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Debate on petition P-06-1474, 'Stop Natural Resources Wales closing Bwlch Nant yr Arian, Coed y Brenin & Ynyslas visitor centres'
Thank you for giving way. Do you accept despite that, although they say that these sites won’t close, the visitor centres won’t close, the truth is that, in a meeting with me, they have said that it’ll be some sort of external catering that will be provided—a…
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Debate on petition P-06-1474, 'Stop Natural Resources Wales closing Bwlch Nant yr Arian, Coed y Brenin & Ynyslas visitor centres'
—and local representatives to discuss that option, please? Thank you for your patience.
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Debate on petition P-06-1474, 'Stop Natural Resources Wales closing Bwlch Nant yr Arian, Coed y Brenin & Ynyslas visitor centres'
It's a shame that the Government hasn't carried out a study of the economic value of downhill mountain biking. We know that Scotland conducted such a study, and it mentions that downhill mountain biking contributes £150 million to the Scottish economy. There…
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Debate on petition P-06-1474, 'Stop Natural Resources Wales closing Bwlch Nant yr Arian, Coed y Brenin & Ynyslas visitor centres'
Thank you very much, Carolyn, for presenting this debate and opening the debate, and congratulations on your appointment, and good luck. I am going to focus specifically on Coed y Brenin. Of course, Coed y Brenin is the birthplace of downhill mountain biking…
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Topical Questions
I would like to start, if I may, by offering my deepest sympathies to the family of June Fox-Roberts during this very difficult time. Our thoughts are with them. Of course, what makes this issue even sadder is that the atrocity was entirely preventable, as…
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning: Economic Growth
I'd like to raise two points, please. Firstly, economic growth is inexorably determined by the health of the population, and we constantly have amongst the highest rates of economic inactivity in the UK, which is mostly driven by long-term sickness within the…
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Statement by the Minister for Mental Health and Well-being: Mental Health and Well-being
I'd like to thank the Minister for the statement, and welcome her to her new role. Best of luck with your new role. I want to start my contribution, if I may, by thanking all of the charities and the third sector organisations that do such valuable work in…
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Questions to the First Minister
I thank Natasha for that opening question. If we have learned anything from the pandemic, it is the need to look after the well-being of the workforce. That means giving them the flexibility in order to have a better work-life balance, or to develop their…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Ophthalmology services
The Member for Clwyd West makes a very important point. Stanley hospital does provide excellent services, and of course I would agree with the need to expand that provision and ensure that more is done. There is a broader question there in terms of health…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Ophthalmology services
facing us underlines this urgency. And when looking at the state of eye care in our health service, then there is no surprise at all that they have come to this conclusion. Around one in every eight people who are on a waiting list are there because of…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Ophthalmology services
'tidal wave...of blindness'
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Ophthalmology services
and that the current president has warned that there is a
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Ophthalmology services
'the last chance we have to plan a viable future for eyecare in Wales',
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Ophthalmology services
Thank you, Llywydd, and I thank Sam Rowlands for bringing forward this timely debate, and we will be supporting it. Because as the wording of the motion suggests, ophthalmology services are on the brink, and there is no time to lose in order to rectify the…
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Debate on the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee Report, 'Natural Resources Wales—Annual Scrutiny 2023-24'
I thank Llyr Gruffydd, the committee and the clerking team, and the research team, for the comprehensive work that they've done on this report. When the current Llywydd was the Minister for Rural Affairs, many years ago now, Wales showed vision and leadership…
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Women's healthcare
I can't comprehend what women have to endure. Of course, here in Wales we have work outcomes in cancer care, eye care—and I'll be referring to that later, in another debate. We see maternity services creaking, and abortion services that don't exist in many…
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Statement by the Minister for Children and Social Care: The importance of the first 1,000 days of life—Conception to 2 years
For the preventative agenda to be truly effective, it must be responsive from the very start of life. Mental health services, in particular, have an important role in this context. A quarter of women experience a mental health problem during pregnancy or in…
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government: More homes towards ending homelessness
I want to briefly refer to access to housing among unpaid carers. The Cabinet Secretary will of course be aware of the recent report by Carers Wales that highlighted the serious levels of poverty among unpaid carers and how high rent and a lack of affordable…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Of the many announcements and statements that we’ve had over the previous months on food production, funding agriculture and so on, the one that we haven’t had is anything on fisheries and aquaculture. I’ve raised many times the importance of these sectors…
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Questions to the First Minister
On the same lines, I've raised the issue many times here in terms of the safety of the A494 from Dolgellau to Corwen and the A470 in Llanelltyd too. We've had pledges a number of times previously that there would be an assessment of these roads to see what…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Welsh Government priorities
I have absolutely no doubt that the First Minister is sincere about her wish to see the NHS put back on its feet. It is something that every single one of us in this Chamber wants to see happen as soon as possible. But you can’t build effective governance on…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Welsh Government priorities
When it comes to health, the only consistency that we've seen from this Government is its utter failure to achieve any targets and to turn its back on its pledges. The Government has been great at generating headlines on eradicating two-year waiting lists and…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Welsh Government priorities
I agree with your final point about the importance of public transport. We've seen more bus routes cut in Wales than any other part of the UK, so do you think that is a record of success of this Government?
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
The problems in the health service have been known for years, of course, with warnings given of a shortage of GPs and a shortage of nurses and others in the workforce for a decade and more. The lack of action on these warnings has a direct impact, therefore…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Warm words, but the same outcome, I’m afraid, is what we’ll see. Now, the Darzi report states the failures in the English health system, a system that the Labour Minister Wes Streeting and his PM Keir Starmer say is broken and is the fault of the previous…
