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Updates - Petitions referred to the Seventh Senedd
Are we all agreed? Okay. We'll take that as the action, then, please. Thank you very much. Good job. That's the first one done for this Senedd session. We'll move on to item 2.2, P-06-1232, 'Stop the proliferation of intensive poultry units (IPUs) by…
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Updates - Petitions referred to the Seventh Senedd
No. I think it's a pretty good brief. There are no questions from me. I'd certainly be interested in seeing what the culture committee has to say on it before perhaps we make any further decisions.
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Updates - Petitions referred to the Seventh Senedd
We move very swiftly on to item 2, updates to petitions referred to the seventh Senedd. We start today's formal business with the consideration of some of the nine petitions that were referred to us by the previous sixth Senedd Petitions Committee. The first…
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Introductions, apologies and substitutions
Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome, everybody, to this first Petitions Committee meeting of the seventh Senedd. I very much welcome everybody's attendance today. As a reminder, the meeting is being broadcast live on Senedd.tv and the Record of Proceedings will…
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Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Minister for Social Justice
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Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Minister for Social Justice
Thank you, Minister. Residents in my constituency have raised concerns about anti-social behaviour, specifically at Aberdare bus station—a very niche area—with locals calling it a hotspot for crime. Given the pain and disruption caused, many local businesses…
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Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Minister for Social Justice
6. What is the Welsh Government doing to support community safety in Pontypridd Cynon Merthyr? OQ64356
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Transport: Our Vision for the Devolution of Rail
Thank you for your statement. Minister, we in Reform, it is worth saying at the outset, respect the ownership of the Valleys lines from this Welsh Government. It is worth saying that power over rail must not be devolved further. Rail infrastructure isn't just…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy: New Development Agency for Wales
It's a shame that, today, we're here debating the creation of yet another quango, more bureaucracy, but, of course, now we learn that we've got a panel to oversee the quango. I think the next announcement could well be the committee to oversee the panel to…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Transport: Integrated Transport: North-South Coach Services
Thank you for your statement—[Interruption.] There we go. How is that? Thank you. Thank you for your statement, Minister. These improvements to north-south travel are long overdue. Your announcements today are a small but very important step to fixing that…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Trefnydd, can I ask for a statement from the Minister for enterprise on the ongoing situation at Kepak in Merthyr Tydfil? Kepak is Wales's largest meat processing plant and they began a consultation that could see the loss of up to 85 jobs. For years, the…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Finance
Thank you for the answer. Back in January, the now First Minister boasted that Plaid Cymru had secured £300 million of additional funding for front-line services and put the next Welsh Government 'on a firmer footing'. In the mini-budget yesterday, you…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Finance
8. What discussions has the Cabinet Minister had with the Cabinet Minister for Health and Care regarding how the Welsh Government's budget for 2026-27 supports front-line services? OQ64191
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Finance: The First Supplementary Budget 2026-27
Diolch, Lywydd. Minister, thank you for your statement. It is pretty clear to us today that Plaid Cymru have raided Wales's capital emergency fund, putting our economy's resilience at risk. You said today in your statement that you believe you have a mandate…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Trefnydd, can we have a statement from the Cabinet Minister for enterprise on the decision by Marshall Land Systems to relocate its operations to Merthyr Tydfil? At a time of heightened global tensions, and with instability and indecision on defence spending…
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Reform UK Debate: Childcare offer
Could I just ask you to read back what the original statement was that you're responding to, please? The motion. Thank you.
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Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Minister for Social Justice and Equality
Cabinet Minister, around 32 per cent of children in Merthyr Tydfil are growing up in poverty. That's one of the highest rates in Wales, and this is after 27 years of a Labour Government propped up by Plaid. Meanwhile, life expectancy in our Valleys and…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Transport: Key Infrastructure Resilience
Thank you, Llywydd, and thank you for the statement, Minister. But if I can start just by responding to Janet. There were a lot of sound bites in that statement, Janet, and you really shouldn't talk Wales down so much. You really shouldn't. [Laughter.] But…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Trefnydd, can I ask for a statement from the Cabinet Minister for enterprise on the delays to Tata Steel's electric arc furnace? Workers at the site were promised certainty, they were promised a bright green future and that Welsh steel making would be…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy: Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy Priorities
Thank you for your statement, Minister, and congratulations on your appointment. I have to relay my initial concern about the direction of the Welsh economy if the answer to the challenges that we're being presented with is to bring back a failed Welsh…
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Statement by the First Minister: The First Minister's Priorities
Thank you for today's statement from the First Minister, and congratulations on your appointment. We wish you well. I would like to address one of the many Plaid Cymru elephants in the room today. One of your MSs, now elected in the Senedd, previously said…
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Nomination of the First Minister under Standing Order 8
Dan Thomas.
