Jack Sargeant: Yes, I will.
Jack Sargeant: I thank the Member, Jenny Rathbone, for that intervention. She's absolutely right; I do agree with Platfform and their campaign to lead a trauma-informed approach, because it's right. When we look at, for example, the welfare system, that's a system that's set up to fail ordinary people. So, I do want that conversation to go on. But I do think we have to have an honest assessment that the...
Jack Sargeant: I thank the Member, Sam Rowlands. You mentioned, Sam, the public service and you witnessing the Queen at the school. I witnessed the Queen opening Deeside College's centre for engineering excellence in 2003 and I went on to study an apprenticeship there. So, on behalf of north Wales and my residents in Alyn and Deeside, will you join me in congratulating the Queen in everything that she does...
Jack Sargeant: 6. Will the First Minister provide an update on the work of the National Independent Safeguarding Board for Wales? OQ57584
Jack Sargeant: Diolch yn fawr iawn, Brif Weinidog. As the First Minister mentions there, the National Independent Safeguarding Board has played a key role, and is included in the single unified safeguarding review board, which, as the First Minister will know, my own dad played a significant part in establishing. First Minister, yesterday marked four years since I was elected to this Senedd following the...
Jack Sargeant: Diolch yn fawr, Deputy Presiding Officer. I welcome the statement by the Minister and I also welcome the response to Alun Davies with regard to a duty of care for those who've caught coronavirus within the NHS and associated services. But I do feel that there is a piece of work there to fully understand who caught coronavirus when working within those services. I know that my colleague Sarah...
Jack Sargeant: 1. How will the Commission support the Welsh Youth Parliament during the Sixth Senedd? OQ57585
Jack Sargeant: What discussions has the Counsel General had with other UK law officers regarding the UK Government's review of the Human Rights Act 1998?
Jack Sargeant: Diolch yn fawr, Llywydd, and I look forward to the outcome and the update from the first meeting of the newly elected Youth Parliament. Like many of us across here, I'm really keen for Members of our Youth Parliament to be given the opportunity to make a real lasting difference, to leave their mark on Welsh politics and to leave their mark and positive change on Welsh public life. One of the...
Jack Sargeant: Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. This week is National Apprenticeship Week and it's not an exaggeration to say that apprenticeships change lives. Deputy Presiding Officer, I'm proud to have served my time as an apprentice engineer in DRB Group in Deeside. Apprenticeships deliver the skills necessary for individuals to embark on their successful careers. At the same time, they benefit employers,...
Jack Sargeant: Will the Minister take an intervention?
Jack Sargeant: I appreciate that, Minister, and I welcome the Welsh Government's work to support additional PCSOs. But do you agree with me it's a bit rich for the Welsh Conservative benches to be claiming that Welsh Government is not doing enough, when Prime Minister Johnson came to Deeside in 2019 and promised 96 additional officers for Deeside, and we've received none?
Jack Sargeant: Thank you very much, Llywydd. On behalf of the Petitions Committee, thank you very much for the opportunity to put forward this debate.
Jack Sargeant: This petition was submitted in March 2020 by Sara Pedersen, having collected 2,080 signatures online and 3,442 signatures on paper, and I'm sure that budding mathematicians across the Chamber have already calculated the total of 5,522 signatures. Llywydd, the text of the petition says: 'We call on the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government to protect the former Intermediate...
Jack Sargeant: We also know, from the work the Petitions Committee has done on the petition P-05-1112, 'Help Welsh Communities Buy Community Assets: Implement Part 5 Chapter 3 of the Localism Act 2011', that the Welsh Government is working with other partners to find ways of making it viable for communities to take over community buildings and facilities. Now, I recognise that that won't be a solution for...
Jack Sargeant: Diolch yn fawr iawn, acting Llywydd. I think that today has been a good and important debate, and I thank all Members for their contributions and the Minister for her response. We started with a powerful contribution from Joel James, who supported the petition in its entirety, I believe, and highlighted the teaching of science to women and girls in the school—a historic and important event....
Jack Sargeant: Will the First Minister make a statement on the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Welsh citizens and businesses? (EQ0009)
Jack Sargeant: Diolch yn fawr, Prif Weinidog, for that answer. Can I also take the opportunity to thank the Llywydd, and extend my thanks to the Llywydd, for allowing us to have this emergency question tabled for this afternoon before First Minister's questions? And I am sure I speak on behalf of the Chamber—it's great to see a full Chamber—when I say that our thoughts are very much with the people of...
Jack Sargeant: 2. How is the Welsh Government improving transport infrastructure in Alyn and Deeside? OQ57715
Jack Sargeant: 4. How is the Welsh Government supporting higher education students wishing to study health and social care in Wales? OQ57716
