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

1,489 speeches and questions

16 October 2024Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Diolch, Cabinet Secretary. In Newport, we're lucky to have Age Alive, a charity that serves as a network for older black and minority ethnic people in the Newport area. This year, they celebrate their tenth anniversary. They organise activities for their…
16 October 2024Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
4. What is the Cabinet Secretary's assessment of progress made on the 'Anti-racist Wales Action Plan'? OQ61719
16 October 2024Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales
Cabinet Secretary, in areas of Newport East such as Ringland, Llanwern, Liswerry and Glan Llyn, pupils walk to the two local high schools, Llanwern and Lliswerry High, alongside and sometimes crossing the very busy southern distributor road, which sees high…
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Legislative Consent: Water (Special Measures) Bill - Evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
You heard it here first.
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Legislative Consent: Water (Special Measures) Bill - Evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Diolch, Cadeirydd. Cabinet Secretary, the UK Government legislation proposes statutory pollution incident reduction plans to hold the industry to account and obviously to hopefully reduce pollution. We know that there are significant problems in Wales. The…
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
—in terms of the work that you’ve described in terms of the preventative approach and the focus on biodiversity, in this budget round now, then, Cabinet Secretary, can we expect to be able to look at the fruits of that work and be able to identify Welsh…
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Cadeirydd, just finally, if I may—
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Yes.
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Cabinet Secretary, if we're going to make the sort of progress we need to make in restoring, renewing and, hopefully, increasing biodiversity, it has to be mainstreamed across Welsh Government and I guess more widely, beyond Welsh Government as well. But…
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
But I think in terms of simplicity, Cadeirydd, and understandability, it would be very welcome if that was increased.
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Just coming on to the section 6 duty for public authorities to enhance biodiversity and restore biodiversity, we have heard criticism from some stakeholders that the implementation of that duty is a little lacking, and that natural resources policy is, I…
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
There are certainly plentiful strategies, action plans, acronyms and policies, that's for sure.
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
So, you couldn't give us an indication of when publication is likely to take place at this stage, Cabinet Secretary, could you?
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Diolch yn fawr, Cadeirydd. Yes, some questions on the Environment (Wales) Act 2016, Cabinet Secretary. Firstly, on the natural resources policy, there's a commitment in the Act, isn't there, that that policy will be reviewed and an updated policy published…
16 October 2024Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Diolch, Cadeirydd. Thank you. Why not? I'm just wondering, in terms of protecting land for the purposes of biodiversity and the 30x30 target, Cabinet Secretary, whether what's proposed on that land in terms of development is significant. If we take the Gwent…
15 October 2024Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Further and Higher Education: Tertiary education
I would like to add my voice to those welcoming you to this important role, Minister. One of the organisations I know you will be working closely with is ColegauCymru, and they would like to see Medr take forward a national vocational education and training…
10 October 2024Local Government and Housing Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting and from the meeting on 23 October
The next item is a motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting and from the meeting on 23 October. Is committee content to do so? I see that you are. We will move into private session.
10 October 2024Local Government and Housing Committee
Papers to note
Okay. Our next item is papers to note. We have one paper, a letter from the Cabinet Secretary, with us at the moment, in relation to community asset commission, and that paper was, in fact, referred to by the Cabinet Secretary earlier. Happy to note that…
10 October 2024Local Government and Housing Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session—Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
Diolch yn fawr.
10 October 2024Local Government and Housing Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session—Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
Okay. Thank you, Cabinet Secretary. Thank you to your officials. As I said earlier, you will be sent a transcript to check for factual accuracy. Diolch yn fawr.
10 October 2024Local Government and Housing Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session—Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
Okay. I think one final question from Altaf Hussain. Altaf.
10 October 2024Local Government and Housing Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session—Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
James.
10 October 2024Local Government and Housing Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session—Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
Diolch yn fawr, Cabinet Secretary. We’ll turn, then, to Lee Waters. Lee.
10 October 2024Local Government and Housing Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session—Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
Okay, Hannah. James.
10 October 2024Local Government and Housing Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session—Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
Diolch. Hannah Blythyn.