4 March 2026 , Plenary
Group 1: BSL: National adviser, advisory panel and complaints (Amendments 1, 14, 10, 12, 13, 15)
Turning to the amendments, as I said, we are pleased to have worked collaboratively with both Mark Isherwood and the Welsh Government on many of them. I think collectively, since Stage 2, we've managed to really strengthen the Bill by embedding genuine…
4 March 2026 , Plenary
Group 1: BSL: National adviser, advisory panel and complaints (Amendments 1, 14, 10, 12, 13, 15)
Plaid Cymru is pleased to contribute to Stage 3 of this Bill. I want to begin by thanking Mark Isherwood, of course, who's worked tirelessly over many years to develop this Bill. I'm really pleased, and we on these benches are really pleased, to see this Bill…
4 March 2026 , Plenary
Short Debate: How can Wales protect, enhance, and enshrine our world-leading cultural organisations for the enrichment of the people of Wales and beyond?
From the Chair of the committee.
4 March 2026 , Plenary
Short Debate: How can Wales protect, enhance, and enshrine our world-leading cultural organisations for the enrichment of the people of Wales and beyond?
You've given a very detailed response to the argument. What I'd like to know is what is your analysis about why do you think we're at the bottom of the European league tables?
4 March 2026 , Plenary
Short Debate: How can Wales protect, enhance, and enshrine our world-leading cultural organisations for the enrichment of the people of Wales and beyond?
Will you take an intervention?
4 March 2026 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: The rail network
I completely accept that, but I wasn't actually talking about the proposals, I was talking about the nature of the financial commitment, rather than the proposals themselves.
4 March 2026 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: The rail network
Yes, you quite rightly criticise that no funding was allocated for the north Wales electrification, but no funding has either been allocated for this, for the Transport for Wales plan. It is not in any Treasury budget line. We didn’t hear anything about it in…
4 March 2026 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: The rail network
Will you take an intervention?
4 March 2026 , Plenary
90-second Statements
It was St David's Day last weekend, and there was a first-rate celebration in the Swansea valley this year, with a new local eisteddfod being held. Eisteddfod Cwm Tawe was held at Pontardawe Arts Centre on Saturday. It was the fruit of many months' work by…
4 March 2026 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
I would like to declare an interest in this question, Llywydd, as my husband is a professor at Swansea University. Ensuring not just recognition of what's happening in the university, but also Welsh Government support for the university is vital, of course…
2 March 2026 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
General ministerial scrutiny: session with the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Have you attempted to gain those powers at all?
2 March 2026 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
General ministerial scrutiny: session with the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Thank you. We're running out of time, so I just want to ask you one final question on this. Your paper notes that there has been engagement on the Scottish child payment and that this has given you an understanding of the potential benefits and challenges of…
2 March 2026 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
General ministerial scrutiny: session with the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Thank you. You have listed a number of things there but, clearly, the rate isn't moving and it looks as if it's going to be increasing. So, what would you say, in terms of those levers, are the main barriers you've seen in terms of evaluating your child…
2 March 2026 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
General ministerial scrutiny: session with the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Thank you, Chair. You've mentioned, in reporting back on your child poverty strategy just before Christmas, that you have spent £7 billion on putting money back in families' pockets, but, of course, child poverty rates in Wales continue to rise. So, how would…
2 March 2026 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
General ministerial scrutiny: session with the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Diolch.
2 March 2026 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
General ministerial scrutiny: session with the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
In terms of ensuring that co-operation, what is the process? Because it doesn't have a statutory footing, what is the process in order to be able to raise a dispute if you don't feel that the agreement has been respected?
2 March 2026 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
General ministerial scrutiny: session with the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Thank you very much. I just want to ask one quick question regarding that MOU. The House of Commons Library has said that the MOU doesn't have any sort of legal power, and that the UK Government would have the right to pull out of it at any time. So, how do…
2 March 2026 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
General ministerial scrutiny: session with the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
We've heard that, Cabinet Secretary, but we haven't heard what his response was. That's what I want to know: what was his response. Why isn't this happening? What did he tell you?
2 March 2026 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
General ministerial scrutiny: session with the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Just quickly on that, you've referred to the fact that there was a change as a result of the general election last year. You've said that you've raised these subjects with James Timpson. So, what was the problem? Why isn't this happening? What reason did he…
2 March 2026 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Access to healthy, nutritious and affordable food: evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
But would there be value in having two separate rounds for those types of budgets—emergency support and that more sustainable, preventative element?
2 March 2026 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Access to healthy, nutritious and affordable food: evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Just as an example, the Conwy food partnership that we heard from suggested that the Welsh Government should give more of the money that it provides to projects that provide preventative solutions, rather than emergency assistance, such as community kitchens…
2 March 2026 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Access to healthy, nutritious and affordable food: evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Thank you, Chair. We've heard from stakeholders that a number of successful projects have trouble with increasing costs, and that they feel that too much of Welsh Government funding is focusing on shiny new projects rather than helping them with those…
2 March 2026 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Access to healthy, nutritious and affordable food: evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Thank you. If I could just come in quickly there, you touched there on how this also touches on health inequalities. We know, of course, that those affect, disproportionately, low-income communities. In terms of that, and also talking about the future…
24 February 2026 , Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Education: Supportive and Inclusive Education for a Brighter Future
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24 February 2026 , Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Education: Supportive and Inclusive Education for a Brighter Future
Thank you for the statement, Cabinet Secretary. As articles 28 and 29 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child make clear, every child has the right to a high-quality education, but rights on paper are not always reflected in reality. And…
