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Business Statement and Announcement
Similar theme. I would like to raise a statement from the Cabinet Secretary for Education regarding issues being reported by schools, pupils and parents regarding universal portion sizes given to pupils both in primary and secondary education. The issue that…
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Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with representatives of local health boards
Thank you, Chair. Just briefly, because we're pushed for time, in terms of all the topics we've spoken about in this session this afternoon, what would be your takeaway message to us as a committee to best effectively scrutinise the content of this Bill…
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Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with organisations supporting children in care
Yes. Well, it was a political question.
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Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with organisations supporting children in care
That's what I'm after. Go for it.
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Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with organisations supporting children in care
Thank you, Chair. Hearing the evidence that you're giving this morning, I'm just curious to know why, in your professional opinion, we've come to 2024 and we're looking at a health and social care Bill that is intended to be implemented within the next few…
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Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with young people from Voices from Care
Yes. Thank you, Chair. I was just wondering, on the back of that—obviously, because local authorities, Government, obviously, because we're more broadly looking at the health and social care Bill—what do you think that local authorities, being the providers…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Devolved powers and funding
Even though policing is devolved to Scotland and Northern Ireland, they do rely on the police national computer, so there are interactions between police forces, and there have to be—there have to be. So, despite those areas being devolved to those nations…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Devolved powers and funding
Will you take one, James?
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
One of the things I do find striking in your response to Julie Morgan’s question is the fact that 80 per cent of musical students who use the college of music and drama live in Cardiff and the surrounding area, so when you meet with the college, do you stress…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing, Local Government and Planning
Whilst we take our shift to net zero seriously, it’s also important not to make rash decisions that will have damaging consequences. The divest movement is lobbying local councils to divest local government pensions away from fossil fuel companies, which…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Can I have a statement, please, on patient waiting times in Glan Clwyd Hospital in my constituency? They have started to see slow improvements in waiting times at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, particularly with cancer treatment, but, anecdotally…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: NHS waiting lists
I'm pleased to be participating in this debate today on a subject that impacts everyone in Wales, and that also is important to me personally, having worked in our NHS for 11 years—before being elected to the Senedd—within Betsi Cadwaladr University Health…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Thank you very much, Cabinet Secretary. The chronic lack of healthcare provision in Denbighshire is sadly getting worse week by week and can’t be ignored any longer. Residents across Denbighshire have had to put up with a hospital that has the…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
1. Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on community healthcare provision in Denbighshire? OQ61372
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Business Statement and Announcement
For the fifth time, I'd like to call for a statement from the Cabinet Secretary with responsibility for local government regarding the ongoing non-collection of recycling since the new waste model was introduced a month ago by the Labour-led Denbighshire…
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Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill : direct payments for healthcare - evidence session with ADSS Cymru and the WLGA
So, in that case, you couldn't accurately measure the scale of how good or bad recruitment is in that regard, because, from what you're alluding to, you wouldn't have the data, so how would you measure how successful personal assistants and direct payments…
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Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill : direct payments for healthcare - evidence session with ADSS Cymru and the WLGA
Sorry, do the local authorities not hold any data on that at all, then, or any agency for that matter?
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Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill : direct payments for healthcare - evidence session with ADSS Cymru and the WLGA
Yes. I really appreciate those comprehensive answers. You've answered many of my questions in one go there, but I just wanted to finally ask, with the recruitment and retention issues around the social care workforce, and in particular with PAs, as you've…
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Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill : direct payments for healthcare - evidence session with ADSS Cymru and the WLGA
Okay.
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Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill : direct payments for healthcare - evidence session with ADSS Cymru and the WLGA
And in terms of—
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Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill : direct payments for healthcare - evidence session with ADSS Cymru and the WLGA
Thank you, Chair. I'm seeking some thoughts, firstly, on the capacity challenges around social care. Obviously there are the ones that we often speak about in terms of recruitment and retention, which are well known, but then I'm looking for some thoughts on…
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Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill : provision of social care services to children - evidence session with ADSS Cymru
Thank you.
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Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill : provision of social care services to children - evidence session with ADSS Cymru
Thank you, Chair. Just a summarising question, really, in regard to contributions, questions, answers raised within the last hour. What do you think the main thing is that you want to bring to our attention in terms of our scrutiny of this Bill, and what we…
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Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill : provision of social care services to children - evidence session with ADSS Cymru
Yes. Thank you, Chair.
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Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill : provision of social care services to children - evidence session with ADSS Cymru
Is that achieved at a local or a national level? That's the second question.
