Jayne Bryant: 3. Will the Cabinet Secretary provide an update on how his department is collaborating with the Office for National Statistics to increase economic development in Wales? OAQ(5)0182(EI)
Jayne Bryant: Thank you, Cabinet Secretary. Last month I attended the first ever Welsh data dive, hosted by the ONS—an event where data scientists, developers and designers, in their own time, worked with charities to help them use data to analyse their projects and the communities they support. In this case, they worked with SafeLives and Llamau. Building on this exciting work, there are many...
Jayne Bryant: Eighty years ago, 4,000 children were evacuated from Bilbao to the UK following the bombing in Guernica during the Spanish civil war. Homes known as colonies were set up for refugees, including four in Wales, one of which was in Cambria House in Caerleon, where 56 children arrived on 10 July, 1937. It turned out to be one of the most successful in the UK. It was a time of high unemployment...
Jayne Bryant: We know that the scope of the DWP changes also include closing their site in Sovereign House in Newport. This will mean relocating 249 jobs, which were in the heart of our city, to somewhere north of Cardiff. The loyal staff at Sovereign House deserve better and the DWP faces losing highly skilled and experienced workers because of unnecessary changes. The lack of consultation, as other...
Jayne Bryant: Cabinet Secretary, I know that you and your officials have been in discussions with Coilcolor since the flood, and made available the support of Finance Wales and Business Wales. Will you continue to do all that you can to examine if there is a way in which the company and staff can be supported at this very difficult time?
Jayne Bryant: Diolch, Presiding Officer. I’m pleased to give Joyce Watson a minute in this debate. The 11 July to 14 July 2017 marks the twenty-second anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide. Over 8,000 Muslim men and boys were killed by Bosnian Serb troops in the worst mass killing on European soil since the second world war. Last year, I had the opportunity to join a delegation organised by Remembering...
Jayne Bryant: Srebrenica nestles in a lush green valley among mountains that rise from the banks of the River Drina. But, in July 1995, Srebrenica had been a living hell for three years. In the spring of 1992, Bosnian Serb troops launched a campaign of violence in pursuit of a racially pure statelet, after multi-ethnic Bosnia voted for independence from Yugoslavia. Entire villages were eradicated, towns...
Jayne Bryant: 5. Will the Cabinet Secretary provide an update on the progress of clinical research and innovation in the Welsh NHS? OAQ(5)0199(HWS)
Jayne Bryant: Thank you, Cabinet Secretary. The clinical research innovation centre at St Woolos Hospital is an excellent example of investment by Aneurin Bevan health board that allows researchers and staff to participate in groundbreaking research in areas including dementia, diabetes and cancer. Last year, over 17,000 participants participated in nearly 480 clinical research studies, which helps...
Jayne Bryant: 2. Will the First Minister make a statement on end-of-life care in south-east Wales? (OAQ51053)
Jayne Bryant: Thank you, First Minister. Last week, along with the Cabinet Secretary for health, I attended the launch of the new state-of-the-art in-patient unit at Malpas. The 15-bedded unit offers support for people with complex symptom-management needs and end-of-life care, and, as you mentioned, the investment of £3 million of Welsh Government money for the St David’s hospice is a good example of...
Jayne Bryant: 10. Will the Cabinet Secretary provide an update on the Welsh Government’s strategy for tackling domestic abuse? (OAQ51029)
Jayne Bryant: Will the Cabinet Secretary outline the Welsh Government's approach to encouraging urban woodland projects?
Jayne Bryant: Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on the work of police community support officers in Wales?
Jayne Bryant: Thank you, Cabinet Secretary. The statistics on domestic violence are shocking. In Wales and England, on average, two women are killed by their partner or ex-partner every week. Domestic abuse-related crime is 10 per cent of the total crime—a figure that is increasing—yet it remains the violent crime least likely to be reported to the police. Whilst prosecution rates are rising year on...
Jayne Bryant: 3. Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on local government funding for 2018-19? (OAQ51076)
Jayne Bryant: Thank you, Cabinet Secretary. Since 2010, the austerity agenda of the UK Government has seen an overall Welsh Government budget cut by 8.2 per cent. In that time, local government in England has suffered real-term cuts of 25 per cent in their revenue budgets and, conversely, the Welsh Government has limited cuts to local government here to 5 per cent over the same period. We’re now in year...
Jayne Bryant: Thank you, Deputy Llywydd. As Chair of the Standards of Conduct Committee, I formally move the motion. At the committee’s meeting on 11 July 2017, we considered the report from National Assembly for Wales Commissioner for Standards in relation to a complaint made against Neil McEvoy AM, regarding his failure to comply with the rules and guidance of the use of Assembly resources, which is a...
Jayne Bryant: I’d just like to say, we’ve heard the Member’s apology, and to thank him for that—that he said that today. And I’d ask the Assembly to endorse the recommendation of the committee.
Jayne Bryant: 2. Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on the growth of the gig economy in Wales? (OAQ51143)
