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Group 10: Review of the operation of regulations under section 10A (Amendment 6)
Diolch, Llywydd. I will speak to my amendment for this group, amendment 6. With this, I seek to ensure that Welsh Ministers must regularly review the operation of the regulations and publish the conclusions of the review before the end of the period of five…
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Group 9: Interaction with the wider policy, legislative and strategic context (Amendment 4)
Yes.
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Group 9: Interaction with the wider policy, legislative and strategic context (Amendment 4)
Diolch, Llywydd. As stated before, I'm disappointed to see the Minister disregard the risks of her approach on this. Whilst I have no doubt that the Minister has every intention of following her commitment, I strongly believe there is nothing lost in securing…
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Group 9: Interaction with the wider policy, legislative and strategic context (Amendment 4)
Diolch eto, Llywydd. Speaking to my amendment for this group, amendment 4, it is as it was in Stage 2, as a straightforward amendment. It serves to clarify that regulations made do not conflict with the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020. I was not…
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Group 8: Compliance with the public sector equality duty (Amendment 3)
Diolch, Llywydd. The Minister made similar comments on the previous occasion I brought forward this amendment in committee, and I do want to make clear that I do recognise her position and the reasoning behind it. However, I do hope that she appreciates the…
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Group 8: Compliance with the public sector equality duty (Amendment 3)
Diolch, Llywydd. With this amendment, as in the previous stage of scrutiny, I am seeking to ensure that Welsh Ministers must lay a statement before the Senedd to confirm that they have complied with the public sector equality duty in section 149 of the…
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Group 4: Impact of regulatory alignment or divergence (Amendments 2, 18)
Diolch, Llywydd. It's unfortunate that the Minister is willing to forego peace of mind for our cross-border communities for the sake of something that might become a slight obstacle later down the line. Those that live on the border deserve assurances and…
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Group 4: Impact of regulatory alignment or divergence (Amendments 2, 18)
Diolch, Llywydd. My amendments in this group will guarantee the continuity of effective cross-border health services by ensuring that it is explicitly stated in regulations under subsection (1). As the case was made in Stage 2, we must ensure that the…
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Group 2: Procurement of social care services connected to health services as part of mixed procurements (Amendments 1, 5)
Diolch, Llywydd. Thank you for your response. As I've already said, I understand the Minister's stance, but I had hoped that the very valid points in my position would have been addressed in a more satisfactory way. I do think it's vital that this Welsh…
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Group 2: Procurement of social care services connected to health services as part of mixed procurements (Amendments 1, 5)
Thank you very much, Llywydd. I, first, just want to take this opportunity to put on record my thanks to the Minister for what has been a productive period of engagement throughout the process of this Bill. My thanks also to Sarah Beasley and the Health and…
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Debate: 'NHS in 10+ years: An examination of the projected impact of Long-Term Conditions and Risk Factors in Wales
It's a pleasure to take part in this debate this afternoon. I thank the Government for tabling a debate on the future of our NHS in the next decade, considering long-term conditions and what that means for the people of Wales. As a former NHS worker for 11…
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Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Many thanks for your response, Minister. I want to raise this subject with you in anticipation of the next financial year, as it's long been the view of north Wales local authorities across the political spectrum that they get short-changed compared to…
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Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
1. What consideration has the Minister given to the size of the revenue support grant for local authorities in north Wales for 2024-25? OQ60013
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Climate Change: Update on the Taxi and Private Hire Vehicle (Wales) Bill
Thank you very much for your statement this afternoon, Deputy Minister, and of course, as we know, taxis and private hire vehicles play a significant role in transporting the public from A to B in a timely and sufficient manner. And the transition to electric…
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Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: The Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd, and I appreciate your statement today, Counsel General. One strand I'd like to delve into a little bit more, finally, is the Welsh Government's notion of achieving automatic registration onto the electoral roll, when the fact is that…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
I'm pleased this subject has been raised this afternoon as the pupil development grant aims to raise the attainment of children and young people from low-income backgrounds, as you mentioned. But the grant, which is supposed to help the least-well-off…
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Health and Social Care System Resilience
Diolch yn fawr iawn, Deputy Llywydd. Thank you very much for your statement this afternoon, Minister. Winter is upon us, so I'm pleased this statement has been made in good time and in anticipation of dealing with our winter pressures, or at least attempting…
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Gynaecological cancers: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services
Okay. Thank you, Chair.
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Gynaecological cancers: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services
But probably what the English system would put back to that notion is to say, 'Well, is the single cancer pathway correct, and is it right that you have to have a live and nimble system in order to change, according to the patients that we serve?', isn't it…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Gynaecological cancers: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services
—and you're stuck in a cage that you can't get out of, because of the cyclical problems?
, Health and Social Care Committee
Gynaecological cancers: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services
Does that mean you're in a constant downward spiral—
, Health and Social Care Committee
Gynaecological cancers: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services
And the ambition's great—I obviously welcome the ambition to get to the 62 days. But what would be a realistic timeline to try and achieve better numbers in that in terms of—? Because the people who've given evidence to the committee over the last few months…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Gynaecological cancers: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services
Does that mean that the 62 days, then, is accurate enough, is a good enough indicator of performance? Because, obviously, that's where the bar is, so, obviously, that's where the standard has to be, and if it's not there and there's a higher proportion of…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Gynaecological cancers: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services
Yes.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Gynaecological cancers: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services
We've spoken a lot about regional approaches. Are you able to expand more on what possible regional differences there are across Wales, whether it's more prevalent in certain areas, and whether we can sort of heat map it, if you like, to say, 'Well, if it's…
