Joyce Watson: I was really pleased to be awakened by your dulcet tones this morning on the tv, announcing with a cheery smile that you were going to build more homes in Wales. As chair of the cross-party group on construction, that is extremely good news. But to be successful in achieving the ambition set out in the strategy, of course, we have to take many people along that journey with us. The...
Joyce Watson: 8. Will the Counsel General provide an update on the latest discussions the Welsh Government has had with the UK Government on the UK's departure from the EU? OAQ55136
Joyce Watson: There were—and it's been mentioned several times today—plans recently introduced by the UK Government on the introduction of the point-based immigration system from 2021. And, again, I'm going to repeat, the industry that will be most negatively affected—and the people—as a consequence of the changes is the social care sector. I don't think we can spend too much time here actually...
Joyce Watson: I rise to talk about the subject of hate crime, and when people think about hate crime, very often, they will think about hate crime in racial terms and they're right to do that, because in 2018-19, 68 per cent of all hate crime was racially motivated across Wales, and across all crimes. And I do commend the work that's been done to give confidence to people to come forward, and that's all...
Joyce Watson: Oh, I forgot.
Joyce Watson: I note your amendment with alarm, I have to say, and I won't be supporting it, because first of all, I can't see that you've presented any proof whatsoever to say that (b) is a valid amendment. And also, my experience of what people—having spoken to children in care and taken cases, very often, that contact is removed because it's best for the welfare of that child; it's never removed otherwise.
Joyce Watson: I have selected the two amendments to the motion and I call on Angela Burns to move the amendments, 1 and 2, in the name of Darren Millar.
Joyce Watson: I now call on Rhun ap Iorwerth.
Joyce Watson: I now call on the Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services, Julie Morgan.
Joyce Watson: I now call on Bethan Sayed to reply to the debate.
Joyce Watson: The proposal is to agree the motion without amendment. Does anyone object? [Objection.] Then I'll defer voting under this item until voting time.
Joyce Watson: I move on now to item 8, the Plaid Cymru debate on mental health services. I call on Rhun ap Iorwerth to move the motion.
Joyce Watson: I have selected the two amendments to the motion, and if amendment 1 is agreed, amendment 2 will be deselected. I call on the Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services to move formally amendment 1, tabled in the name of Rebecca Evans.
Joyce Watson: I call on Angela Burns to move amendment 2, tabled in the name of Darren Millar.
Joyce Watson: Thank you. I call on Mark Reckless.
Joyce Watson: I call on the Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services, Julie Morgan.
Joyce Watson: Will the Minister provide an update on scallop fishing in Cardigan bay?
Joyce Watson: What steps has the Welsh Government taken to close the gender pay-gap in Wales?
Joyce Watson: Minister, I'm really pleased that this question has been put forward—and I thank Alun Davies for doing that—to give us an opportunity, and you an opportunity, to represent our areas. The Mid and West Wales economy does rely heavily on tourism and small businesses, but that, in turn, has a high percentage of part-time and zero-hours workforce to support it. I do welcome the announcement of...
Joyce Watson: The first thing, like many others here, that I want to do today is to thank all the staff that are turning up right across the NHS, right across the care sector and right across the delivery agencies to get things where we need them and when we need them at this critical time. And I think it is really important that those people understand, if they don't already, that we all value them as...
