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New Petitions
Diolch yn fawr, Cadeirydd. As you mention, we had very interesting roundtable discussions a fortnight ago on this very topical matter, and we're conducting a short inquiry where we'll be considering all the evidence. Of course, at the moment, in Wales, the…
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Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal: A Bill on pet abduction
We can all find examples of what some would consider a lenient sentence, but it’s not correct to say that theft cannot be dealt with in the Crown Court, it’s an either way offence, and it can be less than £100,000 if emotional distress is shown, and I think…
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Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal: A Bill on pet abduction
Yes.
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Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal: A Bill on pet abduction
Can I say from the outset that I appreciate the emotional harm created by pet theft, I know the bond that people have with their pet, but I am against this Bill? The first question we need to ask is: is the current law adequate? In the current theft…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Diolch yn fawr, Ysgrifennydd Cabinet. I'm going to ask about the Radio Teleswitch Service, which is due to be switched off on 30 June this year. Now, this supplies around 14,000 homes in Wales, mainly in rural areas or flats where they're not connected to the…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
4. What steps is the Cabinet Secretary taking to ensure that there will not be an increase in fuel poverty in Wales in 2025? OQ62066
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Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Diolch, Dirprwy Brif Weinidog. Some in this Chamber will remember the big floods in the early 1980s. I have only seen photos of them, when Cathedral Rd and many parts of Pontcanna and Canton were under water. But, Cardiff is still under threat from flooding…
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Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
4. How will the Welsh Government tackle flooding in the Cardiff area? OQ61831
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
Thank you very much, Cabinet Secretary. When I attended a Welsh-medium primary school in Cardiff in the 1990s, there was just one child from an ethnic minority in a year of 70 children, and there was just one Muslim family at the school of over 400 children…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
8. What discussions has the Cabinet Secretary had with the Cabinet Secretary for Education and with local authorities about promoting the Welsh language among people from ethnic minority people? OQ61830
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Debate: The Welsh Language Commissioner’s Annual Report 2023-24
I also echo my thanks to the Welsh Language Commissioner for her report and her important contribution in relation to the Welsh language. Cabinet Secretary, I would like to discuss a specific issue today, namely Welsh language services provided for children…
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Debate: Remembrance
In the Tabernacl chapel in the centre of Cardiff, there's a wooden plaque on the wall, carved with a penknife by a prisoner of war in the infamous Changi prison in Singapore. On it are 17 names from Cardiff and the Rhondda valley of men who died during the…
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Debate: Remembrance
He is one of the millions of people who died in a pointless war.
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Debate: Remembrance
In a letter to my great-grandparents, Dafydd Rhys Thomas’s comrade wrote how he died from a shrapnel wound. And this is what they say, 'We buried him as well as we could, but then a shell landed.' There's no grave for Dafydd Rhys.
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Debate: Remembrance
I was named after my grandfather's brother, Dafydd Rhys Thomas from Treorchy, who died in the first battle of the Somme aged just 25. Their older brother, the Rev Degwel Thomas from Neath, participated in recruitment meetings. In a speech on the Gnoll during…
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government: Building safety
It's clear from all contributions and from speaking to leaseholders that accountability and transparency are the two big issues. An example of that, as raised by the Chair of the housing committee, is Celestia, which is just around the corner. At the end of…
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government: Building safety
Thank you, Deputy Llywydd, and thank you, Cabinet Secretary.
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Education: Anti-bullying Week: The mental health and well-being of learners
My four-year-old went to nursery today wearing odd socks. And when she saw me putting on what she described as 'boring black socks', she decided she would pick some new socks for me. So, that's why I'm wearing brightly coloured socks and wearing Christmassy…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
Diolch yn fawr, Cwnsler Cyffredinol. I am concerned, about this important Bill going through Westminster as part of a private Member's Bill, that the impact on Welsh devolution and on the health and social care system here in Wales will not be fully…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
8. What advice has the Counsel General provided to the Welsh Government regarding the impact on devolved services if the UK Parliament legislates to allow assisted dying? OQ61796
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
Thank you very much, Counsel General. If the Welsh Government is serious about the devolution of justice, then we have to run the things that we have already well. That hasn't been true in terms of the Welsh tribunals. We read in one annual report after…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
7. Will the Counsel General provide an update on the reform of Welsh tribunals? OQ61795
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Questions to the First Minister
Diolch yn fawr, Prif Weinidog. Since your appointment as Prif Weinidog, you have often given us lessons on the devolution settlement. This includes encouraging us to write to Westminster regarding reserved matters. Well, following a very constructive meeting…
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Questions to the First Minister
7. Will the First Minister provide an update on what discussions the Welsh Government is having with the UK Government regarding the Allied Steel and Wire pensions injustice? OQ61794
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Updates to previous petitions
Diolch, Carolyn. Yes, we had an interesting debate on 9 October, and I believe you took up the invitation to go to Ynyslas before, as Chair of this committee. I think the debate was fast-tracked because of a Natural Resources Wales board meeting. We've had a…
