30 January 2023 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Debt and the impact of the rising cost of living: evidence session 1
Thank you. Should we start with Luke Young, just picking up on your previous remarks?
30 January 2023 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Debt and the impact of the rising cost of living: evidence session 1
Okay, thank you for that. I know that, Altaf Hussain, you wanted to follow up on the response of public bodies.
30 January 2023 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Debt and the impact of the rising cost of living: evidence session 1
Okay. Can I bring in Jane Dodds, who wanted to follow up?
30 January 2023 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Debt and the impact of the rising cost of living: evidence session 1
Thank you. We'll come back to the detail on this in a moment. So, the Citizens Advice graph, which tells more than 1,000 words, really highlights the impact of the removal of some of the Welsh Government support. So, I wondered if you could just briefly…
30 January 2023 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Debt and the impact of the rising cost of living: evidence session 1
Thank you for that comprehensive reply. I don't want you to repeat the same information, but I think what it would be useful to know is really what impact it's having on debt levels, because, as Mr Tutton said, if people are borrowing money, then we're into a…
30 January 2023 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Debt and the impact of the rising cost of living: evidence session 1
Okay. Sorry, apologies I didn't see you earlier. So, if you could briefly just tell us what the latest impact of the cost-of-living pressures are, highlighting any particular groups that you think are worst affected. I know this is included in your written…
30 January 2023 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Debt and the impact of the rising cost of living: evidence session 1
So, with no further ado, I'd like to welcome our witnesses today: Peter Tutton from StepChange, Luke Young from Citizens Advice, and Steffan Evans from the Bevan Foundation. Welcome to you. Thank you very much, StepChange and Citizens Advice, for your written…
30 January 2023 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Introductions, apologies and substitutions
Similarly, I have been a member of the Bevan Foundation. I'm not currently, but I'm certainly a supporter of the Bevan Foundation.
30 January 2023 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Introductions, apologies and substitutions
Good afternoon. Prynhawn da. Welcome to the Equality and Social Justice Committee. This afternoon, we'll be doing follow-up work on the debt inquiry that we did back in 2021. I have no apologies for this afternoon's meeting; all members are present. Are there…
25 January 2023 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Reducing NHS pressures
Thank you for that. Would you agree, though, that not every one of our constituents needs to see a GP? They can see the pharmacist, they can see the nurse, and if they've got diabetes they're much better off with a diabetes service. So, it really isn't about…
25 January 2023 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Reducing NHS pressures
—just to complete on this, Deputy Presiding Officer—is that we are now using the electronic scheduling system that was tested in the pilot in Cwm Taf and elsewhere, so that we know exactly who is going to do what, all done by algorithm, as well as capturing…
25 January 2023 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Reducing NHS pressures
Okay. It would be useful to know which health board, but, anyway, I'm sure you can tell the Minister after this debate. I really think that both the Conservatives and Plaid, who say they want to find more money to pay the nurses, need to say which bit of our…
25 January 2023 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Reducing NHS pressures
Yes.
25 January 2023 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Reducing NHS pressures
Unallocated? Well, I think it's not useful to continue that line of enquiry, simply because I haven't read what you've produced and we can have that debate another day. But the reason why have vacancy levels is—. The fact that we have vacancy levels is…
25 January 2023 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Reducing NHS pressures
Yes.
25 January 2023 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Reducing NHS pressures
Well, I haven't seen it, and we haven't had the opportunity to look at it, and there are no new ideas in anything that you said, Rhun. You want us to pay NHS staff more, and I absolutely agree that they deserve to be paid more, but you say nothing about where…
25 January 2023 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Reducing NHS pressures
Yes.
25 January 2023 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Reducing NHS pressures
Thank you, Llywydd. Well, it's 25 January today, and it feels like the twenty-fifth iteration of the debate by the opposition on what we should be doing but we're not doing in the NHS. But any real insights into what we should be doing seems to be lacking. It…
25 January 2023 , Plenary
Debate on the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee Report—'Increasing costs: Impact on culture and sport'
I appreciate the work you're doing in the Petitions Committee, and I know you investigate the background to any petition. So, in the work that you probably will do, once you close the petition, could you investigate whether any swimming pools in Wales are…
25 January 2023 , Plenary
Debate on the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee Report—'Increasing costs: Impact on culture and sport'
Will you take an intervention?
25 January 2023 , Plenary
Topical Questions
I completely agree it's a disaster for the 730 staff who are employed there, but I think we have to ask some hard questions about this company as well, because in the past, as you said, Minister, there has been a serious outbreak of COVID, and eight years ago…
25 January 2023 , Plenary
Topical Questions
I don't doubt what you're saying about Ieuan Evans being an excellent individual, but I'm just wondering whether, on his own, he's going to be able to turn this around. Because it's over a year ago that Amanda Blanc warned in her resignation speech that there…
25 January 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Thank you, Minister. We both attended the Royal National Institute of Blind People event last week here in the Senedd, and we heard patients from four different health boards provide a catalogue of woe about their struggle to get the services that they need…
25 January 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
4. What steps is the Welsh Government taking to improve disabled people's access to public services? OQ59000
25 January 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24 - part 2
I wanted to ask you what planning powers you have to ensure that trees are planted where they're needed, rather than on prime agricultural land. Because there are these categories of land, and I understand the farming unions' anxiety that proper land for…
