Dawn Bowden

4 June 2024, Plenary

Statement by the Minister for Social Care: Transforming Children's Services

Oh, you're not anymore. Okay. So, you won't be exploring this with me on Thursday. Okay. Well, I won't go through the removing the profit aspects because, as you say, that is well rehearsed; we're not going to agree on that, but I do understand the points…

4 June 2024, Plenary

Statement by the Minister for Social Care: Transforming Children's Services

I think you are also on the health committee, Gareth, so we'll be exploring this—

4 June 2024, Plenary

Statement by the Minister for Social Care: Transforming Children's Services

Thank you, Joyce Watson, for those comments, and I think that's a very important point that you make. Inspection is absolutely critical to the development of these services. We have a very good inspectorate in Wales. We have Care Inspectorate Wales at the…

4 June 2024, Plenary

Statement by the Minister for Social Care: Transforming Children's Services

Diolch, Mabon. Thank you for those comments. We are clearly well and truly in the middle of a general election now, aren't we, so most of those comments were directed at UK Labour, rather than at Welsh Labour, in terms of what I as a Welsh Minister can do and…

4 June 2024, Plenary

Statement by the Minister for Social Care: Transforming Children's Services

Thank you, Altaf. Firstly, can I thank you very much for those comments? I welcome the opportunity to work with you. I think that there is largely consensus around what we're trying to achieve here. This is about trying to reduce the number of children who we…

4 June 2024, Plenary

Statement by the Minister for Social Care: Transforming Children's Services

The Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill with its core provision to eliminate private profit from children’s care will, if passed, meet another of our programme for government commitments to help transform children’s care. However, as I explained in my last…