Mark Isherwood

13 November 2024, Plenary

Welsh Conservatives Debate: The First Minister's first 100 days

I’ll share the concern expressed to me on my visits to these schools that the children who will be hardest hit are children with additional learning needs who have been placed there because they need the environment—the small classes, the peace, the…

13 November 2024, Plenary

Welsh Conservatives Debate: The First Minister's first 100 days

Will you give way?

13 November 2024, Plenary

Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language

Following on from one of your answers earlier, one of the damaging consequences of the UK Government's recent budget was the national insurance hike on charities and third sector bodies. Office of Budget Responsibility figures show that the average annual tax…

12 November 2024, Plenary

Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government: Building safety

The Welsh Government announced a consultation on the second phase of the new building control regime in Wales, due to be launched towards the end of 2024, to include duty-holder roles, including for contractors, clients and designers, gateway mechanisms…

12 November 2024, Plenary

Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government: Building safety

Following the Grenfell Tower disaster, there was a clear and urgent need to reflect on arrangements for building safety in Wales and across the United Kingdom, and to establish whether the building safety sector is meeting its purpose. The UK Government's…

12 November 2024, Plenary

Business Statement and Announcement

I would also like to call for an oral statement here by the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales on blue badge parking permits, because people are being hurt. They’re not being told that they can appeal by local authorities. When they come to…