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Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Cabinet Secretary, as we have heard, flooding is becoming a more frequent occurrence in Cardiff, and the council has stated that the issue is caused in part by blocked drains, which they aim to rectify as quickly as possible, but also by the sewer system…
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Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Cabinet Secretary, as you are aware, the global seaweed market is valued at over £7 billion and has an annual growth rate of around 12 per cent. It is increasingly used in food products, animal feed, cosmetics, biofuels, bioplastics and fertiliser, but…
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Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
2. Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on seaweed farming in Wales? OQ61829
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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you, Llywydd. Indeed, for example, in England, Scape, which was established almost 20 years ago, has developed a social partnership portal for the construction industry, which allows buyers, suppliers and customers to quickly and easily see their local…
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Questions to the First Minister
For the record, I receive no donations from the trade unions. First Minister, you will be aware, I'm sure, that, despite recent attempts by this Government to sell social partnership as a unique Welsh way of working, it has been a cornerstone of European…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 13
Thank you, Chair.
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Disability and employment: evidence session 13
So, with that in mind, then, based on what the Welsh Government is currently doing, what's been your overall experience of that?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 13
No, no. Sorry, I didn't want to—. But, with that in mind then, how do you slot in, then, and work with other organisations that provide that, like Careers Wales? Do you work closely with them, the employment champions then as well?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 13
Thank you, Chair, and thanks ever so much for coming in this afternoon. I suppose I just wanted to get a bit of a better idea in terms of how the organisations you support, how they go about employing disabled people, really, because some of the stuff we've…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 12
No problem. It's mainly with supported employment support. Learning Disability Wales has said that this needs to be rolled out more, for better access to it, and also that it shouldn't be limited to those between the ages of 16 and 25, and I was just keen to…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 12
Yes. I'm sorry, as someone who has to subtitle my own videos, I know how difficult it is to understand when I speak, so sorry about that.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 12
I suppose that leads me on to my last question, really. We've heard from Learning Disability Wales about the need for more access to supported employment support and how this shouldn't be limited to those between the ages of 16 and 25, and I agree with that…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 12
Angharad.
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Disability and employment: evidence session 12
Isabel.
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Disability and employment: evidence session 12
With that in mind, in some of the evidence we’ve gathered, we’ve looked at the growth of self-employment and—what’s the other word I’m looking for—freelancing, and, obviously, there’s flexibility there. Do you see that almost as a thing that people are being…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 12
You think that’s key, then, to tackling this—the flexibility.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 12
That’s really disappointing. Dee, do you have anything to add?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 12
Thank you, Chair. Thanks ever so much for this afternoon. It's been really informative and also really disappointing, actually, to hear some of the lived experiences, especially with you, Angharad, and about how you're looking to get those—. I wouldn't…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 11
Okay, brilliant.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 11
Because I was always of the impression that you didn't have to be a member of the trade union to get a trade union's help.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 11
Does that mean that they could only have help, then, if they are a trade union member, because you mentioned there about signposting?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 11
Okay. First, you mentioned in your answer to the Chair's questions there about the work that unions do in terms of helping with the reasonable adjustments, upskilling reps, putting concrete timescales for delivery, and I was just wondering what more could be…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 11
Perfect. Just two final questions, if I can, Chair.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 11
What about the employment champions, then? Have they had that proactive role, because, obviously, they're designed to be able to help employers to identify how they can improve themselves and that?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 11
Perfect. From some of the evidence we've taken, unfortunately, a lot of employers out there still see people with disabilities as a sort of burden rather than, maybe, an advantage to the workforce. I just wanted to get your idea in terms of do employers…
