Leanne Wood: Thank you. I welcome the fact that you want to write on this non-devolved issue, but we just sat in a debate prior to this where the Minister for international affairs said she couldn't intervene because is was a non-devolved issue. How can you intervene on this non-devolved issue but you couldn't intervene on the previous non-devolved issue?
Leanne Wood: My colleagues and others have already established what the issue is here. To recap, the UK Government changed the rules to equalise the pension age for men and women without any consideration that men and women born in the 1950s faced a very different environment, with women facing considerable legal restrictions on their ability to achieve fair pay and access to pension funds. They then...
Leanne Wood: I'm very pleased that Plaid Cymru's been able to secure this debate today. A Welsh citizen who has become a friend is on hunger strike in Newport, and I was reminded of Imam Sis's commitment to building strong and diverse communities when a Facebook memory photograph popped up just this week from two years ago, when Imam and I marched together in Cardiff against racism. He was prepared to...
Leanne Wood: Will you take an intervention?
Leanne Wood: Will you take an intervention?
Leanne Wood: Will you take an intervention?
Leanne Wood: Just over a fortnight ago, I was invited to speak at the Cardiff Extinction Rebellion event outside Cardiff library. They, as well as the school strikers, are campaigning for the declaration of a climate emergency, among other things, to ensure that all current and future policies are consistent with averting climate change and ecological collapse. I support the campaign aims—climate change...
Leanne Wood: 2. Will the Minister outline how environmental considerations were taken into account when developing the Welsh Government's economic action plan? OAQ53615
Leanne Wood: What assessment has the Counsel General made of the Welsh Government's preparations for Brexit?
Leanne Wood: I move.
Leanne Wood: Well, that isn't good enough. 'I expect it to be implemented in time for the academic year' is not in line with what the First Minister said in that citizens assembly. You have some serious questions to answer about that commitment that was given, and I would argue for all Members to support our amendment so that this legislation is implemented in time for the academic year not just hoped to be.
Leanne Wood: Diolch. These are our amendments to ensure that the law commences on 1 June 2019. This would bring the legislation in line with England, where similar legislation commences on 1 June. Many letting agencies and landlords operate on an English and Welsh basis, so while it will be banned in England, they will undoubtedly be hiking up fees for Welsh renters if our legislation doesn't match that....
Leanne Wood: Move.
Leanne Wood: Moved.
Leanne Wood: Moved.
Leanne Wood: Moved.
Leanne Wood: I move.
Leanne Wood: I move.
Leanne Wood: I move.
Leanne Wood: It remains a concern to us that default fees have not been defined by the Welsh Government. As you're aware, the committee in its Stage 1 report asked the Government to bring forward amendments at Stage 2 to put on the face of the Bill that all default fees should be fair and reasonable. Our amendments seek to both restrict default fees to only include late payment of rent and lost keys and...
