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Plaid Cymru Debate: Reducing NHS pressures
Will you take just a brief intervention?
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Reducing NHS pressures
The other part of this is a desperate need for Welsh Government to address the increase that we have seen in agency spending—£260 million spent on agency spending in 2022. That's not a figure just bouncing along. There's been a 40 per cent increase in a very…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Reducing NHS pressures
It's no secret that we in Plaid Cymru believe that the first step to create the foundations for a sustainable NHS is to pay workers fairly. The First Minister recently claimed that making an improved pay offer would mean taking away money from health, but…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Reducing NHS pressures
Thank you very much, Llywydd. A week ago, we were discussing a motion from Plaid Cymru calling for the declaration of a health crisis in Wales. Just as the Labour leader has described the situation in England as a crisis, and Labour in Scotland have described…
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Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal—A Bill on digital carbon footprint reduction
There are two issues at play here. It's about using digital for greening, which is really important, as has been acknowledged here. Digital is the key to everything that we need to do to improve our actions in tackling climate change, but, at the same time…
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Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal—A Bill on digital carbon footprint reduction
Thank you very much to everyone who's participated in this debate, which I think has been important in terms of raising awareness among people who perhaps hadn't thought about the issue before and reinforcing the fact that we, as a Senedd, are willing to take…
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Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal—A Bill on digital carbon footprint reduction
In case the message isn't clear enough: sending an A4 letter emits about 25g of carbon dioxide; an e-mail with an attachment is 50g—double—and without an attachment, 0.3g. And e-mails and attachments account for 300 million tonnes of carbon dioxide every…
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Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal—A Bill on digital carbon footprint reduction
Thank you very much, Dirprwy Lywydd. Well, this is a debate about the relationship between the digital world and the world around us, on the interaction that happens between our use of digital technology and our concerns about climate change. Let me say right…
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Topical Questions
A long list of reasons was given to me by the 2 Sisters chief executive for coming to this decision: Brexit, inflation, workforce shortages, COVID, energy prices. There were elements around the condition, the size, and the location of the factory itself too…
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Topical Questions
Thank you for that response. It's difficult to put in words how much of a blow this would be if the factory were to close. Over 700 people are working there, at the heart of Anglesey. A high percentage live very locally, close enough to walk to work. Losing…
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Topical Questions
3. Will the Minister make a statement in response to 2 Sisters Food Group's announcement of a consultation on closing its site in Llangefni? TQ720
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Increasing Allied Health Professionals in Primary and Community Care
May I thank the Minister for the statement? Essentially, I welcome the intention here to invest in the workforce. The health workforce is very broad indeed, it's very diverse, and comprehensive health and care services that are sustainable do have to bring…
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Questions to the First Minister
There are so many things, of course, that contribute to the pressures on the ambulance service, the kinds of pressures that forced a constituent of mine to wait 24 hours for an ambulance, having broken her hip. Now, the five-point plan for health and care…
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Short Debate: Developing the hydrogen energy sector in Wales
Thank you very much to Janet Finch-Saunders for presenting this debate. I'm pleased that we are keeping hydrogen on the agenda. It's almost three years, I think, since I led a debate here on hydrogen—I think it was one of the first here in the Senedd; I've…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Management of NHS pressures
I don't have enough time to describe the damage that I believe would be caused to the national health service if the Conservatives were in charge. I will move swiftly on, and back to the comments that we heard from the health Minister, who again deflected…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Management of NHS pressures
Yes, certainly.
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Management of NHS pressures
Diolch yn fawr, Llywydd. My biggest fear this afternoon would be that I would hear the Minister saying, 'We're already doing everything that needs to be done to resolve the crisis.' What we heard was the Minister saying that everything is already in train…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Management of NHS pressures
What I said was top of the list was to resolve that pay dispute.
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Management of NHS pressures
If the Minister will take an intervention, I'll gladly explain that again.
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Management of NHS pressures
Thanks for taking an intervention. One suggestion would be to make sure that the NHS Executive for Wales that's been set up really is a body that can make a difference—that has teeth. That's the kind of focus that I mean in terms of Government structures.
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Management of NHS pressures
But we have to accept that there is a crisis first of all. I described the situation as it was at the time during health questions here in the Siambr in December, and I referred to a series of challenges, as I saw them that day, including winter pressures…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Management of NHS pressures
It's a former head of research at General Motors, Charles Kettering, who said nearly a century ago now that 'a problem well stated is half solved'. Now, when this Senedd declared a climate emergency, it was a declaration that the challenge we faced on climate…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Management of NHS pressures
Thank you very much, Dirprwy Lywydd, and I'm pleased to have the opportunity to move this motion. To continue in the spirit that we've seen in the Senedd this afternoon, I will emphasise that this motion is intended to be constructive. Yes, it is critical of…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Offshore renewable energy
To me, you won't be surprised to hear, making sure that Holyhead is the key port for the next generation of offshore wind in the Irish sea is very, very important. The free port bid developed by Ynys Môn and Stena for the north of Wales could be key in that…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Offshore renewable energy
Will you take an intervention?
