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Short Debate: A rural poverty strategy for Wales
Colleagues, one thing that has become abundantly clear in my research is the fact that current policy-making processes do not give appropriate recognition to the different and specific needs of our rural communities. Now, in Northern Ireland, for example…
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Short Debate: A rural poverty strategy for Wales
That's the pattern that all of us who live in these areas are familiar with. And despite the seriousness of the situation, every time I've called on the Welsh Government in this Siambr to develop a strategy tailored specifically to dealing with rural…
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Short Debate: A rural poverty strategy for Wales
'Rural Wales is in trouble. Probably more trouble than in living memory, and from forces and trends that are unlikely to disappear any time soon. Economic dysfunction is old hat here of course. The social problems consequent on poor wages, low value added…
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Short Debate: A rural poverty strategy for Wales
Thank you very much, Dirprwy Lywydd. It's a great pleasure for me to put forward this debate on developing a rural poverty strategy for Wales, and I'm very pleased to give a minute each of my time to Siân Gwenllian, to Sam Kurtz and to Mabon ap Gwynfor. I…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: GP practices and funding
Of course, it isn't just our rural communities that are ageing. An increasing number of our GPs are also ageing and are retiring, and, as we have seen very recently in Laugharne and at present at St David's in Pembrokeshire, there is a real possibility that…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: GP practices and funding
As a result of this ageing population, we're now facing a very real and rapidly increasing conundrum. On the one hand, our rural communities' healthcare needs have arguably never been greater. However, as we've already heard this afternoon, those front-line…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: GP practices and funding
As the Cabinet Secretary knows full well, in Mid and West Wales the challenge of keeping rural GP surgeries open is intensifying, and it's the change in the social fabric of our rural communities that is one of the main factors responsible for the pressures…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing, Local Government and Planning
Thank you very much. It's interesting that you mention house building, because I'm sure that you will be well aware that there are a number of housing developments in river catchment areas, such as Cleddau, Usk, Teifi and Towy that have been put on hold as a…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing, Local Government and Planning
2. Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on house building in Mid and West Wales? OQ61051
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Thank you very much. As we've heard on a number of occasions in the Chamber this afternoon, there is a shortage of dentists, a shortage of Welsh-speaking dentists, in mid and west Wales and more broadly too. I'm pleased to hear that putting the appropriate…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
4. What workforce, training, and development planning has the Welsh Government undertaken for dentistry in Mid and West Wales? OQ61018
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Welsh Language
We know that this recent period has been difficult for rural businesses, particularly our pubs. They've seen business rates increasing, the cost of energy, food, drink and so on, and the customers haven't returned to the levels they experienced pre pandemic…
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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you very much. We've heard the Government saying a number of times that getting people out of their cars is a key priority, and that of course is in order to address climate change and also to reach net zero. I hope I can assume that the new Minister…
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Questions to the First Minister
8. Will the First Minister make a statement on the future of railways in Mid and West Wales? OQ60982
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Short Debate: The impact of renewable energy infrastructure on rural communities
Diolch yn fawr iawn. Thank you, James, for giving me a minute, although I should possibly want 10, but I'm just going to stick to the time. Plaid Cymru have no objection to onshore renewable projects. However, we have to ask questions about the scale and the…
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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you very much for that. I welcome the opportunity in my first question to you as First Minister to ask exactly what the Welsh Government intends to do to tackle rural poverty. We know that there is a premium paid by those who live in rural areas: wages…
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Questions to the First Minister
8. How is the Welsh Government combatting rural poverty in Mid and West Wales? OQ60934
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Nomination of the First Minister under Standing Order 8
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: UK Government budget
I've heard you all trotting out these wonderful projects, but expert analysis shows that there is £46 billion of unfunded commitments in the last budget, which is even higher than the kamikaze budget of Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng. So, can you explain to me…
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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you, First Minister. You may recall that the first question I asked you in this Chamber, back in 2021, was whether there was a need to create a rural regeneration strategy and also a strategy to tackle the unique problems facing rural Wales…
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Questions to the First Minister
3. How is the Welsh Government supporting rural development in Mid and West Wales? OQ60821
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90-second Statements
A heartfelt thanks to you all for your excellent service, the RNLI.
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90-second Statements
This week marks the two-hundredth anniversary of the foundation of the Royal National Lifeboat Institute, the RNLI. Since 1824, RNLI volunteers have saved the lives of almost 13,000 people in Wales, and nearly 150,000 people across Great Britain and Ireland…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Bovine TB
The mental health impact of our approach to managing TB is a deeply concerning aspect of the broader crisis currently facing farmers. A farm is never just a business—farming is a way of life, and the threat of losing everything they have worked so hard to…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Bovine TB
I want to focus on two specific aspects this afternoon, namely the policy of on-farm slaughter of cattle and the impact of bovine TB on farmers' mental health, but before doing so, I want to echo one fundamental issue raised by Llyr in his opening speech…
