Janet Finch-Saunders: Okay. Well, I look forward to the day when he's—
Janet Finch-Saunders: Okay. It will come as no surprise, Deputy Minister, that I rise to challenge you on your decision to scrap the roundabout removal schemes on junctions 15 and 16 of the A55. These schemes have been on the table since 2017, involving many costly assessments. Indeed, to date, the project has cost our taxpayers approximately £9 million. There was even going to be a public inquiry last September...
Janet Finch-Saunders: 1. Will the Minister make a statement on the decision to scrap the A55 roundabouts removal project? TQ598
Janet Finch-Saunders: Will the Minister make a statement on the progress of the North Wales medical school in Bangor?
Janet Finch-Saunders: I would like to refer Members to my own declaration of interest form regarding property ownership. Minister, I thank you for laying these regulations, and can confirm that we will be voting in favour. Energy performance certificates should be provided as a bare minimum and the requirements of the Renting Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) (Wales) Regulations 2022 should certainly be met. In...
Janet Finch-Saunders: Trefnydd, I would like a statement by the Minister for Climate Change on the service provided by Planning and Environment Decisions Wales—that's PEDW. As you may be aware, this new service commenced on 1 October 2021. Now, despite them receiving a 14-month advance warning by Neil Hemington, planning directorate, on 11 October, I've had to send a letter to the Minister for Climate Change...
Janet Finch-Saunders: Listen, we've had devolution for 22 years. We've also had a Labour Government propped up by Plaid Cymru and the odd Lib Dem, and what have we achieved? It's time for the people of Wales to allow the Conservatives to be here and have the levers of power and the finance to go with it. [Interruption.]
Janet Finch-Saunders: Thank you for taking an intervention. Isn't it a fact that where we have devolution on all the powers with this Welsh Government here now—health, education, transport, infrastructure; I could go on, Rhun—if you have a look at how we have gone backwards in many of those, the failings are evident for the people of Wales, and indeed Aberconwy, to see?
Janet Finch-Saunders: Where I would agree with you is that Welsh Government are not particularly driven to do anything as regards this, but there we go. [Interruption.] A milestone moment was achieved for the Welsh offshore wind sector, through the signing of an agreement for lease of the proposed—. Oh, I've already said that. Continuous opportunity to access the sea bed for wave or tidal stream projects have...
Janet Finch-Saunders: Yes, go on.
Janet Finch-Saunders: Well, let's be honest, the Welsh Government don't really—. If you think about it, you quite often—. Here, we hear so much against the UK Government, we even hear things against the Crown. So, for me, why is it that you think because it's working in Scotland it would work here? It is—. Rhun, please tell me: where is it not working here?
Janet Finch-Saunders: Diolch, Llywydd. Of course, our Welsh resources play a crucial role in supporting Welsh jobs. For example, RWE, which operates around 3 GW of energy generation in Wales across 12 sites, has a diverse portfolio of onshore and offshore wind, hydro and gas, and directly employs around 200 people at their offices in Baglan, Llanidloes, Dolgarrog and the port of Mostyn. In fact, the Welsh...
Janet Finch-Saunders: Minister, we all know that the battle against cancer will often be the most difficult battle that any person and, indeed, their family will face in their lifetime. It is society's solemn responsibility to provide them with the best care, treatment and support possible, in order to have the best chance of beating and surviving this truly devastating illness. However, on the watch of this...
Janet Finch-Saunders: No, it's not—[Inaudible.]
Janet Finch-Saunders: This legislation will be the final straw, and will see the very people that you think you are trying to help worse off. I would ask all Members to support tenants themselves, landlords, and to ensure that our housing stock doesn't deteriorate further, and vote firmly against this. Diolch.
Janet Finch-Saunders: I refer Members to my own declaration of interests, and indeed will be declaring an interest on this debate. I will also be voting very firmly against this legislative proposal, and it doesn't take away the fact that I know the work that you've put into this. There is actual clear evidence that rent controls can have large negative effects, both on landlords, tenants and, indeed, the quality...
Janet Finch-Saunders: That's good to hear. You'll be aware that the UK Ministry of Justice is presently undertaking the largest recruitment effort in its 650-year history to find 4,000 new lay magistrates. This step has been taken to combat the fact that the number of magistrates has fallen over the past decade from 25,170 in 2012 to 12,651 last year. So, of course, a lay magistrate, technically, is a voluntary...
Janet Finch-Saunders: Thank you. Llywydd, I was really delighted upon reading the agenda that so many Members will be questioning the Counsel General today about retained EU law. And I'm sure that many, including my colleague Rhys ab Owen, are delighted that the UK Government is marking the two-year anniversary of Brexit by continuing to deliver on the democratic will of the people of the United Kingdom in...
Janet Finch-Saunders: All children have the right to play, as enshrined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Article 31 of the convention states that every child has the right to: 'rest and leisure, to engage in play and recreational activities appropriate to the age of the child and to participate freely in cultural life and the arts.' Section 11 of the Children and Families (Wales)...
Janet Finch-Saunders: 1. What advice has the Counsel General given the Welsh Government in relation to amending or removing retained EU law? OQ57594
