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Results 261–280 of 400 for speaker:Joel James

Group 2: SPC: meetings and chair (Amendments 13, 16, 17, 18, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38) ( 7 Mar 2023)

Joel James: Thank you, Llywydd, for this opportunity to contribute, and I would like to, first of all, speak to my own amendments. The reality is that the bulk of membership on the social partnership council will made up of trade union council members, who will represent trade unions that directly fund the Labour Party. We have only ever had a Labour First Minister in Wales, and I think it's absolutely...

Group 2: SPC: meetings and chair (Amendments 13, 16, 17, 18, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38) ( 7 Mar 2023)

Joel James: Thank you, Llywydd. Having them represented on an advisory council consequently creates two significant problems. Firstly, it either produces an echo chamber for the First Minister and Government Ministers, to only hear the things that they want to hear, or, secondly, it becomes an advisory council where, if the Government does not take trade union advice, the Government can be threatened...

Group 2: SPC: meetings and chair (Amendments 13, 16, 17, 18, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38) ( 7 Mar 2023)

Joel James: Trade unions are more than willing to use this mechanism, as we have seen with the Unite general secretary—

Group 2: SPC: meetings and chair (Amendments 13, 16, 17, 18, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38) ( 7 Mar 2023)

Joel James: No. —the Unite general secretary, Sharon Graham, threatening Sir Keir Starmer with a reduction in funding last July after he sacked Sam Tarry from the front bench for joining a picket line. The council, in its current form, means that the integrity of the advice and the impartiality of the First Minister will always be questioned. If the First Minister takes the advice of the council with...

Group 2: SPC: meetings and chair (Amendments 13, 16, 17, 18, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38) ( 7 Mar 2023)

Joel James: Yes. I'm sorry; I've got a cold.

Group 2: SPC: meetings and chair (Amendments 13, 16, 17, 18, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38) ( 7 Mar 2023)

Joel James: The SPC aims are to provide advice and information to Government Ministers. If you look at the tripartite social partnership councils in Europe—and I cannot account for all of them, but—large proportions of them have independent chairs who, in turn, have relevant and specialist knowledge. In response to these proposed amendments at Stage 2, my opposition colleague Ken Skates remarked that...

Group 2: SPC: meetings and chair (Amendments 13, 16, 17, 18, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38) ( 7 Mar 2023)

Joel James: Thank you, Llywydd, and I must confess I still have no idea why there's so much resistance to an independent chair for this advisory council. I really do think that the Government is missing an opportunity, because an independent chair would not only be able to scrutinise and fight for improvements, but would actually be able to spend time investigating some of the most important issues that...

Group 3: SPC: worker and employer representatives (Amendments 14, 15, 19, 20, 22, 39, 40, 42) ( 7 Mar 2023)

Joel James: Thank you, Llywydd, and I will speak to my amendments. The majority of active enterprises in Wales are small and medium-sized enterprises, which account for around 99 per cent of all total enterprises and for 62 per cent of all employment and 38 per cent of all turnover. The SME business community does not organise itself in the same way as Government or trade unions in terms of presenting a...

Group 3: SPC: worker and employer representatives (Amendments 14, 15, 19, 20, 22, 39, 40, 42) ( 7 Mar 2023)

Joel James: Thank you, Llywydd. And again, I really do not understand the rationale behind this Government's thinking. You want a Bill that improves the well-being of people across Wales, for the purpose of improving economic, environmental, social and cultural well-being, yet you do not want to hear directly from any of the businesses or their employees about relevant matters. I really do think that you...

Group 3: SPC: worker and employer representatives (Amendments 14, 15, 19, 20, 22, 39, 40, 42) ( 7 Mar 2023)

Joel James: Yes.

Group 3: SPC: worker and employer representatives (Amendments 14, 15, 19, 20, 22, 39, 40, 42) ( 7 Mar 2023)

Joel James: Yes, moved.

Group 3: SPC: worker and employer representatives (Amendments 14, 15, 19, 20, 22, 39, 40, 42) ( 7 Mar 2023)

Joel James: Yes, moved.

Group 3: SPC: worker and employer representatives (Amendments 14, 15, 19, 20, 22, 39, 40, 42) ( 7 Mar 2023)

Joel James: Yes, moved.

Group 3: SPC: worker and employer representatives (Amendments 14, 15, 19, 20, 22, 39, 40, 42) ( 7 Mar 2023)

Joel James: Yes, moved.

Group 3: SPC: worker and employer representatives (Amendments 14, 15, 19, 20, 22, 39, 40, 42) ( 7 Mar 2023)

Joel James: Yes, moved.

Group 3: SPC: worker and employer representatives (Amendments 14, 15, 19, 20, 22, 39, 40, 42) ( 7 Mar 2023)

Joel James: Yes, moved.

Group 3: SPC: worker and employer representatives (Amendments 14, 15, 19, 20, 22, 39, 40, 42) ( 7 Mar 2023)

Joel James: Yes, moved.

Group 3: SPC: worker and employer representatives (Amendments 14, 15, 19, 20, 22, 39, 40, 42) ( 7 Mar 2023)

Joel James: Yes, moved.

Group 3: SPC: worker and employer representatives (Amendments 14, 15, 19, 20, 22, 39, 40, 42) ( 7 Mar 2023)

Joel James: Yes, moved.

Group 3: SPC: worker and employer representatives (Amendments 14, 15, 19, 20, 22, 39, 40, 42) ( 7 Mar 2023)

Joel James: Yes, moved.

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