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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you, Presiding Officer. First Minister, the Labour Party are meeting in Liverpool today. The dear leader is just about to take to his feet, at 2 o'clock, as I understand it. I appreciate that you are responding to First Minister's questions on behalf of…
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Statement by the Llywydd
Thank you, Presiding Officer. I think many of us, when we woke up on Saturday morning and we saw the images coming from Israel, were aghast at what was unfolding before us. We all know that that part of the world is a very volatile place, but to see the…
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Questions to the First Minister
Would you agree with me, First Minister, that fines ultimately should be the last resort when actually sanctioning against absence? They need to be there, because obviously some people do play the system, but here we have a problem that is a long tail from…
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Questions to the First Minister
Looking at this issue, First Minister, one of the things that surprised me was that there is no mental health absence code. This means that if students are off for mental health issues they are marked as absent in the traditional sense of showing on the…
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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you, Presiding Officer. First Minister, last week, the school absence figures came out and, since COVID, there has been a massive rise in the number of pupils who are marked, regrettably, as persistently absent from school in the secondary sector. In…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Deputy Minister for Climate Change
Will you take an intervention?
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Questions to the First Minister
I am more than happy, First Minister, to join you in those comments. There is no space in our society for that whatsoever. I, myself, can send many, many examples—and it's open on my public social media feeds—of the remarks that I get thrown at me. I also get…
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Questions to the First Minister
It is critical that people aren't disparaged because they engage in a protest when they have observations or concerns about a Government measure. As I said, the Deputy Minister called this petition 'anti road safety'. Well, it's not against road safety, it's…
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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you, Presiding Officer. First Minister, as the Presiding Officer mentioned in her opening remarks, there is a record petition before the Senedd's Petitions Committee at the moment, touching nearly 440,000 signatures. There's also another petition…
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Questions to the First Minister
—a Minister, when he was an MS, who pressed the button to obviously cut the NHS budget here in Wales. And my initial question to the First Minister was: will the health budget be afforded any form of protection under the current discussions that are going on…
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Questions to the First Minister
It’s always someone else’s fault when it comes to the First Minister—
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Questions to the First Minister
I'm grateful that that tweet was taken down, but I didn't hear an apology to the people that it was aimed at. Ultimately, it was a very offensive tweet, to say the least, to say that we would wish to see children being injured. But it's been taken down. I had…
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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you, Presiding Officer. Many happy returns, First Minister. I'm sure we could all think of better places on our birthday to be than the debating Chamber of the Senedd, or maybe not in this case. But I'd like to raise with you the tweet that the Counsel…
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Questions to the First Minister
It is.
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Questions to the First Minister
Can I make an intervention?
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Restricted Roads (20 mph Speed Limit) (Wales) Order 2022
—that's getting 1,500 new houses, '20's Plenty for Us', with no improvement to the transport infrastructure is a sensible proposition. This blanket policy is not a sensible proposition and will cause havoc for the Welsh economy.
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Restricted Roads (20 mph Speed Limit) (Wales) Order 2022
—which I fully support. [Interruption.] I stand full square behind it, in an area—
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Restricted Roads (20 mph Speed Limit) (Wales) Order 2022
I'm grateful that you've offered me the chance to clarify. That picture was taken in my office on a specific local campaign in Sully—
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Restricted Roads (20 mph Speed Limit) (Wales) Order 2022
Will you take an intervention?
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Restricted Roads (20 mph Speed Limit) (Wales) Order 2022
I wouldn't have dared accuse you of hypocrisy, but if I look at the record, I think it stands for itself that there is hypocrisy there. There is nothing wrong with the position of standing up for your own communities that have been overdeveloped to say that…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Restricted Roads (20 mph Speed Limit) (Wales) Order 2022
I understand that you have accused me of hypocrisy—forgive me for not having the translation system on.
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Restricted Roads (20 mph Speed Limit) (Wales) Order 2022
Would the Member take an intervention?
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Questions to the First Minister
Well, there have been concerns expressed by those in the emergency services. By your own figures, as well, First Minister, it is recognised that potentially this could have a knock-on effect on economic activity of £8.9 billion. Those are your own figures…
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Questions to the First Minister
One of the things that has been highlighted, First Minister, is the knock-on effect this will have on emergency services. The ambulance service, for example, have said that, in their working plan and management tool, ambulances can only travel at 20 mph over…
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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you, Presiding Officer, and can I welcome everyone back after the summer recess? The Welsh Government is bringing forward one of its most contentious policies—the 20 mph default speed limit. That is within your manifesto, First Minister—I accept…
