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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you for your answer, First Minister. As we’ve already heard in the Chamber here this afternoon, many of us are surprised about what we’re hearing coming from the Labour Party conference in Liverpool in recent days, and let’s remind ourselves that the…
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Questions to the First Minister
4. What targets has the Welsh Government set for reducing NHS waiting lists? OQ61566
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Plaid Cymru Debate: NHS waiting lists
Thank you, Jenny, for taking the intervention. I mentioned the First Minister in my contribution because, under her watch, we had the highest ever level of people on waiting lists in Wales. That, for me, is not success. If you define that as a success, we…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: NHS waiting lists
Well, diolch yn fawr iawn, acting Presiding Officer. I move the Welsh Conservative amendments in the name of Darren Millar. It's incredible, isn't it? Wales has a new First Minister and apparently a new Cabinet in place, but we have the same old problems with…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Winter fuel payment
Oh, that's very generous of you, Minister. You're clearly proud of a number of schemes you've outlined to the Senedd here today. Are you proud of the policy to remove from 400,000 pensioners the winter fuel payment?
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Thank you for your answer, Cabinet Secretary. It was revealed over the summer that the Welsh Government had given a research contract to a firm whose sole director is a sex offender who admitted taking part in sexual activity with a child, and this firm, as…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
1. What due diligence does the Cabinet Secretary's department undertake before awarding contracts? OQ61519
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales
Thank you for your response, Cabinet Secretary. I would agree absolutely that the current service from north Wales down to London is a complete mess. You'll be aware that, only a couple of years ago, there were 14 trains a day moving between London and north…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales
6. What assessment has the Cabinet Secretary made of the reliability of rail services between North Wales and London? OQ61518
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Nomination of the First Minister under Standing Order 8
Andrew R.T. Davies.
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Finance Committee Debate: Welsh Government's spending priorities for the 2025-26 budget
Just to build on that important point that Carolyn Thomas raised there, I'm sure you would accept that those taxes to fund those public services are impossible without an economy that works well.
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Finance Committee Debate: Welsh Government's spending priorities for the 2025-26 budget
Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. I’d like to make just four brief points in my role as temporary Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee. The first is in relation to the health and social care workforce. As you'd expect, this is a particular area of…
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Topical Questions
I’m grateful to Mabon ap Gwynfor for submitting this topical question today, because, indeed, it is topical—topical for the people of north Wales in the fact that, for far too long, people in north Wales have been badly served by this Welsh Government, in…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Diolch, Llywydd. I’m grateful to Jack Sargeant for raising this important question here today with the Cabinet Secretary. Cabinet Secretary, you talk about your work with the UK Government, and you know full well that the last UK Government—the Conservative…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42(vi) and (ix) to resolve to exclude the public
Okay, so we move on to agenda item 9 now, which is a motion under Standing Order 17.42(vi) and (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting and also for the meeting on 26 September 2024, for a stakeholder event as part of the…
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Motion to appoint a temporary Chair until the first meeting in the autumn term in accordance with Standing Order 17.22
I'm in a slightly strange position here, but I propose, in accordance with Standing Order 17.22, that the committee resolves to extend my appoint as temporary Chair until the first meeting in the autumn term. Are all Members content with that? Yes. Okay…
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Motion to appoint a temporary Chair until the first meeting in the autumn term in accordance with Standing Order 17.22
Item 8 on our agenda is a motion to appoint a temporary Chair until the first meeting in the autumn term, in accordance with Standing Order 17.22. As Members are aware, the Chair of the committee is absent at the moment. The agreement that we currently have…
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Paper(s) to note
Item 7 is for us to consider papers to note. I wasn't going to go through those individually. Are we comfortable to note those papers en bloc? Yes, okay. Diolch yn fawr iawn. Thank you very much. They're noted.
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Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with Care Inspectorate Wales and Social Care Wales
Okay, committee, we have a few items left on our agenda together this afternoon.
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Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with Care Inspectorate Wales and Social Care Wales
Nothing further from Joyce. Okay. Thank you very much. I'll double-check with committee members if there's anything else you wanted to pick up at all. No. Okay. Well, that leaves me to thank you for your time this morning, Gillian, Margaret and Sue. Thank you…
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Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with Care Inspectorate Wales and Social Care Wales
Good delegation. [Laughter.]
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Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with Care Inspectorate Wales and Social Care Wales
Thank you very much. That was a fantastic response in terms of brevity. Thank you, everybody. Joyce Watson.
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Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with Care Inspectorate Wales and Social Care Wales
Thank you. Sue, anything from your side? No, you're shaking your head.
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Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with Care Inspectorate Wales and Social Care Wales
Absolutely. Thank you very much. Altaf, briefly, and then over to—
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Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with Care Inspectorate Wales and Social Care Wales
Thanks, Sue. Anything further to add, Gillian or Margaret, at all? You don't need to.
