Neil McEvoy: I'll be voting against the local lockdowns today. I don't think it is right to stop Welsh people from moving around our own country when the border, the ports and the airports are open, and open without testing as well. So, why should people from across the border with much higher rates of infection be allowed into Wales to travel freely, whilst Welsh people here, in some circumstances,...
Neil McEvoy: 7. Will the Minister make a statement on the evidence used to include English in Section 3(2) of the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Bill? OQ55588
Neil McEvoy: I was going to say, 'Thanks, Minister', but I don't think I can now, really, because it's a very simple question about evidence. What I would have appreciated would have been some interaction on the question of evidence so at least we can have a grown-up discussion about this. I think, having spoken to professionals in the field—this morning, actually—again, one question that comes to my...
Neil McEvoy: Diolch, Llywydd. I campaigned for a Welsh Parliament all my adult life because I believe in this institution, I believe in the potential that we have here. I've just listened to Abolish the Welsh Assembly, and not a single idea in the whole speech, just a criticism of the institution, when really the criticism should have been directed at the Governments since 1999. I just find it really odd...
Neil McEvoy: Minister, I'd like a Government statement on repot NRPB-M173. It's a report that I've sent through to Ministers. It's a report that proves—it actually proves—that plutonium leaked into the Severn estuary for decades. I've sent the report to Natural Resources Wales and I'm still yet to get any kind of answer. It is a proven fact that plutonium leaked into the estuary from Hinkley Point...
Neil McEvoy: Okay. Diolch yn fawr. I stand here as the first ever Welsh-born elected Member of this Senedd. Many people probably wouldn't know that because it's never been reported. I live racism every day of my life. Many of us—so many of us here—have common experiences, not in this Chamber, of people of colour around Wales. I put forward some serious amendments—positive amendments—to try and...
Neil McEvoy: Please forgive me, Presiding Officer, if I beg to differ, because I'm a democratically elected politician, and I had put forward some very sensible, very positive amendments to be voted upon. You've denied me—perhaps you've given me my voice now, but you've denied me the right, my democratic right, to put forward those amendments and have them voted on. And if you want my personal opinion,...
Neil McEvoy: Thank you. I would conclude by saying that we have real problems in this Senedd. I'm not accepted. If I worked in security, if I worked in cleansing, or maybe catering, I would be accepted, but as it stands now, a brown man with a voice and opinion is not welcome by too many people in this building. And I ask people to consider this: is there any other Parliament in the world where a...
Neil McEvoy: 5. Will the First Minister make a statement on cladding fire safety in Wales in light of revelations that a fire safety certificate was fraudulently signed for blocks of flats in Cardiff and beyond? OQ55706
Neil McEvoy: Okay. Nice sidestep there. Thousands of people in Wales are now living in unsafe flats that are worth nothing. They can't sell them and they live there knowing that, if there is a fire then we'll be looking at a Welsh Grenfell. They're being absolutely rinsed at every opportunity: insurance is through the roof, the service charges are rising, and some are even having to pay for fire safety...
Neil McEvoy: 6. What legal representations has the Counsel General made on behalf of the Welsh Government in relation to the UK internal market Bill? OQ55722
Neil McEvoy: Diolch. A recent Welsh Governance Centre report made clear that the UK internal market Bill will forever blunt the policy-making tools of the devolved Governments, prioritises removing potential barriers to trade at the expense of all other public policy goals, fatally undermines co-operation between the nations of the UK, and even creates the implication that the UK Government may use new...
Neil McEvoy: 4. What assessment has the Commission made of its policies to ensure that indirect racial discrimination of elected members and staff does not take place? OQ55734
Neil McEvoy: Thank you. The definition of victimisation according to the Equality and Human Rights Commission is when you are treated badly because you have made a complaint of race-related discrimination. Indirect discrimination is when an organisation has a particular policy or a way of working that puts people of your racial group at a disadvantage. During the lockdown, it was at the discretion of the...
Neil McEvoy: It was in order. The officials agreed this question. It has been accepted. I'm raising an issue of racism in this Parliament, indirect discrimination, and I would ask you with the utmost respect that you let me continue, please.
Neil McEvoy: You can ask me to pose the question in—
Neil McEvoy: The question—
Neil McEvoy: [Inaudible.]
Neil McEvoy: I can say it in a different way.
Neil McEvoy: This is racism in action.
