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Second Supplementary Budget 2026-27: Evidence Session
Okay. Thank you, Chair.
, Finance Committee
Second Supplementary Budget 2026-27: Evidence Session
Can I just ask: has the health Minister lobbied you for extra funding for this?
, Finance Committee
Second Supplementary Budget 2026-27: Evidence Session
But it is a new development. Sorry, Cabinet Minister. It is a new development. Your colleague put a press release out saying that all students will be guaranteed a job, but the Royal College of Midwives are saying that's not the case. So, I'm just talking…
, Finance Committee
Second Supplementary Budget 2026-27: Evidence Session
No, it's not a new allocation, no; I beg your pardon.
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Second Supplementary Budget 2026-27: Evidence Session
It's in 'delivery of core NHS services'. There are three lines: 'Workforce (NHS)', 'A Healthier Wales' and 'Other NHS Budgets', which is £16 million, which is—
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Second Supplementary Budget 2026-27: Evidence Session
Thank you, Chair. Cabinet Minister, the supplementary budget has allocated £34 million for the NHS workforce. What consideration has been given to providing for graduate midwives? Because your colleague a few days ago said that all student nurses and midwives…
, Finance Committee
Second Supplementary Budget 2026-27: Evidence Session
It's on the NHS.
, Plenary
Debate: The First Supplementary Budget 2026-27
How on earth, as a party that talks about consensus, mature politics and compromise, has it managed to unite most of this Chamber against it? It doesn't bode well for the future. It's going to be a very long Senedd if this is how Plaid Cymru do Government…
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Statement by the First Minister: Legislation
Whilst I'm grateful to the Government for the advance notice of these legislative priorities issued via the media this morning, surely Government announcements, especially when they relate to Bills to be introduced in this place, should be first made in this…
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Questions to the First Minister
Fifteen years, and all your transport Minister could come up with is closing junctions. Now, one way to stop congestion is to stop cars getting onto the M4. I'll give you that, but the people of Newport will not be very happy with that. I asked for initial…
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Questions to the First Minister
The First Minister gave a promise during the election that two-year waits would be eradicated within a matter of months. That clearly is not happening. These promises are coming back to haunt you. It was obviously a promise that was made in the heat of an…
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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you, Llywydd. Continuing with the theme of the NHS, in this last week before recess I would like to get to the bottom of when two-year waits on the NHS will be eradicated, because thousands of people across Wales are still waiting, in pain and…
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Debate: Fair Funding
Thank you, Llywydd. This debate isn't really about fair funding for Wales; it's about Plaid's unfunded manifesto during the Senedd election. And the First Minister is taking his begging bowl to London not because Wales doesn't get enough funding, but because…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I'd be quite happy to give the Welsh Government some advice on how to sweat property assets, how to get best value for money. I'm very happy to help you with that. But, First Minister, you labelled Andy Burnham's refusal to review Wales's funding formula as…
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Questions to the First Minister
Llywydd, I'll take that as a 'no', that you haven't got a date in the diary. It's obvious what's going to happen, and, if I was First Minister, I would be demanding Andy Burnham's team puts a date in the diary to see me. You're obviously having trouble…
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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you, Llywydd. First Minister, Andy Burnham is due to be coronated in a matter of weeks. Now, after you were ghosted by Keir Starmer, can you confirm if you have directly spoken with Andy Burnham, either before or after his comments on devolution…
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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you. I welcomed the chance to have an introductory meeting with the First Minister, shortly after we were elected, but it was agreed that we wouldn't discuss policy. For transparency, I want to advise the Senedd of that, at least. It's encouraging that…
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Questions to the First Minister
But, First Minister, that's not what these student nurses and midwives are being told. They genuinely are worried about their careers, and whether there is a job waiting for them. Now, I understand the situation is a legacy issue inherited from the Labour…
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Questions to the First Minister
Diolch, Lywydd. The plight of our student nurses was highlighted again this week, and it's been reported that 400 student nurses and midwives have been told there's not a job waiting for them when they graduate, at a time when the NHS has serious nursing…
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Questions to the First Minister
Energy, quite rightly, isn't devolved, but the planning and infrastructure to support energy projects is very much in the gift of the Welsh Government. The nuclear energy sector has provided thousands of well-paid jobs in Wales and there is the real…
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Questions to the First Minister
Diolch. Another devolved area where the Welsh Government is completely out of touch is the road network. Now, in Wales, car travel for many is a necessity; it is not a luxury. And although it's used to get from A to B, for many it is a symbol of independence…
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Questions to the First Minister
Diolch, Lywydd. First Minister, you were on the radio this morning, talking about the devolution wish list that you'll be presenting to the new Prime Minister. But let's look at the track record of devolution in Wales and at the areas that are already…
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Questions to the First Minister
I was pleased to learn that a supplementary budget will be coming forward next week. I think the First Minister and I can agree that Labour have left a financial mess. But the way that Government Ministers have been talking about the scale of that mess, it…
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Questions to the First Minister
Nobody's blaming immigrants. We're blaming uncontrolled—[Interruption.]—we're blaming uncontrolled and unplanned immigration, which has a ripple effect across the UK. That ripple effect has hit house prices and rents, which is why we have a shortage in Wales…
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Questions to the First Minister
Diolch, Lywydd. It is a fact that a lack of house building and uncontrolled immigration has led to a housing shortage across the UK. In Wales, house prices and rents have skyrocketed, making housing unaffordable. Now, Plaid Cymru have promised to deliver…
