, Local Government and Housing Committee
Follow-up inquiry on social housing supply: Evidence session 1
OK, Matt. Lauren. I'll bring you in now, Joel. Lauren.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Follow-up inquiry on social housing supply: Evidence session 1
Okay, Lauren. Thank you very much. Matt, in terms of the right to adequate housing, both you and, I think, Shelter Cymru, consider that that right, if implemented, would lead to increased investment in supply. Do you have a view on where that increased…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Follow-up inquiry on social housing supply: Evidence session 1
Yes. Okay, Matt. Lauren, did you want to add anything?
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Follow-up inquiry on social housing supply: Evidence session 1
Thanks, Wendy. Matt.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Follow-up inquiry on social housing supply: Evidence session 1
Okay. Thanks for that. I said earlier that, obviously, we're looking at progress that has been made or not been made in terms of our initial report and, indeed, the Welsh Government's affordable homes taskforce. How would you characterise the Welsh…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Follow-up inquiry on social housing supply: Evidence session 1
Thank you very much, Wendy. Matt, did you want to add anything?
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Follow-up inquiry on social housing supply: Evidence session 1
Thank you very much, Lauren. Wendy.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Follow-up inquiry on social housing supply: Evidence session 1
We will move on, then, to our second item on the agenda today, which is the committee's follow-up inquiry on social housing supply. We will take evidence from stakeholders to inform this follow-up inquiry. Our initial inquiry concluded in January 2025, and…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
May I welcome everyone to this meeting of the Local Government and Housing Committee? We've received one apology from committee member Lee Waters MS. As usual, the meeting is being held in hybrid format, public items of the meeting are being broadcast live on…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Improving access to support for unpaid carers: evidence session with local health board representatives
Thank you.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Improving access to support for unpaid carers: evidence session with local health board representatives
Would that have manifested itself in the level of training within the health boards, for example, or was it more general and harder to pin down than that?
, Health and Social Care Committee
Improving access to support for unpaid carers: evidence session with local health board representatives
Thank you, Cadeirydd. The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 replaced the joint statutory duties on the health boards and the local authorities with statutory duties primarily just for the local authorities in relation to carers. Do you have any…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Improving access to support for unpaid carers: evidence session with local health board representatives
Cadeirydd, perhaps I could just go back to Chris and Suzie, and then David, if he wants to come in, just in terms of that £1 million. Yes, it's not much money across all the health boards, and we heard from Carers Trust Wales that that sum hasn't changed for…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Improving access to support for unpaid carers: evidence session with local health board representatives
Diolch, Gadeirydd. I have some questions on funding and statutory duties. Going back to hospital discharge, there's that Welsh Government £1 million fund to support carers during hospital discharge. Is there evidence that you're aware of in terms of the…
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning: Progress and future delivery of the Welsh Economy
I was pleased to hear what you had to say, Cabinet Secretary, regarding Tata. I was at the Llanwern site just last week, actually, looking around the Zodiac plant, which is state of the art in terms of providing steel for the automotive industry. I was very…
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: NHS Winter Pressures
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board's Grange Hospital, Cabinet Secretary, as you know, has been subject to considerable issues around its accident and emergency department and waiting times since that hospital opened. I'm very pleased that you've been able…
, Plenary
Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Cabinet Secretary, as we've discussed many times before, the Gwent levels are a very precious area within Wales, and partly within my constituency. They support a variety of species, as you know, one of which is the water vole. They were reintroduced at Magor…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence sessions - Panel 6
Could I just ask? In terms of the importance of school, Welsh Government wants to make many more schools more community focused, and that's been a long-running aim that's been frustratingly difficult to achieve in practice, I think. But it's got a renewed…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence sessions - Panel 6
Thanks for that. Please do send it to us. I think New Zealand is such an example of excellence in many sports, including rugby, of course. And it's not just about the elite level, but having a more active population feeds into that, doesn't it? There you are…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence sessions - Panel 6
Okay. Thanks for that. Could you point us as a committee to policies and programmes that are effective in teaching children and young people the importance of being active and taking part in sport, which would actually do a lot to encourage them to take part?…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence sessions - Panel 6
Diolch, Cadeirydd. Turning to children and young people specifically, you've already said—it's obvious, I guess, isn't it—that if you can get good habits established early on in life in terms of taking part in sport, being physically active, then that's going…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence sessions - Panel 5
Training needs to be meaningful, not tokenistic, and it has to be regular, doesn't it?
, Health and Social Care Committee
Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence sessions - Panel 5
I think you were quite clear on training.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence sessions - Panel 5
Thanks very much for that. Just the last question from me—again, you've covered this quite a lot in terms of training for health professionals, but indeed, the general public's understanding as well. Is there anything you'd like to add to what you've already…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence sessions - Panel 5
It's complex, isn't it? A lot of it is about what's happened to people. What would you say about personal responsibility? What role is there for personal responsibility in amongst all of that?
