Hefin David: Yes, I absolutely agree with that, and the Member for Cardiff North seems to have had very similar representations to those that I’ve had. Therefore, if we are to vote with the Government today, I’d suggest that we ask the Minister to provide some assurances in her response that these issues are going to be addressed and closely monitored, and that the need for future legislation...
David Rees: ...with others. Like my colleague from Caerphilly, I came across many individuals during my educational time. Like most Members across the Chamber we’ve heard this afternoon, I’ve received many representations from families who have children or siblings living with ASD, and it’s critical that the Welsh Government and all public bodies support these families who, on a daily basis, face...
Joyce Watson: ...close friends, the Germans in front of the Canadians, the Australians, the New Zealanders, the Indians or anyone else…. It is…an entire revolution in the historic position of this country. I am not putting it forward that necessarily old things are right…. It may be they are right; but make no mistake: this is an enormous change.’ Well, 20 years ago, I would never have imagined...
Jane Hutt: ...legislation. In Wales, we continue our commitment to increase the numbers of women in public life and to achieve gender balance in positions of power. We also, through our work to address the under-representation of women on public sector boards, and our diversity and democracy programme driving that, are challenging and changing the status quo. We have pledged our commitment to the 50/50...
Carwyn Jones: ...this moment in time the Welsh Government, unlike the Scottish Government, is prevented from running a franchise and having that franchise run by a public body or public agency for reasons that are not fathomable in logic, but that’s what the current Wales Bill actually says. We’ve made strong representations to the UK Government saying that if it’s right for Scotland, therefore...
Siân Gwenllian: ...procurement policies. The success or failure of public services is also crucial in terms of the progress of the Welsh nation, but the future of those services is at great risk at the moment. We cannot over-emphasise the gravity of the challenge posed by austerity at a time of a changing demographic. The Institute for Fiscal Studies and others have anticipated that the demand for health...
Gareth Bennett: ...the Plaid Cymru proposals we in UKIP Wales fully support. Yes, we agree with the first part, that good local government can make—and I paraphrase here—a valuable social contribution. There’s nothing to disagree with there. On point 2, on poverty of ambition of local government, as attested by the Williams commission, well, yes, we regret that, too. Point 3 is where we have some...
Neil McEvoy: ...of Conduct Committee undertook a review into lobbying, but the recommendations were weak and fell short of providing any kind of regulation. The First Minister thinks that rules for lobbyists are not needed. This seems to be a wider part of the culture in the Assembly, refusing to acknowledge the lobbying that is going on here. The last Presiding Officer went as far as writing to...
Lee Waters: What representations has the Welsh Government made to the UK Government regarding the Home Office’s decision not to launch an inquiry into the events at Orgreave? EAQ(5)0056(CC)
David Rees: ...to scrutinising you next week when you come to the External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee on this particular issue. I think it’s important today to highlight that manufacturing is not the price we’re going to pay for the financial sector in the south-east of England. It will be devastating for my constituency and my constituents, as you already know, with the issue of...
Julie Morgan: ...note of that—and other public authorities—and that we use that to inform policy making. One of the challenges that the Equality and Human Rights Commission highlight is to improve democratic representation, and I think this is absolutely crucial, because I think, as policy makers, if we don’t reflect the communities that are out there, the laws that we make are going to be...
Russell George: ...broadband. They get told ‘yes’, then they get told ‘maybe’, and then they get told ‘no’. All people want is to be able to have the Welsh Government be upfront with them on whether or not they’re going to receive an upgrade. So, I would urge the Minister to bring forward a timescale for your commitment to provide a contract to extend superfast broadband access to every...
David Rees: .... It’s critical that we ensure their survival. It’s critical therefore the UK Government plays its major part, because it has many levers at its control that it should be implementing and not sitting back, and it’s important therefore that Welsh Ministers make those representations on our behalf. On a second point, can I also ask a question on the relationship between and the...
Mick Antoniw: Again, thank you very much for those thoughtful questions, some of which I will be able to comment on to some degree, but not able to give you a full answer on, because there are many unknowns. The nature of the intervention is really as I have set out. On what will be my intentions in the intervention, it will be to make representations about the role of Parliament in determining any changes...
Mick Antoniw: ...of the amount of work, the number of conferences between now and the fifth, the actual length of trial, and whether there are any cost orders at the end of that particular process. In terms of representation, I will provide in a further statement details of that. Obviously, we will arrange for expert representation in court, and that will be direct intervention and the submission of...
David Lloyd: ...wilderness pre devolution, we looked to institutions such as the National Museum Wales and the national library as the pillars of our nation’s memory, as a definition of Wales, as an independent representation and an independent voice that spoke up on behalf of Wales to say that it still existed, despite the other bleak and black circumstances. People were asking questions in the 1980s...
Neil McEvoy: In light of the imminent possible removal of Bashir Naderi from the UK next Tuesday, will the Minister consider making representations to stop this from happening? EAQ(5)0063(CC)
Rebecca Evans: ...standards might be and what orders might involve in the future. So, obviously, changes will be decided at UK Government level, but we’ll be keen to have our input into that and to make strong representations. We have provided local authorities and health boards with funding over the past three years in order to try and have them fulfil their legal obligations with regard to those...
Vikki Howells: ..., which includes my constituency, 28.1 per cent of four- to five-year-olds, the second highest in Wales, are overweight or obese, and there is a pressing need to take action. Will the Minister make representations to the UK Government that the proposals contained in their action plan are inadequate and need urgent revisiting to give children in my constituency and across Wales the...
Carl Sargeant: I thank the Member for his question. I am sympathetic to the circumstances of this case, but immigration is not a devolved issue and it’s not the Welsh Government’s practice to make representation on individual cases. I know that Assembly Members have made representation to the Home Office, and others may wish to join them in this.
