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Childcare and parental employment—evidence session 1
Yes, I also wanted to give Shavanah an opportunity to cover this. But, clearly, there are practical constraints. We know what needs to be done, but there are financial constraints, for example, and how do you see those impacting on these priorities? How can…
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Childcare and parental employment—evidence session 1
Thank you. And COVID, of course, has had an impact on those ad hoc arrangements that women had always relied on during holiday times, when the leave they have from work is never enough. So, I think COVID has been a further factor in that too. Cerys.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare and parental employment—evidence session 1
Thank you, Chair. Good afternoon. I want to focus on targeting and funding, which we've already touched upon. I wanted to ask all three of you what changes to Welsh Government-funded childcare provision should be prioritised by the Government, and for what…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Spiking
—we want our daughters to grow up in without fear. Mitigating risks isn't all that's needed here; policy to eradicate those risks altogether must be the aim. Diolch.
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Spiking
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. I'm glad also to speak in this important debate, because this is an issue that quite literally keeps me awake at night because I've got a 19-year-old daughter. She tells me that every time she goes out to a bar or a club, or to another…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Minister, the Swansea valley is an area of linguistic importance. Earlier this year, in response to concerns from campaigners and language specialists, you recognised that Neath Port Talbot Council hadn't given proper consideration to the impact of their…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you, Deputy Minister. A fortnight ago, in declaring that a climate emergency meant that we need to change the way we travel, you published an update for the Swansea bay and west Wales metro, noting that 17 per cent of carbon emissions in Wales come from…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
8. Will the Minister make a statement on the Welsh Government's plans to develop the transport system in South Wales West? OQ57145
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The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 19) Regulations 2021
Minister, at the beginning of your statement, you outlined the extremely high case rates that we still unfortunately have here in Wales, and these rates are still continuing to impact education. Over a month ago, I asked the education Minister if the Welsh…
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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you, First Minister. We see clearly in our workplaces just how economic inequalities do merge with other inequalities, such as gender inequality, and figures published recently reveal that the gender pay gap is 12.3 per cent in Wales—a figure that…
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Questions to the First Minister
2. Will the First Minister make a statement on the gender pay gap in South Wales West? OQ57167
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
I'd like to declare that my husband is employed by Swansea University.
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Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Implementation of net zero carbon and the 21st century schools and colleges programme
Net zero is achieved by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Energy efficiency of buildings is, as the Minister knows, only one route to that target, and other factors are also important, some of which he has mentioned, such as that active and safe travel to…
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Questions to the First Minister
Diolch, Brif Weinidog. Two weeks ago, I co-presented an anti-racism motion here in the Senedd and made the argument that all our institutions, including the police, need to be proactive in their anti-racism efforts. However, it has recently come to light that…
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Questions to the First Minister
6. Will the First Minister make a statement on the Government's anti-racism efforts in South Wales West? OQ57100
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Strengthening and advancing equality and human rights in Wales
Thank you. Yes, this follows on well from what Sarah talked about there in terms of the lack of expertise, perhaps, and some of the key challenges that face us in Wales in terms of promoting or advancing human rights and equality for everyone. I wanted to…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Strengthening and advancing equality and human rights in Wales
Thank you, Chair. We touched on the impact of COVID earlier on, and I wanted to ask—. We know that the pandemic has highlighted and exacerbated the existing inequalities in society, many of which are well known, and has raised a number of issues in terms of…
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Debate: Eradicating racism and building an anti-racist Wales
In our journey towards full national status, it is crucial that we face the racism in our past—that we pass legislation and develop cultural, institutional and educational practices that tackle racism in the present, and that we hear and listen to the…
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Debate: Eradicating racism and building an anti-racist Wales
—who are currently under-represented.
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Debate: Eradicating racism and building an anti-racist Wales
In Wales and England, the police are nine times more likely to use their stop-and-search powers and almost eight times more likely to use tasers on black, Asian and minority ethnic people than white people. The percentage of black people in Welsh prisons is…
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Debate: Eradicating racism and building an anti-racist Wales
As we've heard today, for three consecutive years we've had this debate in the Chamber, where the motion had very similar wording, yet racially motivated hate crime is still increasing. How does the Government account for this? We, of course, welcome the race…
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Debate: Eradicating racism and building an anti-racist Wales
I hope that we all stand shoulder to shoulder with those suffering racism, but there is room for us to be doing a lot more to tackle hate crimes. According to the Government's own figures for 2020-21, there was an increase in 16 per cent in hate crimes on the…
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Debate: Eradicating racism and building an anti-racist Wales
Black history is integral to Welsh history. There are aspects to celebrate, such as the translations of the slave narratives of John Marrant, Moses Roper and Josiah Henson into Welsh in the nineteenth century, which fired the radical abolitionist zeal of the…
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Debate: Eradicating racism and building an anti-racist Wales
I'm very proud that Plaid Cymru co-submitted this important motion today, As we discuss it, we of course also mark Black History Month, a month that celebrates important black figures in our history, as well as noting how central the evidence of black people…
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Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Minister, if we want to improve the economic situation of the people of South Wales West, we need to tackle the high and unfair levels of council tax in local authorities and get to grips with the increased problem of council tax arrears. Neath Port Talbot…
