Llyr Gruffydd: I also will be supporting these amendments today, as I will with all of the amendments tabled in the name of Suzy Davies. These amendments provide greater clarity to the provisions in the Bill around the appointment of the ombudsman or an acting ombudsman, ensuring that the Assembly determines the terms of appointment. This is a sensible approach to appoint to this important independent role.
Llyr Gruffydd: Move.
Llyr Gruffydd: Move.
Llyr Gruffydd: No.
Llyr Gruffydd: Move.
Llyr Gruffydd: Move.
Llyr Gruffydd: Thank you very much, Llywydd. As this is my first contribution to today’s proceedings, I would like to make some general remarks, with your permission. Our aim as a committee in this Bill, of course, is to strengthen the role of the ombudsman in order to protect the most vulnerable in our society, to improve social justice, and to drive improvement in public services and complaint-handling....
Llyr Gruffydd: Thank you for that response. Of course, following the scrutiny work on the Autism (Wales) Bill that came before us a little while ago, one of the recommendations of the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee, of course, to the Government was that it should be a requirement for all members of staff in schools, particularly teachers and classroom assistants, to receive training in autism...
Llyr Gruffydd: 5. Will the Minister make a statement on support for pupils on the autistic spectrum in schools? OAQ53556
Llyr Gruffydd: Will the Minister make a statement on mental health care in North Wales?
Llyr Gruffydd: Thank you, Minister, for your statement. I'll start on that point, I think, because, really, we've been talking about these other people coming to the table for the best part of a decade, and it's still pretty vague, I have to say. There's been talk of insurance companies. You mentioned Network Rail, and, yes, clearly, the north Wales coastal rail line is susceptible to erosion and flooding,...
Llyr Gruffydd: Of course, there’s no doubt that the lack of tree planting, the Government’s failures and NRW’s failings in more recent years have undermined and reduced the capacity of Wales to tackle climate change, to manage flood risk and to give a boost to habitats and biodiversity and all the benefits that come from successful forestry policy. Clearly, we’re not delivering what we would all...
Llyr Gruffydd: Thank you very much, Llywydd. I am pleased to speak in this debate today on behalf of the Finance Committee. The committee met on 14 February to consider the Welsh Government’s second supplementary budget for 2018-19. In consideration of this supplementary budget, the committee was relatively content, however we have made several recommendations that we would like to see taken forward and...
Llyr Gruffydd: Plaid Cymru will support this LCM, but I too am having some difficulty in understanding how the Welsh Government decides when it’s appropriate for the UK Government to legislate in devolved areas, because there’s no reason in my view why we couldn’t have legislated ourselves on this issue. And as a member of an opposition party who’s a spokesperson on this issue, it’s very...
Llyr Gruffydd: We're in the middle of lambing season, of course, and, at a time such as this, one becomes more aware of the problem of dogs attacking sheep and lambs. Indeed, research by NFU Mutual has shown that attacks like this cost £1.2 million for the livestock sector in the UK last year. What causes concern particularly for me is that these cases are reducing in England, Scotland and Northern...
Llyr Gruffydd: Well, I disagree with that because there are regular examples now of cases where developers, even once they’ve been given planning consent, refuse to provide the necessary percentage of affordable homes that they have agreed to provide as part of the planning conditions, and the reason, very often, is because they can’t make sufficient profit. Now, if there isn’t a requirement for them...
Llyr Gruffydd: But why is it taking so long? I say again, you've had over two years to ready yourself for this. It seems to be tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow. Maybe we should call you the 'maniana Minister', because where is the finishing line on this? Well, I'll tell you where it is: it's in 37 days time when we leave, potentially, the European Union, and without these arrangements in place our...
Llyr Gruffydd: Well, I have to appreciate some things, but I think you need to appreciate as well that you've had well over two years to get ready for this, and now we've got 37 or so days left until we leave the European Union, until our environment is exposed to all of these threats that many of us are concerned about. Our current environmental governance structures through the EU provide a free and...
Llyr Gruffydd: Thank you, Llywydd. Minister, we're a matter of weeks now away from leaving the European Union. As things stand, it seems that we may leave without an agreement or a transition deal even. This, of course, places a clear threat to the environment in Wales, and to our rights as citizens. Because, to date, we haven't seen any Welsh Government proposals on the environmental governance structures...
Llyr Gruffydd: 5. What steps is the Welsh Government taking to ensure that developers keep to planning obligations? OAQ53468
