Motion NDM8073 Siân Gwenllian

To propose that the Senedd: 

1. Believes that the current increases in energy bills are unsustainable and that they will cause financial strain and hardship on households, businesses, and community groups, whilst fossil fuel companies are making record profits.

2. Calls on the Welsh Government to immediately implement broader cost-of-living emergency measures, such as: 

a) halving rail fares and cap bus fares;

b) working with local authorities to clear some of the significant council tax arrears that have been built up over the course of the pandemic; 

c) a rent freeze; 

d) reinstating measures to ban winter evictions; 

e) expanding the free school meals scheme to secondary school children;

f) increasing the educational maintenance allowance to £45.