8 February 2022 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Energy Price Cap
—they have never fixed the roof when the sun was shining. Just one more sentence, if I can. What I would like, Minister, is some feedback from the 17 February meeting that you have alluded to, particularly for my area, where many people are off-grid, to see…
8 February 2022 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Energy Price Cap
Diolch, Weinidog. I thank you for your statement. You set out this afternoon that there is a clear divergence between Government interventions in Wales and those Government interventions in England. The UK scheme, as we all know, is too little too late. It's…
8 February 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I hope, First Minister, that you'll agree with me that it would be a good thing to focus on the £1.3 billion that's on the table for a new hospital—the sort of investment that's badly needed in our area. It is transformational money that can bring about…
3 February 2022 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 2
[Inaudible.]—a concern, but there you go.
3 February 2022 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 2
Sort of.
3 February 2022 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 2
I need to understand this, because that's a red flag to me, saying 'offsetting'. I need to understand what you mean by 'offsetting'. I need to be clear, because I cover Powys, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire—most of Wales. I want to know and I need to be able to…
3 February 2022 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 2
I'm going to go on, because I think it flows to the next question, anyway, about the nature-based solutions. I think you've all touched a little bit on that, but I would like you to expand a little bit. You've talked about surface water run-off, but there are…
3 February 2022 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 2
Good morning, all, I think—yes, still. You have touched on some of the investment in terms of preventing harm through CSOs. But I'd like you to talk more about that and what difference you expect that investment to make in the short, medium or the longer…
3 February 2022 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 1
I do. Urban creep is, of course, a big problem. So, when you're giving—. And we're talking about prevention again, because I like to talk about prevention. We've covered what you're doing in the here and now. We've got SuDS—that's great—but it doesn't stop…
3 February 2022 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 1
I understand all of that. I suppose I need to get a bit like Jenny—a bit more forceful. That's after the event; I'm trying to look at things before the event, and Huw was much on the same space as me as well. Retrograde is not what I'm after; this is all…
3 February 2022 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 1
Just on the cumulative effect of small spills. And I'm also going to talk about poultry units, which you won't be surprised to hear, and also intensive farming. And if we're going to talk about the whole river basin, which I think we should be always talking…
3 February 2022 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 1
Just on rivers, and, obviously, the sewage discharge will combine in a lot of rivers in the area that I cover, Mid and West Wales, with farmland pollution, and there have been very many incidents of those, which aren't mentioned as a threat in your paper at…
2 February 2022 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Stalking
I thank Plaid Cymru for bringing in this debate today, as stalking, as we've heard, has a significant and lasting effect on the lives of victims, survivors and their families. The impact on the victims' mental health is often profound. A survey carried out by…
2 February 2022 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Adverse childhood experiences
Well, I'm sorry that you are a bit sensitive to the facts and that you see it only in political terms, but they were facts, and I quoted them. And I want to move on, to conclude, with a point about domestic abuse. We all know that adverse childhood experience…
2 February 2022 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Adverse childhood experiences
Okay, this is a speech now.
2 February 2022 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Adverse childhood experiences
In a minute. That is what the Tories have done for childhood experiences in the country. I also want to move on and talk about domestic abuse, but I'll take the intervention.
2 February 2022 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Adverse childhood experiences
I do welcome today's debate, and I'm grateful to organisations like the WAVE Trust that consistently promote and influence progressive policies like the 70/30 campaign. The trust's fundamental message is that most family violence and maltreatment can be…
1 February 2022 , Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Partnership: LGBTQ+ History Month
I've got one final sentence. Homosexuality remains illegal in around 70 countries, and 11 of those still operate the death penalty. What discussions are you having with the UK Government to end that heinous crime?
1 February 2022 , Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Partnership: LGBTQ+ History Month
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Thank you for your statement, Minister. Your own history of promoting equality speaks for itself. Wales's LGBTQ+ community has in you the most dependable ally in Government. Your recent decision to renew the equality and inclusion…
13 January 2022 , Health 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
Just quickly back to Sue, to what extent is the national health service now dependent on retired people coming back into the service?
13 January 2022 , Health 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
Are you aware—
13 January 2022 , Health 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'm going to talk about the workforce, so that was a good point for me to come in. And what we've clearly heard, and we would all understand, from the Royal College of Nursing, is that you can't tackle a backlog by adding in overtime for the existing staff…
13 January 2022 , Health 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
Good afternoon, Sue. Whilst I don't disagree with anything that you've said, there is another element to this, and that's the public. If you say that, for example, you're going to have a regional health board and all people who have a certain procedure have…
13 January 2022 , Health 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
Can I, Chair—? You say 'most definitely', but we don't know, and I'm just wondering: why is it we don't know? Are we going to find out the difference between delta and omicron? According to everything we're reading and being told by the experts, the…
13 January 2022 , Health 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
Sorry, Chair. My question is: there's a big focus on omicron, and quite rightly so, because of the infection rate, but delta is still around. Do we have—if you don't have it now—any indication of the numbers of people who are in hospital with delta, as…
