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Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal: A cladding safety Bill
Thank you very much, Rhys, if I may thank him, Deputy Presiding Officer, for bringing this debate forward today. And thank you also to Mike Hedges and Peter Fox for supporting this debate. Here, we have quite simply an issue of fundamental justice. Who should…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Second Homes and Affordability
For the record, I have a home where I have a long-term tenant in situ in Aberystwyth. Thank you very much for the statement, Minister. There are generations of people who have been campaigning to encourage governments to take action on this crisis, a crisis…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Fisheries and aquaculture
Thank you, Janet. The fishing industry is extremely important to our communities here in Wales, and to the communities of Dwyfor Meirionnydd. The sector has huge potential and it's an ongoing surprise to me that the Government doesn't do more to invest in…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you very much, Minister. I would be delighted to see that transition plan, and I welcome your words on marine energy too, because that, of course, is the way forward. I want to turn finally to the issue of discretionary housing payments. In this regard…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you very much, Minister, for that response to a political question in a political chamber. I want to turn now to the issue of gas power stations. Despite the seeming commitment of the Welsh Government to decarbonise, as is incorporated in your net-zero…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you very much, Llywydd, and I hope the Minister has recovered after having suffered a cold last week. Following the election, the Government announced a plan to tackle the second homes crisis, which would include a pilot area. There are communities the…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Net-zero Strategy
A final question, therefore. If we do want to see the alleviation of climate change and real things happening in our rural communities, then that has to go hand in hand with investment in public transport for our communities, and, more than that, in public…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Net-zero Strategy
I welcome the ambition that's been referred to here this afternoon. Let us hope that it doesn't suffer the same fate as the ambition that your Government had of eradicating child poverty in Wales. Time will tell, of course. Forgive my cynicism; every time I…
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Update on COVID-19
Thank you, Minister. Well, I'm expressing the views of constituents here, and many others, in saying that they've totally lost track of your strategy in dealing with coronavirus, I'm sorry to say. You introduced the COVID pass and, in the debate in this place…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Will you as agricultural Minister, or even the economy Minister, bring a statement before us on the steps that you are taking to tackle the increasing habit of large multinational companies buying our agricultural land in Wales in order to use it to plant…
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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you for that response, First Minister. Well, teaching assistants are a crucial part of the education workforce of our nation. They prepare lessons for pupils, they take groups out to learn outdoors, provide one-to-one attention for pupils with…
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Questions to the First Minister
2. Will the First Minister make a statement on the role of teaching assistants in schools? OQ57082
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you, Minister. The NVZs in Wales limit agriculturalists to spread no more than 170 kg of nitrates per hectare, whilst the zones in other nations enable farmers to spread up to 250 kg per hectare. This limitation means that slurry is held back and can't…
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
10. What assessment has the Welsh Government made of the impact of nitrate vulnerable zones? OQ57004
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Update on COVID-19
Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. Minister, I think you and the Government are being slightly unfair in saying that no-one knew what was to come at the beginning of last year and that it's easy to use hindsight, as the First Minister mentioned earlier. I…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being: Progress on ‘Together for Mental Health’ Delivery Plan
Minister, 10 years ago, a constituent of mine saw a decline in mental health, which meant that he had to go for specialist care. He was prescribed anti-depressants and anti-psychotic drugs, and he's been using them since that time. Despite that, he hasn't had…
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Short Debate: Hands up on Holden—Time for transparency on mental health services in North Wales
Thank you very much, Llyr, for bringing this debate before us today. I want to start my contribution by paying tribute to a constituent of mine in Dwyfor Meirionnydd, David Graves—the son of the late Jean Graves, who died in June 2016. David has been very…
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
Minister, a number of small businesses in the hospitality sector have been in touch with me over the past few months complaining that the financial support in relation to COVID and hospitality businesses has not been fair, because that support is based on the…
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Statement by the Minister for Economy: The Shared Prosperity Fund and Levelling-up Fund
Minister, would you agree that this is another kind of chumocracy, which is a characteristic of this Conservative Government, where they try and retain wealth among their privileged friends whilst denying the poorest areas of the UK funding that they so badly…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Thank you, Trefnydd. You'll be aware of the huge growth in the number of cases of COVID in our schools. Over the last week, there have been 9,500 cases among young people under the age of 20—most of them in our schools. A year ago, there was clear guidance…
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Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Thank you much for that response. Last year, your Government raised the higher rate of the land transaction tax by 1 per cent in order to try and tackle the second homes crisis. At that point, up to 44 per cent of the homes sold in my constituency of Dwyfor…
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Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
6. Will the Minister make a statement on the impact of the land transaction tax? OQ56810
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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you for that response, First Minister. Well, I had a meeting recently with officials from the Government of South Tyrol in northern Italy, one of the richest regions in Europe, and a region where there are virtually no second homes and tourism prospers…
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Questions to the First Minister
1. Will the First Minister make a statement on the Government's plans for social housing? OQ56811
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Papers to note
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