Helen Mary Jones: I'm grateful to the Counsel General for his answer. Obviously, the future of the industry depends on being able to move towards a decarbonised future, and I wonder if the Counsel General can inform of us today of any further discussions that have taken place between the Welsh Government and the UK Government with regard to their support for the future of the industry in Wales in that regard....
Helen Mary Jones: Given how Wales has fared for many decades, through the Thatcher years in the 1980s, 15 years of a Westminster Labour Government that didn't reform the Barnett formula, leaving Wales worse off, 11 years of Tory-led austerity and now the disgrace that it is the shared prosperity fund—and I would associate myself with what the First Minister has said about that—does the First Minister now...
Helen Mary Jones: Diolch, Llywydd. I'd like to congratulate Pontyberem's Jonny Clayton on winning his first individual televised darts title. The 46-year-old Welshman fought back from 5-3 down to beat Mervyn King 11-8 in the Masters final in Milton Keynes last week. He's considering quitting work as a Carmarthenshire County Council plasterer to concentrate on his darts. Jonny Clayton has previously recently...
Helen Mary Jones: As one, Wales gazed on that one dart, / so true its flight / to the double in sight, / when thrown for those who hold your heart.
Helen Mary Jones: With apologies to Aneirin for the awful pronunciation. Jonny, Pontyberem is very, very proud of you, and so is Wales. Da iawn.
Helen Mary Jones: Thank you very much, Dirprwy Lywydd. I'd like to thank everybody who has participated in what has, on the whole, been an excellent debate. I will not repeat, in the short time left to me in this debate, the comments of my colleagues, with which I clearly concur. I just want to respond to some of the points that Members from other political parties have made. I have to begin with Mick Antoniw....
Helen Mary Jones: A last sentence or two, and I appreciate your indulgence. As everybody has said, this debate demonstrates the vital importance of the national library to our national life, and of all our national institutions. The investment is welcome, but the staff should not have been put through this. I urge this Senedd to support the Conservative amendment and our original motion, and not the Government...
Helen Mary Jones: I would like to thank the Deputy Minister very much for her statement and to confirm that we in Plaid Cymru share the ambitions of the Welsh Government around this very important agenda, and add to the thanks that she has already given to all of those who are working together and collaborating on this important work. I just have a couple of specific points that I wish to raise with the Deputy...
Helen Mary Jones: 2. What arrangements is the Commission putting in place to support the Youth Parliament in the next Senedd? OQ56284
Helen Mary Jones: What assessment has the Minister made of the impact that the Welsh Government's budget has had on the promotion of children's rights?
Helen Mary Jones: I'm very grateful to the Llywydd for her answer, and I'm sure that she will agree with me that, when we look back into the early history of our Senedd, the establishment of the Youth Parliament will be one of the achievements of this Senedd term. Can she confirm that the staff are in conversation with the partner organisations that have been supporting the Youth Parliament and some of the...
Helen Mary Jones: Thank you. Deputy Presiding Officer, we all know, I think, that Twitter isn't always the happiest of places. But, last week, my timeline was literally illuminated by hundreds of beautiful lanterns. The lanterns were made by children across Carmarthenshire as part of the Lightbringers Project, the brainchild of Jayne Marciano. The project was inspired by a wonderful children's book, The...
Helen Mary Jones: You are true lightbringers, each and every one of you. The sun will rise again over the hills.
Helen Mary Jones: 6. Will the First Minister make a statement on the vaccination roll-out in Mid and West Wales? OQ56315
Helen Mary Jones: [Inaudible.]
Helen Mary Jones: I'm sorry, Llywydd, I think my microphone was in the incorrect position.
Helen Mary Jones: Clearly the incorrect position. I do apologise. [Laughter.]
Helen Mary Jones: I thank the First Minister for his answer and I know that we are all very impressed by the amazing work that's gone into delivering the vaccination programme. But the First Minister will be aware that the families and friends of people with learning disabilities living in residential settings continue to be very concerned about the fact that those people they care about so much have not yet...
Helen Mary Jones: I'd like to give a broad welcome to the economic resilience and reconstruction mission that the Minister has published today, and be grateful to him for his statement and for the advanced copy as always. The direction of travel echoes very much what Plaid Cymru has been saying, and the Minister is right to say that I'm sure there's broad support for the general direction across much of this...
Helen Mary Jones: I'd like to thank the Deputy Minister for his statement. It's encouraging to hear the progress that is being made, and while the Deputy Minister is absolutely right to say we can learn things from other countries and other institutions, as the Welsh Government is clearly seeking to do, personally I don't think there's anything wrong with a little bit of 'making things up as you go along' when...
