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Business Statement and Announcement
Thank you, Sam Rowlands. We're aware of recent flooding incidents across Wales. Our sympathies are with all those affected. Details of impacts on communities are still emerging, obviously, through contact with local authorities. We can see what impact that…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Thank you very much, Natasha Asghar. Of course, last week, there were opportunities to ask questions and raise issues of that kind with the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales. I'm also very minded, as Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, that…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Thank you very much for that question, Mark Isherwood. Clearly, we want to have the best provision and services and access to cancer treatment for children and their families in Wales. Of course, our clinical networks are crucial to delivering that, but also…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Thank you for that, Andrew R.T. Davies. Of course, you have seen the written statement issued by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary. I think it is important to recognise that NRW and HM Revenue and Customs are working together to bring about a…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Thank you very much indeed, Jane Dodds. Indeed, this was a particularly hot topic last week with questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, and indeed statements on the issue, concerns raised about the appalling record that had…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Thank you very much, Paul Davies. This is a key point, isn't it? You use the words 'access to primary care', which, of course—. Primary care, indeed, is, yes, the GP at the forefront of primary care, but also all the other ancillary services as well. I think…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Thank you very much, Carolyn Thomas. Well, as you said, a priority of our First Minister is to fix our roads. Obviously, this is crucial for road safety, but also connectivity and economic activity. And the need for maintenance across the network has to be…
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Business Statement and Announcement
It's very important, as we've raised, and, indeed, the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care has also commented and provided statements on dentistry in Wales. And just in terms of our record in dentistry, I think it's worth again putting on record…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Thank you very much, and thank you for drawing attention to this issue.
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Business Statement and Announcement
Thank you very much, James Evans. Of course, the importance of the social, cultural, economic and local value of the arts centre at a local level in Wales is profound. I know the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership will be glad to hear this…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Thank you very much, Mike Hedges. Well, I’m hopeful that colleagues around the Chamber have seen the written statement that I issued earlier on today, to announce that £1.5 million for warm hubs. It is about funding warm and safe spaces in the community. It’s…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Thank you very much, Delyth Jewell, and this is very topical. And I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to issue a written statement on the current situation, in terms of not just the legislation, not all of which, of course, is under our purview in terms of roles…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Thank you very much, Alun Davies, for those two very important questions, because we know this is about financial inclusion in our communities and the scale of the closure of commercial banks across Wales, which, I mean, we've charted in this Chamber over the…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Diolch yn fawr, Llyr Gruffydd. So, your first point was on Oscar Mayer, and, in fact, this was raised last week by Carolyn Thomas as well, and I provided assurances then that we were looking at ways in which we could support the—. The fact is that that…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Diolch yn fawr, Darren Millar. You raise a very important question, and I know shared around the Chamber will be the importance of those rescue centres, in the goal of improving animal welfare and rescuing those animals that are at risk. Can we congratulate…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Thank you very much, Llywydd. There is one change to this week's business. Later on this afternoon, the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales will be making an oral statement on the rail collision on the Cambrian line. Draft business for the next…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Thank you for that question. I'll just focus on emergency food assistance—this has come up this afternoon already—and confirm that, since 2019, we've allocated more than £22 million to support community food organisations. I know that you support them…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Diolch, Buffy Williams. The child poverty strategy for Wales sets out our long-term ambitions to tackle child poverty and to mitigate the worst impacts of poverty here in Wales. Our strategy includes the actions we are taking across Government and with…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Of course, it's the national transport delivery plan that sets out the range of actions we're taking to improve the accessibility, reliability, safety and frequency of public transport. It is crucial that we have an integrated public transport service in…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Thank you very much for your question.
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Diolch yn fawr, Peredur Owen Griffiths. We are committed to connecting communities across Wales by transforming our railways, delivering a better bus network, fixing our roads and empowering local communities. This will allow us to build an accessible…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Well, Dirprwy Lywydd, I don't intend to go over all of the actions that we've already taken. I've answered this question more than once, but I'm going to add a couple more points and ways in which we are trying to help people. The one key thing, I think, is…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Thank you, Darren Millar. We're working to ensure people in Conwy and Denbighshire, and throughout Wales, claim every pound to which they're entitled. Our 'Claim what's yours' Advicelink Cymru helpline is helping pensioners to find out about and access…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
It is important that we share that and that you shared that with us today. Just to reassure you and Members that, with the Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024 requiring us to issue guidance to support all political parties in considering the actions…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Thank you very much, Adam Price, and thank you for marking the contribution of Stuart Neale.
