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Questions to the First Minister
I'm very sorry, First Minister, that you didn't express your direct support for the military alliance that we have with the United States, unlike the Canadian Prime Minister and the Australian Prime Minister. But I do want to wish everybody in the middle east…
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Questions to the First Minister
Llywydd, can I begin by associating myself with the comments made by the First Minister and the leader of Plaid Cymru in relation to the safety of British citizens from Wales who are in the middle east at this time? Our hearts go out to them and we pray for…
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Legislative Consent Motion: The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
I'm very grateful to you for making reference to my contribution earlier. The point I was making is that it is impossible to disentangle a debate about the principle from the clauses that we're discussing today. That was the point I was making. And I do not…
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Legislative Consent Motion: The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
You said that the sponsors of the Bill want to respect the Senedd and the views of the Senedd, but, of course, this Senedd voted against the principle of assisted dying in a previous debate, and yet, obviously, this Bill is still progressing with Wales as…
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Legislative Consent Motion: The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Will you take an intervention on that?
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Legislative Consent Motion: The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
I believe that should this Senedd wish to legislate on these matters in the future, then it needs to be able to do so in the full light of day, knowing fully what the Bill in its entirety is actually saying, in detail, so that we can properly scrutinise it…
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Legislative Consent Motion: The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
I'll happily give way, yes.
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Legislative Consent Motion: The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
I rise today to speak against this motion. I know that there are some very well-intentioned comments that have been made, attempting to decouple discussions on the principle of this Bill with the discussion on the specific clauses that are before us, but I'm…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Trefnydd, I call for a statement from the Welsh Government Minister with responsibility for public health. I've been contacted by many constituents in recent months about the prospect of public conveniences being closed in their communities. We know that…
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Questions to the First Minister
So, can I just ask you—? Can I ask you this: if you haven't been able to fix our NHS after 27 years, do you accept that you're never going to be able to fix it, it's time to move on and elect a Welsh Conservative Government in May?
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Questions to the First Minister
I'm delighted to hear you couldn't find it, Llywydd. [Laughter.] Delighted to hear that. It's wonderful having this new technology in the Chamber. It's not just north Wales, not just west Wales, First Minister—we've got problems in the University Hospital of…
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Questions to the First Minister
I'd remind you—I would remind you—First Minister that you promised to eliminate these two-year waits by the end of March 2023. You failed to do it. You failed to do it by April 2024. You failed to do it. You've kept on moving the goalposts. And now you're…
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Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, with respect, you're in charge of the health service here in Wales. It's your responsibility to make sure that people aren't put at risk because they have to travel too far in life-threatening emergency situations, and you have the powers to…
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Questions to the First Minister
Diolch, Llywydd. First Minister, can I associate myself with your comments in relation to the fourth anniversary of the war in Ukraine? The Welsh Conservatives stand shoulder to shoulder with the people of Ukraine in the face of Vladimir Putin's illegal…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Trefnydd, I'd like to call for two statements today, if I may, the first from the Minister for Mental Health and Well-being in relation to gambling harm services. We know that the gambling levy comes to Wales, a proportion of that, in order to support problem…
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Questions to the First Minister
I'm afraid, First Minister, that actions speak louder than words. You will know that we had correspondence; I asked you to meet with Emily Vaughn in order to discuss her experiences. You refused and declined to do so, but you did say that she would be invited…
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Questions to the First Minister
It's good to at least have some clarity. You're now kowtowing, of course, to Sir Keir Starmer in the same way that he kowtowed to the Chinese on his recent visit. What I want to talk about is those victims. You quite rightly referred to the victims of Epstein…
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Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, it is abundantly clear to everyone that your statement of support today for the Prime Minister is mealy-mouthed. It doesn't say, and at no point have you said, that you have full confidence in the Prime Minister or his leadership. Of course…
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Questions to the First Minister
You say you want to write a new chapter; you're, frankly, writing your own obituary. That's what we see week in, week out, with the decisions that you are making. Let's look at the facts: council tax has trebled since 1999 and it's rising faster here in Wales…
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Questions to the First Minister
You didn't give us a straight answer. I asked you for a 'yes' or 'no': are you going to raise taxes or not? You then went on to talk about the record—the so-called record—of the Labour Government in Westminster, which has saddled us with higher taxes, higher…
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Questions to the First Minister
Diolch, Llywydd. First Minister, in January, just last month, your Government used its deal with Plaid Cymru to push through a budget that keeps Wales as one of the highest tax parts of this United Kingdom. For over a quarter of a century, your party has…
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Debate: The Final Budget 2026-27
Why don't you make an intervention?
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Questions to the First Minister
You talk about the importance of jobs, and I agree with you, jobs are important, but you're failing on that front, aren't you? We've got the highest unemployment in the United Kingdom. It's gone up by almost 60 per cent since the UK Labour Government was…
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Questions to the First Minister
You didn't answer my question, but that's not surprising, because it's the same every single week. You have claimed that demanding more powers from the UK Government is a way to neutralise the threat of the break-up of the UK. But, in reality, you're simply…
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Questions to the First Minister
Diolch, Llywydd. Today is Holocaust Memorial Day, of course, when we come together to commemorate the lives of the 6 million innocent men, women and children who were murdered simply because they were Jewish. At a time when the scourge of antisemitism, I'm…
