Jenny Rathbone: I know there are many people who say the merger of these three organisations was bound to fail, but I'm not one of those naysayers. I don't agree with John Owen Jones. I actually think that the way it was done is obviously something we need to learn from, but that, actually, there is a huge strength in bringing together the different functions of this environmental body into one organisation,...
Jenny Rathbone: Actually, it's 3.7 per cent. We saw that in the environment committee today.
Jenny Rathbone: I appreciate that this issue is not currently a devolved matter, but, nevertheless, we should all be concerned that of the 23 men being released on a particular cold day, only 13 of them had a definite place to sleep that night, and there was clear evidence from them that some of them intended to reoffend in order to get back into prison, and the warmth and food that that provides. Now, of...
Jenny Rathbone: No responsible Government would crash out of the EU without an agreement with our main trading partners. That's the view of a BBC reporter, who's job it is to be impartial, so I think that's well established. The question that arises, though, is: is there sufficient time to deliver the legislation required to extend article 50 at this stage were, by some magic, Mrs May able to deliver a deal...
Jenny Rathbone: 7. What discussions has the Counsel General had about the urgency of extending the deadline for Article 50 beyond the end of March 2019? OAQ53410
Jenny Rathbone: 1. Will the Minister make a statement on the provision of accommodation for people leaving Cardiff Prison in light of the latest report from the Independent Monitoring Board? 278
Jenny Rathbone: Yes.
Jenny Rathbone: I haven't, I'm afraid—I've only been looking at this report. So, I appreciate that you may have better figures, but the figures in this report show that there's been a reduction. If you think that, since then, there's been a massive increase in the number of drugs deaths, then that obviously is a matter that we need to take very seriously. I think—. The landscape has undoubtedly changed...
Jenny Rathbone: I think this is a useful moment to have a look at what we're achieving and what we're not achieving. The threefold increase, nearly, in hospital admissions because of the use of illegal drugs is obviously a cause for concern, and we know that people living in the most deprived areas of Wales are six times more likely to be admitted for drug misuse than in the least deprived areas. I was...
Jenny Rathbone: How does the Welsh Government plan to build on the work of the Bevan Commission to mainstream innovation in healthcare?
Jenny Rathbone: I'm glad you referenced Steve Ormerod, because if we eat fish, we're eating plastic. We need to heavily tax any manufacturers who are producing plastics that are not recyclable and I agree that there's growing enthusiasm for doing something about it. Ripple on Albany Road is a fantastic success. It's just opened—you can take all your old bottles there and you fill up with your household goods.
Jenny Rathbone: It's six years since Mark Barry's report, 'A Metro for Wales' Capital City Region', and it's three years since the Cardiff capital region board published 'Powering the Welsh Economy', which argued that an integrated transport system, aligned with land use planning, could be a catalyst for economic change across the region. What we need, it argues, is a modern, high-quality, multimodal,...
Jenny Rathbone: I'd just like to pay tribute, first of all, to all of the people, both staff and volunteers, who every single day and night are averting people from becoming homeless and supporting those who are on the streets. Every single night, there is a hot meal available to people who are destitute, and there's a huge amount of work going on and people working their socks off. Cardiff council's...
Jenny Rathbone: Okay. Well, I'm sure that that's a very important reflection, but it wouldn't explain why more people are going to prison in Wales than in England, because you have the privatised probation service in England too. My understanding is it is across the piece, but if you know something more than that, obviously you can come back. Anyway, I think these are the sorts of things we want the...
Jenny Rathbone: I agree with much of what Leanne has said in terms of the current state of the prison system being a source of shame, as well as the fact that more people in Wales are incarcerated than any other group of citizens across the whole of Europe, but there are some serious questions that need to be asked in understanding why that is. How much of that, these harsher sentences, is to do with the...
Jenny Rathbone: Could I withdraw my name, please, Deputy Presiding Officer?
Jenny Rathbone: Thank you for that interesting answer. I would agree with you that Charlton House tries very hard and it isn't just down to the caterer to reduce the food waste. But as Lesley Griffiths, some 18 months ago, suggested that we should be halving food waste by 2025, it's obviously really important that we in the Assembly are showing the way and not just suggesting that other people do that....
Jenny Rathbone: I just wanted to ask the Deputy Minister if he would look at the way in which the free swimming is promoted in your review, because I recall last summer, in my constituency—Pentwyn leisure centre is a great facility, but it was very poorly advertised in the super-output areas of deprivation that are alongside the leisure centre, and they are the people who most need to be informed of when...
Jenny Rathbone: 2. Thank you very much. How does the level of food waste generated on the Assembly's estate in the last quarter compare with the same period in the previous year? OAQ53293
Jenny Rathbone: What progress has been made on establishing a National Broadcast Archive to ensure this aspect of Welsh culture is accessible to future generations?
