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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you. I think that’s probably the largest amount of information we’ve heard so far going forward of what has been done so far and what more needs to be done. One of the issues that arose at the meeting I held was the cost of these surveys. There was one…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Diolch, Llywydd. It is now five years and nine months that have passed since Grenfell. For 2,099 days, hundreds of Welsh residents have been living in fear regarding the integrity of their own properties and risk of fire. Between 2017-18 and 2021-22, there…
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Business Statement and Announcement
The second one—
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Business Statement and Announcement
Two statements, please. I'd like to declare an interest on the first one, as this affects a relative, however, it's also affecting a large number of my constituents. So, I wish to request a statement from the Minister for Health and Social Services on…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: The roads review
I can say that I've read it—I'm not all the way through, I must admit, but I'm almost there. Now then, I'd like to say, Minister—and I've raised it with the Deputy Minister—how disappointed I am to see much-needed projects not going ahead, and this was after…
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Debate on the Petitions Committee Report, 'The Final Bend? P-06-1253 Ban greyhound racing in Wales'
No, no, I fully agree with my colleague Joyce Watson, but I have to bring us back to some reality, and today, we're here —[Interruption.]—no, no, no, we are here today to note the report, Deputy Llywydd. A poll has found that 57 per cent of people in Wales…
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Debate on the Petitions Committee Report, 'The Final Bend? P-06-1253 Ban greyhound racing in Wales'
Absolutely.
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Debate on the Petitions Committee Report, 'The Final Bend? P-06-1253 Ban greyhound racing in Wales'
Absolutely. In fact, Wales is one of only 10 countries in the world where commercial greyhound racing still takes place legally. The so-called sport is banned in most US states, 42, and racing in countries such as South Africa, Jamaica and the Philippines has…
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Debate on the Petitions Committee Report, 'The Final Bend? P-06-1253 Ban greyhound racing in Wales'
Yes, of course.
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Debate on the Petitions Committee Report, 'The Final Bend? P-06-1253 Ban greyhound racing in Wales'
Again, I'd like to thank all Members and the Chairman, Jack Sargeant, for their work, and all those who have contributed to this report, and that's what we're here today to discuss. I know that committee report findings aren't always unanimous, and that…
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
Thank you. Well, speaking of the sector, it's actually the sector that has approached me and said, 'Visit Wales definitely needs some reform.' Now, the economic benefit of tourism to Conwy county is around £900 million, generated from 9.5 million visitors…
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
8. What plans does the Minister have to reform Visit Wales? OQ59197
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Group 10: Annual socially responsible procurement reports (Amendments 7, 8, 9, 44, 46)
Go on—let him have that one. [Laughter.]
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Debate: The Local Government Settlement 2023-24
I think if you actually cast your mind back further, I can remember when Ronnie Hughes was the leader, and he did that kind of tactic. What I can tell you is that the previous leader of Conwy County Borough Council actually fought for five years of their…
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Debate: The Local Government Settlement 2023-24
Yes, sure.
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Debate: The Local Government Settlement 2023-24
I have to say, I agree with my colleague Mike Hedges over there that there has to be more transparency in the way that this budget is put across. Now, whether you like it or not in this Chamber—there aren't many Members here to actually remind them—it is as a…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Could I have a statement, please, from the Minister for Climate Change on building safety? My colleague Andrew Davies raised the issue today about the shocking situation in Grenfell, with hundreds of residents in Wales still living in fear that they could be…
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Topical Questions
Item 4 is topical questions. I call on Jack Sargeant.
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Questions to the Senedd Commission
Question 3, again to be answered by the Llywydd. Cefin Campbell.
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Questions to the Senedd Commission
We now move to question 2, to be answered by the Llywydd, and I call on Sioned Williams.
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Questions to the Senedd Commission
We now move to item 3, questions to the Senedd Commission, and the first one will be answered by Joyce Watson, but I call Peredur Owen Griffiths.
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Thank you. I refer to comments made by both the First Minister and the finance Minister in relation to the UK Government's use of a section 35 Order to protect the Equality Act 2010 from the SNP's Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill. The finance…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
6. What legal advice has the Counsel General provided to the Welsh Government regarding its policy on gender self-identification following the UK Government's decision to block the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill? OQ59176
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Thank you. Now, according to the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015, each public body must carry out sustainable development, which is the process of improving the economic, social, environmental and cultural well-being of Wales by taking…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
5. What legal advice has the Counsel General provided to the Minister for Climate Change ahead of the decision to scrap several major road projects in north Wales? OQ59177