, Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Control of tobacco and nicotine products
I'll start with Gareth's point. He put forward the libertarian arguments about smoking. First of all, during your contribution you said that you wanted to see, for instance, ultra-processed foods being controlled. That doesn't tally with your libertarian…
, Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Control of tobacco and nicotine products
Thank you very much, Dirprwy Lywydd, and thank you very much to everyone who has participated in this discussion. It has been very interesting, and on the whole the Senedd seems to be supportive. I look forward to seeing the Senedd and the Siambr supporting…
, Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Control of tobacco and nicotine products
The legislative mechanism for a tobacco and nicotine retail register is already contained in the Public Health (Wales) Act 2017. If implemented, it would benefit everyone, from retailers to consumers and enforcement teams. Most importantly, it would reduce…
, Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Control of tobacco and nicotine products
Diolch yn fawr iawn, Llywydd. Since 2017, more than 20,000 children in Wales have smoked their first cigarette. By now, 15,000 of those children will be well on their way to becoming long-term smokers. And in a future none of them can yet see, 10,000 of these…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution and Cabinet Office
Along the same lines as Paul Davies, one of the things that is most frustrating for me, certainly, in terms of public bodies in Wales is the fact that many of them are outsourcing their work to other companies—companies that are very often not located here in…
, Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Welsh Ambulance Services University NHS Trust
Thank you very much. Thank you, Chair.
, Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Welsh Ambulance Services University NHS Trust
Okay. Following on from that, then, from the savings that you have made, how has that affected your delivery of vital services? How has that affected your capital programme? Where, for example, have you had to cut back in terms of upgrading elements of…
, Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Welsh Ambulance Services University NHS Trust
Thank you. In terms of the funding that you do receive, you have had to look at savings worth £6.4 million, I think, and you've already achieved about £3.4 million in savings. Could you provide more detail on how you've saved that £3.4 million and where you…
, Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Welsh Ambulance Services University NHS Trust
Thank you for that, but you also say that you want to do more work in the community, and to follow on from the question asked by Mark Drakeford—the probing question that he asked earlier—would you not want to have more financial resources in order to provide…
, Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Welsh Ambulance Services University NHS Trust
Thank you, Chair. If I could ask some questions—please forgive my lack of understanding in some regards—just in order to square some circles, and if you could give a brief answer. You've said from the outset that you don't want more money, that that's not the…
, Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Welsh Ambulance Services University NHS Trust
Thank you. Just quickly, a lot of what you've said is, again, making a lot of sense. Earlier, you said that a problem lies at one end of the spectrum of health, which is getting people out of hospitals and into care in the community, and that that is a…
, Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Welsh Ambulance Services University NHS Trust
Thank you. I'll be asking my question in Welsh. I've had a conversation with you, Jason Killens, before, and I'm very grateful for the conversations that we've had. And I accept what you say, there, as to your opinion that there is no crisis in the ambulance…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Mental Health and Early Years: Improving mental health in Wales
Before going after specific policy areas or issues, it's worth highlighting one issue that should underpin all others when dealing with broader mental health issues: all new strategies and policy initiatives need to be underpinned by a robust mental health…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Mental Health and Early Years: Improving mental health in Wales
Thank you to the Minister for her statement this afternoon. I'd like to start by congratulating her on her appointment to this role, and I look forward to working with her on an issue of such great importance.
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: The future of farming in Wales
I want to pursue two issues specifically, and one of them follows the question last week that the Cabinet Secretary asked me to ask again this week, so hopefully I'll have a bit more information on that, and that's with regard to BVD. There was good work…
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Questions to the First Minister
One of the most prominent issues we have in the healthcare provision in north Wales is the long waiting lists. Take Ehlers-Danlos syndromes patients, for example. Over the border in England, patients there are referred straight away to specialists, but…
, Plenary
Debate on petition P-06-1392, 'Reform of the additional learning needs Code of Wales 2021'
Thank you very much to those who brought this petition before us—a petition that is clearly hugely important, but one that has emerged from the lived experience of far too many people. And it is an issue that comes up far too often now in my own inbox, in my…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing, Local Government and Planning
Thank you for that response, Cabinet Secretary. You’ll know that around 230,000 properties across Wales are registered as social housing and the latest evidence from the Tenant Participation Advisory Service Cymru suggests that 22 per cent of tenants felt…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing, Local Government and Planning
Diolch yn fawr iawn, Llywydd. The Welsh Government’s rent and service charge standard for social housing is in its final year and the Welsh Government has not made an announcement as yet about the next standard. The Cabinet Secretary will be aware that social…
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Housing, Local Government and Planning: Working with local government to deliver more affordable homes
Firstly, I must express disappointment at the lack of new initiatives or strategies outlined in the statement. It appears to reiterate existing commitments without offering any innovative approaches to address the pressing housing affordability crisis in…
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Priorities for climate change and rural affairs
Yn sydyn iawn, very briefly, I'd just like to raise the issue of BVD, bovine viral diarrhoea, please. It’s a terrible disease for those animals, and a statement was made back in January 2023, by the previous Minister then, saying that she would look at…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
May I ask for a statement in the Chamber from the Cabinet Secretary for health about Government plans to tackle the huge pressures on accident and emergency departments in hospitals? Today, we've heard that the Betsi Cadwaladr health board has issued a red…
, Plenary
Short Debate: Gaza—A Welsh response
Thank you very much, Peredur, for your wonderful and very powerful contribution to this debate. Those who defend the actions of the state of Israel say that that state is protecting itself, but killing 35,000 people is not an act of defence. It's not an act…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Cap on political donations
You say that there was no wrongdoing, and I accept that according to the rules there was no wrongdoing. Your colleagues have said that they wouldn't have accepted the money; Jeremy Miles, for instance, has said that. Would you have accepted the money?
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Cap on political donations
Will you give way?
