Jane Hutt: I'm pleased to take part in this debate and would like to express my thanks to Steffan Lewis for the integrity of purpose and principle that he's brought to the External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee in his role, particularly developing, of course, in those early days post the Brexit referendum, 'Securing Wales' Future', the paper that has stood the test of time since its...
Jane Hutt: I'd like to thank the First Minister for his statement and also for your swift actions, First Minister, last week, in writing to the Prime Minister, jointly with Nicola Sturgeon, calling for a Joint Ministerial Committee as a matter of urgency. As far as the draft withdrawal agreement is concerned, I'm dismayed by the apparent disregard and low level of importance given in the political...
Jane Hutt: Thank you, First Minister. I'm attending the White Ribbon event today, sponsored by Joyce Watson, and will attend the Black Association of Women Step Out's Light a Candle event at Llandaff cathedral next week. As the First Minister is aware, for the past eight years BAWSO has led the Light a Candle multifaith event, bringing together more than 250 individuals to commemorate international...
Jane Hutt: 7. How does the Welsh Government support White Ribbon Day in relation to eliminating violence against women? OAQ52947
Jane Hutt: Thank you very much, Dirprwy Llywydd, for calling me to speak. I speak in full support of the Finance Committee inquiry report; I took part in it as a member. I want to focus specifically in support of recommendations 2 to 7: the importance of the shared prosperity fund; the impact on equalities of the loss of European funding; and the future fiscal framework for Wales in relation to Brexit....
Jane Hutt: Leader of the house, will you report on action taken to close the gender pay gap following Equal Pay Day on Saturday? A recent ONS report said that the gender pay gap for full-time workers has fallen to a record low of 8.6 per cent. It's good to see it's fallen, but it still shows what a long way we have to go.
Jane Hutt: Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on the implications of the UK Government’s budget for the Welsh Government’s capital and revenue resource?
Jane Hutt: The Chairs of the Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee and the External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee stated in their joint letter to the First Minister earlier this year that Wales has a proud history of protecting equality and human rights in world-leading and innovative ways, noting that the Assembly, of course, became the first legislative body in the world...
Jane Hutt: Llywydd, I want to pay tribute to women in the first world war whose roles and lives were brought to light by my constituent and Welsh historian, Professor Deirdre Beddoe, last Sunday on BBC2. As Professor Beddoe told us, at the start of the war, women were encouraged by Ministers, including David Lloyd George, to say goodbye to the men they loved in every street and every community in the...
Jane Hutt: I recently sponsored an event in the Senedd with Friends of the Earth Cymru and Frack-Free Wales, Cabinet Secretary, and I am strongly opposed to fracking and have worked hard to stop it happening in the Vale of Glamorgan. You said recently in Welsh Government's 'Taking Wales Forward'—and you restated today your clear opposition to fracking. You noted that Welsh Government has powers over...
Jane Hutt: 5. Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on the Welsh Government's policy on fracking? OAQ52859
Jane Hutt: I welcome the EHRC report updating us on the state of equality and human rights in Wales in 2018. I want to focus today, and will again tomorrow in the equalities and Brexit debate, on one action, and that's the recommendation to the Welsh Government by the EHRC and backed by two Assembly committees that the Welsh Government should bring the socioeconomic equality duty to life in Wales. In...
Jane Hutt: Cabinet Secretary, I was delighted to join the First Minister yesterday at the Living Wage Week launch event at the Bigmoose Coffee Company and to welcome the rise in the real living wage rate to £9 an hour. We already have a number of accredited employers paying the real living wage. In my constituency, the Vale of Glamorgan, it includes Barry Town Council, Glamorgan Voluntary Services,...
Jane Hutt: Cabinet Secretary, part of the new franchise includes a commitment to a half-hourly rail service in the Vale of Glamorgan. I've campaigned for a half-hourly service for many years, believing that the development of an integrated public transport plan is a more sustainable way to achieve connectivity for commuters, Vale residents, visitors to the heritage coast and for Cardiff Airport. Cabinet...
Jane Hutt: Leader of the house, the Commons Home Affairs Committee has this week called for an end to single household payments of universal credit, with Welsh Women's Aid stating that: 'It’s critical that there is an end to the default payment to a single householder to ensure that women have access to their own financial resources and ensure Universal Credit does not enable perpetration of financial...
Jane Hutt: Thank you, Cabinet Secretary. In the Member debate on period poverty in May, we heard how some schoolgirls from low-income families were missing school when they had their periods because of the challenge of managing away from home without adequate sanitary protection. I welcome the Welsh Government's announcement of £700,000 of capital funding to improve facilities and equipment in schools,...
Jane Hutt: 2. What action will the Welsh Government take to support female school pupils’ welfare? OAQ52781
Jane Hutt: Thank you for the statement on the framework for independent living, which very much, of course, is one of my key political priorities and experience. I'm glad to contribute to this statement as a trustee of Vale People First, having seen the transformation of the lives of people with learning disabilities over the past 40 years, since the inquiry into Ely hospital led to a pioneering...
Jane Hutt: So, we do have opportunities and challenges, and I hope that you will be able to make the case for us all to be engaged, because, as you said, there is an emerging consensus, and this Assembly can back you in these negotiations.
Jane Hutt: Cabinet Secretary, thank you for your statement on regional investment after Brexit, and thank you for acknowledging the work of the Finance Committee in its report, 'Preparations for replacing EU funding for Wales'—key recommendations, which, of course, will be of no surprise, leading with the priority of negotiations with the UK Government to secure the best possible funding deal to...
