, Plenary
Reform UK Debate: Prostate cancer strategy
I stand today to move the motion tabled in the name of my colleague Llŷr Powell calling on the Government to explicitly include prostate cancer in the national cancer strategy for Wales. Prostate cancer is the most common form of cancer amongst men in Wales…
, Plenary
Members' Legislative Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): An NHS first Bill
Reform UK, we support the NHS. We believe in an NHS that is free at the point of need. And we believe in an NHS that is properly funded and an NHS that puts its patients first. Too many people in Wales are waiting too long for treatment. Roughly a quarter of…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy
Diolch, Weinidog. The decision to close the blast furnaces in Port Talbot was disastrous for my local community. Thousands of jobs were lost and the impact on the wider economy is severe. The National Grid connection offer for the new electric arc furnace was…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy
3. What discussions is the Government having with National Grid regarding the electric arc furnace installation in Port Talbot? OQ64761
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
The NHS in Wales now employs more than 100,000 members of full-time equivalent staff across the organisation. Those staff are the backbone of our NHS, and they do vital work to provide the care that so many people in Wales depend on. But, too often, they are…
, Plenary
Welsh Labour Debate: Palliative and end-of-life care
The fundamental concept of our healthcare system in Wales is that it provides care free at the point of use from cradle to grave, and, unfortunately, it's the latter part of that statement that is at risk at the moment. It is the duty of our health services…
, Plenary
Questions to the Trefnydd, Chief Whip and Cabinet Minister for Culture and Sport
Thank you. Esports is something that I'm deeply passionate about, and I didn't expect, before coming down to the Chamber today, to be beaten to the post by the Labour spokesman on this issue, but I'm glad that it has happened. One area that I'd like to talk…
, Plenary
Questions to the Trefnydd, Chief Whip and Cabinet Minister for Culture and Sport
5. What is the Welsh Government doing to promote the growth of esports in Wales? OQ64683
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Health and Care: Update on winter preparedness
Thank you, Minister, for the advance notice of your statement today. I'd like to begin by associating myself with the comments you made about our NHS staff, who are the absolute backbone of the NHS in Wales, and they deserve a system that works for them and…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Parents across Afan Ogwr Rhondda are deeply concerned about their children's school transport arrangements. A survey conducted, with 176 respondents from Rhondda Cynon Taf, found that 72 respondents reported attendance disruption for their children due to…
, Finance Committee
Public Services Ombudsman for Wales- Annual Report and Accounts 2025-26, and Estimate 2027-28: Evidence session
Very briefly, you previously attributed the decrease in satisfaction to the increase in complaints that you were receiving and you can't pursue all of them. But, if I'm not mistaken, the number of complaints that you received between 2023-24 and 2024-25 was…
, Finance Committee
Public Services Ombudsman for Wales- Annual Report and Accounts 2025-26, and Estimate 2027-28: Evidence session
I was going to go back to the satisfaction quickly, so I don't know if you—
, Finance Committee
Public Services Ombudsman for Wales- Annual Report and Accounts 2025-26, and Estimate 2027-28: Evidence session
You mentioned the modelling exercise for the schooling. When it comes to that, could you perhaps just explain to us what some of the key findings were for that review and what the recommendations were from the exercise?
, Finance Committee
Public Services Ombudsman for Wales- Annual Report and Accounts 2025-26, and Estimate 2027-28: Evidence session
Yes, absolutely. Looking back at the post-legislative review of the Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2019, this committee undertook that review in 2024-25, and that review yielded several recommendations for the ombudsman. What progress have you made as…
, Finance Committee
Public Services Ombudsman for Wales- Annual Report and Accounts 2025-26, and Estimate 2027-28: Evidence session
All right, thank you. Fantastic. So, in terms of that you were saying that people are a lot more persistent than they have been previously, you had an increase of 39 per cent in requests where people were asking for the decision to be reviewed, and in…
, Finance Committee
Public Services Ombudsman for Wales- Annual Report and Accounts 2025-26, and Estimate 2027-28: Evidence session
And is that data that you collect, in terms of what the outcome of someone's complaint was and whether or not they were satisfied with the ombudsman in general?
, Finance Committee
Public Services Ombudsman for Wales- Annual Report and Accounts 2025-26, and Estimate 2027-28: Evidence session
Yes, absolutely. So, on the theme of satisfaction, which was touched on a little bit, the proportion of people who were satisfied with the ombudsman's work was 36 per cent in 2025-26; that's against a target of 50 per cent. It's also a decrease from 42 per…
, Finance Committee
Public Services Ombudsman for Wales- Annual Report and Accounts 2025-26, and Estimate 2027-28: Evidence session
Thank you.
, Finance Committee
Public Services Ombudsman for Wales- Annual Report and Accounts 2025-26, and Estimate 2027-28: Evidence session
Yes, just quickly. When it comes to assessing complaints that have come in and trying to figure out whether they are done by AI or not, is there a defined process in the organisation for that? Or is it just more on an ad hoc basis? Because, as AI gets things…
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2027-28: Evidence Session
Thank you.
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2027-28: Evidence Session
Thank you. And then the last one from me is just on project expenditure and capital funding. What's the distinction between the project fund and the capital expenditure in the budget, and what will you achieve with the combined £2 million in the budget next…
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2027-28: Evidence Session
Yes, just quickly on that, you mentioned you've done testing with Copilot. Have you done testing with any other models to measure the potential effectiveness of other models compared to Copilot at all?
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2027-28: Evidence Session
Obviously, AI is the buzzword at the moment in terms of an emerging technology. How has the Commission used AI so far and other emerging technologies, and how has the tool influenced your ability to plan for resources going into the future?
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2027-28: Evidence Session
If the Business Committee makes a decision to change the way that Senedd business works, what's the process in the Commission in terms of deciding how the staff costs come along? And then, have you mapped out any potential scenarios based on ongoing…
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2027-28: Evidence Session
Looking at the experiences of this Senedd so far and the impact of Business Committee decisions, you've stated that there are further staff and non-staff costs in regard to decisions regarding Senedd business—changes to Plenary and things like that—and that…
