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“Do you think that the current funding model that NRW has is sufficient to deal with the challenge that NRW faces with flooding?”

“Despite lifting the onshore wind ban in England, the clean power action plan shows that, by 2030, 8,600 MW of onshore wind will be needed in England and Wales, 5,000 MW of which will be mainly in Wales, with bits in England. Can the Secretary of State outline exactly how Wales will be benefiting from this huge ramp up …”

“Today’s announcement is a huge blow to 1950s-born women affected by state pension changes, who have campaigned tirelessly for justice and accountability, including on the maladministration that the Secretary of State has admitted took place. She promised jobs, homes and opportunities in her statement, but given that on…”

“I agree, but unfortunately it is the small percentage that has a negative impact on staffing capacity and a negative image for prison staff. Hopefully over the years to come the prison unions will work with you on ways to improve staff corruption as well. When we were at Parc, we saw the way and the manner in which the…”

“As an add-on to my question to the previous panel around the X-rays and staffing, do you have any intention of changing the legislation so that prisons can demand that staff be X-rayed before they enter the prison?”

“You have touched a bit on this: the Government have spent a lot of money on improving the security in prisons, but unfortunately it seems that the organised crime groups have developed a sophisticated means of bringing contraband into prisons in spite of this investment. What plans, if any, do you have to further bolst…”

“If the legislation were to be changed to allow for prison officers to be X-rayed by the body scanners, would G4S support their staff being searched in this way?”

“Gordon, you mentioned that you compare data with other prisons. How does the corruption level among staff in Parc compare with other prisons?”

“Both.”

“Thank you. When you have instances of staff corruption, how do you identify them?”

“Diolch. Thank you for the visit and for the nature of the conversations we had across the whole community at Parc. You have mentioned that corruption is a small percentage, but unfortunately that small percentage has a negative impact on the staffing. Can you explain to me how a vetting system is in place on the prison…”

“Steel is a key component of developing clean energy projects. In response to my written question, the Government confirmed that they have estimated the cost of nationalising British Steel to safeguard the plant’s future. Can the Secretary of State explain why the Government did that for British Steel but dismissed nati…”

“My concern is that they will be focused more in south Wales around the population. We are keen for that conversation to be up in north Wales, keeping women close to parents. I was a portfolio holder for social services and safeguarding for children, making sure that that relationship is never broken, is extremely impor…”

“Another thing we saw while we were there was the use of the vape pen. Are there any plans to change the vape pen in any way, to safeguard prisoners against the modern drugs that they are using?”

“As a supplementary to that, is there a timescale for that? I think the key performance indicators can give us the evidence that the service is a good service.”

“I declare an interest: I was a member of the Gwynedd and Môn youth justice board for five years. If there are going to be delays in devolving youth justice, can I please just ask that you look at the funding model for youth justice in Wales? The Barnett formula does not quite work for youth justice in the way the fundi…”

“Storm damage in Holyhead has led to severe disruption to the second busiest roll-on, roll-off port in the UK, with ferries to Ireland being cancelled. This weekend also saw the closure of the Britannia bridge to all vehicles. The vulnerability of Ynys Môn’s connection to the mainland has been of concern for several yea…”

“Are there any areas in which Great British Energy could help resolve the current blockage or challenges that we face in Wales? I ask that as someone who tabled five amendments to the Great British Energy Bill, one of which would have introduced a quota for marine energy, and another that would have mandated community b…”

“One of the barriers that you mentioned is the grid. Would having an alignment between Great British Energy, the infrastructure strategy and the industrial strategy help us to plough on with all these plans, so that there is an alignment between energy production and the infrastructure and we make sure that we grow the …”

“It is important that we understand how Great British Energy can resolve the blockages that you find in Wales, but also how it can support emerging technologies. I do not want us to be stagnant in energy production; we need to be pushing forward and supporting new technologies. Can Great British Energy resolve these blo…”