Plaid Cymru Vale of Clwyd Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales - Working for the Vale of Clwyd

This Council notes with concern DCC’s Corporate Risk Register entry for Brexit;

This Council further notes

• Care Forum Wales’ concerns that the Care Industry is at ‘crisis point’, warning that the long-term effects of Brexit could lead to a massive staffing shortage
• according to the North Wales Mersey Dee Regional Business Monitor, the Total exports from Denbighshire & Conwy in 2016 was £188m in 2016. Of this £102m – 55% - went to the EU. For Flintshire and Wrexham Total exports amounted to £5,051, of which £4,382 – 87% - went to the EU;

“This Council notes:

• The Welsh Government’s Brexit and Our Land White Paper and subsequent consultation
• The proposals within the paper to scrap Basic Payments for farmers
• That basic payments make up some 80% of livestock farmers income
• That agriculture industry continues to be a substantial employer, both directly and indirectly, in Denbighshire

This Council calls on the County Council to show leadership to the rest of Denbighshire by committing to become a plastic free County within two years.

This Council calls on Denbighshire County Council to provide female sanitary products for free to schools in Denbighshire, ensuring that girls are able to receive them in a way that respects their dignity and independence

(i)  This Council notes that:

1. School Uniform Grants were provided to children from the most disadvantaged backgrounds as they entered Year 7
2. The value of the Grant was £105 per pupil
3. 156 pupils in Denbighshire received this Grant in 2017/18, and an average of 166 pupils have received it per year since 2009/10
4. The value of this school uniform grant for DCC last year (2017/18) was £16,380

“Council deplores the way that Coleg Llandrillo-Menai have dealt with the proposed closure of Denbigh College and calls on the Welsh Government to intervene.”

This Council calls:

1. On the UK Government to pause the roll-out of Universal Credit
2. On Welsh Government to demand devolution powers to vary how Universal Credit is paid in Wales