, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Trefnydd, I'd like a written statement, please, on rail infrastructure funding. I'd like to know how much money has Wales lost over the years due to the delay in the electrification of the Great Western rail line, the fact that HS2 and probably the Northern…
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session 2 - P-06-1326 The Senedd should scrutinise the prepayment meter scandal in Wales
And to take it a step further than that, of course, there's a huge conflict there, because it's to that officer's benefit to get these warrants passed. It'd be like a police officer giving an oath—which they have to do before giving evidence—and the…
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session 2 - P-06-1326 The Senedd should scrutinise the prepayment meter scandal in Wales
No. And you won't get any legal aid for this, and your local advice centre closed back in 2011, probably, so it's very difficult to know actually who to turn to for advice. But I just wanted to—. What struck me—. It didn't strike me the level of warrants…
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session 2 - P-06-1326 The Senedd should scrutinise the prepayment meter scandal in Wales
So, if I'm a customer and I want to contest the warrant, firstly, I need to know that the warrant's being applied for, (2) I need to know in which court it's being heard and the date it's being heard, and (3) somehow I need to contact that court and reach the…
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session 2 - P-06-1326 The Senedd should scrutinise the prepayment meter scandal in Wales
Diolch yn fawr, Gadeirydd. First, probably quite a straightforward question: in your article at the beginning of December of last year, you highlighted the huge disparity with the courts, with the level of warrants. I take it that's because certain courts…
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Diolch yn fawr, Cadeirydd. With this, we've had a detailed and helpful response from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds that recommends that we ask the Minister to review the regulations and the statutory code on controlled burning in Wales. I note…
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Diolch yn fawr, Cadeirydd. This has been discussed at both this committee and the Local Government and Housing Committee, but I note a series of questions from the petitioner that his concerns have not been fully answered, that he feels that the imbalance is…
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session 1 - P-06-1326 The Senedd should scrutinise the prepayment meter scandal in Wales
Yes. Thanks very much.
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session 1 - P-06-1326 The Senedd should scrutinise the prepayment meter scandal in Wales
I know you weren’t suggesting it should take a long time, I wasn't suggesting that at all, but my concern is that these things can take a long time, and even a few weeks is too long—or days is too long. What immediate action can be given to support these…
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session 1 - P-06-1326 The Senedd should scrutinise the prepayment meter scandal in Wales
Thanks very much, Ben. I think we all welcome that they say that they’re not going to do it indefinitely. What concerns me is the people who have been forced onto it. What happens to them? Because we’re saying, 'Well, you can’t do this from now on', but, in…
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session 1 - P-06-1326 The Senedd should scrutinise the prepayment meter scandal in Wales
Yes.
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session 1 - P-06-1326 The Senedd should scrutinise the prepayment meter scandal in Wales
Excellent, Chair. Well, you've just heard a passionate argument there by Bethan Sayed of the need to reform, but how would you reform it? What would you replace the current system with?
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session 1 - P-06-1326 The Senedd should scrutinise the prepayment meter scandal in Wales
Yes, well, I think those are certainly questions we could level to those energy providers. When you answered the other Luke—Luke Fletcher—about the numbers you've had in, through Citizens Advice, it just made me worry about—. For people to approach you or to…
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session 1 - P-06-1326 The Senedd should scrutinise the prepayment meter scandal in Wales
Yes. The level's incredible, isn't it? The level of disparity between the energy providers is incredible, but what reasons are given for that huge level of disparity?
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session 1 - P-06-1326 The Senedd should scrutinise the prepayment meter scandal in Wales
Yes. A couple of questions following that line of questioning by Luke. To the other Luke, now: why is there this huge disparity between the energy providers?
, Plenary
Short Debate: Fire safety in high-rise flats: A clear timetable for remediation for residents
May I conclude, Deputy Presiding Officer, by quoting my friends, Non and Gwenallt Rees? I've known these two, Non and Gwenallt, for my whole life. These are two people who've contributed a great deal to a number of communities across Wales—they've lived in a…
, Plenary
Short Debate: Fire safety in high-rise flats: A clear timetable for remediation for residents
Becky Ashwin from Cardiff says: 'I've been living this crisis for over three and a half years, and it has shattered my mental health. I've spent entire days crying due to the bills I have received. I've had to have counselling, as all the structures I…
, Plenary
Short Debate: Fire safety in high-rise flats: A clear timetable for remediation for residents
Diolch yn fawr, Llywydd. My colleagues Janet Finch-Saunders, Mike Hedges and Jane Dodds have asked for a minute each in this debate. Oh, I think Mike has gone, so maybe Mike doesn't want a minute now. We are discussing building safety in this place because of…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you very much, Trefnydd. A number of constituents in the Whitchurch area of Cardiff have contacted me on the Down to Earth project. What they want to know and what I also want to know too is whether the Minister can explain why rural development funding…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
7. What assessment has the Minister made of the effectiveness of rural development fund spending on the Down to Earth project? OQ59296
, Plenary
Debate: The President of the Welsh Tribunals Annual Report 2021-22
Just to finish with the independence point—and I think this is important—as Sir Wyn Williams did say, justice must be seen to be done. The Welsh Tribunals unit—as you mentioned, and as has been stressed in every annual report by Sir Wyn—is independent, but…
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Debate: The President of the Welsh Tribunals Annual Report 2021-22
There is no hearing fee in terms of the tribunals' cases; there is no need for a solicitor for cases in the tribunals. They've been designed so that it's easy for people to understand. It's done in a way that people are advised a great deal. It's much less…
, Plenary
Debate: The President of the Welsh Tribunals Annual Report 2021-22
We often discuss, in this place, about devolving justice, and you'll hear arguments being said that we can't possibly have a Welsh justice jurisdiction, but here we have it. Today, we have proof that there is a small Welsh jurisdiction within the Welsh…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Building Safety
I was very pleased to see that you've asked developers to sign legally binding contracts to complete the work. That was one concern that had been expressed to me with regard to the pact—that the pact itself would not be binding. I notice that you didn't give…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Building Safety
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd, and I also welcome the commitments made in this statement as part of the co-operation agreement between Plaid Cymru and the Welsh Government. I also agree with the comments made by Mabon ap Gwynfor. In visiting many of these…
