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Questions to the First Minister
I'm sure that Russell George would also agree with me that the £15 million upgrade to Machynlleth hospital, which is currently under way thanks to Welsh Ministers and Welsh Government money, is welcome, as is the ongoing multimillion-pound project in…
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
Diolch, Llywydd. As you said, Minister, free ports policy does, indeed, predate Brexit. It was proposed in Britannia Unchained, the 2012 manifesto for turning the UK into a low-tax, deregulated economy, written by right-wing Members of the current Tory Brexit…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Services: Rebalancing Care and Support White Paper—Next steps
I want to put on record the thanks that we all owe to the social care sector, who have worked tirelessly throughout the pandemic. They've given their all in terms of commitment and, very often, sacrifice to see people through a time in their life where they…
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Questions to the First Minister
Well, the shortage of lorry drivers is a direct result of poor planning by the UK Tory Brexit Government. A major Welsh haulier firm based in my region has lost 50 drivers who were EU citizens as they did not meet the UK's new criteria for skilled worker…
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Questions to the First Minister
1. What assessment has the Welsh Government made of the skills shortage in the haulage industry? OQ56736
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Partnership: Advancing LGBTQ+ Equality in Wales
I want to thank you for your statement. It's really important that we all work together to uphold equality, and you may know that the Senedd Commission has always been proud to be an exemplar organisation when it comes to LGBTQ+ inclusion. We've worked, and…
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Questions to the First Minister
Diolch. I know Cosheston school well; I went there. But I do have a longer memory than the Member for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire. As a Pembrokeshire councillor from 1995, I saw the transformational impact of unprecedented investment in our…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Departure from the European Union
Five years ago, by a narrow margin, a majority of the people who cast a ballot in Wales and the UK as a whole voted to leave the European Union, and we've left. That's right, and that's the democratic outcome. But democracy is nuanced, it's not a…
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
I share the concern of everybody here when farms have an outbreak of TB. We know that it's cruel, that it's traumatic, and it's a disease that we want to eradicate. I've only ever disagreed with Senedd Members about culling badgers; many badgers have been…
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Statement by the Minister for Social Justice: Eradicating racism and building an anti-racist Wales
—lack of diversity in Wales's larger sports governing bodies. Okay. The figures revealed that, of 765 employees, only 19 were from those communities. Do you agree with me, Minister, that, for things to change, we have to change them on the board, and we have…
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Statement by the Minister for Social Justice: Eradicating racism and building an anti-racist Wales
I want to thank the Welsh Government and all the stakeholders, of course, involved in all the work that they've done in developing this draft race equality action plan. It's certainly bold, it's ambitious, and it's what we need to help eradicate racism here…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Trefnydd, I'd like to ask for a statement on the significant fall in rape convictions in Wales. Compared to 2016-17, convictions for rape in 2020 were down by almost two thirds, bearing in mind that they were only successful by 5 per cent in the first place…
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Questions to the First Minister
Paul Davies will know that businesses in Wales have received £400 million more in coronavirus support than they would have done had those same businesses been in England. That is what the Welsh Government has done to support the economy, both in Preseli…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Motion under Standing Order 17.2 to give instructions to a relevant committee in relation to the all-Wales NVZ
I thank the Welsh Conservatives for tabling this motion. It affords an early opportunity for this Senedd to debate a critical topic, namely the health and future of our country's waterways. The motion asks us to note the adverse impact of a Government policy…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thank you for that answer. We have now vaccinated a greater share of our population than any other country with more than 1 million people, and that extraordinary success means that Wales might be able to start vaccinating children, pending the evidence and…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
6. Will the Minister provide an update on proposals to give the COVID-19 vaccine to children? OQ56562
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Questions to the First Minister
We know that the underpayment of the state pension to an estimated 200,000 married women has spanned more than 20 years, and it has particularly impacted women who had a poor state pension in their own right. They were entitled to claim 60 per cent state…
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Questions to the First Minister
3. What discussions has the First Minister had with the UK Government regarding the underpayment of pensions to women by the Department for Work and Pensions? OQ56575
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Election of the Deputy Presiding Officer under Standing Order 6
I'd like to nominate David Rees.
