Rhianon Passmore: Will you take an intervention?
Rhianon Passmore: Thank you. Whilst accepting the fundamental principle of local democracy and the reasoning for the suspensions in the areas that we've discussed, would you accept that the word 'haemorrhaging' reflects the 46 per cent loss of social housing through right to buy? Would you accept that, by losing more of a precious commodity, you're not protecting it?
Rhianon Passmore: Cabinet Secretary, will you agree with me that there was no greater champion from this Senedd for our armed forces than Carl Sargeant? As Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children, Carl last year outlined in the Chamber Welsh Government action to support our armed forces and veterans, such as the innovative housing referral pathway to ensure that former members of the armed forces...
Rhianon Passmore: Would you agree, as the leader of Plaid Cymru has already stated, that it's good use of public money to use reserves to fund ongoing pay rises?
Rhianon Passmore: Will the Cabinet Secretary provide an update on what the Welsh Government is doing to help private renters in Wales?
Rhianon Passmore: First Minister, the education Cabinet Secretary recommitted in the Chamber on 24 October the Welsh Government's mission to promote teaching in Wales as a high-status, valued and flexible profession. I know personally, as a former teacher and visiting lecturer, how demanding and challenging, as well as exciting and satisfying, the teaching profession can be. First Minister, the Welsh Labour...
Rhianon Passmore: Outside of the fact that I doubt any of us, potentially, in this room have ever gone five weeks without any income whatsoever, would you acknowledge that in nearly every single pilot that there's been, especially in Wales, there are significant arrears as a result of this?
Rhianon Passmore: Will you take an intervention?
Rhianon Passmore: Thank you. Would you acknowledge that the reason why universal credit has been piloted across the UK is because of the scale of the issues that are attached to it? Would you also acknowledge it would be a double whammy for those claimants in Wales if we didn't get the amount of money that would be needed to fund this properly? That is the concern; it is the claimants that are at the heart...
Rhianon Passmore: Will the Cabinet Secretary provide an update on the work of the European Advisory Group?
Rhianon Passmore: First Minister, the Welsh Government is committed to ensuring that the service from Ebbw Vale to Cardiff is doubled from one train an hour to two. Can the First Minister update—
Rhianon Passmore: I can try and link it, Llywydd.
Rhianon Passmore: Do you want me to continue?
Rhianon Passmore: Thank you. Can the First Minister update the people of Islwyn on how the work being carried out by Network Rail is progressing and when the scheduled work is due for completion? [Laughter.]
Rhianon Passmore: Thank you. I would like to obviously, though, welcome this particularly important and innovative document, and also the innovation around the new economic contracts. My question really is around the potential for the communities of Islwyn around tourism. I wonder how the Cabinet Secretary foresees the future of the Cwmcarn forest scenic drive—it is an area of stunning Welsh landscape,...
Rhianon Passmore: Diolch, Llywydd. Now, you extended me best wishes for the Christmas season yesterday, and I extend my good wishes to you and your family today. Nadolig llawen i chi i gyd. Cabinet Secretary, addressing the Learning and Work Institute's Welsh Employability and Skills Convention last week, the new Minister for Welsh Language and Lifelong Learning, Eluned Morgan, stated employability is not just...
Rhianon Passmore: Diolch, Deputy Llywydd. As the Assembly Member for Islwyn, one of the key areas covered by the ministerial taskforce for the south Wales Valleys, may I place on the record my categorical support for the proactive approach of the Welsh Labour Government in supporting the economic development of communities in Islwyn and beyond? It is right that a Labour Government does this. My constituents...
Rhianon Passmore: Will the First Minister make a statement on how the Welsh Government is supporting local communities in Islwyn through capital investment projects?
Rhianon Passmore: Diolch. First Minister, following the Tory UK Government's hollowed budget at the end of last year, the Welsh Government's budget will be once again lower, in real terms, in 2019-20 than it was in 2010-11. The Welsh Labour Government has repeatedly asserted that, for the Welsh economy to grow, which will consequently improve the financial security for the Welsh people, it is critically...
Rhianon Passmore: 7. How is the Welsh Government working to increase economic output for the communities of Islwyn? OAQ51685
