Neil McEvoy: 6. Will the First Minister outline what code of conduct applies to the office of First Minister? (OAQ51218)
Neil McEvoy: I think my colleague across the Chamber there, Llyr, beat me to it with the congratulations for Chris Coleman and the Welsh team, but I also wanted to add the brilliant charity Gôl, that do amazing work. The fans go to orphanages and they put so many smiles on the faces of so many children, and they’re great ambassadors for Wales. So, I wondered if we could maybe have something in written...
Neil McEvoy: Diolch. I’d like to raise the experience of a school in my region and that’s Ysgol Gymraeg Nant Caerau in the west of Cardiff. In 2012 the school had 86 pupils on a site designed for four to seven-year-olds. Now, the school has 240 pupils aged between four and 11, and they’re having to turn children away. There’ve been expansions of schools in other areas, but Nant Caerau is having to...
Neil McEvoy: 6. Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on achieving the Welsh Government’s target of one million Welsh speakers through the education system? (OAQ51112)
Neil McEvoy: Okay. I’ll close by saying—and I wrote to the First Minister on this yesterday—no Member of this Chamber should be more equal than another. A code of conduct should apply to every single one of us. I did wrong, I made a mistake, I hold my hand up. Every AM should do the same. Thank you.
Neil McEvoy: I am. Okay.
Neil McEvoy: The points that I’m making—and I’ll probably draw things to a close a little bit quicker than I want to. Because I fully accept the censure, if that’s the wish of the Chamber, and I fully apologise once again. But I believe the First Minister of Wales should refer himself, through the ministerial code of conduct—
Neil McEvoy: Diolch. I’m here today to apologise for using the media briefing room in a way that was inconsistent with the Standing Orders of this Assembly and the code of conduct for Assembly Members. I fully accept the findings of the committee’s report, because, when I’ve done something wrong, I admit to it. I didn’t set out to break the code of conduct. The truth is, I didn’t know the code...
Neil McEvoy: Thanks. The bedroom tax is, by far, one of the most unnecessary burdens faced by some of the most disadvantaged people in Wales. This is a tax that has only added more pressure to those who already struggle to make ends meet. The bedroom tax has, in many cases, been applied to those who simply don’t have the option to move into a smaller house. So, isn’t it about time that the Labour...
Neil McEvoy: 7. Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on the publication of the Welsh Government’s budget proposals? (OAQ51073)
Neil McEvoy: But what is it?
Neil McEvoy: I’ll declare an interest as a former teacher. I know what you said about professional standards, and there’s a lot of talk about generic standards and raising standards, and lots of slogans, lots of buzz words. But I’m concerned about the detail, really. So, I wonder if you’ll allow me to give you a little test, Cabinet Secretary. Can you outline the contents of the new teaching...
Neil McEvoy: I’m looking for a statement on Hinkley Point as well, leader of the Chamber, because last week I asked the Cabinet Secretary for the environment about the dredging of potentially radioactive mud from just outside the Hinkley Point nuclear reactor. She said that she was unable to comment on a specific determination process for granting the licence. Quite frankly, this is unacceptable, and...
Neil McEvoy: Will the First Minister make a statement on how the Welsh Government ensures transparency through the Freedom of Information Act 2000?
Neil McEvoy: How can you call yourself the Cabinet Secretary for the environment when your Government has issued a licence to let material be dredged from outside Hinkley Point nuclear reactor and be dumped in Welsh waters just outside Cardiff? What’s worse is that an environmental impact assessment was not carried out by Wales’s environmental watchdog. No dose of radiation is acceptable for human...
Neil McEvoy: 3. Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on the need for environmental impact assessments? (OAQ51026)
Neil McEvoy: Will the First Minister make a statement on the timing of the Regeneration Investment Fund for Wales’s decision to sell its land and property assets?
Neil McEvoy: I think it’s very appropriate, Presiding Officer, because we are repeating. In the opinion of many, this Labour administration is either incompetent or it’s corrupt, one or the other and—
Neil McEvoy: Yes.
Neil McEvoy: Well, it’s extraordinary, but what is even more extraordinary is it goes on all the time. You know? The next thing I want to talk about is the Lisvane land deal. It’s a similar culture that there is in this building and with this Government, and I’m not alone in suspecting that criminal action may have taken place. I want the South Wales Police to reopen the investigation into the...
