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Speeches and questions

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

8,990 speeches and questions

23 June 2021Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Well, if you expect local authorities to do this voluntarily, I think you're kidding yourself to some extent, Minister. I think that the Government needs to be proactive in encouraging the local authorities to adopt this new system. So, do you agree with, for…
23 June 2021Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
3. How will the Welsh Government ensure that local authorities adopt the single transferable vote as a voting system as a result of the coming into force of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021? OQ56641
23 June 2021Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Whilst recognising the clear challenges of the inadequate and deficient settlements that we've had from London, the committee does set a challenge to Government to do what it can to invest in our public services in order to deliver the ambitions of the Act…
23 June 2021Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
'Legislation which requires public bodies to plan for future generations is more difficult to implement properly if budgets are guaranteed for as little as one year at a time.'
23 June 2021Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Thank you. The Government hasn't formally responded to the report as of yet. I think the intention was to ask the current Government to respond because the report was published at the end of the last Senedd. And given your key role now in the context of local…
23 June 2021Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
You've perhaps touched on this in your previous response, but perhaps you could tell us what partnerships and structures you anticipate being made redundant over the ensuing period. And, indeed, the suggestion then is that the intention is to merge many of…
23 June 2021Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
'in the longer term, we would envisage some of those...partnerships, some of those other structures, becoming redundant, actually, because the CJCs will be taking a much more powerful overview—and a much wider overview as they settle in—that will begin to…
23 June 2021Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Of course, this point has come about as a result of the Public Accounts Committee, a cross-party committee, at the end of the last Senedd, which looked at the implementation of the well-being of future generations Act. The committee said that the…
23 June 2021Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Well, lucky Alun Michael, I say. There we are. I'm sure there'll be others that you will be talking to.
23 June 2021Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Thank you very much, Llywydd. May I take this opportunity to congratulate you and put on record my formal congratulations to you on your appointment as Minister in the current Government? I look forward very much to shadowing your work during this Senedd…
15 June 2021Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
It's four years now since the Children, Young People and Education Committee of the last Senedd held an inquiry into perinatal mental health in Wales. Now, among the recommendations accepted by the Government was that the Government, in light of the fact that…
9 June 2021Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Motion under Standing Order 17.2 to give instructions to a relevant committee in relation to the all-Wales NVZ
I'm very pleased that Plaid Cymru co-submitted this debate this afternoon and that this is a joint motion from the opposition parties, which does show how strongly feelings run on this issue. But from my perspective, of course, this is a motion laid in a…
26 May 2021Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
It was good, of course, to see crowds in the Newport and Swansea games recently—and Wrexham too, hopefully, before too long. But, whilst you've prioritised those football teams playing in the English leagues, I want to know why you've ignored the teams…
26 May 2021Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
3. What lessons has the Welsh Government learnt from the pilot test events in order to develop processes and guidance that will allow events to return safely in Wales? OQ56529
12 May 2021Plenary
Election of the Deputy Presiding Officer under Standing Order 6
I second the nomination of David Rees, as a Member who has extensive experience of chairing committees in this Senedd and who has the personal characteristics to carry out the role very effectively, I'm sure. Thank you.