Mick Antoniw: First Minister, it's clear that, if the Welsh Conservatives win the Senedd election, one of the first things they will do is sack 500 police community support officers in Wales. At their last UK conference, the leader of the Welsh Conservatives made their position completely clear when he said: 'Those things that are devolved will be managed by my Government, and those things which are not...
Mick Antoniw: 6. Will the First Minister identify the funding provided by the Welsh Government's annual budget in areas outside its executive responsibilities? OQ56490
Mick Antoniw: Minister, by the end of this year, and over the past 10 years, Rhondda Cynon Taf Labour council, with support from a Welsh Labour Government, has invested or committed nearly £0.75 billion in our local education infrastructure, building new schools, renovating buildings, providing our children with the most modern facilities anywhere in Wales and the UK. And what we can see developing is...
Mick Antoniw: 1. Will the Minister make a statement on additional funding allocated to the education portfolio to support the twenty-first century schools programme in Rhondda Cynon Taf? OQ56450
Mick Antoniw: What support will the Minister provide to pupils who need to catch-up on school work in light of the COVID-19 pandemic?
Mick Antoniw: Thank you again, Dirprwy Lywydd. We considered the legislative consent memorandum on the Financial Services Bill in November last year, and our report was laid last December. Members will be aware that the Senedd consented to the Financial Guidance and Claims Act 2018 in February 2018, and it made provision for the creation of a debt respite scheme, consisting of two parts: breathing space...
Mick Antoniw: Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. We considered the Welsh Government’s original legislative consent memorandum for the Bill in September and October last year, and we considered the supplementary LCM at our meeting on 8 February. We laid a single report on the two LCMs on 25 February. Our report notes the Deputy Minister’s assessment of the provisions in the Bill which require Senedd consent, in...
Mick Antoniw: Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd, and after such detailed reports on such important climate change policy issues, I'm afraid my report might be something of an anticlimax. We considered these regulations grouped for debate this afternoon at our meeting on 1 March. Our report on each of the four sets of regulations contained the same technical reporting point. That point noted an error in the...
Mick Antoniw: Diolch again, Dirprwy Lywydd. We considered the Order at our meeting on 8 March. Our report contained only two merits points and, as such, my remarks in this afternoon's debate will be brief. Our first merits point notes that there has been no formal consultation on the Order. Our report draws attention to a number of paragraphs in the explanatory memorandum that detail the action the Welsh...
Mick Antoniw: Diolch Dirprwy Lywydd. We considered these very technical regulations, grouped for debate this afternoon, at our meeting on 8 March. My comments this afternoon will focus on the Corporate Joint Committees (Amendment of Schedule 6 to the Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011) Regulations 2021, and the Corporate Joint Committees (Transport Functions) (Wales) Regulations 2021. We've not made any...
Mick Antoniw: Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd, again. We considered these regulations at our meeting yesterday morning, again, and our report contains one technical and one merits point. The technical reporting point notes that regulations 10 and 11 require notices or documents that have been published between 22 April 2020 and 30 April 2021 to remain accessible electronically for a period of six years, as the...
Mick Antoniw: Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. We considered these regulations at our meeting yesterday morning, and our report contains only one merits point, which I will briefly summarise for Members this afternoon. Article 12 of this Order makes provision in connection with an application for review of an interim suspension order by the person to whom it relates. Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 12 set out the...
Mick Antoniw: Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Like the previous regulations debated this afternoon, we also considered these regulations on 1 March and our report contains two merits points. The regulations amend the Local Government Act 1999 to, amongst other things, permit grants to be made by the Welsh Ministers to the Wales Audit Office in respect of expenditure incurred or to be incurred by the Auditor...
Mick Antoniw: Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd. We considered these regulations on 1 March and our report contains two merits points, which I'll briefly summarise for Members this afternoon. Our first merits point noted that there is no equality impact assessment for the regulations and we asked the Welsh Government to explain what arrangements it has made to publish a report of such an assessment, in accordance...
Mick Antoniw: Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd. I've just a few short comments to make. We considered these regulations at our meeting yesterday morning, and our report contains three merits points that will be familiar to Members. Our first merits point notes the Welsh Government's justification for any potential interference with human rights. We've drawn particular attention to a number of key paragraphs in...
Mick Antoniw: What financial support has the Welsh Government provided to the tourism sector throughout the coronavirus pandemic?
Mick Antoniw: Llywydd, last time I was speaking on a matter such as this, it was to keep the accident and emergency department open at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital. That campaign was successful. Today, I am actually speaking in support of the opening of a vitally required hospital. But can I start by expressing my support for the wonderful work that Velindre has carried out, looking after so many of my...
Mick Antoniw: Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd. We considered these regulations at our meeting on 22 February 2021, and in doing so we noted that the motion being debated today had already been tabled. Our report contained only one merits point, which I will briefly outline for Members. Regulation 30 of the regulations enables the Natural Resources Body for Wales to serve a notice requiring a person to carry out...
Mick Antoniw: Minister, can I welcome the support the Welsh Government has given to the airport, protecting the many hundreds of jobs that are dependent on that airport, directly or indirectly, in the Pontypridd and Taff-Ely area? Do you agree with me that the airport is important in respect of the aviation sector and the aviation sector jobs that we have in the broader south Wales area, but particularly...
Mick Antoniw: Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd. We considered the legislative consent memorandum on the Non-Domestic Rating (Lists) (No.2) Bill in October last year, and our report was laid back in early November. Our report sets out some of the background to the Bill and highlights the previous Bills that did not progress in the UK Parliament for various reasons. In our report, we've noted the Welsh...
