Rebecca Evans: ...pilots. As Peter Fox says, one is the young person's guarantee, and that's one of our key commitments to ensure that everyone under the age of 25 living in Wales has support to gain a place in education or training, or the support that they need to become self-employed. Taking part in the gender budgeting pilot does enable the young person's guarantee programme to review its systems,...
Hannah Blythyn: ...of legal advice to determine all the levers we have in Wales to end the practice of conversion therapy unilaterally. I want to know what we can do, not just what we can’t do. We will educate and raise awareness of the horrors and ineffectiveness of conversion therapy practices by establishing a dedicated campaign in Wales. The campaign will highlight existing support services for...
Llyr Gruffydd: ...of these issues. And we're pleased that the Minister agrees that it's important to continue raising awareness of Welsh taxes and that she supports the important role that the Senedd has in educating, engaging and informing the Welsh public on fiscal devolution. I am pleased to hear from the Senedd Commission that raising awareness is a part of the communications and engagement strategy of...
Julie James: ...ministerial commitments. We have welcomed the excellent work and clear recommendations from Dr Simon Brooks in his report, 'Second homes: developing new policies in Wales'. Indeed, the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language and I have written to Dr Brooks, setting out our response and outlining our next steps. Llywydd, this is a Government determined to take real and ambitious...
Lesley Griffiths: ...opportunity to describe what we're doing as a Government and it also reminds us of the need to maintain action to tackle fuel poverty. Living in a cold home can have a significant impact on health, educational attainment and overall social and economic well-being. The Welsh Government has been absolutely clear in our commitment to do everything we can to tackle fuel poverty. Wales has some...
Alun Davies: ...as are taken by the Treasury? Or is the purpose for us to do something different, to reflect our own values and our own beliefs? I see there are three Ministers on the front bench—health, education and finance—and I'm lucky to have worked with all three of them at different times, and all three of them—[Interruption.] Okay, let's not go there now. But all three of them will remember...
David Melding: .... They aim to explore the history and archaeology of the Cardiff suburbs of Caerau and Ely, from prehistory through to the modern day, helping to connect communities with their heritage and develop educational opportunities. Their website notes that before the advent of the Roman invasion, Caerau hillfort was the major power centre for the entire Cardiff region, and is one of the largest...
Vaughan Gething: ...course, and for everyone else in the Chamber, including those who've departed, health and care professionals, but actually people within their communities, peers, and the way in which children are educated now, that should make a real difference in developing attitudes. That case for change, again, as I said, was articulated in the parliamentary review's outcome. We then come back to...
Andrew RT Davies: ...to work on multiple fronts to make the improvements we want to see—from labelling to improvements in infrastructure and above all, I would suggest, as I said in the statement yesterday, around education in particular. The amendment that we've put down includes the Lucy's law proposal, which I think is vital for us to actually try and progress here in Wales when it comes to domestic pets,...
Andrew RT Davies: ...it is fair to say that many of the Valleys communities can say that, in some instances, they might well have heard all this before, but actually, if you look at economic activity, if you look at education standards, and many of the key indicators, sadly, we haven’t seen the improvements we would all wish to see. Above all, it’s about—in the next five, 10, 15 years—building that...
Vaughan Gething: ...takes on board the point that Vikki Howells made—that when you talk to local authority cabinet members and leaders, their No. 1 concern about the future finance is actually about social care and education, the two big blocks of spending, and how they'll manage to maintain spending in this area, not just from a financial point of view but, actually, for the quality of care that they wish...
Vaughan Gething: ...onwards, and that's why we've made offers of technical briefings to both the Finance Committee and the two committees, and I think both Chairs are in the room—the Children, Young People and Education Committee will have an interest, together, I'm sure, with the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee—and to make available a briefing from the civil servants who are doing this work to...
Rebecca Evans: ...aim, and today I want to set out the first initial steps along that journey. As Members know, council tax plays a significant role in supporting some of our most essential public services, from educating our children to caring for our loved ones to recycling our waste, to give just a few examples. But the system is in need of reform. It is our ambition to ensure the contributions made by...
Mick Antoniw: ...has been camouflaged by an overbearing UK or British identity, but whatever the reason we need to correct the record and assert Wales's proud contribution to world events. I hope the change in our school curriculum will contribute to an increased awareness, but I believe there is also a role for this Parliament to help ensure Welsh heroes get the recognition they deserve. This is not for...
Angela Burns: ...shortages. David, you made that point with passion and conviction, and it's very, very key. So, again, Minister, I would urge that, when you go back from this debate, you work with Health, Education and Improvement Wales and that they really plan the shortfalls that we have. I'm very keen to end, because I'm sure the Llywydd is very keen that I should end, but I just wanted to say one...
Lesley Griffiths: ...carbon electricity and heat. Next year, we will update the Welsh housing quality standard to require energy performance in social homes to achieve the highest A rating, working with businesses, the education sector and trade unions to establish centres of excellence for housing retrofit, to support the necessary creation of a highly skilled workforce to install properly accredited,...
Huw Irranca-Davies: ...to climate change, as well as our loss of biodiversity, as different from what it was in the last century. He referred to how ‘the relative spatial and social inequalities in well being, health, education and access to outdoor recreation demand far more from the designated landscapes’ and others. It’s not good enough, I’m sorry, to have certain types of people going in their cars...
Carwyn Jones: ...need to find a way of talking to one another again. We may have voted different ways, but we remain neighbours, friends and family. The challenges we faced yesterday on the NHS, on the economy and education we still face today, and we must rise to those challenges and deliver for the Welsh people. There is much work to be done, but above all else, my aim will be the best deal for the...
Angela Burns: ...must be independent. And that's not only us and the current CHC organisation that obviously believes they should be independent, but also the seven health boards, the three NHS trusts, Health Education and Improvement Wales, the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales, the British Medical Association Cymru, and numbers of other organisations who are also very keen that a new national body...
Rhun ap Iorwerth: ...title is paramount. These opportunities, symbolic but important, don't come along very often—once in a generation, perhaps. Yes, there are far more important things for us to discuss—health, education, poverty and good jobs—but we are the ones who have the honour of dealing with matters like this, and we very rarely do, but today is one of those days. Passing this kind of Bill is...
