Dawn Bowden: What assessment has the Counsel General made of the impact that employment tribunal fees will have on access to justice in Wales? OAQ(5)0037(CG)
Dawn Bowden: Would you take an intervention?
Dawn Bowden: Would you agree with me, Hannah Blythyn, about the research by the University of Warwick and the comment made by Professor Kim Hoque who undertook that research, who said: ‘Overall, the evidence suggests that both full and part-time workplace union representatives help improve performance in the public sector and that managers widely recognise this to be the case.’
Dawn Bowden: Will the First Minister make a statement on the Welsh Government's plans to tackle homelessness?
Dawn Bowden: Will you take an intervention?
Dawn Bowden: Can I say at the outset that I welcome this debate at a very timely period in the electoral cycle, given that we’ve got local government elections tomorrow? I wanted to acknowledge the vital role that local authorities actually play against, as others have already acknowledged, a backdrop of huge cuts from the Westminster Government, and the breathtaking hypocrisy of Tories standing up here...
Dawn Bowden: Thank you very much, Llywydd. At the time of tabling my question, this hadn’t been done, so I’m hoping that, in some small way, my question being tabled may well have prompted the decision or brought about the change. But, however it came about, I am delighted this change has now been made, and I very much welcome the development. There is no doubt that Senedd.tv has played an important...
Dawn Bowden: 1. Will the Assembly Commission provide a fixed date for the switch over from Senedd.tv to YouTube? OAQ(5)0005(AC)
Dawn Bowden: Can I say, as a huge football fan, Cabinet Secretary, like Rhun I’m also hugely excited at the prospect of the Champions League coming to Cardiff, and I applaud the work of the Welsh Government in helping to secure this? On Saturday, I’m going to be going back to Penydarren Park where Merthyr Town Football Club are going to be displaying the Champions League cup there. I think that’s a...
Dawn Bowden: First Minister, as a result of the implementation of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015, we witnessed in recent years significant progress in the improved integration of health and social care, despite some of the comments being made today. In particular, I mention the multi-agency safeguarding hub in the Cwm Taf area, and the Keir Hardie health centre. Do you agree with...
Dawn Bowden: Can I say at the outset that I want to thank the Conservatives for bringing this motion, which I think is a very wide-ranging motion, covering lots of very important issues? I’m not today going to comment on Plaid’s amendment on proportional representation, because this is currently the subject of consultation through the local government White Paper, and I guess we really ought to allow...
Dawn Bowden: Will the First Minister make a statement on Welsh Government support for public transport in Wales?
Dawn Bowden: Diolch, Llywydd. I’m grateful for the opportunity to bring forward this short debate on the important role played by credit unions in helping tackling financial exclusion, a major issue in parts of my constituency and in areas of deprivation across Wales. I’m happy to give a minute of my time to both Jayne Bryant and Mark Isherwood in this debate. Llywydd, the fundamental difference, of...
Dawn Bowden: Credit unions make their decisions on lending money not on largely automated and impersonal procedures but more often than not on the basis of one-to-one interviews with members. Part of any assessment on a loan will be based on the experience of that person’s membership with the credit union. As a result, low-cost loans will be provided to many applicants who might well be excluded from...
Dawn Bowden: Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on any planned discussions with the British Medical Association on GP contracts in Wales?
Dawn Bowden: Will the Cabinet Secretary make statement on the economic benefits of the development of indoor sports facilities in Wales?
Dawn Bowden: Will the First Minister make a statement on the provision of cancer services in Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney?
Dawn Bowden: Thank you, Minister. Minister, I’ve recently been made aware of a situation in my constituency where a learning support assistant is providing assistance to a girl with needs around her sight—Braille support. That LSA has left the council to work elsewhere and the council has been unable to replace that position, so she’s been unable to continue with that level of support through no...
Dawn Bowden: 11. Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on the provision of specialist learning support in schools in Wales? OAQ(5)0101(EDU)
Dawn Bowden: [Continues.]—that those people face. The question, First Minister, came about from a discussion I had with two relatively young men who decided that they could best lift themselves out of homelessness by joining together to get a place to rent. They’d found a suitable place—
