, Health and Social Care Committee
Scrutiny of the Chief Nursing Office for Wales
That's why I was asking the point: is that what's going on here—different figures being used?
, Health and Social Care Committee
Scrutiny of the Chief Nursing Office for Wales
Okay. So, the RCN have raised concerns about this too, and they've written here, and they state the UCAS figures as—
, Health and Social Care Committee
Scrutiny of the Chief Nursing Office for Wales
You're going on to the response about the 22 per cent drop in training.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Scrutiny of the Chief Nursing Office for Wales
—but that is a consideration. But I'm going on to workforce planning, in terms of education and training, and, of course, there have been concerns raised by the RCN about the 22 per cent drop in the number of nurses entering education in Wales in 2022. So…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Scrutiny of the Chief Nursing Office for Wales
I'm going to ask one last one on vacancies and agency nursing, and that is the age profile, you know, when you collect the data and if it gets disaggregated, it would be useful to know two things: the age profile of agency nurses and the areas in which they…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Scrutiny of the Chief Nursing Office for Wales
Thank you.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Scrutiny of the Chief Nursing Office for Wales
How would we monitor? Is there a capacity in place to monitor? Whilst it might be safe medically, there's the social aspect to that and the pressures on the wider workforce that you previously mentioned in trying to deliver that. How do we monitor the need…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Scrutiny of the Chief Nursing Office for Wales
I would ask if you have an opinion about the recent Welsh Government advice to health boards that lower risk patients could be discharged without a care package.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Scrutiny of the Chief Nursing Office for Wales
I'm a member of Unite, and a close family member is a member of the Royal College of Nursing.
, Plenary
Topical Questions
I'm getting a bit fed up with standing up here talking about public bodies, sporting bodies, police, the fire, and talking about the culture that is underpinning them, of a systematic culture of misogyny, sexism in traditionally male-dominated areas. I'm…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. The investigation by the College of Policing, His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services and the Independent Office for Police Conduct concluded that there are systematic deficiencies in the way that some…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24 - part 2
I'm really pleased to hear that, because we had a situation where I think it was 10,000 fish were moved in the summer because there was no water left in the river and what was there was so badly polluted they couldn't have survived anyway.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24 - part 2
Okay. You've mentioned the better river quality taskforce, so I'm going to move on to a question of my own. We've got climate change—we all know that. We've got plenty of rain at the moment—we all know that. But we also know that we're not likely to have that…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24 - part 2
There's plenty of it at the moment. Can we have an update on the progress made and the funding allocated to the independent review of reports into extreme flooding events?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24 - part 2
Water.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24 - part 2
Of course, wrapped in all of that is climate change, and observing the difference that that's going to make to biodiversity is a critical part. I can give you a very brief example. I've kept a log for 10 years about an area in my region—well, actually very…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24 - part 2
Okay.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24 - part 2
You've allocated £480,000 for work to legislate and establish an environmental governance body. How did you arrive at that figure, and what do you expect it to fund over that period?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24 - part 2
We'd like an update on the review of resources for the interim environmental protection assessor, including how much flexibility there is in the draft budget to respond to the outcome of that review, if additional funding should be needed.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24 - part 2
Okay.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24 - part 2
Going back to the £32 million that has been allocated over three years for new woodland creation, how will we measure the outcome and the positivity of that?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24 - part 2
That's perfect timing. I want to ask about tree planting and the impact of the £1.1 million reduction in the planned revenue for forestry. What will be prioritised, or what might you have to deprioritise, as a result of the reduction and the budget squeeze…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) and (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from items 4 and 7 of today's meeting
Absolutely.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) and (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from items 4 and 7 of today's meeting
A very brief question, in terms of the not-levelling-up fund that the UK Government are rolling out without any consultation, which local government is applying for, what, if any, restrictions can you put on the rolling out of these—all capital projects, by…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) and (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from items 4 and 7 of today's meeting
I want to come in on the effect of working with the UK Government and what we can do here to decarbonise industries and move towards the net zero. Of course, I live in the Milford Haven region, so you won't be surprised, and I know that you're fully aware of…
