20 June 2023 , Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Partnership: Armed Forces Day
Can I thank the Minister for her statement today? I'm really glad that this is an annual fixture now in our diaries as Members of the Senedd. That hasn't always been the case, but you've certainly embraced this opportunity to make sure that we celebrate our…
20 June 2023 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Can I call for an oral statement from the Deputy Minister for Climate Change in relation to the recent publication of the north Wales transport commission interim report? I read that report with interest, and we all know, in north Wales, that our transport…
20 June 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
One of the other issues in relation to health inequalities is the huge disparity in the performance of the NHS in different parts of Wales. People in north Wales, for example, have the worst-performing emergency departments in the country. All three of the…
14 June 2023 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Additional learning needs
Thank you for taking the intervention. I agree wholeheartedly with the point that you're making, Alun, about the fact that we need a consistent approach across the whole country—that certainly isn't the case. In fact, one of the problems that I've had…
14 June 2023 , Plenary
Point of Order
Diolch, Llywydd. I’d like to raise a point of order in relation to a comment made by the Minister for Health and Social Services last week in the debate in which my party called for the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board to publish the Ernst & Young…
7 June 2023 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Accounting practices at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
—something that was criticised heavily by Audit Wales. So, I urge everybody in this Chamber, and I remind you that we're not calling on the Minister to publish this report; we are calling upon the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board to publish this…
7 June 2023 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Accounting practices at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. I have to say, I'm a little disappointed at the Minister's response to the debate today. We know that, under the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006, you do have powers to direct the health board in any way that you…
7 June 2023 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Accounting practices at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
I'm very grateful to you for taking an intervention. You have made that statement before, that key individuals have been suspended, and I've very pleased to hear that. Can you tell me whether key individuals at the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership have…
7 June 2023 , Plenary
Debate on the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee Report—'The Welsh Government’s EV charging infrastructure strategy and action plan'
I’m grateful to you for taking the intervention. I appreciate the point that you make about the private sector needing to step up to the plate. Indeed, it seems that they have in many respects, in order to fill some of the void that the Welsh Government has…
6 June 2023 , Plenary
Legislative Consent Motion on the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill
It will come as no surprise to the Counsel General, or indeed anybody else in this Chamber, that we will be supporting the LCM before the Chamber today, because we simply believe that the people of Wales want us to get on and finally deliver on the benefits…
6 June 2023 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Thank you, Trefnydd, for your statement today. Can I call for an oral statement on digital inclusion from the Welsh Government? There's been a lot of concern expressed by the older people's commissioner, Audit Wales and Age Cymru about the difficulties that…
24 May 2023 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: NHS Dentistry
That's absolutely what we need and, hopefully, some of the innovation that we're seeing with the use of technology in the NHS now, with the app that we're finally getting, after £15 million has been spent, will help to address some of those concerns and make…
24 May 2023 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: NHS Dentistry
I'll happily take an intervention.
24 May 2023 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: NHS Dentistry
Now, I heard the Minister, once again, suggesting that well over 100,000 new patients had been seen in Wales as a result of the contract reforms. We know that the British Dental Association said that the Government was misleading people by quoting these sorts…
24 May 2023 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: NHS Dentistry
Thank you, Presiding Officer, and thank you to everybody who's taken part in this debate. I think it has been a level-headed debate, for the best part, and it's quite clear that we have a dentistry crisis across the country. I was a little disappointed with…
24 May 2023 , Plenary
Motion to elect Chairs and Members to the Wales Covid-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee
Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. I would remind everybody that the reason that this motion has been tabled today is because of an agreement at the cross-party Business Committee, and that is why it is on the agenda. There have been no 'grubby deals', as…
24 May 2023 , Plenary
Motion to elect Chairs and Members to the Wales Covid-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee
I move.
24 May 2023 , Plenary
Motion to suspend Standing Orders
I move.
24 May 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
There are clearly broader implications. You've had this report for four months, Minister—four months it's been lying around. I find it, frankly, very disturbing that you're only just starting to have these conversations about whether there are wider…
24 May 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Minister, it's been four months since that report was published. I cannot fathom why, in that period of four months, those individuals who were responsible for these actions have not been dismissed from that health board. Not only are these unprofessional…
24 May 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Diolch, Llywydd. Minister, people across north Wales are pretty angry at the moment about what is happening in the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. I was given an anonymous copy of the Ernst & Young forensic report of accounting issues at the board…
23 May 2023 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd: Strengthening our ties with Ireland and the North-west of England
Thank you, Minister, for your statement. I'm delighted, as an Irish citizen as well as being a British citizen, and someone who was born in Manchester, that you are talking in such glowing terms about the links that we have in Wales with Ireland, and indeed…
23 May 2023 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Can I call for two statements today, please? The first is from the Deputy Minister with responsibility for transport in relation to the concessionary travel card scheme. I've been contacted by constituents in the Colwyn Bay area, who have asked whether it…
17 May 2023 , Plenary
90-second Statements
Tomorrow marks the sixtieth anniversary of the Welsh Mountain Zoo—the national zoo of Wales. Based in Colwyn Bay, the zoo is one of north Wales's top tourist attractions, welcoming around 170,000 people through its gates each and every year. And it's gone…
17 May 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
I know you don't like popular public opinion.
