Suzy Davies: 2. How will the Welsh Government distribute the £78 million earmarked as part of the local government hardship fund within the budget in order to help local authorities manage loss of income due to Covid-19? OQ55361
Suzy Davies: Diolch, Llywydd, and thank you, Minister, as well. When the phased reopening of schools was announced, I asked why it was easier for unions to agree an extra week in July rather than coming back at the end of August, and at that time no-one was able to answer that question. It looks now as if no answer was genuinely sought. While I've got no doubt that some unions perhaps aren't particularly...
Suzy Davies: Thank you, obviously, for your announcement on Friday, although I have to say that the concept of community consent and the use of the word 'bookings' in the narrative haven't really helped the static caravan park owners, or van owners themselves, understand what they can do. Last week, I asked the economy Minister why non-VAT-registered tourism companies are being treated differently from...
Suzy Davies: 6. Will the First Minister provide an update on the Welsh Government’s re-opening of the Welsh tourism sector? OQ55318
Suzy Davies: Everybody gets their bad days, but Oscar wasn't really one to let you get away with it if you were feeling down. In fact, I kind of wish he was here today, really, because we could do with his help getting through one of our worst days, I think. Every morning, when we had Plenary, we'd meet by the lift and I'd always get some sort of greeting or a cwtch, or an endearing nickname, and that...
Suzy Davies: Diolch, Llywydd. Can I just thank Caroline Jones and the Minister for responding to that, and particularly to the Minister for the reasons why elections won't be postponed until May? But, that's actually not part of what I'm arguing for anyway, but I'm grateful for the update. Regrettably, though, both of you have missed the point that I was trying to make, which is not about introducing...
Suzy Davies: Diolch, Llywydd, and I move the motion. Thank you, everyone, for staying to listen to this. I just want to begin by making two things plain. The first is that these regulations protect various officers from liability for non-compliance with the usual legal requirements that govern the calling and conduct of by-elections. Those usual requirements were suspended by the Coronavirus Act 2020....
Suzy Davies: Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Thank you for your statement, Minister. First of all, can I just clear something up here, and this is the extension of support to non-VAT-registered operators? Does that just apply to limited companies, or does it apply to firms and sole traders as well? We've been speaking about tourism quite a lot today, and a few people have mentioned B&Bs and, of course, those very...
Suzy Davies: Thank you for that. I think there's a serious point here about parental confidence, and I suppose one way that you could help improve that is by helping them understand, for example, how any adults in school hubs across Wales have been tested and with what returns, and whether there are any plans for testing asymptomatic adults in schools during the phased return, and also whether there's...
Suzy Davies: Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. And thank you to you, as well, Minister; I think there will be many—children, not least—across Wales who have been looking forward to an announcement of this kind. And can I just associate myself with the remarks that you made for all our teachers and families, and, of course, support staff who've helped work in the hubs as well as at home during this period? I...
Suzy Davies: First Minister, you began this session by telling us a little bit about the methodology you used for introducing rules and regulations, and I'd like to raise the point that, as of 22 May, repeat breaches of coronavirus regulations can land you with a fine of £1,920. That came in under the fourth amendment to the coronavirus restriction regulations, through the made-affirmative procedure,...
Suzy Davies: First Minister, in your statement you mentioned people who don't feel particularly safe at home all the time, and my question is prompted by my worries about them and an increasing number of constituents contacting me about their mental health, and questions arising from Welsh Government guidance about staying at home. Just to be clear, this isn't about differences between England and Wales...
Suzy Davies: [Inaudible.]—those replies. In response to the second part of my questions, perhaps you can pick up the points about PCET and access to Hwb that you didn't manage to get to just then. But turning to HE institutions, universities, of course, are private institutions—it's a position they guard fiercely—but they are significant players in improving our constituents' futures and our...
Suzy Davies: Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd, and thank you, Minister, for that update and the evidence you gave us in the Children, Young People and Education Committee the other day. Can I just associate myself with your opening remarks about all the people that need thanking, and just to add some of those council officials, as it strikes me that every time there's an announcement from Welsh Government, the...
Suzy Davies: I'm not embarrassed to say this yet again, that it is the Welsh Parliament that makes the law, not the Government. So, it's the very least we can expect as a first step from Government that it lays a Bill that is, first, complete; that is, secondly, fully fleshed out in terms of its policy objective and at least its initial delivery; and, thirdly, has been properly costed. I think the failure...
Suzy Davies: Diolch yn fawr. Excuse me a minute. Yes, thank you for the opportunity of speaking in this debate. I wanted to come in behind Mick Antoniw's earlier contribution and also part of what Delyth Jewell was saying about is this the appropriate time to be able to give this Bill proper scrutiny, so I want to discuss less the policy objectives of this, but to concentrate a bit more on our role as...
Suzy Davies: Alun, I've just got to say, until those last few sentences, I was with you all the way, because one of the points I think that is worth making in this debate—and it has been made already; the word 'draconian' has been used more than once—is we're not like Spain; we haven't got these draconian powers sitting on our statute books, however well considered they may be. And actually, I...
Suzy Davies: Can I thank you, Minister, particularly? It's been an incredibly stressful time for yourself, your colleagues here, and also your colleagues in other Governments. I think, unusually for an opposition Member, perhaps, you definitely deserve our thanks on this one. Can I join you also in thanking our front-line staff? But not just those within the health service, but those who support those...
Suzy Davies: What discussions has the First Minister had with the UK Government regarding support for landlords and tenants in all sectors in light of the coronavirus outbreak?
Suzy Davies: Can I just begin by asking you to say thank you to the officials of the Deputy Minister on my behalf and behalf of the cross-party group on tourism because they've now put some guidance up on the website? Just on that last point, though, I appreciate that the Chancellor only gave additional details of the finance being made available to Wales yesterday, but even before that Scotland had...
