Mick Antoniw: What assessment has the First Minister made of the social and economic impact on Welsh women of changes to the UK state pension age?
Mick Antoniw: Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. We considered this Order at our meeting on 18 November, and we laid our report before the Assembly on 19 November. Our report noted one merits point under Standing Order 21.3, which raised a concern that the explanatory memorandum accompanying the instrument was not as clear as it might be, specifically in relation to the limitations of fines for offences. We note that...
Mick Antoniw: Diolch. We considered these regulations at our meeting on 11 November and we laid our report before the Assembly on 12 November. As with our scrutiny of all statutory instruments, we consider them against the criteria set out in our Standing Orders 21.2 and 21.3. In the case of these regulations, our report noted only one point under Standing Order 21.3(ii), namely that the regulations have...
Mick Antoniw: Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Following our consideration on 18 November of these regulations, you'll see the committee—obviously a very exciting committee—laid a report before the Assembly that identified both the technical and merits points against criteria set out in Standing Orders 21.2 and 21.3. These regulations make reference to various pieces of EU legislation, most of which have been...
Mick Antoniw: We reported on the Bill on 15 November. We made three recommendations. Our first recommendation relates to the definition of the 'duty of candour'. Part 3 of the Bill makes provision for and about a duty of candour in respect of health services. While the Bill sets out the procedures to be followed when the duty of candour is triggered, it does not define on the face of the Bill what the...
Mick Antoniw: Thank you, Deputy Llywydd. I have a very short statement to make, because we considered this Order at our meeting on 2 December 2019 and we laid our report before the Assembly on 3 December 2019. Our report raised one merits point under Standing Order 21.3, which noted the decision made by the Welsh Government to use the lower consumer price index figure as part of the calculation of...
Mick Antoniw: 7. What discussions has the First Minister had with the UK Prime Minister in respect of ensuring fair funding for Wales? OAQ54876
Mick Antoniw: 2. What discussions has the Counsel General had with counterparts in the UK Government in respect of the Wales Act 2017? OAQ54877
Mick Antoniw: Thank you for that answer, First Minister. If the spending of this Assembly had been increased by the Conservative Government in line with growth of the economy since 2010, we would be £4 billion better off than we are now. Effectively, the Tory austerity programme has robbed this country and the people of Wales of £4 billion. First Minister—[Interruption.]—First Minister, if we had...
Mick Antoniw: Counsel General, what was important about the 2017 Act was, of course, that it did enshrine the Sewel convention. However, it enshrined it in a way that leaves it open to interpretation and to uncertainty about its actual status. Now, in the post-Brexit environment, where we see increasing strains on the incursion into devolved areas of responsibility, it seems to me the whole status of the...
Mick Antoniw: [Inaudible.]—this £300 million a year that we've been deprived of by the Tory Government amounting to a total of £4 billion, if we'd had that, do you believe that money would have rectified some of the flaws that you have identified?
Mick Antoniw: Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. We considered these regulations at our meeting on 9 December 2019, and we laid our report on 10 December. Our report identified one merit point for reporting under Standing Order 21.3, which related to a drafting point. The regulations refer to article 3 of the Immigration (European Economic Area Nationals) (EU Exit) Order 2019, which was made under...
Mick Antoniw: Thank you, Llywydd. We reported on this Bill on 4 December and we made only one recommendation. That recommendation relates to the definitions of 'wild animal' and 'travelling circus' provided for in the Bill. The Minister told us that the definitions of 'wild animal' and 'travelling circus' used in the Bill are the same as those used in the corresponding Scotland and England-only Acts....
Mick Antoniw: First Minister, I grew up in a community of refugees post war and to this day have friends of mine who actually came over as children after the second world war, lived in displaced persons camps for periods. So, what has happened is something that I personally feel is incredibly distressing as to what has happened. We have commitments in any legislation we pass in respect of compliance with...
Mick Antoniw: Thank you. Minister, tomorrow I'll be doing a short debate talking about some of Wales's heroes—recognised and unrecognised—which I think, actually, will play a part in the international strategy and the need for the links that we establish with international countries. But what I wanted to do now is just refer to a theme that I've raised in this Chamber and with you a number of times...
Mick Antoniw: Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd. We considered this statutory instrument consent memorandum for the Pilotage Act 1987 (Amendment) Regulations 2019 at our meeting on 6 January 2020. We laid our report last Friday, 10 January. In considering the statutory instrument consent memorandum and our response to it, we also took account of the Minister's letter to us, dated 17 December 2019. That letter can...
Mick Antoniw: Martin Luther King said that we are not the makers of history but we are made by history, and it's certainly the case that the history of our communities forges the thinking and the values of our communities, so understanding where we have come from and what we do is fundamentally important. This has been a tremendous exercise. It's an area I've written about from time to time, about the...
Mick Antoniw: Thank you, Llywydd. Throughout history, there have been men and women—whether through science and learning, through culture, the arts, trade, innovation or political struggle—who have advanced the interests of their nation and its profile in a way that achieves international recognition. Their achievements often have a world-wide impact and are duly recognised as such. In Wales, we have...
Mick Antoniw: 5. Will the First Minister make a statement on what action the Welsh Government is taking in south Wales to tackle climate change? OAQ54956
Mick Antoniw: First Minister, I've raised with yourself the situation in Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board many times, in respect of ambulance handovers. And it's fair to say that, in recent years, they have developed an excellent model, where they receive the patients from the ambulance, to free up the ambulances. But of course it also requires that there is the investment at the other end in...
