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Speeches and questions in Plenary and in committees, newest first. The Llywydd's and deputies' chairing of Plenary is left out.

2,366 speeches and questions

8 November 2023Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
Thank you, Jack. Sorry, Sarah, I know you wanted to come in on an earlier question, on section 4. Did you want to come in now on this one?
8 November 2023Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
Thank you. Jack Sargeant.
8 November 2023Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
Okay, understood. Thank you. Joyce Watson.
8 November 2023Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
Okay. So, that £123 million won't be split by health board.
8 November 2023Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
And, I suppose, the final question: so, there's still going to be a £123 million deficit across all health boards, and, of course, some health boards will have bigger deficits than others. So, I'm just trying to understand how that works following the…
8 November 2023Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
Yes. And does that also outline the breakdown of the expected £123 million deficit by health board as well?
8 November 2023Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
Okay. So, that will be published either later on today, if it's been already.
8 November 2023Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
Thank you. And just a few questions on that as well. When will the revised total allocations for health boards be published following your statement today?
8 November 2023Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
Thank you. Gareth Davies.
8 November 2023Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
I'll bring Sarah in as well. I'll come back to you then, Gareth. Sarah.
8 November 2023Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
Do you want to come in quickly, Joyce? And I'll come back to you, Gareth.
8 November 2023Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
Is it on that point?
8 November 2023Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
Thank you, Sarah. Gareth Davies.
8 November 2023Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
Thank you for that.
8 November 2023Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
That's why you have officials in the meeting, I guess.
8 November 2023Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
Thank you.
8 November 2023Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
That's helpful, Minister, thank you. Sarah Murphy.
8 November 2023Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
Mabon, I was just going to say, I think the question you asked was about how many patients are waiting, but I suppose the question, really, is how long patients are waiting. That's the question, isn't it? I think that's the difference that might need to be…
8 November 2023Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
Thank you. I really appreciate that. We'll move on to another section now. Mabon ap Gwynfor.
8 November 2023Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
From my perspective, it's a very welcome task and finish group, because, I suppose, as a committee, our job is to hold Government to account and bring forward positive ideas, but it's useful to know where accountability lies and understand that. I can see…
8 November 2023Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
That's fine. Hopefully the microphones picked that up, so thank you very much. And thank you, as well, for being with us this morning. Minister, just to start with, you set up a task and finish group for NHS accountability and I know that you've issued a…
8 November 2023Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
Oh, right. I was going to say—. The microphones might not pick up, but do you want to just—? I was going to say you could introduce yourselves when you come to the table, but introduce yourselves now.
8 November 2023Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
Lovely. Thank you for being with us today.
8 November 2023Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
In that case, I move to item 2. This is a general scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being and the Deputy Minister for Social Services. Thank you, all, for being with us today. It…
8 November 2023Health and Social Care Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest
Bore da. Good morning. Welcome to the Health and Social Care Committee this morning. As always, we're operating bilingually in Cymraeg or English. This morning, there are no apologies. I know that Mabon has to pop out just before 10 o'clock for a short time…