Did you mean representations -taxation speaker:Caroline Jones?
Caroline Jones: ...again. Hopefully, the UK Government will rethink this scheme. It may have been introduced with the best intentions but it has left many people destitute. Leader of the house, will you be making representations to the UK Government to ensure that universal credit is not rolled out in Wales until it can be guaranteed that disabled people will not be worse off? Leader of the house,...
Caroline Jones: Leader of the house, I have received representations from constituents expressing dismay about their inability to travel on public transport with friends, because they all need wheelchair spaces. And, if you're lucky, most public transport has one or two spots for wheelchairs. Most of us take for granted the ability to travel together, yet disabled people in Wales are being denied that right....
Caroline Jones: ...of the Bill I cannot support as is, and that is the decision to abolish community health councils and replace them with a new citizen's voice body. I'd like to know if this body will have local representation, because this is extremely important, and local issues are important, because transparency can only help bring about best practice. I fully support efforts to strengthen the citizen's...
Caroline Jones: ...would be lost by scrapping the CHCs and replacing them with a small national body with an office in Cardiff, for example. If the new body is to truly be the voice of the citizens it has to have representation in all parts of Wales and be accessible to everybody, regardless of where they live in Wales.
Caroline Jones: ...citizen voice body must be heard. The community health councils have been an effective champion for Welsh patients, in part, because of their right to be heard. Public bodies have to take notice of representations made by CHCs. The amendments tabled by Angela and Rhun extend this duty to the citizen voice body. If this new body is to be our voice, public bodies should have to listen to...