Rebecca Evans: Thank you for raising this case with us in the Chamber. I'm sure that you've taken up the specific case with the appropriate residential social landlord and/or the local authority. And I'd certainly recommend that you write with further details of that case to the housing Minister, who will be able to provide some further background on the detail of social housing eligibility criteria.
Rebecca Evans: Thank you very much for raising both of these issues. I would suggest that, on the specific issue that you refer to in Pennard, in the first instance it would probably be most appropriate to raise the issue regarding the definition of 'local' and the definition of 'affordable' with the housing Minister, in order to have the full information in front of you, in order to be able to share that...
Rebecca Evans: Thank you very much for raising those questions with me today. On the issue of broadband, if you would share with me the details of your constituent's specific circumstance, I'd be happy to explore that with the Minister and let you have the outcome of that. Your questions regarding 'Planning Policy Wales' and how it intersects with existing planning applications, and so forth, is probably...
Rebecca Evans: Thank you very much for raising those issues. Certainly, Welsh Government very much welcomes yesterday's announcement of that additional £10 million of funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council for a £35 million research network aimed at reducing carbon emissions from the UK iron and steel industries. It really is excellent news, and I would like to congratulate...
Rebecca Evans: Thank you very much for raising those issues. I will refer to them in the order in which you raised them. The first was universal credit, and Welsh Government has consistently and regularly raised the issue of universal credit and our multitude of concerns about it with UK Ministers. I know that the Minister for housing has recently written to the UK Government again on this issue and she...
Rebecca Evans: She'd be happy to provide a copy of that to you and put a copy in the Library alongside the response that the Minister has received. On the issue of sexual harassment in the workplace, clearly, this is of huge concern. So, it would be remiss of me not to mention that this week is Trade Union Week, and membership of a trade union can provide individuals with huge emotional support but also the...
Rebecca Evans: Thank you very much for raising this issue. I know that you've already had a meeting with the Minister for Economy and Transport to discuss the congestion issue and to provide the Minister with some of those very detailed personal experiences that your constituents are experiencing on this stretch of road. I'm aware that you were provided with an update on a proposed way forward from Welsh...
Rebecca Evans: There are two changes to this week's business. The First Minister will make a statement shortly on latest developments in the UK Government's Brexit negotiations, and the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs will make a statement later this afternoon on the warm homes programme. Draft business for the next three weeks is set out on the business statement and announcement, which...
Rebecca Evans: Thank you very much for raising those two issues. They were both detailed questions that I think do warrant detailed answers. So, on the first, it would be helpful if you would share with us a copy of the letter that you received regarding the diabetes delivery plan, and we’ll certainly make inquiries and ensure that you have a substantive response. And on the second, the Minister will be...
Rebecca Evans: Thank you for raising this issue. You'll appreciate that it would be impossible today to make a statement on the call-in request. However, it will be under consideration by Welsh Government and a decision will be with you as soon as possible.
Rebecca Evans: Thank you very much for raising this. The issue of school budgets has been one that has been well rehearsed in this Chamber, as has been our frustration with the lack of information forthcoming from the Treasury. Earlier this month, the First Minister wrote jointly with local government leaders to escalate the issue of the increased cost of teachers' pensions directly to the Chancellor, and...
Rebecca Evans: Thank you very much for raising this. You will have heard the First Minister's response to the concerns regarding Honda's plans to close its Swindon factory, with the loss of 3,500 jobs by 2021, during First Minister's questions earlier this afternoon, and, obviously, this is devastating news to the workers and their families, but also we know that there will be Wales-based suppliers to that...
Rebecca Evans: I'll begin with your first point, which was on the school budgets, and, of course, UK Government's sustained austerity agenda has led to a cut of nearly £1 billion in Wales's overall budgets, but we will continue to call for additional funding to be spent on our public services, including our schools. I will say, with regard to the Association of School and College Leaders Cymru open letter...
Rebecca Evans: Thank you very much for raising those issues. With regard to the first question on the well-being of future generations Act, clearly this is something that we are all immensely proud of achieving here in Wales. And I am really delighted that Coleg Cambria and others have very much taken on board the spirit of that Act. Even though they're not subject necessarily to the Act themselves, they...
Rebecca Evans: Thank you very much for raising this issue. Clearly, Welsh Government has strived to give local authorities the best possible settlement that we could, but we are under no illusion that it is a very difficult period for local authorities, nine years in, as it is, to the Conservative Government's austerity agenda. I recall that the previous Minister did make a written statement on local...
Rebecca Evans: Thank you very much. With regard to vascular services in north Wales, not only has the reorganisation of the vascular service benefited from investment of nearly £2.3 million of funding from Welsh Government, more importantly it has proved crucial in attracting staff who are essential for the delivery of excellent clinical outcomes to be sustainable. Whilst its reorganisation was publicly...
Rebecca Evans: Thank you very much for raising those issues. I'll start on the issue of the cystic fibrosis unit at Llandough. The health Minister has confirmed to me that he is awaiting that business case, and I would hope that it would be with him before too long. On the eastern distributor road, I'll certainly ask the Minister to provide you with an update on that work. And I know that you've had...
Rebecca Evans: Thank you very much. I'll take that last point first. Just to confirm, the Minister for international relations recently met with the Turkish ambassador and did raise this particular issue directly with him. Your point about community cohesion is an important one and a timely one. I think that we're all concerned about what we've heard about the increase in attacks on people for various...
Rebecca Evans: Thank you for raising this issue. Obviously, as you say, you'll be raising this specific case directly with Bridgend county council. I'll certainly suggest in the first instance that you write to the Minister with regard to your concerns regarding what support there might be for families who find themselves in situations such as the one that you describe.
Rebecca Evans: Thank you very much and, of course, the Deputy Minister will have heard your concern regarding a Chepstow bypass. But on the issue of far greater co-operation across borders, I think that that is an important point that warrants some further discussion between Welsh Government and the UK Government in terms of how we can best ensure that traffic moves slowly and that lack of co-ordination and...
