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Business Statement and Announcement
Trefnydd, I'd like a statement from you, please, on what work the Welsh Government is doing to support white, working-class men and boys across Wales. Recently, a Plaid Cymru candidate took to X to call a panel I sat on 'pale, male and stale'. This derogatory…
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Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, you're talking a very good game, aren't you, on community care, but what have we seen for the last 26 years of this Labour Government, propped up by Plaid Cymru and the Liberal Democrats? What we have seen across Wales is community hospitals…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Brexit and the future relationship with the EU
Diolch, Llywydd. I want to say to those people who are out there listening to this debate today: those of you who supported Brexit and believe in a strong United Kingdom, we hear you. You voted for sovereignty, secure borders, for a Government that puts its…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Brexit and the future relationship with the EU
Heledd, they've not disappeared overnight. I'm an internationalist. I want to be a part of a country that can strike trade agreements with any part of the world, not shackled to an institution that wants to do those deals for us. And here's the long irony…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Brexit and the future relationship with the EU
Not yet; I'm going to make some progress. Instead, they campaign tirelessly to drag us back into a system that we chose to leave, a system that ignored Wales for years. This is not democracy. It's a refusal to listen. Plaid Cymru is stuck in the past, while…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Brexit and the future relationship with the EU
As my colleague Darren Millar said earlier, this is a good day for me. I love coming here to talk about Brexit and the benefits that it has brought to Wales and the United Kingdom, and I will say that some of the contributions from the opposite side of the…
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Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence sessions - Panel 6
Just on this point, do you actually think, though, that the regulatory regime that we have in Wales goes against some of the things that, actually, I'd like to see more—sport and physical activity in school? I've seen the schemes in New Zealand, and the…
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Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence sessions - Panel 6
—was heavily involved in doing it, and the funding got cut.
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Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence sessions - Panel 6
Yes, it’s really quick, and it’s on the disability element of it. Do you think enough is done by the broader organisations? I’m going to pick a few, say the Welsh Rugby Union, the Football Association of Wales, some of the organisations funded to deliver some…
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Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence sessions - Panel 6
Sorry, Chair—
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Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence sessions - Panel 6
It links back to my final point about 45 per cent of people as well stated cost around barriers to sport. If you look at the cross-departmental working, that probably is a barrier as well, isn’t it? I know another colleague will probably pick up on the…
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Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence sessions - Panel 6
Do you think Government silos don't help? Because your funding primarily—well, most of it—comes from the culture department within Welsh Government, even from the disabled side, it all comes from the culture department, but a lot of what goes on in the…
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Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence sessions - Panel 6
Because that same survey highlighted that 70 per cent of people classed sport and physical activity as a key part of their lives—keeping moving and keeping physically active, stopping the obesity trend and stopping people becoming inactive. How do you use…
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Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence sessions - Panel 6
Diolch, Cadeirydd. I'd best declare an interest, because Sport Wales fund an organisation that I'm a committee member of, so I thought I'd put that on the record. I just wanted to say, before I start, congratulations, as well, on signing the armed forces…
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Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence sessions - Panel 5
Lovely. Thank you very much.
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Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence sessions - Panel 5
That's fine. Okay.
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Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence sessions - Panel 5
I'm going to try to get an answer, then—a 'yes' or a 'no'. So, do you think the Government should be harder on the regulating of them, and should they perhaps become more of a prescription medicine rather than something you can buy over the counter?
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Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence sessions - Panel 5
So, do you think the Government should be harder on the marketing and the availability of them? Because, as I said, if you don't have the wraparound services, it's just the pharmaceutical industry on a money-making scheme again, isn't it? I'll probably get…
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Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence sessions - Panel 5
One final question: do you think the Government should be harder on the regulation of how they're marketed?
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Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence sessions - Panel 5
I'll stop speaking, so you can say it.
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Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence sessions - Panel 5
It is around that psychological and pharmacological effect, and the holistic approach, because it is right—. Some people may think, 'It's right for me', but it's how you manage that, especially in the roles that you have, to try and say to somebody, 'Taking…
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Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence sessions - Panel 5
Yes. We are seeing a rise in people accessing over-the-counter medications to manage their weight, and they come with risks and side effects. I'm just wondering, do you think there's enough public information out there for people who do try, perhaps, the…
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Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence sessions - Panel 5
Okay. I want to move on to medicines, if that's okay, because we're seeing the rise of—
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Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence sessions - Panel 5
One quick question on the complexities of obesity. I go to a fantastic gym back home and we don't have a mirror in the whole place. It's that sort of place—if you come with an ego, you're not really wanted there. It's that type of place where I go. We do…
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Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence sessions - Panel 5
I'm just interested in how you manage someone's mental health expectations as they go through a weight-loss journey. I knew you were coming today, and I know a friend of mine would want me to ask you this question, for the simple reason being it can go the…
