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Questions to the First Minister
For a few hours now, your Government hasn't had a Cabinet Secretary with responsibility for housing, and you will be standing down too. On a personal level, I wish you well. But the chaos in the Labour Party over the past two months is unforgivable. It has…
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Questions to the First Minister
1. How does the Government intend to tackle the housing crisis in Wales? OQ61473
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Motion to note the annual report on the Senedd Commission's Official Languages Scheme for 2023-24
Thank you very much, and I, I’m sure on behalf of everyone in this Chamber, congratulate Hannah on the progress that she’s made with the Welsh language in a very short period of time. So, huge congratulations to you. I'd like to congratulate the Commissioner…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing, Local Government and Planning
Thank you. I'm a little concerned that I didn't hear you mention there the White Paper on the right to adequate housing, which is work in the offing. Now, maybe you're not aware of that work, or—I am concerned—perhaps there is a delay in the work by the…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing, Local Government and Planning
It does sound like a large sum of money, but it's a very small percentage of this Government's budget, in fact. Fundamentally, I think that we must change the way that we think about homes, starting by seeing them as a right. We need a national commitment to…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing, Local Government and Planning
Thank you, Llywydd. This is the first time for me to ask questions as the housing spokesperson. I'd like to thank Julie James for her very constructive collaboration while both of us were part of the co-operation agreement, and also thank you in the same way…
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Statement by the First Minister: The Legislative Programme
There are four Bills in your legislative programme that are of specific interest to me as Plaid Cymru’s new housing spokesperson, so I look forward to seeing the homelessness Bill and the building safety Bill. I do notice that there’s a new Bill for the…
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Short Debate: Safer skin: The role of schools in preventing skin cancer
Cancer does or has touched almost every family in Wales. Twenty five years ago, my husband, Dafydd, died having been diagnosed with skin cancer, melanoma. He was 47 years old and he was the father of four young children, with the youngest just three years…
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Dentistry training
Thank you very much. I thank Jane Dodds, who has been a joint submitter for the motion, but she has apologised for not having been present today. I also thank Sam Rowlands, who is a joint proposer in principle, if not technically. I thank Carolyn for her…
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Dentistry training
Now, one would imagine that it's a matter of common sense, therefore—quite fundamental common sense—to increase the number of university training spaces in Wales in order to nurture a workforce to provide this public dental service that is so badly needed…
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Dentistry training
Thank you very much, Llywydd. The shortage of dental services through the NHS is a subject that’s regularly raised in this Chamber and it’s certainly an issue that worries my constituents in Arfon. Of the six NHS dentists in Arfon, when we phoned them in…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session 10
Thank you.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session 10
Thank you for pursuing the issue, John. But in terms of the work that you do, isn't it perhaps more realistic—in smaller communities with chapels, particularly, perhaps—to be thinking of working with the community, rather than with the RSL? Do you work with…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session 10
Yes, thank you.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session 10
Following on from that, can you just explain the issue of the units? There are 117 of them, but what kind of units are they? Church buildings and halls—are they more appropriate for some kinds of social housing mix? And also, you focus on churches, but there…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session 10
Fine.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session 10
Yes, I know.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session 10
But assuming that there won't be any more money available, what can be done to overcome that problem, in terms of adhering to standards, but then considering, 'Okay, how can we actually adhere to standards with a budget that isn't likely to grow much at all…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session 10
Is the cost, because of these quality standards, part of the problem as to why some of these developments don't go ahead? I'm very surprised by that last example you gave, if I'm honest—that doesn't make much sense to me at all. But cost can be very…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session 10
Thank you very much. Now, in terms of the Welsh housing quality standards and the Welsh development quality requirements for acquisition and remodelling of existing buildings, clearly we do need standards in place, but do you think that there needs to be more…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session 9
Yes, because that's the problem, in a way: that there are too many people in large homes with not enough places for them to move out to. That's part of the problem, certainly, but we do need more supply for single-person households either way. But the…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session 9
Thank you very much. Could we just ask for one further note from you on the revolving fund in Denmark, and how that works? I'm interested in hearing more about that, but not right now. Moving now to single-person households, it's clear that there aren't…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session 9
Good morning, Sorcha. Thank you for joining us today. You started to discuss at the end of your presentation there the good practice that's happening in some countries, despite the relatively negative picture that you've painted. But there is some good out…
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Business Statement and Announcement
I'd like to raise a very serious issue with you this afternoon. Neil Foden has been sentenced to 17 years of imprisonment after being found guilty of terrible crimes against children in his care at Friars School in Bangor, in my constituency. The children and…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice
It is extremely disappointing that your party has no intention to eradicate the cruel two-child cap, which could raise thousands and thousands of families out of poverty. And it's also disappointing that there is no mention made of the devolution of the…
