Delyth Jewell: Thank you, Presiding Officer. Minister, I will be asking my first two questions in Welsh. May I welcome you to your new role? I look forward to being able to work with you on this vital topic. It is clear that Wales is facing a climate emergency, and a climate emergency was declared during the fifth Senedd. But the crisis that we are facing is not just about the climate. There is also a...
Delyth Jewell: 3. Will the Minister make a statement on teaching children about climate change in schools? OQ56613
Delyth Jewell: EU funding enriched the communities I represent. From town-centre developments to financing infrastructure projects, it created opportunities. When we left the EU, we were promised not a penny less by the UK Government, but, Llywydd, there is already plentiful evidence to suggest that my area will be short-changed by the successor schemes. Earlier this year, the Tory Government in Westminster...
Delyth Jewell: There is a street in my region, in Hafodyrynys, that's known as the most polluted street in Wales. The likelihood is that there are many other streets like that in Hafodyrynys but we don't know about the pollution because the monitoring isn't there. Now, the clean air Act that you've mentioned, First Minister, which we all await, should provide an opportunity to increase air monitoring, to...
Delyth Jewell: Now, climate or eco anxiety isn’t yet a clinical diagnosis, but it is a recognised term that’s used to talk about negative emotions associated with the perception of climate change. This can manifest itself through panic attacks, insomnia and obsessive thinking. It can exacerbate other anxiety disorders and depression. But research is scarce and is deeply needed into this area, because it...
Delyth Jewell: Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Climate change is the single most pressing crisis facing our civilisation and our planet. That is an inescapable fact, and so too are the impacts of climate change that are already taking a damaging toll on the mental health of people everywhere, from heat waves that are increasing suicide rates to floods and wildfires that traumatise the people affected, leaving...
Delyth Jewell: One of the areas where we would like to see movement would be to devolve the Crown Estate. That would not only boost our economy, it would give us more control over the resources that would be so important for us to invest in as part of our green recovery and in the fight against climate change. Following the Scottish independence referendum in 2014, the Crown Estate was devolved to Scotland,...
Delyth Jewell: Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. What is the purpose of a power? Why have we in Plaid Cymru used our first debate of the sixth Senedd to talk about our legislature's remit? Well, a power is a vehicle. It proffers the ability to do something. It offers the capacity to change. In our motion, we set out wide-ranging areas where, if we do not gain these powers from Westminster, we will regress, because...
Delyth Jewell: Thank you, Minister. As you've noted, it is Carers Week, and I welcome your respite support package for unpaid carers, but I'm afraid that that doesn't tally with the delay in reopening day-care services. These services are one of the principal means of respite for unpaid carers, and some councils have yet to fully reopen them. I understand that Caerphilly have said that they will open...
Delyth Jewell: 1. Will the Minister make a statement on respite support for unpaid carers in South Wales East? OQ56572
Delyth Jewell: As we enter a summer of football, I'd ask for a statement on the importance of the game at a grass-roots level. And I would add my voice in asking for the Government's stance on the recent restructuring of women's football in Wales. Two teams in my region—Abergavenny WFC and Cascade Ladies—have been relegated from the Welsh premier women's league. The knock-on effect of the restructuring...
Delyth Jewell: Will the First Minister make a statement on the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out in South Wales East?
Delyth Jewell: Trefnydd, welcome to your new role.
Delyth Jewell: I'd like to ask for a statement on coal tip safety in the southern Wales Valleys. Earlier this year, it was reported that nearly 300 coal tips in Wales have been classified as high risk, with the largest number for any one local authority area being in Caerphilly in my region. Now, I realise that many of these will be on private land—they're not all under local authority control—but some...
Delyth Jewell: A great Wales that still stands. A great Wales that is facing the future with a greater status, broader horizons, a perseverance that is deeper than the efforts of any other party to support it. What will define us lies before us, not behind us. And I will conclude, Deputy Llywydd, with the words of the immortal John Davies at the end of his book Hanes Cymru when he discusses the fact that...
Delyth Jewell: Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer, and thank you for everything that you've done over the years and for your friendship.
Delyth Jewell: I move our group amendments. It's fitting that we should close this Senedd with a debate that looks towards our future. That future is full of possibility if we choose to believe in ourselves as a nation, to stop putting our faith in the recalcitrant wreckers of Westminster and, instead, empower our people. I must applaud the audacity of the Conservative group for tabling this motion, the...
Delyth Jewell: It is a pleasure to contribute briefly to this debate and to pay tribute to my fellow committee members, our Chair and the clerking team for their important work on this consultation and over the past few years. It's a great surprise that this was the first time that the Senedd has scrutinised the implementation of the Act, an Act that is so important, so ambitious, but hasn't been given the...
Delyth Jewell: Thank you, Minister. Merthyr has had a startlingly high incidence rate over the past few weeks, though I am glad to see the numbers levelling out. I know the health board has identified that some likely reasons for why we saw that spike would have been some extended households mixing and people not following social distancing rules. One of the strengths of our Valleys communities is our...
Delyth Jewell: 7. Will the Minister make a statement on COVID-19 infection rates in South Wales East? OQ56500
