Delyth Jewell: First of all, I would like to welcome the Government's announcement on its new partnership with NBCUniversal, and its decision to extend PYST. These two things are good news, but, unfortunately, these are the only new announcements in the statement that contain any sort of detail. Everything else in the statement is either ambiguous or is stating what's already happening within the creative...
Delyth Jewell: Thank you for your statement, Minister. I'll begin with matters that we agree on. I'd like to support your words of thanks to Welsh Government and public sector staff who have been working so diligently to prepare Wales for the catastrophic possibility of a 'no deal' Brexit. Their hard work is appreciated. I agree with you as well that it is scandalous that resources are being squandered on...
Delyth Jewell: I thank the Minister for her answer. Of course, the resources that have been spent on 'no deal' planning could have been spent on the Welsh national health service and our schools, which are crying out for investment, had the Westminster Government negotiated a sensible deal, along the lines set out in the joint Plaid Cymru/Welsh Government White Paper, 'Securing Wales' Future', published in...
Delyth Jewell: 1. What financial resources have been allocated to date by the Welsh Government in preparation for the event of a 'no deal' Brexit? OAQ53726
Delyth Jewell: I'd like to thank the Minister for his statement today. I welcome the fact that you've written to David Lidington to try to secure a statutory role for the devolved Governments in the future negotiations, but I do find it remarkable that confirmation of this only comes now, four days after we were meant to leave the EU. The Government should have issued this as a demand during negotiations...
Delyth Jewell: On 20 March, this Assembly instructed the Welsh Government to write to the European committee for the prevention of torture to raise the concerns of Imam Sis and the other Kurdish hunger strikers on the international stage. Imam, who lives in Newport, is now on his one-hundred-and-seventh day of hunger strike. The situation is now beyond serious. It's profoundly immediate. It's urgent. I note...
Delyth Jewell: I thank him for his answer. First Minister, your party has now declared a state of climate emergency. If the Welsh Government declare this officially it will be first Government in the world to do so. Can I ask: does declaring a climate change emergency mean that the Government won't be able to go ahead with its plans for the M4 relief road, and, if it doesn't, what exactly is the point of...
Delyth Jewell: 6. Will the First Minister provide an update on Welsh Government efforts to tackle climate change? OAQ53743
Delyth Jewell: Minister, now that the available options are narrowing, I would appreciate clarity about how far the Welsh Government would be willing to go in order to avoid a 'no deal' scenario. There will be a series of indicative votes in Westminster this week, and Plaid Cymru MPs will be prioritising holding a people's vote as the only sustainable way of solving the crisis. But our MPs have also signed...
Delyth Jewell: You didn't take an intervention from me, Darren. I'm not going to take one from you. Llywydd, I wish to end the debate by explaining that Imam and the others on this strike are motivated in their actions by their desire to give Mr Öcalan a voice that has been denied him. To do that, they are willing to sacrifice their lives—not that they want to. A few weeks ago, I visited Imam in the...
Delyth Jewell: Thank you to everyone who's taken part in this debate. Members have spoken very movingly in favour of the motion. I agree with Bethan that it’s only right that this Chamber should express our voice on international issues, particularly when they concern a Welsh citizen. Mick Antoniw spoke of the personal affinity that he feels with the Kurds, and I thank him for his very moving words. And...
Delyth Jewell: Will you take an intervention?
Delyth Jewell: Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. I'm proud to open today's debate on this motion. It's a matter of double importance to me, partly because I'm spokesperson for international affairs, but also because Imam Sis, who has inspired us to table today's debate, lives in Newport, and that falls within my region. I anticipate that Members on other sides of this Chamber will have differing views about what's...
Delyth Jewell: Minister, I must say I am at a bit of a loss as to why Welsh Labour contests Assembly elections if the party has no desire to form a coherent policy on the great matter of the day when they're in Government. You'll know that the EU has said it's only willing to grant an extension to article 50 if the purpose for doing so is abundantly clear, and that requires a timescale that makes sense....
Delyth Jewell: Minister, do you personally believe that the health Minister was right in calling for the second vote?
Delyth Jewell: Minister, we on the Plaid Cymru benches applaud Mr Gething for his bravery, and for being willing to put his job on the line, in order to stand up for what's best for Wales, and for the whole of the UK. Of course, in order for a referendum to be held, or indeed for the First Minister's position of a deal to be done, we will need to extend article 50. Will the Minister tell us how long the...
Delyth Jewell: Bethan noted that Brexit would create the biggest financial shock of our lifetimes to arts and heritage, and I agree with that reading, and to compound that financial impact, our young people and our children will grow up without the same opportunities available to them as others have had, and that's a more fundamental shock to our very soul as a nation. It concerns me profoundly, this is...
Delyth Jewell: Because of that, Plaid Cymru believes strongly that it’s crucial that Wales remains within the Erasmus+ programme, whatever happens in future in terms of our relations with the European Union. When Professor Claire Gorrara from Cardiff University provided evidence to the committee on this issue, before I joined the committee, she said that she would describe this programme as one that is at...
Delyth Jewell: I'd agree wholeheartedly with what my colleague Bethan Sayed has said. Bethan and Members on all sides have spoken about the disastrous impact that Brexit could have on arts, culture and heritage. I'd like to look at this from the opposite perspective, which is the way in which a lack of investment and attention given to arts has led in part to Brexit. In particular, I'd like to consider the...
Delyth Jewell: I thank the Minister for his answer. My office has been contacted by a former coal miner, who has raised concerns that cases of pneumoconiosis may be going undetected due to outdated diagnostic procedures, and that pneumoconiosis can be difficult to diagnose because the symptoms that are associated with it, like coughing and shortness of breath, can be indicative of a wide range of illnesses....
