QNR – in the Senedd at on 23 April 2024.
Mike Hedges
Labour
Vaughan Gething
Labour
The Cabinet Secretary for Housing, Local Government and Planning is working with the UK Government on the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill. It will deliver much-needed improvements in the law for existing and future leaseholders in Wales, including making enfranchisement simpler, improving service charge transparency and banning unfair insurance commissions.
Hefin David
Labour
Vaughan Gething
Labour
We have invested over £1bn to transform the Core Valley Lines alongside £800m on new trains. Transport for Wales are operating brand new trains on the Rhymney Line and from June will provide two additional services per hour from Caerphilly delivering a high quality turn-up and go Metro service.
Joyce Watson
Labour
Vaughan Gething
Labour
Over 9.7 million COVID-19 vaccinations have been administered in Wales since 2020. As it was last year, the spring booster is targeted at those at greatest risk of serious illness. It started on the 2nd of April. I’d encourage all who are eligible to come forward when they’re invited.
Julie Morgan
Labour
Vaughan Gething
Labour
Wales was the first UK country to enshrine children’s rights into law, through The Rights of Children and Young Persons (Wales) Measure 2011. The Children (Abolition of Defence of Reasonable Punishment) (Wales) Act 2020 came into force in March 2022, representing a historic step in protecting children's rights and welfare.
Ministers make up the Government and almost all are members of the House of Lords or the House of Commons. There are three main types of Minister. Departmental Ministers are in charge of Government Departments. The Government is divided into different Departments which have responsibilities for different areas. For example the Treasury is in charge of Government spending. Departmental Ministers in the Cabinet are generally called 'Secretary of State' but some have special titles such as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Ministers of State and Junior Ministers assist the ministers in charge of the department. They normally have responsibility for a particular area within the department and are sometimes given a title that reflects this - for example Minister of Transport.
The cabinet is the group of twenty or so (and no more than 22) senior government ministers who are responsible for running the departments of state and deciding government policy.
It is chaired by the prime minister.
The cabinet is bound by collective responsibility, which means that all its members must abide by and defend the decisions it takes, despite any private doubts that they might have.
Cabinet ministers are appointed by the prime minister and chosen from MPs or peers of the governing party.
However, during periods of national emergency, or when no single party gains a large enough majority to govern alone, coalition governments have been formed with cabinets containing members from more than one political party.
War cabinets have sometimes been formed with a much smaller membership than the full cabinet.
From time to time the prime minister will reorganise the cabinet in order to bring in new members, or to move existing members around. This reorganisation is known as a cabinet re-shuffle.
The cabinet normally meets once a week in the cabinet room at Downing Street.
In a general election, each Constituency chooses an MP to represent them. MPs have a responsibility to represnt the views of the Constituency in the House of Commons. There are 650 Constituencies, and thus 650 MPs. A citizen of a Constituency is known as a Constituent
