Rhun ap Iorwerth: 6. What plans does the Welsh Government have to note the 300th anniversary of the birth of William Williams Pantycelyn this year? (OAQ51142)[W]
Rhun ap Iorwerth: William Williams Pantycelyn is one of the most prominent figures of Wales, there’s no doubt about that, not just because of his contribution to the Methodist reformation and the over 900 hymns that he wrote, many of them among the most popular today still, but also he made a huge contribution towards the cultural and educational development of Wales. He modernised the Welsh language, was...
Rhun ap Iorwerth: People across Wales have seen the tragic scenes of people, mostly Rohingya women and children, fleeing violence in Rakhine. This terrible violence has caused over 0.5 million people to seek refuge in Bangladesh. More than 500,000 people have crossed the border since 25 August and are in need of emergency food assistance; 300,000 people are in need of emergency shelter assistance. More than...
Rhun ap Iorwerth: Thank you, Chair, and thank you for the opportunity to contribute to this debate. Although we are talking about concerns about the future of ports in all parts of Wales, as the Member representing Ynys Môn I’m sure you will forgive me for focusing on Holyhead, the ancient, proud, maritime town that developed into the main crossing point over the Irish sea since Telford brought the A5 there...
Rhun ap Iorwerth: Will you take an intervention?
Rhun ap Iorwerth: Open the vote?
Rhun ap Iorwerth: Formally.
Rhun ap Iorwerth: Formally.
Rhun ap Iorwerth: Formally.
Rhun ap Iorwerth: I’ll make a short contribution. I want to do that because I feel genuinely passionate about this particular issue. I like cars. I have always liked cars. I used to go to the motor shows when I was a young boy with my parents. I consider cars to be works of art. One can look at a car from any period and learn a lot about that period from the car in front of you. Yes, the cars on our roads in...
Rhun ap Iorwerth: Thank you for being able to contribute to this debate. Can I set one caveat, as Llyr also did? It’s very common in north Wales to hear people saying that everything goes to the south, but I don’t have any interest in feeding divisions. I want to unify the nation, but—and this is very important—where there is evidence of a lack of action by the Government to spread prosperity fairly...
Rhun ap Iorwerth: The Minister never wants to make contributions to debates, but is very happy to hear his voice here in the Chamber while he is sitting down. I will continue. Where there are ideas or plans, as we have in Plaid Cymru, as we’ve outlined this afternoon, to strengthen the north, to encourage investment and to get rid of the lack of regional balance in many areas, we’re working on behalf of...
Rhun ap Iorwerth: Can I make an intervention? It’s worth noting that Neville Southall outed himself as pro-independence over the last weeks.
Rhun ap Iorwerth: The cross-party group on hospices and palliative care here in the Assembly is looking at the possibility of holding an inquiry into how to deal with inequalities in terms of access to hospice care in Wales. You referred to the funding secured in agreement between us and the Government. But, isn’t the truth of the matter that a series of Labour Governments has failed to tackle that...
Rhun ap Iorwerth: Just a few points from me. I will refer to what we heard from Dai Lloyd on the timing of the introduction of this. The fact is that this couldn’t be done following the changes that will come into force under the new Wales Act, which raises the question of why other parties in this place voted in favour of that particular piece of legislation. Plaid Cymru, in several manifestos, has included...
Rhun ap Iorwerth: Will the First Minister make a statement on community benefits from energy schemes?
Rhun ap Iorwerth: Will you take an intervention?
Rhun ap Iorwerth: The only reason I make this intervention is to have it on the record that the front bench are laughing at this, which is a serious matter—[Interruption.]
Rhun ap Iorwerth: Thank you very much. That, of course, doesn’t mean that the First Minister wouldn’t still be able to just make one nomination and that one nomination would be discussed as part of that process.
Rhun ap Iorwerth: Is it not the case that the last but one Counsel General was unelected?
