Delyth Jewell: Okay, thank you for that, Minister. My final question: I'd like to ask you about some of the more far-reaching changes to the planning system that our society surely needs. I do realise that planning does span different portfolios, but evidently there's a link with the welfare of residents, and the quality of housing and the communities that those houses support. Because, at present, large...
Delyth Jewell: First Minister, I cannot over-emphasise how deeply I disagree with everything Mark Reckless now stands for. It seems to me that one of the main barriers to good inter-governmental relations between Wales and England is the largely defunct role of Secretary of State for Wales. The incumbent, Simon Hart, has said recently that the Welsh Government should 'stop fretting about their own little...
Delyth Jewell: I'd like a statement from the Government, please, about the vital importance of helping young people recover from the crisis, particularly their mental health and well-being. I've spoken in the Senedd before about the fantastic work that the Senghenydd Youth Drop In Centre—or SYDIC—does to provide activities and opportunities for young people. I've spoken to Dave Brunton, who does...
Delyth Jewell: Plaid Cymru will vote against the main regulations to establish the corporate joint committees today. I would call on all Members to do likewise. Plaid Cymru does believe that Welsh governance for the future should continue to include local, regional and the national and agrees that we need the right structures in place to support effective decision making at the right level, with democratic...
Delyth Jewell: What steps is the Welsh Government taking to ensure women's safety in public spaces?
Delyth Jewell: 7. What discussions has the Minister held with the UK Government about the levelling-up fund? OQ56458
Delyth Jewell: It's astonishing, isn't it? The levelling-up fund is a direct affront to Wales's devolution settlement, Minister, I'm sure you'll agree, and it circumvents our democratic institutions. Not only is the Senedd excluded from decisions that will be taken in Whitehall, but the fund ties the success of community projects to representation made by MPs in Westminster, even as the UK Government cuts...
Delyth Jewell: I agree wholeheartedly with what Lynne Neagle has been saying about the importance of focusing on empowering young people and giving them hope. Young people have—. I'm trying to recalibrate the way I'm going to word this, actually, because I was going to say, 'They've missed out on so many experiences.' But, actually, young people have so many experiences that they need to regain, then,...
Delyth Jewell: This is so very important, in encouraging young people to vote, but it's also important for the future generations. The children's commissioner is running an alternative election for young people between 11 and 15 years of age, and this gives everyone who'll be able to vote in the 2026 election a real experience of the voting experience. Eighty-five schools across the whole of Wales have...
Delyth Jewell: 1. What assessment has the First Minister made of the impact that the UK Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill will have on women's safety in Wales? TQ548
Delyth Jewell: Thank you, Minister. This is a deeply personal issue for me, not least because I am the same age as Sarah Everard, who was so devastatingly killed near London recently, and whose vigil was so horrendously mishandled by the police. At least seven women in Wales this year alone have died at the hands of male violence. We are still counting dead women, including Wenjing Lin, who died in...
Delyth Jewell: The second-home situation in some parts of Wales is critical and this is a debate that we’ve brought to the Senedd on so many occasions over the past few months and years, and the situation is getting worse. Too often, the Welsh Government’s response is to say that more research is required. Well, there has been plenty of research undertaken, so much so that it’s almost become tiresome....
Delyth Jewell: What discussions has the First Minister had with the UK Government regarding the future of the union?
Delyth Jewell: 7. Will the Minister make a statement on COVID-19 infection rates in South Wales East? OQ56500
Delyth Jewell: Thank you, Minister. Merthyr has had a startlingly high incidence rate over the past few weeks, though I am glad to see the numbers levelling out. I know the health board has identified that some likely reasons for why we saw that spike would have been some extended households mixing and people not following social distancing rules. One of the strengths of our Valleys communities is our...
Delyth Jewell: It is a pleasure to contribute briefly to this debate and to pay tribute to my fellow committee members, our Chair and the clerking team for their important work on this consultation and over the past few years. It's a great surprise that this was the first time that the Senedd has scrutinised the implementation of the Act, an Act that is so important, so ambitious, but hasn't been given the...
Delyth Jewell: Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer, and thank you for everything that you've done over the years and for your friendship.
Delyth Jewell: I move our group amendments. It's fitting that we should close this Senedd with a debate that looks towards our future. That future is full of possibility if we choose to believe in ourselves as a nation, to stop putting our faith in the recalcitrant wreckers of Westminster and, instead, empower our people. I must applaud the audacity of the Conservative group for tabling this motion, the...
Delyth Jewell: A great Wales that still stands. A great Wales that is facing the future with a greater status, broader horizons, a perseverance that is deeper than the efforts of any other party to support it. What will define us lies before us, not behind us. And I will conclude, Deputy Llywydd, with the words of the immortal John Davies at the end of his book Hanes Cymru when he discusses the fact that...
Delyth Jewell: Trefnydd, welcome to your new role.
