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New Petitions
Thank you, Rhys. Would anybody else like to come on in on this? Vaughan.
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New Petitions
Okay, thank you. Sorry. To clarify that, then, there's not enough time to debate it, but it is likely to be published before the end of the Senedd term. Thank you. And I'm sure it'll be picked up by the seventh Senedd. Thank you, Lindsay. Item 2.2 is…
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New Petitions
Thank you, Lindsay. Does anybody else want to come in? Like you say, it says in the preamble that Eluned Morgan announced changes to the GP contract in 2021 to overcome the 8 a.m. bottleneck. I know when it's raised in the Chamber she refers back to that—that…
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New Petitions
That leads us now on to new petitions. Petition 2.1, P-06-1558, 'Simplify and standardise the process for booking an appointment with a GP in Wales', and it reads: 'It's currently very difficult to book appointments to see a GP in local surgeries. This is…
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
We have Joel James attending online and everybody else is here in the room. Committee members should note any declarations of interest now or at the relevant point during proceedings.
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
We've received no apologies for absence.
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Welcome to this hybrid meeting of the Petitions Committee. As a reminder, the meeting is being broadcast live on Senedd.tv and the Record of Proceedings will be published as usual.
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
A warm welcome to you all to this meeting of the Petitions Committee.
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Legislative Consent Motion: The Pension Schemes Bill
Can I declare an interest, as I have a small pension with the Clwyd pension fund from when I was previously a councillor? I am hugely concerned. Richard Tice MP from Reform has announced a policy that will have a disproportionate and devastating impact in…
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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you, First Minister. I'd like to pay tribute to the tenacity of Ann Jones, who was the previous Member of the Senedd for the area, and she told me, when I took over as the Labour Member of the Senedd for the area, 'You'd better make sure that that gets…
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Questions to the First Minister
3. Will the First Minister provide an update regarding capital funding for investment in the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Rhyl? OQ63873
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Group 10: Welsh Ministers’ plans and reports under section 6 of the Environment (Wales) Act 2016 (Amendments 49, 44, 22, 50, 23, 51)
Move forward, thank you.
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Group 10: Welsh Ministers’ plans and reports under section 6 of the Environment (Wales) Act 2016 (Amendments 49, 44, 22, 50, 23, 51)
Diolch, Llywydd. I want to speak to amendments 49, 50 and 51 together, please, and these are on the OEGW role in biodiversity targets. The Bill requires the OEGW to set out in its strategy how it intends to monitor statutory environmental targets. The…
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Group 8: Biodiversity targets: targets under new section 6B of the Environment (Wales) Act 2016 (Amendments 40, 4, 5A, 5, 54, 6, 31, 42, 43, 45)
I want to speak briefly to amendment 54 as well. Eleven thousand people signed a petition calling for swift bricks to be installed in all new developments. It's a way of developers showing that they care about nature. Scotland brought it in through…
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Group 3: Office of Environmental Governance Wales: establishment and related matters (Amendments 33, 25, 46, 26, 32, 8, 48)
Yes.
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Group 3: Office of Environmental Governance Wales: establishment and related matters (Amendments 33, 25, 46, 26, 32, 8, 48)
I'd like to speak to amendment 32 regarding sufficiency of funding for the OEGW. This amendment would mean that, if the OEGW considers that Welsh Ministers have not provided sufficient funding, and chooses to reflect this in its annual report, then the OEGW…
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Legislative Consent Motion: The Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill
On Friday, I visited the excellent cancer research unit at Bangor University, and they spoke so positively about the new medical school in north Wales where they've been training doctors up. So, I've just got a short question, really, to the Cabinet…
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The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026
I've been contacted by representatives from the Cruise Lines International Association who, alongside the wider shipping sector, have a number of concerns about Government policy regarding the emissions trading scheme, as has been mentioned before, and the…
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Statement by the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership: Apprenticeship Week
Thank you for your statement, Minister. I know you share my views on the importance of building a strong skills base to support the significant investment in renewable energy that we're seeing now, particularly in north Wales. This Thursday, I will be…
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Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the remainder of today's business
That brings us to item 5 and concludes the public business. I propose, in accordance with Standing Order 17.42, that the committee resolves to meet in private for the remainder of the meeting. Are Members content? Okay. Thank you.
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Papers to note
Right, that brings us to papers to note. Are committee happy to note the papers there, under item 4? Okay.
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Updates to previous petitions
Absolutely, yes. I think that that could be a solution, going forward. Perhaps we could write to the Cabinet Secretary and ask if she would meet with the petitioner, going forward. I know that this has been discussed at the Children, Young People and…
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Updates to previous petitions
That might help. It might be helpful, then.
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Updates to previous petitions
Perhaps you could have a meeting with the Cabinet Secretary, and understand a little bit more of the detail, going forward.
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Updates to previous petitions
We are the Petitions Committee, as opposed to—. It's a contract between the Government and whoever they go out to for grant funding.
