13 November 2024 , Plenary
Debate on the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee Report, 'Restoration of opencast mining sites'
I would like to thank the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee for conducting their focused inquiry into the restoration of former opencast mines. This is an issue that resonates with my constituents, although much of the focus has been on…
13 November 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
I thank my colleague for raising this important issue. Cabinet Secretary, all the talk has been about more money for the NHS in order to tackle waiting times. In fact, the main reason Wales is getting so much extra funding is due to the money that the UK…
12 November 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Thank you, First Minister. The heartless decision by the UK Government to end the universal winter fuel payment will push many elderly people into fuel poverty this winter. Thankfully, the Welsh Government will receive an extra £1.7 billion via Barnett. This…
12 November 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
6. What steps is the Welsh Government taking to tackle fuel poverty this winter? OQ61863
6 November 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
Thank you, Cabinet Secretary. Unfortunately, teacher morale is at an all-time low. Decisions being taken by local authorities to cut school budgets, leading to lay-offs of teachers and teaching assistants, are increasing the workload on the remaining teaching…
6 November 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
3. What steps is the Welsh Government taking to improve teacher recruitment and retention in South Wales West? OQ61798
6 November 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
Cabinet Secretary, while we of course welcome any moves to encourage more housing co-operatives, these are only a small piece of the puzzle. We need to urgently address the supply of housing for rent in the social sector and you are a long way off achieving…
24 October 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence session with Food Policy Alliance Cymru
Thank you very much. I just wanted to know about the data collection, whether it included ethnic minorities.
24 October 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence session with Food Policy Alliance Cymru
No, I haven't covered them. There was a reference in what they were talking about. My question is about schooling. What improvements could be made to the food available in schools in relation to preventing and reducing obesity?
24 October 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence session with Food Policy Alliance Cymru
Thank you very much. Yes, you can see me now. Thank you. Now, the point that I wanted to make is: should we have home economics back in school, up to the level of GCSE? Should it be compulsory, where they have cookery classes, where they cook themselves meals…
24 October 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence session with Public Health Wales
Yes, thanks, Chair. Yes, because you see more complications and you see more deaths with this type of obesity. Thank you very much.
24 October 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence session with Public Health Wales
No, I think Jim wants to address the abdominal obesity.
24 October 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence session with Public Health Wales
Yes. Thank you very much for that. And I'll ask my last question, Chair. We talk about data collection. Are any improvements needed to the way data on being overweight and obesity is collected in Wales? Now, my point is that I have gone through these papers…
24 October 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence session with Public Health Wales
Thank you very much, Chair. I am conscious of the time, and I'll quickly go through my only one or two questions. My area is the 'Healthy Weight: Healthy Wales' strategy, which you touched on earlier. What progress has 'Healthy Weight: Healthy Wales' made so…
22 October 2024 , Plenary
& 9. The general principles of the Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill and the financial resolution in respect of the Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill
Thank you very much. So, I therefore ask the Welsh Government to withdraw the Bill and go back to the drawing board. There is a need and a desire to protect the sector from profiteering, but this Bill is not the answer. If you truly want to eliminate profit…
22 October 2024 , Plenary
& 9. The general principles of the Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill and the financial resolution in respect of the Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill
Yes.
22 October 2024 , Plenary
& 9. The general principles of the Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill and the financial resolution in respect of the Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill
As I outlined when this Bill was introduced, we all agreed that nobody should be profiting from vulnerable children. Qatari and United Arab Emirates private equity firms have no place running children's services in Wales. Those are the intentions behind this…
16 October 2024 , Plenary
Topical Questions
Thank you, Cabinet Secretary. The shocking revelations that the roof of the Princess of Wales Hospital was in such a state of disrepair that the roof could collapse are extremely worrying for my constituents. This is the major hospital for Bridgend and the…
16 October 2024 , Plenary
Topical Questions
1. Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on flooding issues at Princess of Wales Hospital? TQ1210
16 October 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Thank you for that question, John. Firstly, I want to say that the Welsh Conservatives are firmly against racism and all forms of hate and bigotry. This has no place in society, and there should be zero tolerance for antisemitism, Islamophobia and all hate…
16 October 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Cabinet Secretary, the perverse decision by the UK Government to axe the winter fuel payment to tackle a fictitious financial black hole will force many older pensioners further into poverty. The only silver lining to Labour's cruel policy will be persuading…
10 October 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session—Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
Thank you, Chair. Thank you, Cabinet Secretary, for mentioning residents. I thought we might have forgotten the public in this. Now, how is the Welsh Government ensuring that 'Digital by design?' is not preventing people, particularly the elderly, from…
10 October 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session—Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
Thank you, Chair.
10 October 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session—Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
Thank you very much. Now, you know that Neath Port Talbot council is in my region and there was the closure of the blast furnace there, and Port Talbot's steel workers—. What consideration has the Cabinet Secretary given to ensuring that the NPT council has…
10 October 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session—Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
You referred to a report from Audit Wales on financial reviews, and there is a small number of reports published that local authorities are facing fundamental issues that put financial sustainability at serious risk. Now, Cabinet Secretary, how are you going…
