Buffy Williams: 8. What steps is the Welsh Government taking to reduce emissions as part of a globally responsible Wales? OQ56971
Buffy Williams: Thank you, First Minister. I'm really pleased that the ambitious long-term programme of education reform in Wales will continue during the sixth Senedd with a new curriculum for Wales, the Welsh language education Bill, the new additional learning needs system, and twenty-first century schools investment. Yesterday, Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council cabinet members accepted proposals...
Buffy Williams: 5. How will the Welsh Government improve the learning environment in schools across Wales? OQ56981
Buffy Williams: Thank you, Deputy Minister, for that update. It's estimated that in Wales over 9,000 women suffer for postpartum PTSD, and one in five women suffer with their emotional well-being during the perinatal period. Early research suggests that this figure will inevitably rise. This, sadly, doesn't come as a surprise. The difficult but much needed service changes, made by health boards across Wales...
Buffy Williams: 2. Will the Minister make a statement on perinatal mental health support? OQ56906
Buffy Williams: For more than a century, Welsh coal powered the world. From Trehafod up to Maerdy, Trebanog over to Treherbert, men and women worked their fingers to the bone to make this country rich. We're proud of the contribution our forefathers made in Rhondda, alongside our neighbours, as part of the wider south Wales coalfields area. This is in stark contrast to successive UK Tory Governments, who...
Buffy Williams: What legal advice has the Counsel General given to the Minister for Climate Change on the legal requirements in respect of siting speed cameras in Wales?
Buffy Williams: There are many groups and organisations available to support mothers through this very difficult time, but when you leave the care of the medical professionals, and you are back in the family unit, you begin to worry; worry that you are a failure, worry that you are letting people down. You feel that you can’t ask for help without being negatively judged and you start to feel that no matter...
Buffy Williams: I'd like to give a minute of my time to Laura Anne Jones, Huw Irranca-Davies and Carolyn Thomas, if I could, please. Postpartum post-traumatic stress disorder is a serious issue. In Wales alone over 9,000 women are suffering, sometimes in silence. Mothers have kept their symptoms to themselves so the condition has remained invisible, to a great extent. Many mothers, unfortunately, are...
Buffy Williams: Minister, as you know, I've made my views clear in this Chamber when discussing NRW and the flooding events of 2020. That said, I'd like to thank the Welsh Government for the support provided to all flood risk management authorities since the floods to improve flood protection and prevention across Rhondda, putting right culverts and drainage systems in Pentre, Treorchy, Ynyshir and...
Buffy Williams: Will the Minister make a statement on progress towards achieving a million Welsh speakers by 2050?
Buffy Williams: I'd like to thank the Minister for the statement today. I agree wholeheartedly with the ambitious plans. We need to plant more trees to combat climate change and reduce the chances of more extreme weather conditions, like the rainfall that led to the flooding in February 2020. In October 2020, NRW completed their land estate management review and produced 10 key recommendations to change...
Buffy Williams: Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. I'm really glad to hear that the Minister is serious about reaching 1 million siaradwyr Cymraeg by 2050. Taking camau bach makes a huge difference. Like thousands of people across Wales, I use Duolingo every morning to learn more geiriau. But more important than this, children across Wales speak Welsh in their classrooms every day, like the children in Ysgol Gyfun Cwm...
Buffy Williams: How does the Welsh Government intend to build on the success of the valleys taskforce over the next Senedd term?
Buffy Williams: I need to declare an interest in this issue, as I live in the community of Pentre, and was personally affected by the 2020 floods. Minister, as you're aware, I have my own anxieties and frustrations with NRW. Over 200 properties and businesses flooded in the Rhondda last year. Immediate action was taken by Welsh Government, Welsh Water and RCT council to put right the culvert and drainage...
Buffy Williams: Will the Minister provide an update on employment rates in Rhondda?
Buffy Williams: Minister, I know that residents in Rhondda, especially our young people and young families, will be grateful to hear that the Government are building on the work of the previous Senedd, taking action to combat the very real housing crisis. I’ve been contacted by graduates who left Rhondda to attend university and now wish to return to their home town to buy a home of their own, but face a...
Buffy Williams: Minister, working and volunteering throughout the pandemic in a third sector capacity, I experienced first-hand the detrimental effects COVID has had on Rhondda families. Loss of income and increasing living costs have sadly seen families and individuals struggling to make ends meet. I'm grateful for the provisions put in place by Welsh Government to support these families, but there is still...
Buffy Williams: I welcome the statement from the Deputy Minister today. Some of my best memories come from Pride events in Wales. A Pride co-ordinator and specific Pride fund will only enhance the celebrations. I cannot believe conversion therapy is still being discussed. I absolutely support today's promise to ban all aspects of conversion therapy in Wales. I recently attended the official opening of...
Buffy Williams: Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. Minister, having worked and volunteered in education and communities for the last 20 years, I have always said that if you give young people a chance, either through employment or volunteering, it's amazing what they can achieve. I was proud to stand on a manifesto that included a young person's guarantee, either of work, education, training or...
