Huw Irranca-Davies: My thanks to Buffy, and also to Laura as well for speaking so bravely, and from personal experience, and for allowing me to speak in full support of their calls, and also to raise the work of my constituent, Mark Williams, who has done so much to campaign, inspired by his wife's and his own tough personal experiences, for the voices of both mothers and fathers to be heard in perinatal and...
Huw Irranca-Davies: I welcome Joel's question because it does point out that there are things that we can get on right now, either with technological solutions, or other solutions, that don't require legislation. We can get on with improvements to air quality right now, and I'd be interested in the Minister's thoughts on what other things we can do. But the Minister will understand that there was some...
Huw Irranca-Davies: What discussions has the Minister had with Bridgend College regarding its vision for post-16 education?
Huw Irranca-Davies: Diolch yn fawr iawn, Dirprwy Lywydd. The Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee considered these regulations yesterday morning, and the Minister will be pleased to know, and this Siambr will be pleased to know, that my contribution this afternoon will be very brief indeed, on one small matter. As the Minister has mentioned, our scrutiny of the draft regulations identified what was a...
Huw Irranca-Davies: Diolch, Llywydd. Constitutional matters matter. Back in 2015 in Westminster, we marked with a series of events the eight-hundredth year since the Magna Carta. Many people regarded the Magna Carta as the defining moment constitutionally and legally of Great Britain, the United Kingdom and of many other countries. Actually, many others said it was only the starting point. Of course, the monarch...
Huw Irranca-Davies: Trefnydd, may I ask for one statement on the matter of play?
Huw Irranca-Davies: The first Wednesday in August will be National Play Day, and, of course, our organisations in Wales will be taking part in that, right across the country, including, of course, Llanharan Drop-in Centre, who provide in Bryncae and Brynna and Llanharan the Playtots Playgroup, and day nursery, and holiday clubs, and the Happy Dayz well-being and support group, and after-school clubs and youth...
Huw Irranca-Davies: We look forward to that announcement, First Minister, because I think it is right that our focus right now should be on helping our friends in how to deal with the COVID crisis that is hitting them so dramatically hard. But I wanted, and I thank Joel for raising this question, to raise, in fact, the partnership between Ferrari's coffee manufacturer in Pontyclun, in my constituency, and indeed...
Huw Irranca-Davies: Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd. This weekend, I took my first steps on Prostate Cymru's The Big Walk 2021 as part of Carol Vorderman's celebrity team. Now, I think I speak for everyone in this Chamber when I expressed my shock as being thought of as a celebrity at all, despite having the honour to represent the people of Ogmore for many years. But the really important people in this are the many,...
Huw Irranca-Davies: Well, I really welcome that response to my question, because I draw the Minister's attention to the letter that was sent by Bridgend on 16 June, where they put forward, I thought, an interesting offer in their recommissioning of domiciliary care, which will take place this year, not only to pilot a move towards the real living wage—it's a timely moment to do it—but also to introduce more...
Huw Irranca-Davies: I know, Minister, that one of the most welcome parts of financial support to hospitality providers in Ogmore has been the COVID-19 outdoor improvements recovery fund, and its benefits are going to be felt long beyond the pandemic. When hospitality shifted outside and COVID restrictions were firmly in place, grants of up to £10,000 were made available to cover 80 per cent of the costs of...
Huw Irranca-Davies: 3. Will the Minister make a statement on the provision of domiciliary care in the Bridgend area? OQ56727
Huw Irranca-Davies: Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Minister, you've caused great excitement, I think, for potential members of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee, reminding us of the scale of legislation and of statutory instruments flowing as a result of EU withdrawal, and also the pandemic as well. It'll certainly keep us quite busy, in addition to your proposals around consolidation of aspects of...
Huw Irranca-Davies: Could I ask for one Government statement on the issue of the scourge of violence against shop workers? Violence against shop workers has doubled in recent times, including during the pandemic, and that's why the Home Affairs Committee in Westminster said that the patchwork of existing law was inadequate and why, indeed, amendments were laid last night to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and...
Huw Irranca-Davies: Can I say to Delyth Jewell, who introduced this debate in the name of Siân Gwenllian, how much I welcome this? And it feels to me as if there is now a growing not just cross-party consensus, but a real momentum behind not just the climate change crisis, but the nature crisis and the biodiversity crisis as well. And that should be encouraging to the Minister, who spoke earlier on today at an...
Huw Irranca-Davies: I welcome that answer, and I pay tribute and acknowledge the work of other Members in the fifth Senedd who pushed this agenda very, very hard indeed there, because of the importance of our democratic heart here of Wales as a nation, leading by example. I wonder if I could ask whether there is more now that we can and should do to lead by example, either in omissions that we might not...
Huw Irranca-Davies: We welcome that statement and the focus very much on that wider civic engagement with people out there in Wales. If I can turn, as well, to proposition 20 of the document 'Reforming our Union: Shared Governance in the UK', the second edition, it says there, 'It continues to be our view'— the Welsh Government view— 'that future constitutional reform needs to be considered from a UK-wide...
Huw Irranca-Davies: 4. Will the Counsel General make a statement on proposals for a standing commission to consider the constitutional future of Wales? OQ56688
Huw Irranca-Davies: 3. Will the Commission make a statement on the payment of the real living wage to Senedd employees and contractors? OQ56689
Huw Irranca-Davies: What discussions has the Minister had with police and crime commissioners in Wales regarding local community engagement on policing and community safety?
