Lynne Neagle: Will the First Minister provide an update on preparations for a people's vote on the final Brexit deal?
Lynne Neagle: Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. Can I thank everybody who has spoken in the debate today? Your contributions are very much valued, including the Minister's. Can I also take this opportunity to thank all the organisations who engaged with our inquiry and provided such insightful written and oral evidence, and also take the opportunity to thank our excellent clerking and research team?...
Lynne Neagle: Due to these actions at the UK level, the specific recommendation made by the committee may no longer be necessary, but the principles that lie behind it remain important. In her recent response, the Minister also outlined the work Welsh Government has been undertaking in seeking to contribute to and shape the development of migration policy in the UK. It is a concern, however, that the...
Lynne Neagle: It is difficult to know where to begin a debate on the impact of Brexit when so much is still unclear, but I don't want us to focus our discussions on whether we agree with Brexit or on the votes happening in the UK Parliament. Rather, our aim in tabling today's debate is to discuss the potential impact Brexit could have on students and education providers in Wales, based on the evidence we...
Lynne Neagle: Thank you, Llywydd. I'm pleased to open this debate today on the Children, Young People and Education Committee’s report, 'Degrees of Separation?', which discusses the impact of Brexit on higher and further education. Members of this Chamber will be fully aware of my views on Brexit, but at the outset of this debate it's important that I emphasise that I am contributing this afternoon as...
Lynne Neagle: Thank you, Counsel General. And, yes, a 'no deal' Brexit would be catastrophic for Wales, which is one of the reasons why I'll be proud to march on Saturday for a people's vote, to try and prevent further catastrophe. [Interruption.] No, no; a people's vote on the Brexit deal, with an option to remain. As you know, one of my major concerns in relation to Brexit is the impact on our many...
Lynne Neagle: 2. Will the Counsel General provide an update on the Welsh Government's preparations for a no-deal Brexit? OAQ53629
Lynne Neagle: Thank you, Minister. I really welcome the fact that the guidance recommended by 'Mind over matter' is due for publication in April. I also welcome your commitment to work with the advisory group to ensure the guidance is promoted extensively. However, as you know, for many teachers, for understandable reasons, they are reluctant to talk about suicide. It is therefore crucial not just that the...
Lynne Neagle: Does the First Minister agree that the European Union could not have been clearer that there is no scope for a further renegotiation and so therefore we have three basic options: to leave with no deal, which would be catastrophic; to back the Prime Minister's deal, which the Commons refuses to do; or to have a people's vote? And does he agree with me that that equally applies to the advocates...
Lynne Neagle: 2. Will the Minister provide an update on the guidance which is going to be issued to schools in April on talking about suicide? OAQ53576
Lynne Neagle: Will the Minister make a statement on the efficacy of the complaints process in Wales for those unhappy at the treatment they have received from the NHS?
Lynne Neagle: First Minister, the loss of a loved one to suicide is a uniquely devastating bereavement in my view, and yet support services for those bereaved by suicide are practically non-existent in Wales. Organisations like the Jacob Abraham Foundation are doing sterling work supporting families with not a penny of public funding. There is also a pattern I am seeing in my work, on both my committees,...
Lynne Neagle: I think it's difficult for anyone not to be inspired, really, by what we saw that weekend. It was a phenomenal and historic success and I was particularly pleased that two of the areas that have been identified as priorities—the life skills in the curriculum and the emotional and mental health of children and young people—are issues that the Children, Young People and Education Committee...
Lynne Neagle: Thank you, Minister. Because of Tory austerity, Torfaen council yesterday were forced to put up council tax by 5.9 per cent in order to protect vital public services, especially schools and social care. I'm very proud to represent a Labour council that is fighting so hard to protect local services, and although I welcome the additional funding the Welsh Government announced for local...
Lynne Neagle: Can I ask what discussions the Minister will have with both the Minister for Education and the Minister for Housing and Local Government, and what assurances you can give that ensuring sufficient funding for our schools will be a priority for you?
Lynne Neagle: 3. What discussions has the Minister had with the Minister for Housing and Local Government about funding pressures in local government? OAQ53523
Lynne Neagle: Will the Minister provide an update on how the Welsh Government is promoting Wales in Europe?
Lynne Neagle: I hadn't planned to speak today as I think I've made my views on Brexit very clear on numerous occasions in this Chamber, including earlier in First Minister's questions, but I have now decided to make a brief contribution. I very much welcome the motion that's tabled by my party and by Plaid Cymru today, and which is being debated in tandem with the Scottish Parliament. It is absolutely...
Lynne Neagle: Thank you. Minister, do you agree with me that it is both essential to rule out the disaster of a 'no deal' and to ensure that the logjam in Westminster is broken? So, does she therefore agree with me that the Prime Minister's deal, which, whatever its gross inadequacies, is the only one on offer, must be put to the people with the option of accepting that deal and proceeding with Brexit, or...
Lynne Neagle: 7. Will the First Minister provide an update on his consideration of the need for a people’s vote on the EU withdrawal agreement? OAQ53529
