Janet Finch-Saunders: Hear, hear.
Janet Finch-Saunders: Minister, first off I’d like to thank you for bringing this question forward, because when I had the portfolio and I spoke with tenant farmers, it was really sad. Now, nearly 30 per cent of agricultural land in Wales is tenanted, with such smallholdings providing a crucial stepping stone for young farmers as they enter this vital industry. Yet the ability of tenants to plan long term for...
Janet Finch-Saunders: Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd, and thank you, Deputy Minister for your statement. I'm sure though that you would want to join with me in congratulating COP26 president, Alok Sharma, for what has been a successful global event. I think, it's fair to say, there was some nail biting on his part towards the very end. But we have to be realistic, and the world was on course for a devastating 4 degrees of...
Janet Finch-Saunders: Take it seriously—
Janet Finch-Saunders: Thank you. First Minister, in addition to the chief exec, chairman, vice-chairman, seven independent members, seven executive directors, the board also pays eight pan-regional directors and 36 directors, heads and leads for the individual regions—in total, 66 directors. In spite of this top-heavy management structure, you will be aware of letters received last week by doctors working at...
Janet Finch-Saunders: 6. What assessment has the First Minister made of the management of Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board? OQ57214
Janet Finch-Saunders: I've already said that it's estimated up to 70 additional staff are needed to sustain the overall service at the levels described by the actions and improvements in the 'February 2020 Floods in Wales' report. However, it is noted in the Climate Change Risk Assessment flooding in Wales report that the additional £1.25 million NRW received in revenue funding for 2020-21 was only used to employ...
Janet Finch-Saunders: So, I think you'd agree with me those are lovely words, but very sad in their meaning, by the children of Ysgol Bro Gwydir, Llanrwst, who are calling on us to act so that not all is lost. Now, for years since I became a Member in this place, I have done my best in championing the cause of reducing the flood risk in the Conwy valley. But I've seen other Members too, in their constituencies,...
Janet Finch-Saunders: Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. I have agreed to give Laura Jones, Samuel Kurtz and James Evans each a minute of my time. 'Emerging from Winter', a moving poem published this month by Taylor Edmonds and the people and children of the Conwy valley, serves as a powerful reminder of the suffering caused by extensive flooding. It reads: 'In our flood plain town / there are things we've had to accept: /...
Janet Finch-Saunders: I welcome today's important debate motion from Siân Gwenllian, as our coastal communities provide essential opportunities for training, employment and marine habitat restoration. And being as Rhun mentioned mussels, I'm going to give a shout out to Conwy mussels, the finest in the world—a business established over 100 years. The 'Welsh National Marine Plan', in taking a 20-year view, sets...
Janet Finch-Saunders: This is such an important and timely discussion that urgently needs to take place, and I thank my colleague Darren Millar MS for proposing it. As a community leader, a woman and a mother, spiking is a modern phenomenon that strikes at the very core of concerns about safeguarding the well-being of our loved ones and other young women when they are out and enjoying our hospitality venues. With...
Janet Finch-Saunders: Thank you. Last month, you informed the Senedd that meeting woodland creation targets should not affect communities, nor, indeed, change the type of landowners. You also stated that you would take action if evidence developed that there is a problem. Now, the Farmers Union of Wales receive almost weekly reports of whole farms, of parcels of land, being bought up by individuals and businesses...
Janet Finch-Saunders: Thank you, Minister. 'Net Zero Wales' of course—the plan you talk about—demands reduction and modal shift from the public, businesses, farmers and the public sector. Now, whilst the plan discusses fuel switching and transport charging, it does recognise also the importance of land use and the need for restoration works. Whilst the national peatland action programme has been a welcome...
Janet Finch-Saunders: 1. Will the Minister make a statement on carbon reduction measures in Wales? OQ57136
Janet Finch-Saunders: 5. Will the Minister make a statement on safeguarding Welsh language communities? OQ57143
Janet Finch-Saunders: Thank you, Member Jenny, for taking the intervention. But given that the Chief Medical Officer for Wales has described these passes as having quite a small impact, as well as the Welsh Government's own NHS COVID pass impact assessment warning that it could provide an additional barrier to accessing those events for those on low incomes, and our smaller establishments really are not prepared...
Janet Finch-Saunders: Thank you, First Minister. Now, in a recent freedom of information reply your officials detailed that in spite of the fact that just over 390 people are presently contracted to work at the Welsh Government buildings in Llandudno Junction, the average daily attendance level for September was recorded as just 18 employees. This is unsustainable given the size and scope of that building. Now,...
Janet Finch-Saunders: 5. Will the First Minister make a statement on the future of remote working in Wales? OQ57142
Janet Finch-Saunders: Can I make an intervention?
Janet Finch-Saunders: I see where you're coming from, but, with all due respect to these billionaires, have you ever worked out how many jobs they provide? How many people feed off the food chain from billionaires? It isn't quite as simple as, 'Oh, these rich billionaires.' Anybody knows, if you actually look into it, that these billionaires, as you keep describing them as—. Have a look at how many jobs they...
