16 January 2025 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
Thank you very much, Chair. Good morning, everybody. I'd just like to come in to ask if you could expand, please Cabinet Secretary, on the rationale for targeting the Welsh-medium capital grant funding to fund priority areas such as ALN, immersion, temporary…
15 January 2025 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: NHS waiting times
It's a pleasure to be speaking in this debate this afternoon, and I thank Plaid Cymru for tabling it, although it brings me no pleasure that the Welsh Government is still grappling with the spiralling waiting times in Wales, with no indication that they have…
15 January 2025 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Well, isn't it a bit rich and ironic that the Labour Party, after 26 years in Government in Wales, are suddenly posing themselves as solution makers for their own problems? The fact of the matter is that you failed to deliver on such ambitions in the ensuing…
7 January 2025 , Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales: Port of Holyhead
I saw the First Minister's video following storm Darragh before Christmas, but it was disappointing that she wasn't capable of leaving west Wales to record her video from the port of Holyhead, which is the damaged port in question, and chose instead to record…
7 January 2025 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
I'd like a statement, please, from the Cabinet Secretary for Education on school mobile phone policy. Christ the Word Catholic School in Rhyl last week announced a new school phone policy for pupils, in which they are required to place their phones in a pouch…
7 January 2025 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Thank you very much. I sound a bit like a broken record in saying this issue, but I won’t apologise for standing up for my constituents in the Vale of Clwyd. Emergency department waiting times in north Wales are at a level that other developed nations would…
13 November 2024 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: The First Minister's first 100 days
I am keeping up, because what we’ve seen is no statement from you in terms of the response of the Welsh Government in terms of the 20 per cent VAT on private schools. There are many private schools across Wales, and there’s not been one statement or one…
13 November 2024 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: The First Minister's first 100 days
Yes, certainly.
13 November 2024 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: The First Minister's first 100 days
Absolutely, Mark, yes, and in particular I noted St David's school in Llandudno, which does have a rich history of providing that additional support for people with additional learning needs, and I do note the value that the private sector does play in that…
13 November 2024 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: The First Minister's first 100 days
Yes, certainly, Mark.
13 November 2024 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: The First Minister's first 100 days
Deputy Llywydd, it's a pleasure to take part in this debate this afternoon. I'm always conscious when I'm one of the final speakers on the list that I don't try to repeat things that have already been said, but I think the remarks I've drafted today would be…
13 November 2024 , Plenary
Debate on the Children, Young People and Education Committee Report, 'Do disabled children and young people have equal access to education and childcare?'
I'm pleased to be discussing some of the really important findings in this committee report this afternoon, and I'm keen to hear the Welsh Government's response to the report's conclusions, as the Chair of the CYPE Committee has already highlighted in her…
12 November 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Education: Anti-bullying Week: The mental health and well-being of learners
I'd like to place on record my appreciation for your statement this afternoon, Cabinet Secretary, to mark Anti-bullying Week. It's very timely and important and I personally believe that there is no place for bullying within any settings, particularly in…
12 November 2024 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Could we please have a statement from the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs on the increase in fly-tipping rates in Denbighshire currently, in response to the appalling roll-out of the Trolibocs system? I had a walk around Rhyl in my…
6 November 2024 , Plenary
Short Debate: The future of local healthcare in rural Wales
Thank you, James, for tabling this important discussion here tonight in the Senedd. Whereas it's welcome, obviously, that we're talking about broadening the scope of community healthcare provision in rural areas, I believe we're having a conversation around…
6 November 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
—in the reporting process, in communications between agencies and in Welsh Government vetting. So, what is the Cabinet Secretary doing to ensure that these deficiencies are identified and fixed as soon as possible so that these mistakes are never made again?
6 November 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
This individual is one of the most evil sex offenders in Welsh history, and there was a litany of failures, negligence, red flags that were missed that allowed this abuse to continue unchallenged. Perhaps the most shocking of the allegations is that Neil…
6 November 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
I don't think the Welsh Government's position on rent controls is clear, because you have flirted with rent controls in the past, and have consulted on this topic, with the idea, thankfully, being ruled out, albeit tepidly, from the Government. But I'd…
5 November 2024 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
May I please have a statement from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care on ambulance waits in north Wales? In June, an 82-year-old lady died at Glan Clwyd Hospital, following more than a 14-hour wait for an ambulance, after she collapsed in her…
23 October 2024 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: UK Government Budget
I do agree with some of the sentiments that you say about taxing the rich, but would you agree that has to be done in a fair and proportionate way so that we avoid a system like the 1970s, when we had a mass exodus of wealth and talent that contributes such…
23 October 2024 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: UK Government Budget
Will you take an intervention?
23 October 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Thank you, Cabinet Secretary. Concerns have been raised with me regarding the ease of access to home adaptations and funding for people in Wales living with disabilities. The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 stipulates eligibility as meeting…
23 October 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
3. Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on community healthcare provision in Vale of Clwyd? OQ61765
23 October 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
I'm pleased you've had those discussions with James Evans regarding his legislative proposal, but, again, the question is about the Measure. The Measure has been in place for 14 years, and it compels healthcare professionals, mental health practitioners to…
23 October 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
I appreciate that response, and I understand the remarks you make in terms of the Act, but my question is more along the lines of the Measure and what we can do as a Welsh Parliament, and, indeed, you as a Welsh Government, in order to expand what was passed…
