Delyth Jewell: 2. What is the Counsel General's legal analysis of the measures contained in the UK Internal Market Bill as they relate to Wales? OQ55533
Delyth Jewell: What assessment has the Welsh Government made of the impact of the UK Internal Market Bill on the Intergovernmental Agreement on the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill and the Establishment of Common Frameworks?
Delyth Jewell: I'm glad we're having this debate today and I would like to offer my own congratulations to the Chair, to the committee and clerking team for the work they did in undertaking this inquiry; it was before I was a member of the committee. A civilised society should be judged by the way it treats its most vulnerable citizens. There shouldn't be a stigma around receiving benefits and no-one should...
Delyth Jewell: Thank you. And I know that some of this was ground that we covered yesterday, but I do welcome a lot of what you're saying. Now, as we've just seen from that exchange already, there's a lot that I think that our two parties do agree on: we agree that more affordable homes are needed throughout Wales; we agree that more social housing is needed; and that new estates should be supported by...
Delyth Jewell: I really welcome that; thank you, Minister. And I'm sure that we will certainly be very keen to work with you and to see what solutions can be found. So, thank you for your answer on that. Now, to turn to some remarks that you made a while back—I think it was shortly after you came to the portfolio. You'd referred to new estates that had come through the planning system as potentially...
Delyth Jewell: Diolch, Llywydd. Minister, we are likely to see long-lasting changes to the housing market following COVID-19, not necessarily always for the better. People who can afford it may now want to buy large houses with open space and gardens and one that doesn't have to be as close to the office, and that could cause many people to be priced out of their communities. In our rural communities that's...
Delyth Jewell: Counsel General, the behaviour of some Conservative MPs in last night's internal market Bill debate was deplorable. They continually misrepresented the facts through cynical contradiction, claiming the Bill conferred new devolved powers while gloating over the fact that it takes them away. It was particularly galling, and I'm sure that you'll agree with me, to hear the former Secretary of...
Delyth Jewell: Thank you, Minister, for the statement, and I do recognise the great work that you have been doing on this over the past few months. I do think the pandemic has made a number of people realise that we do need to upgrade the right to a home to be a human right and that it's something that can have an impact on everyone in society. I do welcome your commitment to seek to ensure that nobody...
Delyth Jewell: I thank the First Minister for his answer. When the lockdown was announced last week, it threw many residents in Caerphilly into confusion, and I was inundated with messages from people who are anxious to find out what effect it would have on their circumstances. It took nearly 24 hours before guidance was published clarifying where the parents who shared custody of their children and live on...
Delyth Jewell: 5. Will the First Minister make a statement on the local lockdown introduced in Caerphilly? OQ55522
Delyth Jewell: First Minister, Shelter has found that 15,000 tenants in Wales face losing their homes due to rent arrears accrued during the lockdown. These debts have come about through no fault of their own, and uncertainty about the future is plaguing them. It's astonishing that in Wales it's still possible to be evicted into homelessness. I was glad, of course, that tenants have been given four more...
Delyth Jewell: The COVID crisis has clarified so many things: what's important to our society, what we want to change, why decisions should be made close to the people they affect, and the crisis has also given us glimpses into different futures, because this debate about independence isn't a remote constitutional question for tomorrow; it is grounded in the urgency of now. This week, the First Minister...
Delyth Jewell: Care homes have borne the brunt of the COVID-19 crisis, with care home residents accounting for around a third of all deaths. Now, the Welsh Government was allowing untested residents to enter care homes from hospital up until 23 April, which was an absolute scandal that Ministers will have to be held accountable for in an upcoming inquiry, even if they're not always keen to answer questions...
Delyth Jewell: I thank the Minister for his answer. I'm sure that the residents of Newport will be pleased to see further progress in this area, and a proposal that will alleviate the congestion in the area while at the same time respecting the Senedd's commitment to reducing our carbon output. Now, Minister, last week, Boris Johnson said that his UK Government intends to allow a bypass to be built over the...
Delyth Jewell: 1. Will the Minister make a statement on the Welsh Government’s plans for future improvements to the M4 around the Brynglas Tunnels area? OQ55468
Delyth Jewell: Thank you for that response, Minister. Rhieni Dros Addysg Gymraeg have been in touch with me on their campaign to tackle the lack of Welsh-medium provision in the area. At the moment, there are only two primary schools and no secondary school at all, which is utterly unfair on the children in the area. RhAG want to see a Welsh-medium secondary school established, as well as an additional...
Delyth Jewell: I thank the First Minister for his response. I wrote to Kepak and Merthyr council on 1 April this year expressing my concerns about a lack of social distancing and hygiene procedures in their factory in Merthyr after a constituent had raised alarms with me. The constituent was concerned that, unless proper regulations were put in place, an outbreak of COVID-19 could happen there, a concern...
Delyth Jewell: 1. Will the First Minister make a statement on reducing the risk of COVID-19 infections in factories and other closed settings? OQ55438
Delyth Jewell: 3. Will the Minister make a statement on the Welsh Government's plans to expand Welsh-medium education provision in the Merthyr Tydfil area? OQ55422
Delyth Jewell: There is so much for the children of Wales to take pride in, so much to weep for, so much to regret. But, these are all their stories, and in order to learn from our own histories as a nation, then the children of Wales have to understand those histories. After all, the word 'Cymru' means a mixture, people coming together. Diverse stories of multiple colours—that's what we all are. And if...
