26 February 2026 , Health and Social Care Committee
Pre-appointment hearing for the role of Chair of Aneurin Bevan University Health Board: evidence session with the Welsh Government's preferred candidate
On conflict of interest, before I move on to overall strategy, there is going to be a perception out there that you backed the current health Secretary to be the First Minister, you're a member of the Labour Party—there will be elements out there who will say…
24 February 2026 , Plenary
Debate: Stage 4 of the Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Bill
I will be opposing the Bill this afternoon because what we have seen across this Senedd in a number of different areas is targets set up all the time, and what do we do? We don't meet them, because arbitrary targets do not make any difference; substantial…
24 February 2026 , Plenary
Legislative Consent Motion: The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
This is not an easy debate. Discussing issues of this magnitude never is. Over recent months, I've received correspondence from constituents whose experiences sit at the opposite ends of this argument. Some have written about sitting by the bedsides of loved…
24 February 2026 , Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning: Local Growth Fund Investment Plan for Wales
Diolch, Deputy Presiding Officer. I agree with the Member for Blaenau Gwent: I do not think CJCs are a good mechanism to deliver some of this funding. One area I do want to touch on, on the local growth fund, is that an area where we could have massive growth…
24 February 2026 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Cabinet Secretary, I’d like two statements, please. I’d like one statement from the Minister for economy over the 2,000 responses to the consultation for the turbine application by Bute Energy for the Nant Mithil planning application. I’ve been steadfast in…
24 February 2026 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, I had a constituent who contacted me, who is a veteran who served our country with distinction, and who was made homeless through no fault of his own. When he sought support, he was passed around from different agency to different agency and…
10 February 2026 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership: Apprenticeship Week
Minister, as you well know, constituents from my part of the world do struggle to access apprenticeships because of the cross-border issues, because Medr and the Welsh Government do not fund apprenticeships outside of Wales universally. If we want people to…
4 February 2026 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Health board governance
[Inaudible.]—I've got my speech in front of me and I'm quite happy to share it with you after.
4 February 2026 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Health board governance
Well, the reason is I've had my shackles released from me now, so I can say what I think a little bit more. Actually, a public inquiry would take years and years to come to a conclusion while patients and people were suffering, and we already know what the…
4 February 2026 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Health board governance
Diolch, Deputy Presiding Officer. I move the amendment tabled in my name. Let us be clear about what we are debating today: Plaid Cymru's motion correctly identifies a health system in crisis, but it proposes solutions that fall short of the scale of the…
4 February 2026 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Health board governance
I'm just interested—. I was the shadow health Minister for over 12 months and I'm not quite sure what the health emergency actually meant in Welsh Conservative policy, so I'm just interested, since you've taken on the brief, whether you could explain what a…
4 February 2026 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Health board governance
Would you take an intervention?
3 February 2026 , Plenary
Group 2: Local connection (Amendments 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 68, 69)
I'd like to say I'm in full agreement with amendment 43, to give our serving personnel and our armed forces community adequate right to housing and an exemption from the local criteria. Our Veterans' Commissioner for Wales has been very clear, and he does an…
27 January 2026 , Plenary
Debate: The Final Budget 2026-27
Do you agree with me it is very disappointing? We've asked this question of the finance Secretary, I think the Cabinet Secretary, and members of Plaid Cymru who do represent this area on a regional basis: are they going to put any additional money in the…
27 January 2026 , Plenary
Debate: The Final Budget 2026-27
Russell, will you take an intervention?
27 January 2026 , Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: NHS Waiting Times
Thank you very much, Deputy Presiding Officer. Cabinet Secretary, we've had this problem before about data validation. I know from my own casework that I've got a veteran in my constituency who's been waiting over two years for a hip operation. So I'd just…
27 January 2026 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, we all want to see progress towards achieving a healthier and more active population. However, are you aware of the growing concerns around the inappropriate use of weight-loss medication in Wales? I've been made aware of these drugs being…
20 January 2026 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Diolch, Deputy Presiding Officer. Trefnydd, I'd like a statement from the Minister for culture around what support he can give to rugby clubs across the country with mental health training. Now, I recently visited BloomSpace, which is a mental health charity…
20 January 2026 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I could just see you around the pillar, First Minister. I know what Andrew R.T. Davies was saying now, about this pillar in the way. But as someone who likes to go out for a pint myself in my own constituency on most weekends, a lot of those people in my…
15 January 2026 , Health and Social Care Committee
Improving access to support for unpaid carers: evidence session with local health board representatives
Lovely. I've rolled all of my questions into one there, Cadeirydd. I think we can make some recommendations out of those, so I’m finished. Thank you.
15 January 2026 , Health and Social Care Committee
Improving access to support for unpaid carers: evidence session with local health board representatives
Okay. Colleagues in the room.
15 January 2026 , Health and Social Care Committee
Improving access to support for unpaid carers: evidence session with local health board representatives
Diolch, Cadeirydd. Thank you. My questions are very short, Chair, so you'll be pleased to know that. We've heard a lot of evidence from you today, so basically some parting thoughts from you about what action you think is needed at a national level to improve…
13 January 2026 , Plenary
The general principles of the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales (Membership) Bill
I'd just like to say to Members—apologies in advance—my speech won't be as short this afternoon as it was earlier today. I do speak in support of the general principles of the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales (Membership) Bill. This is a tightly…
13 January 2026 , Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: NHS Winter Pressures
I'll begin, as always, by placing on the record my thanks to NHS and social care staff across Wales—doctors, nurses, paramedics and care workers and the support staff who have once again carried the NHS through one of the most pressurised months and periods…
13 January 2026 , Plenary
& 5. Motion under Standing Order 26.95 that a Bill to be known as the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales (Membership) Bill be treated as a Government Emergency Bill and Motion under Standing Order 26.98(ii) to agree a timetable for the Bill to be known as the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales (Membership) Bill
I'd like to thank the Counsel General for her time yesterday and for the time of officials. The Welsh Conservatives will be supporting this emergency legislation on its two-day journey through the Senedd. I do have some broader policy questions, but they're…
