21 June 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip
1. What discussions has the Minister had with the police and other criminal and youth justice agencies about ending strip searches on children, following the recommendation in the report of the Children’s Commissioners of Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales…
14 June 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Diolch, Weinidog. I've raised with you before the Model Farm issue, in Rhoose, in the Vale of Glamorgan, which grows and sells wildflowers, and it's under threat due to plans to build an industrial park on its land. The Jenkins family have been tenants on the…
14 June 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
1. What action is the Welsh Government taking to protect and manage wildlife in the Vale of Glamorgan? OQ59645
14 June 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Diolch yn fawr, Gweinidog. In a recent meeting of St Fagans Community Council, the First Minister, attending there as the Senedd Member for Cardiff West, highlighted the fact that local government has more borrowing powers than the Welsh Government. The First…
14 June 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
3. What discussions has the Minister had with local authorities in South Wales Central regarding their use of borrowing powers to fund capital projects? OQ59646
14 June 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
I unmuted myself, Llywydd. [Laughter.]
7 June 2023 , Plenary
Debate on the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee Report—'The Welsh Government’s EV charging infrastructure strategy and action plan'
It's already been noted that Wales has fewer rapid chargers compared to the rest of the UK, and the lowest number of public charging devices per population in Great Britain. It's probably, therefore, a good job that Rowan Atkinson doesn't live here in Wales…
7 June 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
Thank you, Minister. I read with great interest recently about your visit to Ysgol Mynydd Bychan and the innovative work that they are doing there to develop an interest in Welsh politics as part of the new curriculum. Now, many of us have had an opportunity…
7 June 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
9. What discussions has the Minister held about school funding in Cardiff? OQ59613
6 June 2023 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Trefnydd, a report was published in February on the UK-wide Prevent programme. The scheme safeguards people vulnerable to radicalisation. Many of the areas that Prevent deals with fall under the auspices of Welsh Government. Following the publication of that…
5 June 2023 , Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Diolch, Gadeirydd, and I thank the petitioner for this very important petition. In the middle of last month, we had a debate on the Local Government and Housing Committee's report into homelessness and prevention work. We also heard the responses from the…
5 June 2023 , Petitions Committee
New Petitions
Thank you very much, Chair, and thank you to Councillor Elfed Wyn ap Elwyn for his second, and very important, petition today. He clearly takes an interest in the work of the committee. What Elfed has raised is not a new issue, there has been real concern…
5 June 2023 , Petitions Committee
New Petitions
Diolch yn fawr, Cadeirydd. Can I congratulate Libanus Primary School and their teachers for this very important petition, and for using the Petitions Committee? It's great seeing a school using this facility. There has been a response—as you've mentioned…
23 May 2023 , Plenary
Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: The Public Order Act—Implications for Wales
—that the Public Order Act 2023 does not extend to Scotland and Northern Ireland. Dafydd Wigley asked last week a question about devolution of justice. Baroness Bloomfield replied by saying that the Welsh Government has not made a formal request for justice…
23 May 2023 , Plenary
Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: The Public Order Act—Implications for Wales
A recent report by the House of Lords' Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee drew our attention to a very concerning constitutional issue. The UK Government has recently drafted regulations to amend the Public Order Act 1986. If they come into effect, they…
17 May 2023 , Plenary
Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal—High-rise building safety
I will conclude by quoting Non and Gwenallt Rees, two pensioners who live in Victoria Wharf, a stone's throw from here. 'Why are we as owners of flats responsible for facing the huge costs...created by others?' That's why we support the Bill today and hope…
17 May 2023 , Plenary
Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal—High-rise building safety
Minister, you have committed on several occasions that developers and the building industry must take responsibility to remediate fire safety defects. I was pleased to hear in March that you were making the developers' pacts legally binding. Could you please…
17 May 2023 , Plenary
Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal—High-rise building safety
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd, and thank you to Janet Finch-Saunders for bringing forward this important legislative proposal, and to Jane Dodds for her contribution.
17 May 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Diolch, Cwnsler Cyffredinol. You might correct me with this, because you probably have a slightly longer memory than I have, but I can't remember another occasion where the police have publicly expressed regret so shortly following an arrest. And it's clear…
17 May 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
6. What discussions has the Counsel General had with law officers regarding the implementation of the Public Order Act 2023? OQ59529
17 May 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Diolch, Cwnsler Cyffredinol. As I've previously mentioned, the Fire Brigades Union believe that the devolved administrations in Scotland and Wales have a powerful role to resist the implementation of this Bill. The Scottish Government have already pledged…
17 May 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
1. What discussions has the Counsel General had with the UK Government following the Senedd's decision on 25 April 2023 to withhold its consent for the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill? OQ59530
17 May 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip
Diolch yn fawr, Weinidog. It is a real shame that, despite the announcement early in May 2020, over three years ago, planning permission still hasn't been granted for the site of this five-year pilot. In the meantime, we've seen an increase in women from…
17 May 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip
7. Will the Minister provide an update on the creation of the first residential women’s centre in Wales for women involved in the criminal justice system? OQ59516
16 May 2023 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Research by Alzheimer’s Society Cymru suggests that one in five people in Wales waits for more than six months before talking to a professional health worker about their concerns about possible dementia symptoms that they or a relative might have. We now know…
