, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with local planning authorities
I'm moving from involvement by the community to scrutiny by all. A number of respondents are concerned that the Bill doesn't indicate what infrastructure policy statements will look like or require them to be subject to any kind of public consultation or…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with academics
Thank you.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with academics
Okay. We've been told by the Minister she doesn't think there are any gaps and that there's no infrastructure policy statements that are going to be planned, which goes against everything you've just said. And you quote categories here like ports and…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with academics
I'm going to talk about status and hierarchy of the planning policy, which I'm sure a lot of people would be very interested in, and you raised those concerns about provision for infrastructure policy statements. Do you want to expand on them?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with academics
Thank you.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with academics
Of course, we never know what might be urgent within the next couple of years with the climate change, and I think water's a good example here. It seems that for long spells there's a shortage of water, and then there are short spells when there is far too…
, Plenary
Legislative Consent Motion on the Energy Bill
Diolch, Llywydd. I agree, actually, with Huw and with Llyr and others that it's unfortunate, hugely, that the committee has not had an opportunity to form a view on legislative consent. And the point here, and it's been made several times, is that the…
, Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Climate Change: 20 mph default speed limit on restricted roads
Deputy Minister, would you take an intervention?
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
I, too, want to call for a Welsh Government update on the RAAC at the Withybush hospital site. I am aware that the Welsh Government have already approved a £13 million spend for survey work to be carried out, and I know that that work is in progress. But I’d…
, Health and Social Care Committee
NHS waiting times: evidence session with health bodies
Of course, there are other services that aren't in the recovery targets, and mental health, paediatrics and primary and community care are such services. So, how are the targets in those areas met?
, Health and Social Care Committee
NHS waiting times: evidence session with health bodies
And the same—?
, Health and Social Care Committee
NHS waiting times: evidence session with health bodies
Okay. So, in that case, how are the decisions being made about how to make best use of the funding available to each health board to tackle the backlog? For example, will the seven challenging specialities become now less of a priority for health boards…
, Health and Social Care Committee
NHS waiting times: evidence session with health bodies
—tell us a lot, does it? In other words, the answer is that you don't know. Is that a fair comment?
, Health and Social Care Committee
NHS waiting times: evidence session with health bodies
Okay. That's interesting. That doesn't—
, Health and Social Care Committee
NHS waiting times: evidence session with health bodies
I'm going to go on to challenging specialities. The Welsh Government identified seven specialities that are classed as being exceptionally challenging in terms of recovery targets to eliminate long waits. Was that decision to remove those challenging…
, Health and Social Care Committee
NHS waiting times: evidence session with health bodies
Okay.
, Health and Social Care Committee
NHS waiting times: evidence session with health bodies
I accept that, but I also accept that people will travel to access care if they're in extreme pain and they've been waiting for two years or more. I'm going to move on now, because you talked briefly about involving the independent sector in delivery, and you…
, Health and Social Care Committee
NHS waiting times: evidence session with health bodies
Okay. Paul.
, Health and Social Care Committee
NHS waiting times: evidence session with health bodies
But there was a £170 million recovery fund, and £50 million of that was kept back to support delivery on an increased regional level. How much of that has been spent?
, Health and Social Care Committee
NHS waiting times: evidence session with health bodies
So, what if you're waiting for your operation? That's what I'm, you know—.
, Health and Social Care Committee
NHS waiting times: evidence session with health bodies
That's if you've got your operation, though.
, Health and Social Care Committee
NHS waiting times: evidence session with health bodies
Of course, in some cases, it's not even a possibility to deliver it locally. You've given good examples of south-east Wales, but I don't represent that area; it's the only area I don't represent in Wales. So, how is that working in rural areas?
, Health and Social Care Committee
NHS waiting times: evidence session with health bodies
I'm going to come on to regional approaches, so we've already started. And, of course, if we're going to modernise, we can't have experts everywhere because of the numbers game—that's what we've been told; those are not my words. The plan acknowledges that…
, Wales COVID-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the following business:
I now move to a motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the following business: item 3 of today's meeting. Does anybody object? I therefore propose in accordance with Standing Order 17.42 that the committee…
, Wales COVID-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee
Introductions, apologies and substitutions
Good morning. Bore da. I want to welcome members of the committee to the meeting. I haven't received any apologies for absence. I ask Members if they have any declaration of a registrable interest that they want to declare. No. Before we go into private…
