Welsh Conservatives

Speeches and questions

Speeches and questions in Plenary and in committees, newest first. The Llywydd's and deputies' chairing of Plenary is left out.

1,856 speeches and questions

23 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Transport for Wales
A quick one. My bus operators in Aberconwy, there was a lot of uncertainty previously and they were worrying about funding, cutting routes and things. And what I don't want to happen is, due to uncertainty and doubt, that they decide to just pack it in. How…
23 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Transport for Wales
Good.
23 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Transport for Wales
Yes, I get that.
23 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Transport for Wales
He'll blame you, come on.
23 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Transport for Wales
Thanks. Can you update the committee on your work to prepare for the introduction of bus franchising in Wales? Which areas are progressing well, and are there any that are dragging behind or are areas of concern?
23 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Transport for Wales
Thank you. Wales has seen the slowest post-pandemic recovery in bus passenger numbers in Great Britain, and the reasons don't appear to be well understood. Why do you think recovery is so slow? How do you respond to the suggestion that it will be essential to…
23 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Transport for Wales
Okay. Fine.
23 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Transport for Wales
Your paper describes the corporate key performance indicators now published on your website. Can you outline how you have ensured these capture and will report on the full range of TfW activity, and in particular the T network approach?
23 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Transport for Wales
Yes, of course.
23 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Transport for Wales
And then, to save me asking the next two, in your paper, could you cover the gender pay gap table and also the trend? And also, how do you evaluate the effectiveness of the monitoring and leadership programmes listed in your paper? If your paper covers that…
23 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Transport for Wales
Yes, but absolutely fantastic. How does the gender balance in recruitment and pay gap, though, vary at different levels of seniority in the organisation? Maybe your paper—
23 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Transport for Wales
I just want to—. Twenty past three.
23 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Transport for Wales
Yes, well, I've got to just give a shout out to the young lady at 3.20 p.m. from Colwyn Bay on Monday. She was exceptional. The information, because sometimes North Wales Members have moaned about—. She was on the loudspeaker—
23 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Transport for Wales
Of course, yes.
23 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Transport for Wales
—and the people coming forward, and how we can encourage more women to get involved in this industry.
23 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Transport for Wales
With this gender balance, I’m a great believer in, yes, but it’s a tough gig, really, isn’t it, finding the right skills—
23 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Transport for Wales
And there has to be merit in it, you know—
23 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Transport for Wales
Yes. What progress have you made in increasing the proportion of women employed by TfW and reducing the gender pay gap since our last scrutiny session?
22 January 2025Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Cancer services
And that really helps me in the north. Thank you, Julie. Best not to compound that one. There is an obvious postcode lottery here in Wales in terms of the geographic spread. It is unkind, it's unfair and flies well in the face of equality. We always keep…
22 January 2025Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Cancer services
Yes. Oh, okay, Julie.
22 January 2025Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Cancer services
Well, I wasn't, but thank you.
22 January 2025Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Cancer services
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. The diagnosis of cancer is the most devastating news ever, and I should know—and I'll declare an interest because I've just recently witnessed with one of my own nearest and dearest having received that horrendous news—and I would like…
22 January 2025Plenary
Debate: Natural Resources Wales's 'Case for Change'
—to attend the meeting here in person. Diolch yn fawr.
22 January 2025Plenary
Debate: Natural Resources Wales's 'Case for Change'
I will do. The last scrutiny of NRW in our committee was poor, to say the least. All the officers had come online, saying they couldn’t afford the petrol to attend an in-person meeting. Telephones were going off in the background, there was a dog barking on…
22 January 2025Plenary
Debate: Natural Resources Wales's 'Case for Change'
The decision by Natural Resources Wales—we are on this debate, yes? I thought we were—to reduce services and staffing is deeply worrying for both the Welsh environment and the goal of achieving net zero. How many times have we stood up here and discussed NRW…