Jane Hutt: 7. Will the First Minister make a statement on progress towards Wales becoming a real living wage nation? OAQ52774
Jane Hutt: Of course, First Minister, the real living wage makes a real difference to people's lives, benefiting wage earners, their households, communities and local economies. And I know, ahead of Living Wage Week, you've always actively supported events during early November. What further action can be taken to promote the real living wage across, particularly, the public sector, the health service...
Jane Hutt: With regard to the Barry incinerator, has the Minister reached a decision as to whether an EIA—an environmental impact assessment—will be required to accompany the most recent planning application for a water tower and car park? And is the Minister aware that the Barry Docks Incinerator Action Group is of the opinion that the entire project required an EIA to accompany the planning...
Jane Hutt: Cabinet Secretary, thank you for your statement on regional investment after Brexit, and thank you for acknowledging the work of the Finance Committee in its report, 'Preparations for replacing EU funding for Wales'—key recommendations, which, of course, will be of no surprise, leading with the priority of negotiations with the UK Government to secure the best possible funding deal to...
Jane Hutt: So, we do have opportunities and challenges, and I hope that you will be able to make the case for us all to be engaged, because, as you said, there is an emerging consensus, and this Assembly can back you in these negotiations.
Jane Hutt: Thank you for the statement on the framework for independent living, which very much, of course, is one of my key political priorities and experience. I'm glad to contribute to this statement as a trustee of Vale People First, having seen the transformation of the lives of people with learning disabilities over the past 40 years, since the inquiry into Ely hospital led to a pioneering...
Jane Hutt: 2. What action will the Welsh Government take to support female school pupils’ welfare? OAQ52781
Jane Hutt: Thank you, Cabinet Secretary. In the Member debate on period poverty in May, we heard how some schoolgirls from low-income families were missing school when they had their periods because of the challenge of managing away from home without adequate sanitary protection. I welcome the Welsh Government's announcement of £700,000 of capital funding to improve facilities and equipment in schools,...
Jane Hutt: Leader of the house, the Commons Home Affairs Committee has this week called for an end to single household payments of universal credit, with Welsh Women's Aid stating that: 'It’s critical that there is an end to the default payment to a single householder to ensure that women have access to their own financial resources and ensure Universal Credit does not enable perpetration of financial...
Jane Hutt: Cabinet Secretary, part of the new franchise includes a commitment to a half-hourly rail service in the Vale of Glamorgan. I've campaigned for a half-hourly service for many years, believing that the development of an integrated public transport plan is a more sustainable way to achieve connectivity for commuters, Vale residents, visitors to the heritage coast and for Cardiff Airport. Cabinet...
Jane Hutt: Cabinet Secretary, I was delighted to join the First Minister yesterday at the Living Wage Week launch event at the Bigmoose Coffee Company and to welcome the rise in the real living wage rate to £9 an hour. We already have a number of accredited employers paying the real living wage. In my constituency, the Vale of Glamorgan, it includes Barry Town Council, Glamorgan Voluntary Services,...
Jane Hutt: I welcome the EHRC report updating us on the state of equality and human rights in Wales in 2018. I want to focus today, and will again tomorrow in the equalities and Brexit debate, on one action, and that's the recommendation to the Welsh Government by the EHRC and backed by two Assembly committees that the Welsh Government should bring the socioeconomic equality duty to life in Wales. In...
Jane Hutt: 5. Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on the Welsh Government's policy on fracking? OAQ52859
Jane Hutt: I recently sponsored an event in the Senedd with Friends of the Earth Cymru and Frack-Free Wales, Cabinet Secretary, and I am strongly opposed to fracking and have worked hard to stop it happening in the Vale of Glamorgan. You said recently in Welsh Government's 'Taking Wales Forward'—and you restated today your clear opposition to fracking. You noted that Welsh Government has powers over...
Jane Hutt: Llywydd, I want to pay tribute to women in the first world war whose roles and lives were brought to light by my constituent and Welsh historian, Professor Deirdre Beddoe, last Sunday on BBC2. As Professor Beddoe told us, at the start of the war, women were encouraged by Ministers, including David Lloyd George, to say goodbye to the men they loved in every street and every community in the...
Jane Hutt: The Chairs of the Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee and the External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee stated in their joint letter to the First Minister earlier this year that Wales has a proud history of protecting equality and human rights in world-leading and innovative ways, noting that the Assembly, of course, became the first legislative body in the world...
Jane Hutt: Leader of the house, will you report on action taken to close the gender pay gap following Equal Pay Day on Saturday? A recent ONS report said that the gender pay gap for full-time workers has fallen to a record low of 8.6 per cent. It's good to see it's fallen, but it still shows what a long way we have to go.
Jane Hutt: Thank you very much, Dirprwy Llywydd, for calling me to speak. I speak in full support of the Finance Committee inquiry report; I took part in it as a member. I want to focus specifically in support of recommendations 2 to 7: the importance of the shared prosperity fund; the impact on equalities of the loss of European funding; and the future fiscal framework for Wales in relation to Brexit....
Jane Hutt: Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on the implications of the UK Government’s budget for the Welsh Government’s capital and revenue resource?
Jane Hutt: 7. How does the Welsh Government support White Ribbon Day in relation to eliminating violence against women? OAQ52947
