Dawn Bowden: 2. What discussions has the Counsel General held regarding the role of human rights in Welsh legislation? OAQ51334
Dawn Bowden: Can I take this first formal chance to congratulate the Leader of the House in her new role and wish her well in her work? Can I please request that the Cabinet Secretary for Education bring forward a statement to update the Assembly on the important issue of asbestos in school buildings? We know from representations to the Petitions Committee and also from some related correspondence that...
Dawn Bowden: Can I also support the importance of preventative services, but across all of our public services? For example, in Cwm Taf Local Health Board, they've been piloting free health checks funded by Welsh Government for the over-50s and, as a result, are picking up early signals of health problems that allows for cost-effective, preventative actions. Would the First Minister agree that this type...
Dawn Bowden: Will the First Minister make a statement on the success of the interagency approach involved with the work of the Gwent Missing Children Hub?
Dawn Bowden: Will the First Minister make a statement on Welsh Government support for economic development in the Rhymney Valley?
Dawn Bowden: Firstly, like others, can I thank the committee for the comprehensive, if sometimes uncomfortable, reading in terms of the report? I’m not going to deal specifically with any of the recommendations in the report, but there are three key issues that I wanted to raise, focusing on the future and the actions that still need to be taken, and we will draw lessons from that report in terms of...
Dawn Bowden: Last week, I was delighted to attend Merthyr Tydfil’s civic centre for the rededication of the plaque that honours volunteers from the town who joined the international brigades to fight fascism in Spain—a fight that they hoped would save Spanish democracy and avert a world war. The event was attended by relatives of the volunteers and it was touching to listen to their stories about the...
Dawn Bowden: I thank the Cabinet Secretary for that answer, and I’m sure, Cabinet Secretary, you will agree that the support offered to vulnerable people by this draft Welsh budget stands in stark contrast to the grotesque chaos of the Tories’ universal credit scheme. Welfare reforms, Cabinet Secretary, are stripping billions of pounds—yes, billions of pounds—from our Valleys communities,...
Dawn Bowden: 2. Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on how various elements of the draft budget help the most vulnerable groups of people in Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney? (OAQ51237)
Dawn Bowden: Thank you, Cabinet Secretary. As you’ll be aware, the use of section 21 notices—the so-called no-fault eviction notices—can be served at any time on a tenant who is not protected by a fixed-term contract. The notice can be served without any grounds being given or proven and can bring an abrupt end to tenancies and total disruption to the lives of tenants. Not surprisingly, the increase...
Dawn Bowden: 8. Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on the use of notices served under section 21 of the Housing Act 1988 in Wales? (OAQ51195)
Dawn Bowden: Seeing as everybody else is also talking about their online experiences, I’ll just say a little bit about mine. I have certainly been trolled by far-right extremist organisations for doing little more than supporting an event that I attended in the Senedd on Wales as a nation of sanctuary. I think Leanne Wood was trolled by the same organisations for attending the same event, and we were...
Dawn Bowden: Can I thank the Cabinet Secretary for his statement and the opportunity to contribute to this debate? For my relatively brief contribution I want to highlight a very important principle that’s contained and underpinned in this budget and the key elements of that which help to make the Welsh Government spending effective, and that is something that the First Minister alluded to earlier on,...
Dawn Bowden: Will the First Minister make a statement on services for vulnerable people in Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney?
Dawn Bowden: Can you tell us what representations to the UK Westminster Government to improve the funding to the Welsh Government?
Dawn Bowden: Can I thank the Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee for the report? And, in doing so, I’d like to support the importance of the metro network as a whole and the related investment in my own constituency. It’s on that particular point that I’m going to confine my more generalised comments, rather than the more specific comments on the franchise as a whole. Both Merthyr Tydfil...
Dawn Bowden: Will the First Minister make a statement on the availability of employment in Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney?
Dawn Bowden: Diolch, Llywydd. It’s been 30 years since Wales witnessed one of the greatest sporting achievements, when Merthyr Tydfil Football Club beat the mighty FC Atalanta from Italy in the UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup. That September evening in 1987 was a memorable night for the club when they beat Atalanta 2-1 at Penydarren Park, and we should remember that, to this day, Atalanta remain a club in the...
Dawn Bowden: Thank you, Cabinet Secretary. It is clear to me that there does remain a significant number of people, many of whom are elderly and vulnerable, as you will know, who continue to face financial costs, due to the inappropriate or defective cavity wall schemes. Indeed, I’m grateful to a number of Assembly colleagues who have shared similar experiences from their constituencies with me. In...
Dawn Bowden: 4. Will the Cabinet Secretary provide an update on the action being taken to monitor the progress made in cases of defective cavity wall insulation work in Wales? (OAQ51019)
