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Short Debate: Together stronger: Social enterprise and community-owned businesses in Wales
As I have outlined, social businesses and enterprises that are run by the community have been in the vanguard in terms of social, economic and environmental innovation in Wales. It is, therefore, surprising that they haven’t been prioritised, perhaps, in the…
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Short Debate: Together stronger: Social enterprise and community-owned businesses in Wales
The success of all these initiatives is owed to the knowledge and drive that exist within our communities. Support to incubate and nurture this needs to be long-term and structural. I would therefore call on the Welsh Government to consider this evening how…
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Short Debate: Together stronger: Social enterprise and community-owned businesses in Wales
The majority, if not all, of the community businesses, co-operative enterprises and social enterprises prioritise sustainability and protecting the environment as core elements of their business models. In St Davids, for example, Câr-y-Môr is the first…
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Short Debate: Together stronger: Social enterprise and community-owned businesses in Wales
Social enterprises and community-owned businesses thus come in all shapes and sizes, and they play a vital role in community development, in social regeneration and economic transformation. They are central to the foundational economy, and keep capital—human…
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Short Debate: Together stronger: Social enterprise and community-owned businesses in Wales
Thank you very much, Llywydd, and thank you for the opportunity to introduce this debate, and I'm very grateful to Carolyn Thomas, Luke Fletcher and Mabon ap Gwynfor for accepting an invitation to contribute to the debate. The pandemic made all of us more…
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
Thank you very much. It's good to hear that, because as we know, this announcement was made at the beginning of the year, and not only does this new budget undermine the devolution settlement, but it also breaks Brexit promises of not a penny less. The £585…
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
4. What discussions has the Welsh Government held with the UK Government regarding the relevance of the shared prosperity fund to local authorities in Mid and West Wales? OQ58719
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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you very much. As you know, almost 90,000 households in Wales are on the waiting list for social housing at the moment. This has increased from 65,000 homes in 2018, and charities expect that number to increase further. And trends across Mid and West…
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Questions to the First Minister
4. What steps is the Welsh Government taking to address the increasing demand for social housing in Mid and West Wales? OQ58724
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90-second Statements
I'd like to take this opportunity to congratulate S4C, which has its headquarters in Carmarthen, on celebrating its fortieth birthday last week. The channel was established on 1 November 1982, and I'm sure that many of us will have fond memories of gathering…
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs, North Wales and Trefnydd
Thank you very much. Those measures are, of course, welcome because the current strain of avian influenza is recognised as the worst to have affected the UK, with the recent news in Norfolk that some 0.5 million chickens have been destroyed a result of the…
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs, North Wales and Trefnydd
7. Will the Minister provide an update on the Welsh Government's measures to tackle the spread of bird flu in Mid and West Wales? OQ58624
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thank you very much. Last week, as I said, I had the pleasure of meeting with the RCN here in the Senedd to discuss their latest report, and in the evening I had the pleasure of meeting a number of nurses from the mid and west Wales region. I heard about the…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
9. What assessment has the Welsh Government undertaken of NHS staffing levels in mid and west Wales? OQ58544
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Sorry, I skipped ahead.
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thank you very much. Last week, Minister—
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Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
Thank you very much. Perhaps I should be declaring an interest because I have two daughters at university at the moment, and I've had a number of e-mails from students, many of them in the two universities that happen to be located in my region. So, I'm very…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
2. What support is the Government providing to university students across mid and west Wales as the cost-of-living crisis intensifies? OQ58543
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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you very much. As you know, homes across mid and west Wales are more reliant on off-grid fuel such as oil and biomass than other parts of Wales. In Carmarthenshire, 39 per cent of homes are not connected to the gas grid; 55 per cent in Powys, and 74 per…
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Questions to the First Minister
3. What is the Welsh Government doing to ensure adequate support for rural households across Mid and West Wales as they face the challenges of the cost-of-living crisis? OQ58509
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Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Thank you very much. I've already called publicly on councils in my region to open warm banks to help people to cope with the worst effects of the high cost of paying for energy over the winter. So, of course, I welcome the fact that the Welsh Government has…
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Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
9. What support is the Welsh Government providing to local authorities in Mid and West Wales as the cost-of-living crisis intensifies? OQ58456
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Business Statement and Announcement
Trefnydd, we've already heard about the concerns expressed by residents in mid and north Wales on the possible intention of reconfiguring Wales Air Ambulance services. We've heard from the First Minister that perhaps it's not the role of Welsh Government to…
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
Thank you very much for that answer. Last month, Barclays bank announced that it was closing branches across the region, including Welshpool, Newtown and Lampeter. This has become a very common pattern over recent years. Indeed, there are about 40 per cent…
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
9. What benefits will the establishment of a community bank for Wales bring to mid and west Wales? OQ58353
