, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Well, I look forward to what we can practically do, and the approach we have in looking at the blueprints that were started by my colleague Jane Hutt during her time in a different role in the Government to see what we can actually undertake to make a…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
The landscape for independent sexual violence adviser funding is complex. Many specialist sector posts are funded by multiple sources, including the Welsh Government's violence against women, domestic abuse and sexual violence budget, UK Government…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
The Member is entitled to say he opposes the UK Government that’s just been elected across the UK, and indeed with the support of 27 out of 32 Welsh MPs. He’s entitled to say he disagrees with it and that he wants to have a constant challenge. He’s entitled…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I think people can be very positive about what we have done in the last 25 years. People in Wales have chosen to elect Welsh Labour to continue to lead devolution, from the outset. We've had to work across party lines to do so, but we still have a remarkable…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Thank you for the speech and the couple of questions. I think when you go through everything that's happened, you can be clear—. And go back through the points that the Member has tried to make again in the smearing that takes place. The solar farm is nothing…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I will continue to be the First Minister until this place chooses a successor and the King appoints the chosen successor that this place will elect. I've been clear that the executive of Welsh Labour, to be correct, will determine not just the rules but the…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Of course we can, and whatever happens in the leadership contest to come, the people of Wales will decide who comes to this place in an expanded Senedd. Then it will be for everyone who is elected here to make choices about how the Government of Wales…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Yet again the Member demonstrates his good faith. I look forward to people in Wales continuing to exercise their judgment at the ballot box. It's for all of us to try to persuade people to vote for us and the vision we provide. I am very clear about my own…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I'm very proud of the record of the previous Labour Government that I knocked doors for, campaigned for and saw come in in 1997. That Government lifted hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty by deliberate choices. Over half a million children were…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
There are two things there. The first is that, just in terms of the data that the child measurement programme provides for us, it actually shows that, since the pandemic, we have slightly fewer children who are obese or overweight. The challenge, though, is…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
The Member is right to point out the shocking reality that malnutrition is a reality in twenty-first century Wales. There is a direct correlation with the tax and benefit reforms that have taken place. The impact of tax and benefit reforms from 2010 until now…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Thank you for the question. The Welsh Government recognises the importance of a healthy diet and good nutrition. We support this through a range of initiatives, including the Healthy Start scheme, free school meals for primary pupils and measures to support…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Some councils have been building homes. It’s the ability to do that at the scale that’s required that’s the challenge. It’s why the affordable homes taskforce has been created, to understand how you can bring forward and get through obstacles that exist…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Well, it’s a question for Gwynedd Council—the powers are in their hands to make choices about the local housing market. We’ve changed the use class in planning terms between primary residence, secondary residence and short-term lets. There’s a balance in each…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Well, obviously, I don't share the Member's view. I recognise there's a lot of politics that goes on in this Chamber and outside it. Actually, despite all the noise in this place, we have got on with doing our job in these last three and a half months. We…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Creating more affordable housing to meet the needs of people in Wales is a priority for this Government. We have set record levels of investment in housing in this Senedd term. The affordable homes taskforce, due to be led by Jack Sargeant, will identify…
, Plenary
Personal Statement—Vaughan Gething
Diolch, Llywydd. I have this morning taken the difficult decision to begin the process of stepping down as the leader of the Welsh Labour, and, as a result, the First Minister of Wales. Having been elected as the leader of my party in March this year, I had…
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Topical Scrutiny
Thanks very much.
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Topical Scrutiny
Look, it is an interesting thing that most people don't know that Reform is a private company—that's factually accurate. They are questions for Reform about their candidates, not for me. The questions, not just for me but for the Senedd generally, are about…
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Topical Scrutiny
So, I think it was genuinely positive for Wales, not just for English regions, that, in the Prime Minister's first press conference, he reiterated his previous commitment to taking power out of Westminster to people, as he described, with skin in the game…
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Topical Scrutiny
There are two on the screen.
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Topical Scrutiny
Well, it was a brave statement that the bus Bill would have been ready in the time suggested by the previous Deputy Minister. Since becoming the First Minister, I have looked at our legislative programme and I've had to deprioritise some areas to make sure…
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Topical Scrutiny
I don't accept that it's impossible for companies who know that there is work that'll carry with the licences already issued in the North sea, and that somehow that will undermine our position on energy security. I just think that was not an honest statement…
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Topical Scrutiny
Well, I don’t follow the Member’s scaremongering on this when it comes to North sea oil. The current licences are going to be honoured. There’s plenty of work in those for a significant period of time. I just don’t buy the idea that people who want to invest…
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Topical Scrutiny
Yes, I'd like us to have a properly joined-up conversation. There are times when, as you say, there are reserved responsibilities, and prisons is a reserved area, but it matters about the knock-on consequences for devolved services. We're in a position…
