3 July 2023 , Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Diolch yn fawr, Cadeirydd. You're quite right, the seventh time this has been considered, but a positive outcome. On 27 June, the First Minister said in his statement regarding the legislative programme that they will legislate to introduce direct payments…
3 July 2023 , Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Diolch yn fawr, Cadeirydd. Following this petition, an assessment has been made about a pedestrian crossing at Penperlleni. The threshold for a crossing has been met, and work will now be carried out to establish the most appropriate form of crossing at that…
3 July 2023 , Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Diolch yn fawr, Cadeirydd. I think we've all seen the concerns expressed through e-mails to our casework about the change in the occupancy rule and the impact that has on businesses in Wales. We discussed this in our meeting on 9 January, and, at the time…
3 July 2023 , Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Diolch yn fawr, Cadeirydd. This is the fourth time we've discussed this petition. We've had a firm response back from the health Minister, saying that she's unable to intervene in this matter, that it's a matter for the health board. We haven't received any…
3 July 2023 , Petitions Committee
New Petitions
Diolch yn fawr, Gadeirydd. This petition was part of a UK-wide petition, and we've received a helpful response from the Welsh Government. They have developed a Wales rare disease action plan for 2022-26, and helpfully, as part of that plan, there's also an…
3 July 2023 , Petitions Committee
New Petitions
Diolch yn fawr, Cadeirydd. We've received a response from the Minister for Education and Welsh Language. In his response, he acknowledges capacity issues. He highlights unprecedented demand for additional learning needs services. He also mentions additional…
3 July 2023 , Petitions Committee
New Petitions
Diolch yn fawr, Cadeirydd. This is a matter that has been discussed extensively at Plenary. We had a response from the Deputy Minister, but subsequently we've had a statement at Plenary stating that further funding is going to be made available to protect as…
28 June 2023 , Plenary
Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee Report, '60%—Giving them a voice: Speech, language and communication needs in the youth justice system'
I thank the royal college and the committee for their important work in this area, an area that's often forgotten because of the jagged edge. Thank you very much.
28 June 2023 , Plenary
Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee Report, '60%—Giving them a voice: Speech, language and communication needs in the youth justice system'
No equitable access to justice, as Jenny Rathbone correctly highlighted, which is the cornerstone to a fair justice system. We've been moving in the right direction when it comes to youth justice in Wales for nearly 20 years, but there's more to be done…
28 June 2023 , Plenary
Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee Report, '60%—Giving them a voice: Speech, language and communication needs in the youth justice system'
One of the first e-mails that I received as a Member of the Senedd was from the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists, raising this important issue with me. As someone who has seen a family member lose his ability to speak and express his feelings…
28 June 2023 , Plenary
Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal—A civic duty to vote Bill
—it would be a continuation of our innovative work in Wales in expanding the electorate, with votes at 16 and votes being more representative. Many will ask, 'Why divert from Westminster?', but we've had divergence in elections in Wales since 1999. As we…
28 June 2023 , Plenary
Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal—A civic duty to vote Bill
I'd like to thank Adam Price for bringing this important motion. I'd like to speak in favour of it and see it as a beginning of a very important discussion. According to the research from the US think tank the Brookings Institution, the evidence shows what we…
28 June 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Economy
Thank you for the support towards Cardiff museum. I welcome also the recent investment in the museum. I think we can all agree it's important that our capital city has a place that highlights our rich and diverse history. I also know you agree with me…
28 June 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Economy
Thank you for that response, Minister.
28 June 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Economy
3. What discussions has the Government held with Cardiff Council and other partners about the future of the Museum of Cardiff? OQ59732
27 June 2023 , Plenary
Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: Tribunal reform and Wales’s evolving justice landscape
Cwnsler Cyffredinol, the consultation ends on 2 October. Could you just tell us what the timetable is after that? I'm pleased, as Jenny Rathbone mentioned, that school exclusion panels are included within the tribunal, but I was disappointed to hear you again…
27 June 2023 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Trefnydd, can we have a statement on planning policy, please? Six thousand homes will be built in the north of Cardiff without proper consideration as to how to deal with sewage generated from the homes. Permission has now been granted for a sewage pumping…
21 June 2023 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Devolution of justice and policing
Let us show clearly today to Westminster, to a future Labour government, possibly, that the opinion of the great majority of this Senedd is that justice should be devolved. Thank you.
21 June 2023 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Devolution of justice and policing
I remember Whitehall officials challenging the line that Wales had the highest prison population per head in western Europe. When they were asked to support their challenge, they said that Guernsey was worse. Now, with the greatest respect to Guernsey, its…
21 June 2023 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Devolution of justice and policing
Devolution has been disregarded on ideological grounds, which is very strange, because Lord Hunt said that, in 1990, he and Ken Clarke agreed that policing would be devolved to the Welsh Office at that time, but it was prevented by bureaucracy in Whitehall…
21 June 2023 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Devolution of justice and policing
It's certainly obvious that Baroness Bloomfield, in her answer to Lord Wigley, saying that there's no been no persuasive case that shows that justice would be improved by being devolved to Wales, clearly has not read the report at all.
21 June 2023 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Devolution of justice and policing
I'm in favour of the devolution of justice, because I believe it will improve the justice system for people in Wales. That was the firm opinion of the Commission on Justice in Wales. Lord Thomas was against calling that commission the 'Thomas commission'…
21 June 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Diolch yn fawr, Cwnsler Cyffredinol. As you indicated, uncertainty is always a bad thing within a justice system, and, as indicated by Mark Isherwood earlier in this question session, any suggestion of the devolution of justice will create anxiety with some…
21 June 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
8. What consideration has the Counsel General given to the need for accuracy and clarity in the terms used to describe future jurisdictional arrangements? OQ59681
21 June 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip
Diolch, Gweinidog. The issue of stop and search was raised this week with the Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, by Plaid Cymru's Westminster leader, Liz Saville Roberts, and again highlighted the lack of Wales-specific data—which we hear very often in this…
