13 January 2022 , Health and Social Care Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
Thank you for that, and I think it does go a long way to addressing some of the longstanding issues in recruiting front-line workers and indeed ensuring that they're adequately trained, which is most important to ensure that patients receive the best care…
13 January 2022 , Health and Social Care Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
Yes, until May, yes.
13 January 2022 , Health and Social Care Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
Thank you very much, Chair, and good morning, Ministers and officials. I want to just take a healthcare workforce tack, really. In the budget documentation, you mention in very broad-brush terms about investment in the workforce, including £260 million in…
12 January 2022 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Health inequalities
It's a pleasure to take part in this debate this afternoon, and I've got no problem supporting the motion as it stands this afternoon. According to the World Health Organization, there is ample evidence that social factors such as education, employment…
11 January 2022 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Update on COVID-19
Thank you for your statement this afternoon, Minister, and for addressing members of the health committee earlier today, at lunchtime—and a happy new year, of course. Thankfully, of course, according to many experts, we're in a transition from a pandemic to…
11 January 2022 , Plenary
Debate on a Statement: The Draft Budget 2022-23
I wish everybody a happy new year and a healthy 2022. While there is much to be welcomed in this budget, it unfortunately does little to address the massive crisis facing social care in Wales. This budget will put into effect the Welsh Government's answer to…
22 December 2021 , Plenary
Statement by the First Minister: Update on COVID-19
I really appreciate that, Llywydd. Thank you for squeezing me in at the end, and thank you very much to the First Minister for your statement this afternoon. I want to focus my question on social care and care homes, if possible, because I was reading through…
14 December 2021 , Plenary
The Curriculum for Wales—Relationships and Sexuality Education Code
Yes. We're being asked to approve the code without even seeing the accompanying guidance, which means that there is no way that we can approve this code today, and I urge Members to reject the Government's motion and call upon Ministers to redraft the RSE…
14 December 2021 , Plenary
The Curriculum for Wales—Relationships and Sexuality Education Code
No, I'm nearly concluded, Deputy Llywydd.
14 December 2021 , Plenary
The Curriculum for Wales—Relationships and Sexuality Education Code
Well, I'm nearly finished. I'm near as finished, Deputy Llywydd, so I'm not sure there'd be much point, really.
14 December 2021 , Plenary
The Curriculum for Wales—Relationships and Sexuality Education Code
Apologies for that. I didn't see you.
14 December 2021 , Plenary
The Curriculum for Wales—Relationships and Sexuality Education Code
The draft of this RSE code is a vast improvement on the one sent out with the consultation. However, as it stands today we can't support it. We do still have some huge concerns, which I hope the Minister can address, and bring back a revised code that all in…
14 December 2021 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Update on COVID-19
Thank you, Minister, for your statement this afternoon, as well as addressing and allowing your officials to brief members of the health committee earlier this afternoon. Minister, while it's important that we react to the developing picture of omicron, it's…
8 December 2021 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Food poverty
I can obviously see the Member's passion and the cases in his constituency, and I have exactly the same in mine. Rhyl is one of the most deprived areas in the country, in Wales and most of the UK, so I'm not going to take any lectures from Members from south…
8 December 2021 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Food poverty
I'm trying to add to the debate. I'm adding to the debate, and—
8 December 2021 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Food poverty
Well, I—
8 December 2021 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Food poverty
Well—[Laughter.]
8 December 2021 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Food poverty
Yes, certainly. Certainly.
8 December 2021 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Food poverty
Well, if the Member listens to the duration of my contribution, you'll see how it'll naturally come around to answer your query. [Laughter.] So, one must be patient, as they say. [Laughter.] Today's foodbanks come in many shapes and sizes. In an ideal world…
8 December 2021 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Food poverty
Yes, certainly.
8 December 2021 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Food poverty
A few weeks ago, I had the honour to meet the volunteers at the Kings Storehouse foodbank in Rhyl. The Kings Storehouse in an independent foodbank run by volunteers from the Wellspring Christian Centre. It was founded in 2012 when the church saw people…
8 December 2021 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Mental health services
It's a pleasure to take part in this debate this afternoon, as I worked in Betsi Cadwaladr for 11 years and I worked for four years in mental health as a support worker, so I'd like to consider this topic of debate fairly close to my heart. Although the…
8 December 2021 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Minister, my constituency is home to one of the most deprived communities in Wales and maybe even in the whole of the UK. Sadly, poverty is so often linked to poor educational achievement, and it can be a really vicious cycle, with children of poorly educated…
8 December 2021 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
I'd like to start by declaring an interest, as I'm a Denbighshire councillor until May 2022. I'm afraid I'm going to keep banging on about this and sound a bit like a broken record, because, you know, I've mentioned this question a couple of times in the…
7 December 2021 , Plenary
Debate: Approval of the Children’s Rights Scheme
With it being a UNCRC, I'd imagine it's a universal way that all Governments sign up to. So, I'm not sure on the details of the UK Government, but my job primarily is to scrutinise the Welsh Government, which I'm trying to do, and not to talk too much about…
