Welsh Conservatives

Speeches and questions

Speeches and questions in Plenary and in committees, newest first. The Llywydd's and deputies' chairing of Plenary is left out.

1,356 speeches and questions

21 January 2022Finance Committee
Scrutiny of The Landfill Disposals Tax (Tax Rates) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2021
Diolch, Cadeirydd. Thanks, Minister. I just wanted to pick up on the discretionary assistance fund that you've just referred to, and I'm wondering whether the remit of the DAF is fully met, or whether there's anything more that the Welsh Government can do to…
21 January 2022Finance Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Yes, diolch, Cadeirydd. Just to declare that I'm a member of Denbighshire County Council and Prestatyn Town Council.
19 January 2022Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: COVID restrictions
Sorry, Deputy Llywydd. And then, Deputy Minister, I was very disappointed to see a Welsh Government politicise the whole issue and create divisions along the border, saying it's all the UK Government's fault. You are the Welsh Government, you have the…
19 January 2022Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: COVID restrictions
Quite frankly, I'm quite disgusted in the Member for Ynys Môn and Plaid Cymru's stance on this whole issue, as they've decided to abstain from voting on this. They say it's all hindsight and that it doesn't matter, but then in the next breath they say, 'Oh…
19 January 2022Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: COVID restrictions
Yes, certainly.
19 January 2022Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: COVID restrictions
Diolch yn fawr iawn, Deputy Llywydd, and thank you to everyone who took part in this debate this afternoon. Possibly what the Deputy Minister might have forgotten is that there's one more Welsh Conservative to speak to close the debate, so I will come on to…
19 January 2022Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Minister, despite having the most stringent measures in place to curb the transmission of COVID-19, Wales has the highest infection rates of any home nation and one of the highest per capita death rates in the world. Does your Government now accept that the…
19 January 2022Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Economy
Yes, I appreciate that response, Minister. A large number of businesses in my constituency rely on the tourism and leisure markets, as do many across the north Wales coastal strip, and the past two years have been pretty disastrous, as you'll be aware. Not…
19 January 2022Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Economy
7. What plans does the Welsh Government have to help businesses in the Vale of Clwyd to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic? OQ57464
18 January 2022Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd: BlasCymru/TasteWales—Promoting Welsh food and drink to the world
Diolch, Deputy Llywydd, and thank you for your statement this afternoon, Minister. It's great to see the Welsh Government supporting the fantastic food and drink producers from across Wales. Naturally, I'd like to focus upon the amazing producers and…
13 January 2022Health and Social Care Committee
Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with The Royal College of Surgeons of England and The King's Fund
Yes, that's what we want—at the coalface.
13 January 2022Health and Social Care Committee
Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with The Royal College of Surgeons of England and The King's Fund
—it's nice to see Sue in a clinical setting in scrubs. It adds that element of realism to the whole debate, doesn't it? It's just quite good to see.
13 January 2022Health and Social Care Committee
Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with The Royal College of Surgeons of England and The King's Fund
Chair, I was just going to say, if I may—
13 January 2022Health and Social Care Committee
Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with The Royal College of Surgeons of England and The King's Fund
No, I was just responding.
13 January 2022Health and Social Care Committee
Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with The Royal College of Surgeons of England and The King's Fund
I think it's personal choice, isn't it, if somebody feels that they've got the spare money to do that and that's what they want to do then that's fine, but—
13 January 2022Health and Social Care Committee
Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with The Royal College of Surgeons of England and The King's Fund
Yes, of course. I just didn't want there being any confusion as to what I meant there. You did touch briefly there on the cross-border working. I'm a Member in north-east Wales, as is Jack Sargeant as well, so I've seen constituents of mine go over the border…
13 January 2022Health and Social Care Committee
Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with The Royal College of Surgeons of England and The King's Fund
Thanks for that answer. I do agree with what you say in terms of building on NHS capacity and, no, I'm not suggesting for one minute that we go the other way. I'm just trying to open the question up to—
13 January 2022Health and Social Care Committee
Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with The Royal College of Surgeons of England and The King's Fund
Thank you, Chair, and good afternoon to the panel. We've already touched, really, a lot on the independent sector and private hospitals, and I won't repeat what's already been said for the sake of it. In terms of those who do not have the option to pay…
13 January 2022Health and Social Care Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
Thank you. I'm just wondering if the Minister's got a response to a specific area around in-patient mental health and some of the COVID restrictions for in-patients specifically. Because I've been contacted recently by a constituent whose relative is…
13 January 2022Health and Social Care Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
Am I muted? I think so.
13 January 2022Health and Social Care Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
Thanks, Deputy Minister. Just finally, what was lacking in terms of clarity in the evidence paper was how those allocations will ensure the stability of social care services in terms of residential and domiciliary care. I'm just wondering if you're in a…
13 January 2022Health and Social Care Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
No, I quite agree with that point, and I appreciate that well-informed answer there. Could you possibly provide further information on this new £50 million capital fund for social care? I know we're going to expand a bit further on in the session about the…
13 January 2022Health and Social Care Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
Thank you very much, Chair. I want to talk now about general social care spending. The Welsh NHS Confederation has called for ring-fenced local authority allocations for social care to tackle the social care problems and to have more of a direct, local…
13 January 2022Health and Social Care Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
Yes, that would be more than helpful; thank you very much. And that's all from me at the moment.
13 January 2022Health and Social Care Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
Thanks for that answer, Minister. And just finally, if I may, can I just refer you to the Cancer Research UK's response to the Finance Committee's consultation on growing and supporting the cancer workforce specifically? And I'm just looking for a Welsh…