asking are: do the predicted discharge levels allow them to stop the prolonged waits in the emergency unit, and to de-escalate …
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
General scrutiny session with the Welsh Government - Education
… young people are sitting on waiting lists, particularly for FE, and what conversations have you specifically had with institutions about this? And what actions can you take now, in the present time, to minimise this issue for the …
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: The roads review
… helped improve journey times, road safety and resilience. I'm sure that many of the north Wales Members here, along with their constituents, will be bitterly disappointed by the decision as we all wait with bated breath … Haulage Association, an organisation I have the upmost respect for and have worked closely with for quite some time, recently gave me their verdict on the roads review, and it's rather damning to say the least. Geraint …
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 8
… opinion from them, but, sadly, I'm still waiting. And it is a fine balance that you have to tread between animal welfare and public health, but, at times, public health surely has got to prevail. In consultations …
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
… the UK Government, and focus more of your time and energies on the real problems that Wales faces, with one fifth of the Welsh population on an NHS waiting list …