Neil McEvoy: Diolch, Dirprwy Llywydd. On 24 October, I was the only Assembly Member who voted to oppose nuclear power in Wales. I found that quite incredible given how much opposition there is to nuclear power from the public and supposedly from other politicians. If he were here, I would say to the alleged anti-nuclear Labour leadership candidate, the AM for Cardiff West, who voted to dump nuclear mud...
Neil McEvoy: 5. What discussions has the Welsh Government held with Cardiff Council in relation to increasing the number of Welsh-medium school places? OAQ52971
Neil McEvoy: Thank you. Ysgol Hamadryad is moving to a new site in Butetown in January. There is an opportunity to do something very special and very positive here with local communities. What will the strategy be, and what will you do to engage with this? Would it be possible to arrange a meeting with stakeholders in the community?
Neil McEvoy: Leader of the Chamber, I'm asking for a Government statement to support Safia Saleh and her family. Safia was unlawlfully abducted as a child, and is trying to get back to Wales. I know her mother, Jackie Saleh, would be very grateful for a statement. The public has been really generous in supporting the Crowdfunder to buy flights for the family, but the one roadblock is bureaucracy. Safia is...
Neil McEvoy: I don't believe this budget meets the needs of Wales. This is another budget with a Government just moving money around. This is also a Government content—and in fact, a Labour Party in Wales content—to leave the major decisions made about Wales to politicians elected in England in the Westminster Parliament. What we then have here is a Labour Government using Westminster, and in...
Neil McEvoy: Absolutely. There is huge pressure, as I said, on local government. Real people losing real jobs, and what do we have here?
Neil McEvoy: What do we really have, Cabinet Secretary? We have Labour largesse. We have huge amounts of money, some smart comments, but huge amounts of money lost to the public purse. The Lisvane land deal, £39 million; the Circuit of Wales, £10 million; two small shops in Pontypridd, £1 million lost by this Labour Government. Money is thrown at projects that don't even happen. They don't happen....
Neil McEvoy: It's incredible.
Neil McEvoy: The bedroom tax. Wales is the only devolved nation where the most vulnerable have to pay bedroom tax. The SNP in Scotland got rid of it. In the north of Ireland they don't pay bedroom tax. And it's shameful. And I say to the Cabinet Secretary: where is your twenty-first century socialism when you allow such an awful tax to be paid by people in Wales? Why don't you abolish bedroom tax in...
Neil McEvoy: 1. How does the Welsh Government use the planning system to address the issue of empty dwellings in Cardiff? OAQ53075
Neil McEvoy: Will the First Minister make a statement on the number of long-term empty residential properties in Wales?
Neil McEvoy: Diolch, Llywydd. I declare an interest in being a Cardiff councillor.
Neil McEvoy: Diolch. Today is a historic day, so I'd like to start by honouring Prince Llywelyn, the last native prince of a sovereign Wales, who was killed on this day in 1282 at Cilmeri. Cabinet Secretary, I recently visited a house in Ely that was starting to look like a jungle. The garden was so overgrown that you could barely see that there was a house there. In the garden, rubbish was being dumped,...
Neil McEvoy: Adam Price.
Neil McEvoy: 1. Will the First Minister make a statement on the implementation of local development plans in South Wales Central? OAQ53120
Neil McEvoy: First Minister, in Cardiff West, the area you're supposed to represent, the countryside and green fields are currently being bulldozed to make way for expensive housing that most local people cannot afford. The developments will lead to at least 10,000 extra cars on the road every single day, and these roads are already rammed with lorries thundering through our communities. You have been a...
Neil McEvoy: 5. Will the Minister make a statement on the free breakfast in primary schools scheme? OAQ53119
Neil McEvoy: Thanks, Minister. The ethos behind the scheme is first class, but some of my constituents have written to me with concerns that some children from disadvantaged backgrounds may be missing out. That's because their difficult lives at home may make it difficult for them to consistently get into school on time to benefit from the free food, which can affect their learning. It's a sad fact that...
Neil McEvoy: Will you give way?
Neil McEvoy: I take your point there, and it's a really valid point, but would you concede that, with a sale, stipulations can be put on so in future that doesn't happen? That can easily be done.
