Joyce Watson: I just want to pick up on the very last point that the Cabinet Secretary made, and that's one about co-operation. We all know that, over the years—and we've heard it being asked for—there are many, many examples of best practice in local government. We have asked over the years, when we have reports like this, about the sharing of that information. So, it's not new, it's not rocket...
Joyce Watson: Cabinet Secretary, I do welcome the fact that we're moving into a consultation period and I did hear what my colleague Simon Thomas was asking, and I might well ask the same in the not-too-distant future, but what concerns me at this stage, at the moment, is that people have been in touch with me saying that the opportunities for them to engage in this process are limited, that they are...
Joyce Watson: Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on investment in health services in Mid and West Wales?
Joyce Watson: Leader of the house, I'm afraid you're not getting away from broadband because my question comes from correspondence that I've received from the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. They've brought to my attention a lack of broadband at their St David's Head station. They assure me that it's the only RNLI station in the whole of the UK without broadband. A fast, reliable service, as you can...
Joyce Watson: Thank you for that answer, First Minister. At the beginning of February, Emma Lewell-Buck MP had her Second Reading of her proposed Food Insecurity Bill in the House of Commons. The aim of the Bill is to ensure that UK Government establishes annual monitoring of, and reporting of, food insecurity in the UK. I was contacted by Jig-So last month about this particular issue. They are a charity...
Joyce Watson: 2. Will the First Minister make a statement on the Welsh Government's policy on food insecurity in Wales? OAQ51954
Joyce Watson: Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on endometriosis services for patients in Wales?
Joyce Watson: Will the First Minister provide an update on the roll out of Superfast Cymru in west Wales?
Joyce Watson: I thank Julie for bringing this debate. Far from actually asking landlords to meet certain requirements reducing the availability of homes, it will only, actually, in my opinion, get rid of bad landlords, because good landlords will want to honour their commitment to their tenants. They will want to look after their investment, and I know an awful lot of good landlords. I equally know...
Joyce Watson: I'm delighted to speak in this debate today. I was really pleased last month to see this statement from the Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs when she said that she would be exploring ways of bringing a ban forward. Fellow Members know that this is a subject that I feel really strongly about, and I've raised it in Plenary on numerous occasions over the years. I believe...
Joyce Watson: Last week, the First Minister announced that Valero will be investing in a £127 million project to create a combined heat and power cogeneration unit at their Pemrokeshire refinery. That project will help secure the long-term sustainability of the refinery and also secure over 1,000 employees, and help boost the Pembrokeshire economy and, for that matter, that of Wales. I understand the...
Joyce Watson: Will the Cabinet Secretary provide an update on the Welsh Government’s support for improved wi-fi services on transport in Wales?
Joyce Watson: I thank the leader of the house for her statement. This year, we are celebrating the centenary of women getting the vote, but of course it wasn't every woman, was it? Let's be clear. It was those with property and older than 30. So, immediately, we see the Representation of the People Act 1918 deliberately excluding working-class women from voting, and that, in my opinion, set immediately...
Joyce Watson: I thank you for raising what is a hugely important issue, and that is that we provide, as a Commission and as an Assembly, the facilities that fit the purpose for which people intend to use them and it is the case, you know, that we have updated very recently the loop here and in 2015 and 2016 we upgraded the audio system, and we did the same in the committee rooms and the Chamber and...
Joyce Watson: The Commission is committed to ensuring access to the Assembly estate for disabled people and regularly reviews accessibility to all our buildings and facilities. We complete equality impact assessments before undertaking refurbishment or improvement work to ensure accessibility and compliance with building regulations.
Joyce Watson: Leader of the house, last September the Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs announced that she'd commissioned a study that would be looking at ways to, and I quote, 'increase waste prevention, increase recycling and reduce land and marine based litter.' The study would also be including research on the impacts of extended producer responsibility schemes. Leader of the...
Joyce Watson: Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. I thank you for calling me in a long line of speakers, and I aim to be brief. I very much welcome the report and I also welcome the commitment from the Welsh Government Minister and his resolve to tackle the causes. The causes are manifold, and I'm not going to repeat all those ones that people have discussed today. But I do think that we need to remember that...
Joyce Watson: The first thing I want to do is to send my condolences to anyone who has been affected by what is a real tragedy. But the tragedy, it seems to me, in all of this—Neil Hamilton did talk about the chain of events and conversations, and I agree with him, because what it should have been was a circle. We had this extended chain of individuals speaking separately, when they should have been...
Joyce Watson: Thank you for that answer. There does seem to be a real opportunity here to use this as a really good scheme that will hopefully go some way to offsetting some of the potential negative impacts on communities that live within a five-mile radius of landfill sites. But there doesn't seem to be an awful lot of information available beyond the fact that the WCVA, the Welsh Council for Voluntary...
Joyce Watson: I'm sure you will be aware that the Farmers Union of Wales released a statement in response to the report that said that conservation bodies were burying their heads in the sand as far as the impact of badgers on hedgehog numbers is concerned. I can't help but wonder if that is a politically motivated statement aimed at justifying a badger cull. The FUW didn't feel that the lion's share...
