28 February 2024 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Sustainable Farming Scheme
If you'll take an intervention, do you agree with me and share the disappointment that we've heard the Minister talking about forestry and trees, and, of course, that is of concern to farmers, we know that, but there's been no reference in the Minister's…
28 February 2024 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Sustainable Farming Scheme
You mentioned there the importance of small and medium-sized farms, the family farm in Wales, and the fact that we've seen intensification. If farmers don't buy into this scheme, if they opt out, what we'll see is greater intensification because they'll want…
21 February 2024 , Plenary
Short Debate: The importance of Wales's voice in the campaign for peace—Celebrating the hundredth anniversary of presenting the peace petition by the Women of Wales to President Coolidge and Wales's role in speaking up for peace today
Thank you for this debate, because I remember back in 2007, I gave a lecture in Caernarfon on peace and the history of peace, and Wales has a very proud tradition of peace. And in doing the research, I read about Evan Rees, the first secretary of the Peace…
21 February 2024 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Wales-specific COVID inquiry
I absolutely do agree with that. Even the chair of the UK inquiry, as has been stated several times in the debate today, has made clear that the UK inquiry is not sufficient and can't cover everything and can't look at the details in Wales. As I said, it's…
21 February 2024 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Wales-specific COVID inquiry
Thank you to everyone for contributing to this debate. It has been a very powerful debate, and I'm convinced that the case has been made for the need for an independent Welsh public inquiry. As one contributor said—I think it was Delyth who said it—the…
21 February 2024 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Wales-specific COVID inquiry
Thank you. I will invite Mark to contribute if he wishes to do so.
21 February 2024 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Wales-specific COVID inquiry
When we talk about the limitations of the UK inquiry, we don't seek to demean its work. Rather, we are simply reflecting the practical reality that a finite inquiry of this nature, covering four separate nations that dealt with the pandemic in their own way…
21 February 2024 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Wales-specific COVID inquiry
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Whether you were a schoolchild forced to adapt to new and unfamiliar methods of learning, a business owner who had to navigate unprecedented convulsions in our economy, an employee placed on furlough schemes, someone whose mental…
21 February 2024 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Diolch. While I accept that you say that funding for mental health is ring-fenced, do you not accept that the health board, and other health boards for that matter, actually spend significantly more on mental health services than what is ring-fenced? So, you…
21 February 2024 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Will the Minister take an intervention?
21 February 2024 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
In all seriousness, consider for a moment what this tells us. It is more than a year since the board was put back into special measures and only now is the Minister thinking of starting to set de-escalation conditions for the board. It's no wonder that the…
21 February 2024 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
'I'm going to supplement those sustainability conditions with clear de-escalation conditions in the coming months'.
21 February 2024 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
As I mentioned yesterday, Betsi Cadwaladr is my own health board, and it has the daunting responsibility of looking after my loved ones—my wife, my children and my extended family—during their hours of need. So, I will forever be grateful to the miraculous…
21 February 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you for the response. Yes, it's cash flat this year, but it's still tens of millions less than what it was 20 years or so ago. And might I remind you that the Government promised to pay them a fair wage? Yesterday, in his response to a question from…
21 February 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Diolch yn fawr iawn. Despite the unprecedented pressure on the homelessness sector, with the latest data showing that 11,317 individuals are in temporary accommodation, wages in the homelessness and housing support sector have been driven down to unacceptable…
21 February 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
I will come to my question. Thank you, Llywydd. It is disappointing that nothing has happened. So, I want a commitment that you are not only willing to go to this scrum, that you mentioned, but also to work with local providers in order to find an alternative…
21 February 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you very much, Llywydd, and thank you to the Deputy Minister for the response that he has just given to Llyr. I'm going to follow the same kind of route, because, as Llyr said, the T19 has proven to be extremely important to the community of Blaenau…
21 February 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
5. Will the Minister provide an update on bus services in north Wales communities? OQ60701
20 February 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Partnership: HeartUnions Week
One of the successes of our trade unions over the last 100 years has been the ability to secure better pay, and this collective bargaining power has proven to be vitally important. But as part of his pitch to become First Minister, the current First Minister…
20 February 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being: The Mental Health and Well-being and Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention Strategies
Thank you for the statement from the Deputy Minister. I’m liking a lot of what I’m hearing. The landscape of mental health care has evolved significantly since the publication of the original ‘Together for Mental Health‘ strategy back in 2012. In recent…
20 February 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Special measures at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board—One year on
I'll be as brief as possible. Betsi Cadwaladr is my health board, and my loved ones are reliant on the workforce there to support and heal them in periods of ill health. And let's be clear: the workforce there are dedicated people and they do excellent work…
20 February 2024 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
May I ask for two statements, please? First, a statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language on how we can enforce the place name regulations for Wales. In the light of opening the new bridge over the Dyfi river, new signs have been placed…
20 February 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I thank the First Minister for that response. The statistics from north Wales are shocking. Sixty-five per cent of all crime in north Wales relates to domestic violence. There are more cases of domestic violence and sexual violence in north Wales than in any…
20 February 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
2. What steps is the Government taking to deal with domestic violence? OQ60714
8 February 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Supporting people with chronic conditions: evidence session with Allied Health Professionals
Thank you for that. If I can conclude with one further question, Chair, in terms of those with severe mental illness, do they have sufficient access, do you think, to the services provided by allied health professionals? What actions do you think should be…
