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Debate on the Petitions Committee Report—'From Five to Four? P-06-1247 Support trials of a four-day week in Wales'
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd. I welcome this debate and I'm grateful to Members for their contributions.
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
I thank Llyr Gruffydd for his question. Obviously, we're pleased that a pay deal has been agreed for firefighters, and has obviously averted the need for industrial action, but I acknowledge, as he does, that it places significant further financial pressures…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Fire and rescue authorities in Wales are funded by levying contributions on their constituent local authorities. This is determined by the fire and rescue authorities themselves, and is not subject to external constraints. The Welsh Government does not…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Whilst I do welcome the Member's interest in this area, I'll not take lectures from the Conservative Party on support for the LGBTQ+ community. And clearly, it raises very valid concerns about the role that we play in terms of our diplomatic engagement and…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
The people and Government of Wales have a long-standing relationship with people and communities in eastern Uganda, as the Member is aware, and it's very important to make it clear that the Welsh Government does not have any formal relationship with the…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
I thank the Member for this question. I am sure everybody in this Chamber will agree that it was horrifying to see not only the reports on the passing of the anti-homosexuality Bill in Uganda recently, but those scenes within the Ugandan Parliament. I have to…
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Debate: Stage 4 of the Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. At the risk of getting a little like the Oscars, I want to once again thank everyone for their contributions today but also throughout the process. Many of us in this Chamber and outside it will know that this is legislation that has…
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Debate: Stage 4 of the Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill
The scrutiny process for this Bill has been rigorous and challenging, which is as it should be, but it has been conducted in a productive manner throughout. I appreciate that a Bill of this nature was unlikely to secure universal support across all parties…
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Debate: Stage 4 of the Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill
To begin with, thank you to everyone for their work on this Bill—Senedd Members and many others. Thank you.
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Group 11: Contracts register (Amendments 10, 11)
Diolch, Llywydd. As this is the final group of amendments, I'd like to take this opportunity to place on the record my thanks to Peredur Owen Griffiths and the team for the way in which we've been able and the spirit in which we've been able to work together…
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Group 10: Annual socially responsible procurement reports (Amendments 7, 8, 9, 44, 46)
Diolch. Further to comments I made in relation to group 8, I can confirm that the Government will support amendments 7 and 8. Members may recall that an amendment designed to strengthen this section was made in Stage 2 committee. If carried, amendments 7 and…
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Group 9: Social public works clauses (Amendments 5, 6, 12)
Diolch. The Government is supporting these amendments. As Peredur has explained, table 1 describes the categories of well-being improvements sought within construction contracts and their supply chains. The improvements in the table are designed to build on…
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Group 8: Socially responsible procurement duty (Amendments 4, 1)
Diolch, Llywydd. Can I thank Members for their contributions? And, actually, can I take this opportunity to thank Jenny Rathbone for the work that she's done on this legislation in her role as chair of the Equality and Social Justice Committee, as well?…
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Group 7: Social partnership duty (Amendment 43)
Diolch. Section 16 of the Bill establishes a statutory social partnership duty requiring public bodies, insofar as is reasonable, to seek consensus or compromise, primarily with their recognised trade unions, when setting and delivering their well-being…
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Group 6: Subgroups of the SPC (Amendment 3)
The social partnership council will be responsible for establishing the statutory public procurement sub-group. Procurement sub-group members will be selected to provide expert advice, and not to represent particular groups of stakeholders. However, in order…
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Group 5: Political affiliation (Amendments 30, 41)
Diolch. These amendments would require worker representatives appointed to the social partnership council to declare whether the trade union they are a member of is affiliated to a political party. I note that Joel James's amendment is only seeking to apply…
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Group 4: Nominations to the SPC by Wales TUC Cymru (Amendments 2, 27)
Diolch, Llywydd. It might be worth recapping the background to this issue for the benefit of those Members who've not been so closely involved in the passage of the Bill as the members of the scrutiny committee and me. As Peredur set out in his opening…
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Group 3: SPC: worker and employer representatives (Amendments 14, 15, 19, 20, 22, 39, 40, 42)
Diolch, Llywydd. I'm not convinced by the arguments Joel James has put forward for increasing the number of employers and worker representatives on the council. There is no discernible benefit from increasing the number of employers' and workers'…
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Group 2: SPC: meetings and chair (Amendments 13, 16, 17, 18, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
Diolch, Llywydd. I very much regret the way in which Joel James seeks to deliberately debase and undermine the purpose of the social partnership council, and we've very much been here before in this discussion. In response to amendment 13, when we discussed…
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Group 1: Social Partnership Council (SPC): pursuit of well-being goals (Amendment 45)
Diolch, Llywydd. Can I start by thanking Jane Dodds too for the collaborative way in which we've managed to work together in developing and taking forward this important piece of legislation? Section 1 of the Bill sets out the purposes of the social…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Industrial relations
I can certainly speak on behalf on my colleagues in the Labour group and say we are fundamentally, wholeheartedly and collectively opposed to it and we will work with our partners across the Labour movement in Wales, and the UK, to oppose such attacks on…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Industrial relations
Yes.
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Industrial relations
Diolch, Llywydd. I welcome this debate, and thank most Members for their contributions. The Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill is an attack on workers, workers' rights and trade unions. The Welsh Government opposes the Bill in the strongest terms, as set…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Industrial relations
Formally.
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Diolch, Llywydd. Thank you for that. I think one of the dangers of this discussion—the topic—is that we degenerate into party political point scoring and matters. I think, if a future UK Labour Government was going to legislate on this and gender recognition…
