, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
UK Government rail policy and rail reform - evidence session with Professor Mark Barry
Sorry, in England they're going to do what in Wales we're not?
, Plenary
Debate: The Local Government Settlement 2026-27
I'm pleased that the funding that was held back for negotiation has gone to uplift public services provided through local government and health. I couldn't have voted for anything else and seen the everyday services that matter to everyone collapse, or to see…
, Plenary
Debate: The Final Budget 2026-27
It's a huge relief to see a change of UK Government to a Labour administration that believes in investing in our public services. Of course, 14 years of ideologically driven Tory austerity cannot be undone in a single year, but we are already seeing progress…
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: NHS Waiting Times
I think we need to share hope for people waiting on waiting lists. Residents in north Wales have told me about knee operations, eye surgery and orthodontic appointments that have been brought forward. ESCAPE-pain programmes and the national exercise referral…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
My supplementary was about how you work at tackling the waiting list, but it feels that you may have answered that already. I don't know if you've got anything else to add. Thank you.
, Petitions Committee
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 on to item 5, which—. Well, we've concluded the public business, so under Standing Order 17.42, are the committee minded to resolve to meet in private for the remainder of the meeting? Okay, thank you. So, if we could move to the private…
, Petitions Committee
Papers to note
That moves us on then to papers to note. Is committee minded to note the papers? Okay.
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Okay, great. So, if we could do that and then close the petition, and thank the petitioner for raising this important issue on behalf of women and girls and equality, which should be commended. Well done.
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
I agree. Thank you, Lindsay. But Joel has just said as well about writing to the FAW with the further possible actions that have been put forward by the petitioner, further questions there. So, would you be minded for us to do that? Would that be okay?
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Okay, thank you, Joel. Lindsay, do you want to come in?
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Okay. Is everybody in agreement? Okay. Thank you for that, Vaughan. So, going forward, if we can share the petitioner's response with the Cabinet Secretary, and we'll close the petition. Thank you, Vaughan. Okay. That then brings us on to 3.6, petition…
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Is everybody in agreement with that? Okay. Thank you. We'll thank the petitioner and then close the petition. Okay. That moves us on to petition P-06-1545. It reads, 'Stop forcing school children to undress in front of staff/peers in "open" communal rooms'…
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
It could be an invest-to-save in the end, couldn't it? You've got a pilot there that proves the case: invest-to-save, not just saving money, but saving lives as well. We'll close the petition. Thank you, Lindsay. That takes us on to 3.4, which is petition…
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Forwarding the letter will probably be useful because pilots can demonstrate solutions, if funding is in place, so it might be useful for them to see that.
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
There was a suggestion of just forwarding the letter to the Health and Social Care Committee for awareness.
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Okay. More than a line. Thank you. Thank you, everyone. If we move on now to petition P-06-1543, 'Keep weekend opening at Cardigan minor injuries unit'. This was submitted by Mark Gibbins, with 2,797 signatures. That's another health one, isn't it? Could I…
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Okay. So, going forward, there are several questions here, but if we could forward those on behalf of the petitioner to the Wales Pension Partnership, we could close the petition, because we are coming to the end of the Senedd, but perhaps put a line in the…
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
We will be doing a legacy report of outstanding issues, really, that we've raised here, ready for the next Petitions Committee to take forward.
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Yes. I have a pension with the Clwyd pension fund—a very small one from when I was a councillor for a short time. So, I should declare an interest on that as well. Lindsay, could I bring you in?
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Okay. I'll just bring in Vaughan and then Lindsay. Vaughan, do you want to come in first?
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
And Vaughan. Okay.
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
I know I was concerned because they are Welsh pensions, and in Wales we like to do things a little bit differently and ensure that we consider future generations' well-being. We're a member of the Beyond Gas and Oil Alliance. So, it's something that I'm…
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Thank you, Vaughan. I'm aware that the shared prosperity fund has been used to employ officers working on projects. And I know the First Minister has been making representations to the UK Government about it. There's going to be a transition phase, and…
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
And could I also declare an interest—sorry, Vaughan—because there's reference made to the shared prosperity fund? Now there is a new post-EU fund coming forward called the local growth fund, and I chair the stakeholder group that is looking at that at the…
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
That leads us on to updates to previous petitions, and takes us to 3.1, P-06-1500, 'Neath Port Talbot UNISON needs additional Funding for NPT Council'. This was submitted by Mark Fisher, with 355 signatures. Vaughan, I'm going to ask you—you wanted to declare…
