(Title Image: Wales Online) P-05-785 Suspend Marine Licence 12/45/ML to dump radioactive marine sediments from the Hinkley Point nuclear site into Wales coastal waters off Cardiff Submitted by Tim Deere-Jones Signatures: 7,171 (online and paper)…
Welsh Youth Parliament to sit from February 2019
(Title Image: Your Assembly) The Llywydd, Elin Jones AM (Plaid, Ceredigion), provided AMs with an update on detailed plans for the establishment of a Welsh Youth Parliament to replace the Funky Dragon organisation, which closed…
Senedd Bites #29: Keolis wins
(Title Image: Keolis UK) Keolis-Amey wins rail franchise Franco-Spanish consortium Keolis-Amey has won a £5billion, 15-year contract to run rail services in Wales & the English borders as well as the South Wales Metro. They're…
Best of the Blogs #29: La-gone?
(Title Image: Wales Online) If like me, you're having doubts about whether the Swansea Tidal Lagoon will see the light of day, Private Eye has this which will likely confirm suspicions that the project is…
Committee waves red flag as Circuit of Wales…
(Title Image: via zimbio.com) Public Accounts Committee Welsh Government funding for the Circuit of Wales (pdf) Published: 22nd May 2018 Chair's Statement, Nick Ramsay AM (Con, Monmouth): "The approach from the Welsh Government to this…
The Talking Point #29: Be careful what you…
(Title Image: BBC Wales) The only way we're going to see an alternative to a Labour-led government in Wales is if the opposition parties work together to remove them – that was the message coming…
Equality and respect at the heart of new…
(Title Image: BBC News) Yesterday, the Education Secretary, Kirsty Williams (Lib Dem, Brecon & Radnor), unveiled reforms to sex education following work carried out by an expert panel. See also: State of Wales – Sex…
FMQs: Circuit of Wales, Child Poverty & The…
Following the sudden ousting of Neil Hamilton AM (UKIP, Mid & West Wales) as UKIP group leader, there was a new face leading that group's questioning at this week's FMQs. FMQs, 22nd May 2018 Leader…
No idea if 14-year-old, £125million-a-year programme works
(Title Image: The Wallich) Public Accounts Committee The Supporting People Programme (pdf) Published: 18th May 2018 Chair's Statement, Nick Ramsay AM (Con, Monmouth): "It is clear from the Auditor General's report, and from the evidence,…
“A national scandal” – Antipsychotic use on dementia…
(Title Image: Sunnybrook Hospital) Health & Social Care Committee Use of antipsychotic medicines in care homes (pdf) Published: 17th May 2018 Chair's Statement, Dr Dai Lloyd AM (Plaid, South Wales West): "We are disappointed with…