17 January 2024 , Plenary
Short Debate: Structuring a social care system fit for a twenty-first century Wales
Diolch, Llywydd. Today I'm going to talk about social care in Wales and discuss the merits of different remedies available that can alleviate some of the challenges in what is a complex sector with many complex problems. I intend to give a minute of my time…
17 January 2024 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Healthcare inspection and funding
Diolch yn fawr iawn, Deputy Llywydd. I'm pleased to be opening this debate and I move the Welsh Conservatives' motion, tabled in the name of Darren Millar. But I'm sure we would all rather be discussing the state of our NHS in Wales with more positive news…
16 January 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Thank you for your response, First Minister. With the 20 mph speed limit enforcement starting on the eighth of this month, the consequences are already being felt in the Vale of Clwyd, with Arriva Buses Wales scrapping their service to the popular Tweedmill…
16 January 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
3. What assessment has the First Minister made of the impact of the default 20 mph policy on people in Vale of Clwyd? OQ60509
10 January 2024 , Plenary
Topical Questions
I’d like to expand more on the local element to this news from Arriva Buses Wales and how it has impacted the people in the Vale of Clwyd, as it was announced yesterday that Arriva are axing the X51 bus service between Rhyl and Denbigh as result of the Welsh…
10 January 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thanks again, Deputy Minister. You say you're protecting the most vulnerable in society, but can you really stand here this afternoon and say that the most vulnerable people in society are protected by the priorities of this Welsh Government when favouring…
10 January 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thank you very much. Any additional funding that can be allocated to social services is money that would make a huge difference to the quality of vulnerable people's lives, and is money that would ensure more people are able to live with dignity. I would…
10 January 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Diolch, Llywydd, Deputy Minister, the Welsh Local Government Association and the Association of Directors of Social Services have forecast a budget gap in social services of £646 million over the next three years, as alluded to by my colleague, Altaf Hussain…
9 January 2024 , Plenary
Debate on a Statement: The Draft Budget 2024-25
Remember when Labour left office in 2010, there was a letter in the Treasury saying there is no more money, and that was the result of 13 years of a Labour Government in Westminster.
9 January 2024 , Plenary
Debate on a Statement: The Draft Budget 2024-25
—was the news this afternoon in the local press in my constituency that the X51 service, the Arriva bus service from Rhyl to Denbigh and then, indeed, Denbigh to Rhyl, has been axed by Arriva Buses Wales because of the 20 mph policy. They're not my words…
9 January 2024 , Plenary
Debate on a Statement: The Draft Budget 2024-25
It's a pleasure to take part in this debate this afternoon. I'd like to raise my concerns regarding how this budget will affect people and businesses in the Vale of Clwyd. I'm pleased that I finally have the opportunity to do so after the Christmas recess. I…
13 December 2023 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives' Debate: Agriculture
Thank you. You keep saying how Conservative ideas and Conservative policies in England aren't welcome, so why do farmers feel like the Welsh Government aren't on their side and generally don't tend to vote Labour in elections?
13 December 2023 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives' Debate: Agriculture
Thank you very much, Huw. Would you accept, though, that the nitrate vulnerable zones, introduced by the Welsh Government on an universal level, actually penalised some of those good intentions that you do raise? But the NVZs—you mentioned chemicals going…
13 December 2023 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives' Debate: Agriculture
Thank you very much. Would you accept, though, with Brexit, that it's opened up opportunities to trade with other countries, such as Welsh lamb being exported to America even? Huge food economy in America, and the benefit that can bring to Welsh farmers, and…
13 December 2023 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives' Debate: Agriculture
Will you take an intervention?
13 December 2023 , Plenary
Motion under Standing Order 26.91 seeking the Senedd's agreement to introduce a Member Bill: Mental Health Standards of Care (Wales) Bill
Sounds familiar. [Laughter.]
13 December 2023 , Plenary
Motion under Standing Order 26.91 seeking the Senedd's agreement to introduce a Member Bill: Mental Health Standards of Care (Wales) Bill
Congratulations to James on your Bill this afternoon, and specifically receiving cross-party support in the Senedd. I wasn't originally going to speak, but I just wanted to raise one point and just ask whether there's anything in the Bill that we can look at…
12 December 2023 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Can I call for a statement from yourself or the Minister for Economy on the disappointing news that Denbighshire County Council and Mikhail—I think it's pronounced—Hotel & Leisure Group have decided not to take forward their proposed partnership at the…
12 December 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
What is your Government doing to reverse this trend and boost tourism in north Wales?
12 December 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
—have so far been disastrous. Okay, thank you for your generosity. So, in light of all those remarks I made, First Minister—the dire tourism figures, the flurry of industry closures across the north Wales coast, the inward looking tourist-repelling visitor—
12 December 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Thank you, First Minister. I think it's only a fair assessment and a fair remark to make that the stats on tourism in Wales are pretty frightening, particularly when you represent, as I do, a part of Wales that relies on the tourist economy. Of course, the…
12 December 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
4. What steps is the Welsh Government taking to boost tourism in north Wales? OQ60409
6 December 2023 , Plenary
Topical Questions
Thank you very much for your response this afternoon, Minister. We were shocked and saddened to hear of the closure of Pontins in Prestatyn just last Thursday. Of course, it was home to the bluecoats, the Holiday on the Buses film in 1973 and the UK snooker…
6 December 2023 , Plenary
Topical Questions
1. What is the Welsh Government’s assessment of the impact of the closure of Pontins in Prestatyn on the local economy and tourism in Denbighshire? TQ930
6 December 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: post-legislative scrutiny: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services and the Chief Nursing Officer for Wales and Nurse Director of NHS Wales
—a good reflection, really, but there we go.
