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Motion to note the annual report on the Senedd Commission's Official Languages Scheme for 2023-24
'This indicates that the decision to introduce Courtesy-level Welsh in the last Senedd has provided a solid baseline on which to build'.
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Motion to note the annual report on the Senedd Commission's Official Languages Scheme for 2023-24
May I thank the Member for moving this motion this afternoon and for the points that he has made? I only have a few points to make this afternoon. I'll start by saying that we as Welsh Conservatives understand the importance of the Welsh language, and also…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
You've mentioned it twice, so I'll address it: I was not here last week, and I'm very grateful to Joel James for covering for me last week, but I did prepare the remarks Joel James made on my behalf and I've reviewed your responses. So, you don't need to…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
Thank you. I’m glad you mentioned your new guidance, because that was my next question. In launching that new guidance you admitted, and I quote, that 'leaders and practitioners need additional detail and support to help them make the most of those…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
Cabinet Secretary, we’ve seen many Ministers in your role try to reverse the slide in academic performance in our education system in Wales after 25 years of this Welsh Labour Government. Time and again, we’ve seen Welsh Government Ministers launch new…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
Thank you very much, Llywydd. Good afternoon, Cabinet Secretary.
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Questions to the First Minister
Diolch yn fawr iawn. You will know, with the crucial summer months coming, that there is widespread concern about the Welsh Government’s potential introduction of a tourism tax in Wales. That concern is so widespread that it has, in fact, spread to the new…
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Questions to the First Minister
7. How is the Welsh Government growing the Welsh tourism economy? OQ61412
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Wales and the next UK Government
Will you take an intervention? Thank you for taking the intervention. I'm very interested in your motion today, because I've seen outrage from Plaid Cymru calling the loss of eight MPs from Wales in the boundary redistribution as somehow meaning Wales's voice…
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Debate on Petition P-06-1437, 'Increase, don’t cut, funding for the National Library, Amgueddfa Cymru and the Royal Commission'
Can I thank the petitioners for launching the petition to protect our cultural sector and the work that they do every day by those who work in it to make our Welsh culture and our history and our Welsh offer what it is today? It's my belief and, I know, the…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice
Diolch yn fawr. In a letter to the chief executive of Cardiff Council, the Royal National Institute of Blind People detailed the council's failure to account for the needs of blind and partially sighted people. Whilst the issues raised in that letter pertain…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice
9. How does the Welsh Government ensure public services are made easily accessible to people with visual impairments? OQ61338
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Welsh Language: 'Cymraeg 2050'—Our priorities
So, although I agree that this is the best way of measuring the progress in terms of increasing the number of Welsh speakers, we could argue that the rationale for a target is now dated. This demonstrates that the Welsh Government hasn't found a robust metric…
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Welsh Language: 'Cymraeg 2050'—Our priorities
'The Welsh Government's knowledge and analytical services developed a projection for the number of Welsh speakers up to 2050, based on data from the 2011 census.'
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Welsh Language: 'Cymraeg 2050'—Our priorities
Thank you, Cabinet Secretary, for your statement and for the priorities that you have outlined today. As the new Welsh language spokesperson, I look forward to working with you. We can all agree that the Welsh language is an important symbol and represents…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Nuclear
Thank you very much for taking the intervention. So, just so I'm clear, you would be in favour of the United Kingdom ridding itself of its nuclear weapons, but the likes of Iran and North Korea retaining those nuclear weapons in response. That's your position?
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Nuclear
Will you take an intervention?
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Chepstow bypass
It is. It is absolutely important. Therefore, can I thank the Minister, or the Cabinet Secretary, Ken Skates for his buzzword response? We heard about committees, meetings, collaboration, but the answer's clear: we just need a bypass in Chepstow. And I don't…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Chepstow bypass
Can I thank Andrew R.T. Davies? I was working to that; that was my big crescendo.
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Chepstow bypass
Of course.
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Chepstow bypass
Diolch yn fawr iawn, Dirprwy Lywydd, and can I thank everybody that participated in the debate today? We know that the issue of the need for a bypass in Chepstow has been a long-standing issue for a long time, and can I pay particular tribute I think to Peter…
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Statement by the Minister for Social Partnership: Creative Wales skills update
Oh, there we go. Congratulations, nonetheless, as the new Minister for Social Partnership. And as my constituency MS, I hope you don't take your eye off the ball locally as well—that's very important. We're all aware how important the creative industries are…
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Statement by the Minister for Social Partnership: Creative Wales skills update
Can I thank you, Minister, for your statement today? Is it your first statement as a Minister?
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice: Refugee Week: Our home
Cabinet Secretary, the statement today references how successful Welsh Government policy has been on helping refugees, particularly those fleeing from Ukraine, in recent years. It is right that countries should help refugees and asylum seekers wherever…
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Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, the gig is up. You lost a vote of no confidence in your leadership. You can't just shake that off and pretend that it's not happening. It's not business as usual. I'll say it again. The Senedd has lost confidence in your ability to lead…
