Suzy Davies: We now turn to the topical questions. Question 1 [TAQ(5)0193(HWS)] has been withdrawn, so question 2—Steffan Lewis.
Suzy Davies: Diolch.
Suzy Davies: Item 4 is the 90-second statement. Jayne Bryant.
Suzy Davies: The next item is the motion to elect Members to committees. Unless there are any objections, in accordance with Standing Orders 12.24 and 12.40, I propose that the motions to elect Members to committees are grouped for debate and for voting.
Suzy Davies: I call on a member of the Business Committee to move the motions.
Suzy Davies: Thank you. The proposal is to agree the motions. Does any Member object? The motions are therefore agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
Suzy Davies: The next item is a debate on a Member’s legislative proposal—Bethan Jenkins. I call on Bethan Jenkins to move the motion.
Suzy Davies: I’ll be as generous with other speakers as I’ve been with David Melding. Caroline Jones.
Suzy Davies: Thank you. I call on the Minister for Public Health and Social Services, Rebecca Evans.
Suzy Davies: Thank you. I call on Bethan Jenkins to reply to the debate.
Suzy Davies: Thank you. The proposal is to note the motion. Does any Member object? [Objection.] I will defer voting under this item until voting time.
Suzy Davies: The next item is the Welsh Conservatives debate: regeneration projects, and I call on Russell George to move the motion.
Suzy Davies: Thank you very much, Llywydd, and I move the Welsh Conservative amendments in the name of Paul Davies. Thanks also to Plaid Cymru for bringing forward today’s debate and for commissioning the report referred to in the motion. It’ll be interesting to see how much the report has influenced the Minister’s work, and, of course, we need to hear from the Minister on this, because local...
Suzy Davies: Thank you for that answer, First Minister. It’s been over three months now since the deal was signed between yourself and the Prime Minister, yet, as far as I understand it, the governance structure is still unresolved. I think work does need to move on now on delivering those projects that are worth £1.3 billion to the local area and beyond, with a strong focus on the commercialisation...
Suzy Davies: Thank you, Minister, for today’s statement, the first, I assume, in a long series, because the lifespan of the strategy is very lengthy. I have to say, I do like the fundamental message that this strategy is to unite us rather than divide us, because we all know how the language has been used by various people over the past decades, and hopefully we will see an end to that. This is...
Suzy Davies: As you may know, Cabinet Secretary, there’s a new Welsh-medium school in Bettws, a very deprived part of the Ogmore constituency. I’m wondering how clear it is that the PDG can be used to improve Welsh learning skills, if you like, for pupils from English-speaking backgrounds, which actually makes it easier for those families to choose Welsh-medium education for their children, helping...
Suzy Davies: Rhianon Passmore mentioned the national endowment fund, of course, and back in February when you announced this, in answer to my question of whether the fund would result in support for core music services being diverted into this new fund, you replied that you were mindful of the fact that it might mean diversion and we’ll have to be aware of that as we go forward. I appreciate the fund is...
Suzy Davies: Diolch yn fawr, Llywydd. I would like to take this opportunity to wish the Friends of Aberdulais Falls a very happy thirtieth birthday. Members may already know about this well-loved hidden gem in my region. It was opened in 1584—maybe it’s only Neil Hamilton who can remember that, mind—to smelt copper for coins to pay for warships to fight the Armada. It went on to be used for milling,...
Suzy Davies: May I thank Adam for bringing this new scheme to us before the summer recess? I would also like to extend my thanks to the Commission staff, who have worked so hard to implement the predecessor scheme and to prepare the new one. I’d like to start with the annual compliance report, if I may. There isn’t a huge amount in there on compliance complaints, and therefore I assume that there...
Suzy Davies: I’m very interested in this petition, actually, because it does interest me that existing Welsh national planning policy is not already interpreted in a way that protects venues that have already been cleared by planning and environmental health as not exceeding acceptable noise levels. These are businesses that they themselves have applied for planning permission or licences in the past,...
