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Topical Questions
I have to say, Llywydd, that I am shocked by the hypocrisy of the Conservatives here, denigrating north-south links, saying that there's been too much investment in south Wales, when they wanted to spend billions of pounds on the M4 in the south-east. I am…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
This could supersede it.
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
And politicians in England can criticise the English Government for what they're doing on the loss of community beds too. The problem is that you are putting unsustainable pressure on the care sector, because of the loss of that step-down facility. Resolving…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thank you very much, Llywydd. A question first of all that I’d intended to ask before realising that we as a health committee were publishing today our report on patient flow through the health and care system. The recommendations, I think, are powerful, they…
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Debate: Broadcasting
I was fortunate enough to work in the broadcasting industry for a couple of decades before coming here. I declare an interest as a member of the National Union of Journalists still. I used to be employed by the BBC in Wales and a number of independent…
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Debate: Broadcasting
Thank you for the opportunity to say a few words.
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Debate: Broadcasting
Firstly, where's the equivalent support for radio in Wales, which is equally as important as television? Secondly, where is the support for English language programming for Wales? We used to have one. We used to have a channel called BBC Choice, BBC 2W, which…
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Debate: Broadcasting
Will you take an intervention?
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Draft HIV Action Plan
May I thank the Minister for this statement? I'm also looking forward to seeing what kind of responses there are to the consultation that's now ongoing. This is very important and, on the face of it, it is the fruit of partnership working, as we should see…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Thank you very much for taking the intervention, and can I thank you also for making that series of very constructive suggestions? I'm particularly interested in the second of those, which seems to me to mirror exactly the kind of conversation that we are…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Yesterday, a suite of interventions, too weak, too late, were announced by Welsh Government—a Welsh Government that has failed to address the problems of Betsi Cadwaladr time and time again. The suite of interventions was in response to more damning…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Thank you very much, Llywydd. I'm very pleased to move the amendment formally. We've been here before, haven't we? We've been here so many times previously, and it saddens me. There's no criticism of staff here; indeed, in the face of all the questions about…
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Mental health inequalities: evidence session with academics
Thank you, both. Very, very useful. Thank you. Diolch.
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Mental health inequalities: evidence session with academics
Yes. And it's about giving information to, in this case, parents, again, about why they're not on a formal waiting list if there's a better way of doing it. And I know the ADHD paper—thank you for it—refers to some parents who have tried to get an assessment…
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Mental health inequalities: evidence session with academics
Does that mean you don't then put children on waiting lists that become very long waiting lists, or do they still have to sit on some kind of waiting list for a more formal assessment down the line, and we have to somehow bring those waiting times down?
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Mental health inequalities: evidence session with academics
Isn't it the case, though, that it's perhaps difficult to get decision makers and people with budgets to allow that support to take place unless there is a diagnosis? Or am I fundamentally misunderstanding these issues?
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Mental health inequalities: evidence session with academics
That's really interesting—there's a lot to take in there. What I see, and I'm sure other Members will have the same experience, is parents, for example, wanting to have that diagnosis—wanting to know what it is that their child needs support with, and, to…
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Mental health inequalities: evidence session with academics
Thank you very much, Chair and good morning to you. If we can go back one step to the diagnosis phase for a few moments, would you take us through the process for assessment and diagnosis of neurodevelopmental conditions, please? Do we have the right pathways…
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Update on Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
The Minister says that there are pockets of excellence within Betsi Cadwaladr. Well, yes, there are. I wrote to the chief executive and chair recently following the publication of cancer figures showing that there was good work happening in north Wales. We do…
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Update on Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
This is a very weak response to an extremely serious situation, I fear—an extension of targeted intervention, rather than a real rolling up of sleeves to deal with a problem that is causing so much anguish to staff and patients across the north. An extension…
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Update on Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Thank you for the statement. I fear that, however you look at this, the timing of this today doesn't reflect well on the Welsh Government. Indeed, it demonstrates once again how little understanding and how little appreciation there is within the Welsh…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Post-Brexit funding
It's a very brief one. And, of course, local authorities do say how difficult it is for them to deal with the administrative burden of this. In response to what Darren Millar said, yes, of course we have, as Members of the Senedd, an opportunity to scrutinise…
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Decarbonising public sector pensions
As the Member for the Vale of Clwyd wouldn't take an intervention, I'll make the point that I was going to make then. One of the positives that could come out of disinvesting in this way would be to persuade those companies that have traditionally made their…
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales
Thank you very much. With costs increasing so much, it's more important than ever that agriculture can be as productive as possible, and making the best use of the best land is part of that. I'm pleased, in the context of bids for solar schemes, that there is…
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales
5. What steps is the Welsh Government taking to respond to the cost crisis in agriculture? OQ58105
