The 46 policy areas, under four rough categories, in which the two parties aim to implement for Wales are as follows:
Social and Health •
Free school meals to all pupils in
primary schools during the agreement. • Free childcare for children up to two-years-old, with a focus on
Welsh-medium education. • Look into creating a "
National Care Service", by creating an "expert group" to look into the proposal. • Tackle the
second homes crisis and unaffordable housing, using the property, land planning, and taxation systems. This could include proposals on a cap on second/holiday homes, increase common ownership, a holiday let licensing scheme, providing greater powers to local authorities to allow them charge council tax premiums or higher taxes, or allow local authority mortgages. • Create "Unnos" – National construction company, to increase the supply of affordable and social housing. • Reform building safety system – introduce Welsh Building Safety Fund's second phase. •
White paper on proposals for the "right to adequate housing", the role of a fair rents (rent control) system in the private sector to make homes more affordable, and new general approaches to increasing house affordability. • End homelessness – reform housing law, enact a "Renting Homes Act", providing "greater security" to those renting, and implement recommendations of the Homeless Action Group. • Reform
Council Tax to "make it fairer". • Increase procurement in the Welsh public sector (from existing 52%), by setting targets. Analyse the supply chains of the public sector, and the promotion of Welsh produce and services. • Introduce local tourism levies.
Energy, Environment and Transport • Seek independent advice on actions needed to reach
net zero by 2035 (current target is 2050). This would involve analysing the societal and economic impact and how to mitigate any adverse effects to share costs and benefits. Supporting
devolution of further powers to reach net zero, such as devolving the
Crown Estate. • Create "
Ynni Cymru" – Welsh publicly owned energy company, to increase
renewable energy that is owned by communities, within two years of the agreement. • Through
Transport for Wales, look into
North–South Wales transport links, and protecting possible travel corridors along Wales' west coast (the agreement did not specify
a railway). Continue development of regional metros to encourage increased use of public transport. Push TfW to develop plans for a
North West Wales integrated transport system. • Set targets and utilise an "environmental governance body" to help protect and restore the
biodiversity of Wales. • Encourage farmers to create woodlands on less productive land, through agro-foresty. Support farmers through a sustainable farming scheme, and looking how to draw investment while securing local ownership and control. • Work with farming community to improve air and water quality. Using the
Water Resources Regulations 2021 to target polluting activities. • Independent review of the "local government section 19" and the reports of
Natural Resources Wales into the 2020–21 winter extreme floods, and act on the review's recommendations. • More investment in the management and mitigation of flooding. Plan response to increased flooding risk. Through National Infrastructure Commission for Wales assess how to minimise the likelihood of flooding nationwide of businesses, homes and infrastructure, and how to minimise it by 2050. • Transition period during reform of farm payments into the Sustainable Farming Scheme, through the current Senedd term and beyond. • Create a community food strategy, encouraging locally sourced food production and supply in Wales.
Government, Media and Education •
Reform the Senedd – increase size to 80–100 members, a more
proportional voting system, and introduce statutory
gender quotas. • Support the Independent Commission on Wales' Constitution Future. • Look into creating a "Broadcasting and Communications Authority for Wales", a shadow body which would specifically support Welsh-language digital media, and media plurality. Support devolution of broadcasting and communication. • Fund new and existing Welsh journalism enterprises. • Build on
Arfor pilot, which promotes entrepreneurship, business growth, resilience of the community and the Welsh language. Add a second phase of Arfor with local government and contact the
OECD in the development of local government models to allow authorities to work together in
West Wales and in the
South Wales Valleys to tackle inequalities between the poor and rich areas of Wales. • Look into establishing a "National School for Government" and how it contributes to a "One Wales Public Service" principle. • Ongoing reviews of
regional partnerships, such as the
Corporate Joint Committees, to ensure efficiency and whether changes are needed in their operation. • Co-operate with the
Office for Budget Responsibility, the
Wales Governance Centre, and others in understanding devolved public financing and the needs of Wales' public services into the future, by addressing possible future funding gaps, how to grow Wales' tax base and any implications from the Constitutional Commission's recommendations. • Develop a model of supply teaching that is more sustainable, centred on fair work, possible led by local authorities or schools. Oppose the for-profit model in supply teaching and looked after children. • Aim to reform school term dates to fit family life or employment patterns. Explore school day reform to allow time for a wider range of culturally-accessible activities and opportunities. • Reform educational qualifications, lining up with Wales'
new curriculum, focusing on experiences and wellbeing. Expand range of vocational qualifications that are made-in-Wales. • Forward the Tertiary Education and Research Bill, introduce a mission-based national innovation strategy. Promote innovation through the
Commission for Tertiary Education and Research.
Culture and Language • Develop a culture strategy, promoting diversity, the Welsh language and Wales' arts, culture and heritage, while meeting the
Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015. Develop the proposed
national contemporary art gallery for Wales. • Increase the school
teaching of Welsh history in the new
Curriculum for Wales. • 2050 – Promote the Welsh language to be used daily in more places. Support
Welsh Government sponsored bodies, Wales' local authorities and the Welsh
civil service to use Welsh. • Introduce the Welsh Language Education Bill, alongside non-legislative work, to strengthen the use of Welsh in educational strategy plans. To incentivise and increase the ambition for more of the education workforce to teach and work in Welsh, as well as in all education settings. Establish a Welsh language learning continuum and enable existing schools to become of a higher category Welsh language learning. • Reduce obstacles in the setting of Welsh Language Standards, in communication with the
Welsh Language Commissioner. Make the implementation process for standards more efficient while not weakening them. Implement standards on health sector regulators, public transport, water companies, newly established bodies that are outside the existing standards regime, and start applying them to housing associations by the end of the Senedd term. Fully implement the
Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 and list the highly prioritised standards under the measure's schedules in need of further rollout beyond the agreement's tenure. • Promote and safeguard
Welsh place names • Invest in
Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol and in the National Centre for Learning Welsh, to increase Welsh-medium apprenticeships and Welsh-medium further education, and to provide free Welsh learning to 16–25 year olds. • Increase the opportunities for learners from a disadvantaged background to participate in the
Seren Network. Offer summer schools at Welsh universities for the network's foundation learners. Expand the partnership with
Aberystwyth University and
Cardiff University and develop new pilot trials at other Welsh institutions. • Support devolution of
welfare administration, and the accompanied financial support. Investigate the infrastructure required for its implementation if devolved. • Trial community facilities, being run by trained third sector staff which have clear referral pathways into services of the NHS if required, to use the sanctuary model. To support young people with urgent mental health issues, issues to their mental wellbeing or in a crisis, and would take place on open evenings and weekends. • Improvement disabled peoples' rights and tackle the continued inequalities they face. Commit to a social model of disability. Ensure the Disability Task Force is successful. • Publish the Race Equality Action Plan, working with communities and bodies such as the courts and Wales' police to develop the plan and tackle systemic and institutionalised racism. Support the devolution of
justice and policing. • Publish the LGTBQ+ Action Plan. Support devolving powers to protect and improve the lives of
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