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Plaid Cymru Debate: NHS waiting times
Thank you. I just wanted to make the point that, when we hear such negativity about the NHS, I don't want to put people off contacting the NHS if they've got a problem, if they've got an issue. It's really important, because the NHS does actually deal with…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: NHS waiting times
NHS Wales works hard to deliver high-quality care, whilst being under significant pressure. GPs in Wales receive 2.3 million calls and deliver 1.6 million appointments every month for a population of just over 3 million people. That's a lot of people. The…
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Debate on the Local Government and Housing Committee Report, 'Private rented sector'
I am worried about the added expense of insurance, especially if it's taken out by the landlord and then charged to the renters, and also if the renters themselves haven't got that money. So, I was wondering if you could consider it further, going forward.
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Debate on the Local Government and Housing Committee Report, 'Private rented sector'
Will you take an intervention?
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Debate on the Local Government and Housing Committee Report, 'Private rented sector'
What I was trying to say is, during the committee, we heard from private landlords that they felt that they were filling the social care gap, in a way, with the private rental sector, because there’s a lack of, a shortage of, social housing, and that’s when…
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Debate on the Local Government and Housing Committee Report, 'Private rented sector'
Thank you to the Local Government and Housing Committee for bringing forward this important debate today. I was a member for a short while, before moving on. There isn't enough social housing, so the gap is having to be filled by the private rental sector…
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90-second Statements
Diolch, Llywydd. Today marks National Pothole Day, dedicated to raising awareness of the dangers of potholes, their economic cost and the need for improved road safety. Our highways, whether the strategic road network managed by the Welsh Government, or our…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Thank you for the answer. The integrated care fund has been really important in providing step-up, step-down care, improving flow with enhanced care facilities, which show good partnership working. I believe that Denbighshire County Council have allocated…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
5. How does the Welsh Government support collaboration between health boards and local authorities? OQ62119
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
I'd like to highlight the wonderful work of a charity in Llay, Your Space, that help numerous neurodivergent families. They provide support for 165 young people and outreach to 140 parents. There is some crossover as well, but there's a waiting list of 70…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning
Under the previous UK Government, we saw a 40 per cent reduction in public sector jobs. Each council employs approximately 6,000 people; that's a lot of jobs. The biggest employer in Wales is the public sector. I am pleased to see now we have a UK Government…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government (Local Government)
Okay, thank you.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government (Local Government)
It's been raised about best practice and working together, but also, do you have conversations regarding health as well? Because there's a battle of budgets all the time, isn't there, regarding transfers to social care. It was raised that even for exercise…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government (Local Government)
It's just a concern regarding workforce as well. They've lost 40 per cent, haven't they, since 2010, so resilience of the workforce was an issue that we wanted to raise with you, going forward.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government (Local Government)
So, we've heard there's been a shift in the table of how much they received previously, so that uplift might not be as much as was expected.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government (Local Government)
I was just going to ask about the shift in the table.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government (Local Government)
I know.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government (Local Government)
I am concerned that, because of the in-year struggle of funding, a lot have used their reserves up, and when, according to the formula, some get more funding year upon year and some get less, at the lower end, each year, it feels like the resilience isn't…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government (Local Government)
Okay. That just helps with their planning this year.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government (Local Government)
Have they got an indicative budget of those extra grants? Have they had that, or when will they know when that funding will be coming through?
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government (Local Government)
Regarding local authority pressures and resilience, the WLGA told the committee that funding pressures are a dynamic and changing situation, that the financial challenges are an accumulation of 14 years of austerity and cuts and inflationary pressures, but…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government (Local Government)
I should have declared earlier on that I've been working on a project called It's for Them, working with local authorities regarding managing grass verges and amenity grass for nature, on behalf of Welsh Government, that portfolio. I should have declared that…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government (Local Government)
Thank you.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government (Local Government)
It's just, in my experience, local government might talk about decarbonisation, and senior officials, but trying to get them to accept that there's a nature emergency and to incorporate that in all they do, whether it's planning, building and everything else…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government (Local Government)
That's right, yes.
