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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Cancer services
There's been a lot of debate about that, as you know, Mabon. There is nowhere it's possible to co-locate and provide the service that we urgently need, and that has been looked into. The new Velindre Cancer Centre will have eight linear accelerator machines…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Cancer services
I'm grateful for the opportunity to speak in this debate today. My constituency of Cardiff North includes the Velindre Cancer Centre and the University Hospital of Wales, so a large percentage of the population of Wales come to the constituency for diagnosis…
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip: Holocaust Memorial Day 2025
Thank you, Cabinet Secretary, for bringing forward this very important statement today, 80 years on from the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. I've visited Auschwitz with students from Wales, as I'm sure many other Members have done, and that was a deeply…
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Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Restoring nature in Wales
—with asylum seekers and refugees. Would the Cabinet Secretary agree that it's these types of initiatives that are absolutely crucial? We should be celebrating them here in the Senedd today and seeking for them to be replicated all over Wales.
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Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Restoring nature in Wales
Thank you very much, Cabinet Secretary, for your statement, for the announcements that you've made today, and for your enthusiasm for this vital area of work. I'm particularly supportive of the Welsh Government's commitment to planting trees and the creation…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
Thank you, and thank you for explaining the reason for the increase in the children’s commissioner’s budget. That’s helpful.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
Diolch. I'll go on to the commissioner now, the budget for the commissioner. Could you help us understand the rationale for providing an uplift of 5 per cent in the budget for Welsh language partners to promote and facilitate the language, but only a 3 per…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
There is a big challenge in further education.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
Diolch. So, the increase of £0.5 million in Coleg Cymraeg Cendlaethol's core budget, where do you see that making an impact?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
Diolch. Bore da. Following on from what Alun has been saying, in my area of Cardiff North, there is a huge demand for Welsh language education, and we've benefitted from one brand new school and another school that has been really improved and built on an old…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Budget 2025-26
Thank you very much.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Budget 2025-26
I think that would be wonderful, because we’ve been looking for transit sites for how many years? Since I’ve been in politics, I think.
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Budget 2025-26
Would that come out of this annual—?
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Budget 2025-26
And is there money allocated for the transit sites, if this agreement on transit sites—?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Budget 2025-26
Have all of the local authorities applied for something?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Budget 2025-26
Thank you. I wonder whether you could update us on the use of the Gypsy and Traveller sites capital grant for 2025-26.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Budget 2025-26
Thank you. That's fine.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Budget 2025-26
Yes. I think Jane Dodds has covered most of the issues that I was going to raise on the basic income pilot, which obviously, as the Cabinet Secretary said, was such a brave step forward for the Government. I just wanted to confirm that when young people come…
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Budget 2025-26
Thank you.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Budget 2025-26
Yes. Finally, really, the other question was: Age Alliance said they'd like to see more timely decisions around funding for the sector, and I wondered if you could talk about the possibilities of longer term funding for the sector.
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Budget 2025-26
Yes. Thank you very much.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Budget 2025-26
Yes. Thank you very much. Diolch. Have you been able to make any assessment of the implications of the rise in the living wage and the national insurance contributions, what impact that will have on the third sector?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Budget 2025-26
Prynhawn da. It's obviously very good news that there's an increase in the budget, so that's very encouraging. I was going to ask about the voluntary sector in particular. I think we all know the difficulties that the voluntary sector does face with rising…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
I've been very pleased to support the Lisvane Men's Shed in Cardiff North, in my constituency, since it began almost four years ago. The group has overcome many hurdles during that time, from finding a permanent home, lease negotiations, and being set up with…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Thank you for that response.
