, Member Accountability Bill Committee
Group 11: Conduct of Senedd Cymru elections (Amendments 33, 34, 6, 7, 35, 36, 31, 37, 38, 39)
Yes.
, Member Accountability Bill Committee
Group 11: Conduct of Senedd Cymru elections (Amendments 33, 34, 6, 7, 35, 36, 31, 37, 38, 39)
Yes.
, Member Accountability Bill Committee
Group 11: Conduct of Senedd Cymru elections (Amendments 33, 34, 6, 7, 35, 36, 31, 37, 38, 39)
Diolch. Amendment 6 in this group would place an obligation on Welsh Ministers to make provisions on prohibiting deliberate deception within a period of two years after the upcoming Senedd election. It’s regrettable that the Government's original pledge to…
, Member Accountability Bill Committee
Group 10: Senedd Commissioner for Standards: provision relating to the Welsh language (Amendments 9, 2, 10)
I do.
, Member Accountability Bill Committee
Group 10: Senedd Commissioner for Standards: provision relating to the Welsh language (Amendments 9, 2, 10)
Just to be clear on that issue, then, I did ask, in opening this group, what the view of the commissioner was in terms of how we reach the goals that our amendments and the committee's recommendation have set out, which is the commitment that you gave. So…
, Member Accountability Bill Committee
Group 10: Senedd Commissioner for Standards: provision relating to the Welsh language (Amendments 9, 2, 10)
Can I come back?
, Member Accountability Bill Committee
Group 10: Senedd Commissioner for Standards: provision relating to the Welsh language (Amendments 9, 2, 10)
Thank you. I think, in terms of the commitment given to this committee—and, of course, the understanding was that you would engage formally with the commissioner—and for the reasons outlined in our Stage 1 report and in our debates on the general principles…
, Member Accountability Bill Committee
Group 10: Senedd Commissioner for Standards: provision relating to the Welsh language (Amendments 9, 2, 10)
Thank you very much, Chair. I would just like to give you some context in opening this group of amendments. Evidence from several sources has highlighted concerns that the standard system, as it stands, fails to guarantee no less equal treatment for Welsh…
, Member Accountability Bill Committee
Group 7: Standards of Conduct Committee (Amendments 25, 26, 46, 47, 32, 5, 48, 49, 50, 51, 54, 29, 30, 8)
Yes.
, Member Accountability Bill Committee
Group 7: Standards of Conduct Committee (Amendments 25, 26, 46, 47, 32, 5, 48, 49, 50, 51, 54, 29, 30, 8)
Diolch, Cadeirydd. I will speak to amendment 5 tabled in my name. The purpose of this amendment is to include, within the Standing Orders of the standards committee, a provision to enable the establishment of a sub-committee of lay members to consider…
, Member Accountability Bill Committee
Group 4: Disqualification following removal of a Member of the Senedd following a recall poll (Amendment 4)
Thank you. I do appreciate the arguments made by the Counsel General. What I would say is that we are in quite an exceptional period in terms of democracy at the moment, and in terms of the principles of some parties, some candidates and some elected Members…
, Member Accountability Bill Committee
Group 4: Disqualification following removal of a Member of the Senedd following a recall poll (Amendment 4)
Thank you, Chair. The purpose of this amendment is to introduce a provision whereby the removal of a Member as a result of a recall poll leads to their disqualification from being able to stand again for election for a period of time. Given the gravity of the…
, Member Accountability Bill Committee
Group 2: Trigger event B: recall guidance (Amendments 40, 18, 3, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 19, 20)
No. I'll withdraw that amendment. Thank you.
, Member Accountability Bill Committee
Group 2: Trigger event B: recall guidance (Amendments 40, 18, 3, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 19, 20)
Thank you, Chair, and, before I speak to my amendment in this group, I would just like to start by saying that Plaid Cymru supports this Bill. There is no doubt that we are living through a period of existential crisis for our democratic institutions. Over…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Annual scrutiny of the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales
Thank you. Thank you, Chair.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Annual scrutiny of the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales
Thank you. You mentioned there that you've had discussions with the political parties and, of course, published your report in good time, as you mentioned at the beginning. Is there anything else that your office is doing to prepare for the Senedd elections…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Annual scrutiny of the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales
Thank you. And in looking forward to this election, you mentioned at the beginning that you'd published your report to influence parties' manifestos, and that it comes at a critical time, you said, in a critical period. What do you therefore feel is the one…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Annual scrutiny of the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales
Thank you. You mentioned there the importance of choosing a topic that's important to the people of Wales. How will you get that input? What sort of mechanism are you hoping to get in order to decide what is important to the people of Wales?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Annual scrutiny of the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales
Thank you, Chair. Good afternoon. Looking towards the future, one of the things that we haven't discussed this afternoon is section 20 reviews. You've told us previously that you're expecting to announce a section 20 review soon. when can we expect this, and…
, Plenary
Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Thank you for that response. That's good news because, as you know, despite years of raising concerns about the former East Pit opencast site in my own region, many of my constituents have expressed serious concerns about the long-term safety of the site, and…
, Plenary
Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
5. Will the Cabinet Secretary provide an update on opencast mine restoration in South Wales West? OQ63794
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government: More Homes
You began your statement by saying that good housing underpins people's health, well-being and chances, and I'd absolutely agree. For disabled people, that's especially true. A constituent of mine uses a powered wheelchair and has recently had a house…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
I'd like to request a statement, please, from the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership on the potential impact of the proposals by the Welsh Rugby Union to cut one of Wales's four professional regions, with the Ospreys widely understood to be…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
I'd like to request a statement from the Minister for Further and Higher Education about how the Government supports the workforce in our universities, including Swansea University in the region that I represent, and I declare an interest, Dirprwy Lywydd…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Jobs and training are important, of course. You referenced your investment summit; of course, the universities of South Wales West weren't invited, they told me, to that investment summit, so that was rather surprising. Deprivation in my region is…
