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…
16 October 2024 , Plenary
Topical Questions
Well, my question is around the broader issue of the safety of the hospital estate and the NHS estate, which ties into the question raised by Altaf. Therefore, thinking about the Princess of Wales Hospital as well, will the Cabinet Secretary write to Rachel…
16 October 2024 , Plenary
Topical Questions
Thank you for the question, Altaf, and it is an excellent question. Of course, this incident also exemplifies the deteriorating condition of the NHS estate more broadly. On the Welsh Government’s watch, the high-risk maintenance backlog alone has reached…
16 October 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Senedd Commission
Thank you. I will certainly do that. As I understand it, around £250,000 of Commission funding is spent on rent, mainly to private landlords. Over the period of a Senedd, that would mean that as near as dammit to £1 million of Commission public funding will…
16 October 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Senedd Commission
5. What discussions has the Commission had with the Remuneration Board about different options for residential accommodation for Senedd Members in Cardiff? OQ61712
16 October 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales
I'll come to my question—thank you, Llywydd. It's clear, therefore, that these changes have failed and we need an assessment. So, will the Cabinet Secretary come to Llandderfel and Llanuwchllyn to see these changes in action, and ensure that the bus service…
16 October 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales
Thank you very much to the Cabinet Secretary for that response. You’ll be aware that the changes to the T3, for example, have been in force now for around about a year. And in the year since the T3 changed its timetable, there is no doubt that the quality of…
16 October 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales
3. What assessment has the Cabinet Secretary made of the success of the changes made to TrawsCymru bus timetables? OQ61711
15 October 2024 , Plenary
Debate: The Children’s Commissioner for Wales Annual Report 2023-24
I'm pleased to see that the children's commissioner's report identified mental health as a priority area for her work, because as I've mentioned a number of times now, ensuring prompt and effective mental health treatment for children is crucially important…
9 October 2024 , Plenary
Short Debate: Filling the gaps: The case for training dentists in Bangor
I don't know where the Government here in Wales gets the idea that there are lessons to be learned by the Westminster Government from Wales when it comes to dentistry because, if my inbox is anything to go by, then it's clear that there is a crisis in…
