15 January 2026 , Health and Social Care Committee
Improving access to support for unpaid carers: evidence session with local health board representatives
Sorry, did you say Lesley?
13 January 2026 , Plenary
& 10. The general principles of the Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Bill and the financial resolution in respect of the Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Bill
I very much welcome today's debate on the general principles of the Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Bill. As always, it was an interesting experience to sit on the committee scrutinising Stage 1 of the Bill, and, like others have said, I'm…
8 January 2025 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session 1—Welsh Local Government Association
I think the message is coming across that in order to balance your budgets it's not going to be redundancies; it's going to be cuts to services and higher council tax. I think it was Jane that said about low-lying fruit. If you go to statutory and…
8 January 2025 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session 1—Welsh Local Government Association
You won't be looking at redundancies at all. Okay.
8 January 2025 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session 1—Welsh Local Government Association
So, you would be looking at the other two areas—cuts to services and higher council tax.
8 January 2025 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session 1—Welsh Local Government Association
Can I just come back, Jane? Are you saying you’re not looking at any redundancies at all?
8 January 2025 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session 1—Welsh Local Government Association
—to the chair to find out that, because, for me, that is very fundamental in lots of things and ideas that you're coming out with around that. But if I could just turn to the workforce, and your workforce—obviously, I know Wrexham the best—they're absolutely…
8 January 2025 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session 1—Welsh Local Government Association
Before I go on to workforce, can I just go back to the formula question? You all came up with ideas of how you could improve your budgets, and I absolutely agree about multi-year settlements. The Welsh Government, I assume, I would like a multi-year…
8 January 2025 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session 1—Welsh Local Government Association
Thank you, John. Gary, you mentioned the formula. What would you say the appetite is from the WLGA to have a look at the formula? Because clearly it needs to be done in partnership between Welsh Government and WLGA. Because with 22 local authorities, you're…
8 January 2025 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Thank you for that answer. It’s long been accepted by many that youth justice should be devolved to Wales. In order that we can have that very distinctive Welsh way of ensuring we have a preventative focus, we look firstly at a child or young person’s…
8 January 2025 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
1. Will the Cabinet Secretary provide an update on the devolution of youth justice? OQ62058
8 January 2025 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales
The north Wales metro is to have a transformative effect on both rail and bus services across the region, as well as improving active travel routes. It has had successes, but its continued progress is tied into the North Wales Transport Commission's final…
8 January 2025 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales
5. Will the Cabinet Secretary provide an update on the North Wales Metro? OQ62057
7 January 2025 , Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: NHS winter pressures
As you said in your statement, the NHS winter pressures are being exacerbated by many things, but I just wanted to focus on two areas. Mabon ap Gwynfor raised these concerns also around the uptake of the flu vaccine. We know that only 27 per cent of NHS staff…
12 November 2024 , Plenary
Debate: Remembrance
It was truly humbling and a huge privilege for me to participate, as I do every year, in a number of Remembrance Week events in my home city and constituency of Wrexham, and it was good to have you, Cabinet Secretary, alongside me and other colleagues laying…
3 October 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
The provision of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers: Follow up—Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Thank you.
3 October 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
The provision of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers: Follow up—Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Could I just ask one final question, please, Chair? There used to be a Gypsy and Traveller forum the Welsh Government had that liaised with local authorities. Are there any plans to reinstate that?
3 October 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
The provision of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers: Follow up—Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Thank you. Can I just pick up on the progress? As you said, much-needed progress has been made; you've now got all the 22 local authority assessments. Obviously, that took a couple of years longer than should have happened under the 2014 legislation…
3 October 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
The provision of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers: Follow up—Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Thanks very much for that. I'll come back to what you said about progress, because I do think that's a very important point, but we've just been listening to evidence from the local authorities. I'm not going to name names, but I think in the main they would…
3 October 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
The provision of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers: Follow up—Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Thanks very much, Chair. Good afternoon, everyone. To start with, Cabinet Secretary, I'd like to ask your view on how you think the Gypsy and Traveller accommodation assessment framework is operating. Obviously, it's a very rigid five-year time frame, and I…
3 October 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
The provision of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers: Follow up —Evidence session 2
Thanks.
3 October 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
The provision of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers: Follow up —Evidence session 2
I was just going to come back on that point that John just made—and Robert's got his hand up now as well, Chair—that point around continuous provision. So, I think you're saying, John, that that would be a better way of ensuring the needs of the community…
3 October 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
The provision of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers: Follow up —Evidence session 2
Okay. I'd be interested to know anybody else's view around that as well, Chair.
3 October 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
The provision of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers: Follow up —Evidence session 2
Okay. You also mentioned the Gypsy and Traveller forum that used to be. Is that the Welsh Government forum?
3 October 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
The provision of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers: Follow up —Evidence session 2
Thanks. Before I see if anybody wants to come in—sorry, I can see Dave wants to come in—could I just ask you: you said that staff go and engage with households, do you mean the Gypsy and Traveller community, or did you mean members of the public?
