Jane Hutt: Cabinet Secretary, can I thank you for your statement today on the White Paper and also welcome the paper you published on reforming UK funding and fiscal arrangements after Brexit? At the weekend, Cabinet Secretary, you warned that a hard Brexit could throw the UK to the wolves with the spectre of a chaotic Tory Brexit looming over Wales and a hard right Brexit amounting to an attack on...
Jane Hutt: Thank you, First Minister. Last week, we held the first meeting of the cross-party group on women, supported by the Women's Equality Network, a membership network of over 1,000 organisations and individuals working to advance the rights of women in all spheres of Welsh life. The Women's Equality Network delegation is presenting their UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of...
Jane Hutt: 4. Will the First Minister make a statement on the Welsh Government's review of gender equality? OAQ52540
Jane Hutt: A few weeks ago, Cabinet Secretary, you did announce interim targets in the first two carbon budgets for Wales, and you said you'd consult on an action plan to achieve them in July. Can you say any more about this action plan, and the role of renewable energy in achieving it?
Jane Hutt: Well, you've put that on the record now, Nick Ramsay. What I was going on to say is that this is a remarkable achievement that we will have, I'm sure, support for the supplementary budget today, and indeed, as you did say, Nick Ramsay, for the fiscal framework that has been achieved, and I would say in spite of eight years of austerity imposed on us in the Welsh Labour Government by the UK...
Jane Hutt: Very nicely too.
Jane Hutt: Can I welcome the first supplementary budget in this financial year? The Finance Committee, as has already been said by the Chair and by Mike Hedges, found little to comment on—small change, as Mike Hedges said—on its first quarter. But I hope that you also found the conclusions useful. I was pleased to welcome the NHS announcement in the Wales infrastructure investment plan mid-term...
Jane Hutt: Can I welcome your statement, leader of the house, on the gender review? It's particularly relevant to this year, with the centenary of women's suffrage. Last Saturday, I spoke at an adult learning event, and my theme was: 'We won the vote 100 years ago. Let's win equality for women in Wales today.' The opera Rhondda Rips it Up, which some of us saw—the Welsh National Opera opera—told us...
Jane Hutt: Leader of the house, I'm particularly concerned to safeguard my constituents in the western part of the Vale of Glamorgan, where there's a long-standing practice of using the services of the Princess of Wales Hospital. Can you provide an update on the proposed health board boundary change in Bridgend? Secondly, I would be grateful if the leader of the house could confirm that the Welsh...
Jane Hutt: First Minister, would you agree with the expert panel on Assembly electoral reform that a reduction in the minimum voting age to 16 would be a powerful way to raise political awareness and participation among young people?
Jane Hutt: Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. Can I welcome your statement, Cabinet Secretary, on the seventieth anniversary of the NHS? It was born in Wales as a result of one man, Aneurin Bevan, who had the political will and strength of conviction and vision to take this forward, building on the local Tredegar Medical Aid Society, as you said, which so inspired him. Cabinet Secretary, you may not...
Jane Hutt: Leader of the house, I've got two questions. First, tomorrow I'm facilitating a meeting in the Senedd of the Welsh Mesh Survivors group, and it would be helpful to have an update from the Welsh Government on the ministerially directed implementation group announced by the Cabinet Secretary on 8 May, chaired by Tracy Myhill. Secondly, leader of the house, can you clarify whether the Welsh...
Jane Hutt: I'm glad to support Mick Antoniw's legislative proposal. It addresses an issue that I spoke about in the individual Member's debate, affecting my constituents in the Vale of Glamorgan, with 3,500 new houses at the Quays waterfront area of Barry built by a consortium, Taylor Wimpey, Barratt and Persimmon. At that time I drew attention to the fact that the Welsh Government's Help to Buy scheme...
Jane Hutt: Yes, thank you, Minister, for your statement, and can I say how pleased I am to hear about the news of this substantial investment in housing as part of the package to join up health, social care and housing? Last week, I spoke at the policy forum on older people's care, and I think Rhun was also there, chairing a session. We did draw attention to the unique opportunities we've got to drive...
Jane Hutt: Will the Finance Minister highlight Welsh Government capital investment in the NHS and South Wales Central as a result of the Wales infrastructure investment plan, and does he agree with Paul Johnson of the Institute for Fiscal Studies that there will be no Brexit dividend to help finance the additional funding boost to the NHS, or perhaps even agree with Dr Sarah Wollaston, who chairs the...
Jane Hutt: Can I welcome the statement, during Welsh Refugee Week, on the Welsh Government consultation, 'Nation of Sanctuary—Refugee and Asylum Seeker Plan'? The fact that this plan has been co-produced with the Welsh Refugee Council and other partners is an indication of the forward-looking inclusive approach taken by the Welsh Government, drawing, in large part, from the recommendations of the...
Jane Hutt: Leader of the house, in February, Welsh Ministers stated they were considering making a screening direction to Biomass UK No.2 Limited, developing the Barry incinerator, under the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Wales) Regulations 2017, citing that the characteristics of the development fall within the EIA regulations. I'm curious what the delay is in progressing...
Jane Hutt: First Minister, there are now 143 accredited employers paying the real living wage in Wales across the public, private and third sectors, helping to address the pay and gender inequalities in the workplace. With the Welsh public sector spending approximately £6 billion annually through procurement, will you update the Assembly on the adoption of the code of practice on ethical employment in...
Jane Hutt: What assessment has the Welsh Government made of the UK Government’s proposed shared prosperity fund?
Jane Hutt: Thank you very much.
