, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 - Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
So, the capital allocation—NRW's capital allocation—of £27.81 million, what is that being spent on?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 - Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Right. Thank you. And then, the capital allocation, does the £2.7 million increase in the capital allocation represent the £3 million uplift for water quality improvement that is identified in your paper?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 - Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
That's in the £19 million.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 - Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Right. So, that includes the additional £5 million to enhance capacity to progress infrastructure consents?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 - Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Bore da. I'm going to ask you some questions about National Resources Wales funding. The £19 million increase in the resource allocation for National Resources Wales, does that represent the £19 million loan to address the unpaid tax liabilities?
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I've been contacted by a constituent who has an allergy to pea protein, as well as to legumes and pulses. Pea allergy is the fastest-growing allergy, overtaking sesame in its prevalence. Pea protein is being used in more and more foods, such as all McDonald's…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Thank you for that answer.
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
1. What is the Welsh Government doing to support people with allergies? OQ62065
, Plenary
Debate on the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee Report, 'Restoration of opencast mining sites'
I'm very pleased to have joined the committee in time to be part of this inquiry, although I wasn't present for all the sessions. The committee Chair, at the beginning, in his introduction, referred to the complex relationship in south Wales with coal. I…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 11
Okay, thanks. And then, finally, we’ve got a new Government in Westminster, so what do you think the Welsh Government should now be prioritising in its discussions with Westminster?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 11
I think it’s a very important point, yes. And what do you think are the shining examples that Wales could learn from?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 11
Thank you very much. And you don’t think there should be a target to tackle the employment gap.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 11
Thank you. Good afternoon. Just a few closing questions, really, and thinking where you go from here. What do you think now are the key things that the Welsh Government should concentrate on, particularly while it’s preparing its disability rights action plan?
, Plenary
Debate on petition P-06-1400, 'Fair and Adequate Resourcing of General Practice in Wales'
I'd like to take this time to briefly focus on GP funding in Cardiff North. Across the last year, I visited many surgeries in Cardiff North, in Llandaff North, Llanishen, Gabalfa, Heath and Birchgrove and others, and the story has been the same message from…
, Plenary
90-second Statements
This year marks the fortieth anniversary of Friends of the Earth Cymru. Founded by Margaret and Robert Minhinnick in 1984, originally based in Porthcawl, the organisation became a hub for environmental activists in Wales. Early campaigns focused on increasing…
, Plenary
90-second Statements
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd. Happy fortieth birthday to Friends of the Earth Cymru.
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
We know that getting young people, especially girls, into STEM and ensuring that they pursue it into further and higher education means that it has to start at an early age and should be reinforced at every level of education. So, since April, Sacyr, the…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
Thank you for that response.
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
1. What is the Welsh Government doing to boost the take up of STEM subjects in further and higher education? OQ61815
, Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Assisted dying
And, of course, it’s particularly important in view of the fact that Kim Leadbeater MP’s private Members' Bill on assisted dying has been introduced in Westminster and will be voted on in November. If the vote is won there, the Bill will then go on to the…
, Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Assisted dying
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. I'm very pleased to bring forward this Member debate on assisted dying to the Senedd here today, submitted jointly with my cross-party colleagues, James Evans, Heledd Fychan and Adam Price. It’s been 10 years since assisted dying was…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning
And also congratulations on your post. It's good to be questioning you today. I'm very pleased that the new real living wage has gone up to £12.60 in Wales, and the real living wage rates are now worth over £2,262 more per year for the full-time worker in…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning
Thank you for that response.
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning
7. How is the Welsh Government working towards Wales becoming a living wage nation? OQ61749
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
My constituent Penny Thomas runs the children's book publisher Firefly Press. The English language grant to publishers in Wales via the Books Council of Wales has been cut by 17 per cent in the last 10 years. Grants to publishers in Wales are an absolute…
