, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Thank you very much. Again, it's very important, although gruelling, absolutely horrific, to listen to that description of abuse as a result of the misuse and abuse of social media, so thank you, Hannah, for drawing this to our attention today and revealing…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Thank you very much, Delyth Jewell. Isn't it regrettable that you have to raise this? This appalling feedback affecting the mental health and well-being of our children and the children and young people that we welcome to Wales, who are part of Wales. Can I…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
You're right to raise this with Betsi Cadwaladr. Thank you for raising it as well here in the Chamber, but it is for Betsi Cadwaladr to answer those questions, which I'm sure you've raised. The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, I'm sure, will also…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Thank you very much, Julie Morgan. I think everybody, I'm sure, in this Parliament, in the Senedd, received information from Show Racism the Red Card, and also inviting us all to an awards event that's forthcoming. I think we have to show our strong support…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Diolch yn fawr, Heledd Fychan. Can I join you—and I'm glad you have raised the issue—in my huge concerns about Grok? The fact that a social media platform such as X is allowing users to create abhorrent and illegal content, largely focused on women and girls…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Diolch yn fawr, Paul Davies. And, of course, rail services in west Wales, as the First Minister has said, in terms of the delivery of rail services, particularly from Transport for Wales—. And you've seen the good ratings and outcomes in terms of the delivery…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Thank you very much, Llywydd. There are several changes to this week's business, as set out on the Plenary agendas. Business for the next three weeks is shown on the business statement, which is available to Members electronically.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Fuel poverty and the Warm Homes programme: Evidence session with Cabinet Secretaries
Thank you.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Fuel poverty and the Warm Homes programme: Evidence session with Cabinet Secretaries
Following on from that, I hope, Jane, you’ll have seen the written statement that I made earlier on about tackling fuel poverty being a key priority for the Welsh Government. We need to do everything we can in our powers across Government, as Jayne has said…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Fuel poverty and the Warm Homes programme: Evidence session with Cabinet Secretaries
Perhaps I could just come in here. It’s so good that you’ve asked us both to come here today, because this is absolutely joined-up government in the Welsh Government. You’ve mentioned Jack Sargeant as Minister for skills, but, obviously, the Deputy First…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Fuel poverty and the Warm Homes programme: Evidence session with Cabinet Secretaries
I can say that it wasn't a surprise when I raised social tariffs with the new Minister, and I'd certainly been raising it with the previous Minister for energy consumers in the previous Government as well. There have been strong calls for social tariffs, and…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Fuel poverty and the Warm Homes programme: Evidence session with Cabinet Secretaries
Diolch yn fawr, Jane. I did highlight this when I met with Minister Miatta Fahnbulleh earlier on, last year. I raised the issue of a social tariff. I meant to say earlier on that I meet with Ofgem regularly, and I've also—in fact, it's in my written…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Fuel poverty and the Warm Homes programme: Evidence session with Cabinet Secretaries
Well, thank you very much for that question. I think I would just like to go back to the discretionary assistance fund at the moment. I look forward to meeting the older people's commissioner on this issue, and I've mentioned the fact that there's a minimum…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Fuel poverty and the Warm Homes programme: Evidence session with Cabinet Secretaries
Well, I think that just the changing circumstances, I'm sure, will be taken into account in terms of looking at those estimates, because as I've said, there are three drivers of fuel poverty: the energy efficiency of the home, the income of the household and…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Fuel poverty and the Warm Homes programme: Evidence session with Cabinet Secretaries
I think it's very valuable. That's why this inquiry is so useful. You're identifying that support that those mapping schemes—. I don't know about FRESH, it's come—. It's the vulnerability—. I can understand, from what you're saying, it's from Cardiff…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Fuel poverty and the Warm Homes programme: Evidence session with Cabinet Secretaries
Diolch yn fawr, Jane Dodds. Very early on, when the changes came about in the summer, about eligibility for the winter fuel payment, I met with the older people's commissioner to talk about—. If you recall, the previous older people's commissioner had had a…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Fuel poverty and the Warm Homes programme: Evidence session with Cabinet Secretaries
Well, it is very important that we address that issue in terms of supporting, enabling people to take up all the benefits, indeed, to take up the pension credit to enable them to be eligible for the winter fuel payment. And again, maximising income, getting…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Fuel poverty and the Warm Homes programme: Evidence session with Cabinet Secretaries
Well, obviously, I mentioned the energy crisis already, and it's a very fair question, but, as I said, again, in the written evidence, the Welsh Government revised the October 2021 estimates and was using fuel prices for electricity, mains gas and heating oil…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Fuel poverty and the Warm Homes programme: Evidence session with Cabinet Secretaries
Thank you very much, Chair. I think I did seek to address this point in our written evidence to the Equality and Social Justice Committee. Can I say how much I welcome this inquiry that you're taking forward? As I said in that written statement, we are…
, Plenary
Short Debate: Reaching a tipping point? Wales’s littering and fly-tipping epidemic
Yes, well, we await that. Just in terms of when it's likely to come in, I'll just see whether I can give you that answer now. We laid the Environmental Protection (Single-use Vapes) (Wales) Regulations 2024 on 19 November, which was agreed by the Senedd on 10…
, Plenary
Short Debate: Reaching a tipping point? Wales’s littering and fly-tipping epidemic
Diolch, Llywydd. Can I thank Mick Antoniw for tabling this important debate today, and to Carolyn Thomas for your contribution as well? I'm responding on behalf of the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, who is…
, Plenary
Topical Questions
Diolch yn fawr, John Griffiths. Thank you for adding your voice to this statement today and your questions. You will be aware of DEC Cymru—the emergency committee—of the charities and leading organisations. We’re raising funds for them to do that work—those…
, Plenary
Topical Questions
Diolch yn fawr, Sioned Williams. It is important that we look at this in terms of the widest context of how this has come about and where we want to move to in terms of a solution, so that we turn what has been a war zone into not just a ceasefire, but a…
, Plenary
Topical Questions
Thank you very much, Jenny Rathbone, and thank you for drawing attention to the courageous work of Dr Clare Frost, a doctor from Ceredigion. We applaud her and, as I've mentioned, the many others who have gone to—health and humanitarian professionals from…
, Plenary
Topical Questions
Thank you very much indeed, Paul Davies. And thank you, again, for acknowledging that we are united, I think, in the Chamber today in our response and in responding to the question, but those questions that you are also raising on behalf of the people we…
