5 November 2024 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
So, I'd like a statement, please, from the Deputy First Minister on the long-term prospects of Fairbourne, if possible. You will be aware that Fairbourne had a report published many years ago from the shoreline management plan, in 2009 I think, which said…
24 October 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence session with Food Policy Alliance Cymru
Gaf i jest ofyn un cwestiwn arall? Dwi'n mynd off ar tangent sydd o ddiddordeb personol i fi. Roeddech chi, Lisa, yn sôn yn gynharach yn eich ateb blaenorol am bysgod, a'r diffyg pysgod yn ein deiet. Mae hwnna fy mhoeni i, achos roedd Cymru a'r Deyrnas…
24 October 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence session with Food Policy Alliance Cymru
So, that information about children being smaller is from England.
24 October 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence session with Food Policy Alliance Cymru
And is that Welsh data or British data?
24 October 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence session with Food Policy Alliance Cymru
Thank you very much. I'll be asking in Welsh. Just very briefly, I'm interested in the data we have surrounding this in terms of dietary health. What data do we have? Is it sufficient? Do we collect the right kind of data, and what else could we do in order…
24 October 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence session with Public Health Wales
So, when it comes to thinking about where the Government or the health service should put these scarce resources, or where we should target programmes to tackle obesity, would you say then that we need to focus on those areas that are at present…
24 October 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence session with Public Health Wales
If I can just build on a question that John Griffiths raised earlier with regard to provision and where that provision is, would you—? You're aware of the inverse care law. Would you say that that same rule would be relevant in terms of provision for needs…
24 October 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence session with Public Health Wales
Thank you.
24 October 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence session with Public Health Wales
Could I ask one further question on news that has emerged during this week about Wes Streeting, who made an announcement in England that he wants to give jabs to people in order to get them to lose weight. Do you think that that's the kind of plan that would…
24 October 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence session with Public Health Wales
So, is that a policy question for us—that we have to look at ensuring that health boards, in terms of primary care onwards, have a single system of gathering data and make it a policy point to gather that data, and that, every time a patient goes in, they…
24 October 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence session with Public Health Wales
Sorry, I'm going off piste here, Chair, but could I take you back? Dr Bishop, you made a point in the discussion on ethnicity earlier in terms of data and the lack of data. I have to be honest, I'm very fed up of all the consultations and inquiries that we do…
24 October 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence session with Public Health Wales
Yes, very quickly. Your contributions have been very interesting. And although this is the health committee, it’s clear that obesity isn’t a clinical problem—it’s a social or sociological problem. I struggle with the argument about personal responsibility. We…
23 October 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
So, if I can sum up what you’ve said, and my understanding, then, it’s that best practice was, essentially, you’ve told us, already being shared between the Welsh NHS and English NHS anyway, but you’re looking at maybe a better way of working openly and…
23 October 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Now, I and, indeed, many people in Wales are unclear about the impact that this will have on waiting lists in Wales. When asked if the plan is to send Welsh patients to England, the Cabinet Secretary has said that, in his words, ‘It isn’t what we’re talking…
23 October 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Thank you for that response.
23 October 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Thank you, Llywydd. Llywydd, during the Cabinet Secretary's appearance on one of the weekend's political programmes recently, he described the new partnership between the NHS in Wales and the NHS in England as a new way of working, before going on to say that…
23 October 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning
Thank you very much to the Cabinet Secretary for that response. Well, I had the privilege of going around Pwllheli very recently with Katalina Harper. Katalina Harper is in a wheelchair and so it's very difficult for her to travel around the town, or indeed…
23 October 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning
1. What assessment has the Cabinet Secretary made of whether advice given to planning authorities in respect of spatial planning is fit for purpose? OQ61752
22 October 2024 , Plenary
& 9. The general principles of the Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill and the financial resolution in respect of the Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill
The need for reform in this area has, of course, been apparent for some time. As was emphasised in the Competition and Markets Authority report of 2022, the market for the sector is skewed heavily and disproportionately in favour of private suppliers, where…
22 October 2024 , Plenary
& 9. The general principles of the Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill and the financial resolution in respect of the Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill
Well, Plaid Cymru has been unstinting in our belief that our health services and care services should be run for the benefit of the people, not to profit commercial enterprises. I'm pleased, therefore, that this legislation will achieve one of the priorities…
22 October 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales: Rail Collision on the Cambrian Line
May I echo the condolences and the thanks that have been given today? The Cambrian line, of course, is one that is often used by my constituents in southern Meirionnydd, and I have received a number of messages overnight and this morning from some of those…
22 October 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: The Climate Adaptation Strategy
IDDs—internal drainage districts.
22 October 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: The Climate Adaptation Strategy
Two things, briefly, if I may. Everyone is naturally concerned about the sea level rising, but one of the greatest challenges facing us in terms of water is the amount of rain falling on our mountains and coming down our rivers. One way, in my area…
22 October 2024 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
A large number of constituents have been in touch with me who are on the Penrhyndeudraeth dental surgery's books. Those books are now closed to NHS patients, and have been for some time. Now, Denplan has been sold to another company, and those patients who…
16 October 2024 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Council-owned farms
Diolch yn fawr iawn. Thank you very much. Sam, we heard the Deputy First Minister say earlier that it's up to local authorities how they allocate their resources, suggesting that it's their choice to sell farms off, but, in many instances, we know that local…
