Lynne Neagle: 4. Will the First Minister make a statement on support for care leavers? OAQ52156
Lynne Neagle: Thank you. The recent changes to the A4042 Rechem roundabout in Pontypool have caused massive disruption for local residents and commuters, and I've received a very large volume of correspondence from constituents regarding not just the huge delays, but also fears over the safety of the road. I'm very grateful to Welsh Government officials for agreeing to meet me later this afternoon to...
Lynne Neagle: 3. What steps is the Welsh Government taking to improve trunk roads in South Wales East? OAQ52110
Lynne Neagle: Thank you. The Cabinet Secretary is well aware of my concerns about the potential loss of this grant, and I'm grateful to her for her engagement on this and for meeting with me about it yesterday. I have no doubt that she is personally deeply committed to supporting our poorest pupils, but on this issue, we need some urgent clarity and assurances. In the last five years, the school uniform...
Lynne Neagle: The bleak truth is that, without an end to austerity, public services as we know them are under threat. This is understandably a difficult thing for a Labour Government that cares about these services to face up to, but pretending that changing the number of councils will avoid that difficult truth is sticking our heads in the sand. So far, the debate seems not to have progressed beyond the...
Lynne Neagle: Thank you. As the Cabinet Secretary knows, Welsh Government will be receiving some £57 million as part of the new soft drinks levy, and I was concerned to see how little of that money is going to be spent on measures to tackle childhood obesity, which is very different to the approach being taken in the rest of the UK. I know that there are good schemes out there. The Health, Social Care and...
Lynne Neagle: Thank you. As you're aware, I recently visited the Torfaen Traveller education service based at West Monmouth School, and it was absolutely fantastic to see how well the young people are doing, how they're getting really good qualifications, and some of them are considering going on to university. As you also know, I'm very much behind your efforts to tackle early entry, but one of the issues...
Lynne Neagle: 9. Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on the support available for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller pupils in Torfaen? OAQ52040
Lynne Neagle: 7. Will the Cabinet Secretary outline what action is being taken by the Welsh Government to tackle childhood obesity? OAQ52041
Lynne Neagle: Will the Cabinet Secretary provide an update on the Welsh Government’s suicide and self-harm prevention strategy for Wales 2015-2020?
Lynne Neagle: Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on the allocation of funding to the local government and public services portfolio?
Lynne Neagle: Thanks, Deputy Presiding Officer. As Members have said and as the Cabinet Secretary is aware, we are nearly at the end of our inquiry into targeted funding. We've got a discussion about it tomorrow, and I really don't want to pre-empt the committee's findings on that, because we will be making, I hope, a good number of recommendations, which I'm sure the Cabinet Secretary will want to take...
Lynne Neagle: A new Equality and Human Rights Commission Wales report estimates that there could be 50,000 more Welsh children living in poverty by 2021 because of the Tory Government's welfare reforms. Given the challenges we face in tackling child poverty and the huge concern that has been expressed over the decision to end the school uniform grant in Wales, will the Welsh Government look again at this,...
Lynne Neagle: 1. Will the First Minister provide an update on the Welsh Government's policy to tackle child poverty in Wales? OAQ51981
Lynne Neagle: Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on social housing provision in Torfaen?
Lynne Neagle: Thank you for your statement, Cabinet Secretary. I know that you are very well aware of my very deep concerns about the impact of attempting a major restructure of local government during a time of austerity, and can I take this opportunity to remind the Cabinet Secretary that in the last Assembly, Torfaen submitted a proposal for a voluntary merger, which was declined? So, there is...
Lynne Neagle: Thank you, First Minister. One of the biggest health challenges children face in Wales is that of childhood obesity, where Wales has some of the worst rates in the UK and, indeed, in western Europe. So, it's absolutely vital that we start to tackle that issue. Now, it has come to my attention that, over the next three years, Wales will receive £57 million as a result of the soft drinks...
Lynne Neagle: 8. Will the First Minister outline how the Welsh Government is working to improve child health in Wales? OAQ51964
Lynne Neagle: Thank you, Presiding Officer. Can I thank all the Members who have contributed to the debate this afternoon, and also thank the Cabinet Secretary for her response? I will try and cover some of the main points that were made by Members. I very much welcome Darren Millar's reinforcement of the message that the role of teachers and the quality of teaching is actually fundamental if we are going...
Lynne Neagle: [Inaudible.]
