2 February 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Welsh Government Workforce Planning: Evidence session (part 1)
Absolutely. So, to just interject, then, in terms of the practical steps that we are taking to achieve our targets for external recruitment, yes, I agree with everything you've just said in that regard. So, what, practicably, is happening to be able to…
2 February 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Welsh Government Workforce Planning: Evidence session (part 1)
Thank you very much, Chair. I've unmuted myself at the same time as you. Turning to glass ceiling and gender pay gaps and other issues with gaps and other issues in that regard, I'm feeling slightly encouraged, reading through this, that the general trends…
2 February 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Papers to note
Chair, can I just caveat what I'm saying? I think we also need to have an update around about that time as to what is happening. I don't want a black hole until June—that's what I'm saying.
2 February 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Papers to note
An extraordinary item, yes.
2 February 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Papers to note
I'd be content to wait until June only if we have an opportunity to get another update from Welsh Government in terms of what the situation is now in terms of its volatility. What I'm slightly concerned about is we can meet and then something again will…
2 February 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Papers to note
Yes, I do, Chair. I think, equally, both of those viewpoints could be valid. I'd be interested, I think, more in waiting, towards Mike, in terms of finding out what is going to happen with air sector support from the UK, because this is not just affecting us…
31 January 2023 , Plenary
Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: Interim Report of the Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales
Thank you very much, and I also welcome the statement today. Earlier this month, I spoke to my Labour Party membership in Islwyn regarding the work of the commission and the interim report, and my sense from that meeting and wider discussions is that there's…
31 January 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Diolch, Trefnydd. Thank you. A popular independent cafe, called Marmajo's, had premises on Pen-y-fan industrial estate in Crumlin until it very recently closed, and the owner, Charlie Allcock, reluctantly made a really hard decision, after watching her energy…
31 January 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
2. What is the Welsh Government doing to aid post-pandemic economic renewal in Islwyn? OQ59069
25 January 2023 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Reducing NHS pressures
With the greatest respect, I recognise the unprecedented challenges. I do not feel, in terms of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, that it is helpful to label and use semantics about something that's of such great proportional interest to the people of…
25 January 2023 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Reducing NHS pressures
Will you take an intervention?
25 January 2023 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Reducing NHS pressures
And finally, Deputy Llywydd, I will be voting for the amendment as proposed by Lesley Griffiths. Thank you.
25 January 2023 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Reducing NHS pressures
—and claim this so-called better way.
25 January 2023 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Reducing NHS pressures
I really want to finish, if you don't mind. This has been advanced by former English health Minister Sajid Javid. These are your party's policies. He wants to explore people paying to see a GP—with everything that Sioned Williams has just articulated—and…
25 January 2023 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Reducing NHS pressures
I absolutely agree with that, Jenny Rathbone; we have a whole host of different mechanisms of seeking healthcare. But this is an important discussion, and I'm going to develop it. We know that another crucial facet of what we must address is ambulance waiting…
25 January 2023 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Reducing NHS pressures
Yes.
25 January 2023 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Reducing NHS pressures
I stated yesterday in First Minister's questions that it is important that all of us here in Senedd Cymru, the Welsh Parliament, are candid about the very real challenges facing our beloved national health service right across the four nations of the United…
25 January 2023 , Plenary
Debate on the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee Report—'Increasing costs: Impact on culture and sport'
May I sincerely thank Delyth Jewell, the committee Chair, and her fellow committee members for this important report placed before the Senedd today? I believe that all of us in this Chamber understand that culture and sport are totally integral to the fabric…
24 January 2023 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Social Justice: Holocaust Memorial Day 2023
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd, and thank you, Minister, for your statement. The sheer extent of the evil of the Holocaust remains unfathomable to comprehension. I have also had the honour and privilege of speaking to a number of Holocaust survivors now: children…
24 January 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Diolch, First Minister. Downing Street last week sought to deny reports that Tory MPs in marginal seats have been told to stop using the phrase 'levelling up' ahead of the next election, because voters did not know what it meant, and instead use 'stepping up'…
24 January 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
8. Will the First Minister provide an update on the working relationship between the Welsh Government and the UK Government? OQ59022
24 January 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, it is important that all of us here in Senedd Cymru, the Welsh Parliament, are candid about the real challenges facing our beloved national health service right across the four nations of the United Kingdom. In England, in December, calls from…
19 January 2023 , Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 8
Okay. Thank you.
19 January 2023 , Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 8
So, is the budget sufficient?
19 January 2023 , Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 8
No, no, that's fine. Thank you. Finally from me, with regard to all of the holistic pressures in terms of inflation, in terms of wage, in terms of energy, workforce capacity, retention and all the rest of the cost-of-living pressures, is funding in 2023-24…
