Welsh Conservatives

Speeches and questions

Speeches and questions in Plenary and in committees, newest first. The Llywydd's and deputies' chairing of Plenary is left out.

2,323 speeches and questions

4 February 2026Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Minister for Children and Social Care and Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing.
Okay, thank you. Lesley, if I can invite you in on workforce.
4 February 2026Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Minister for Children and Social Care and Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing.
Okay. I'm conscious of time and I'm going to move us on, if I may. Can I bring Mabon in, please?
4 February 2026Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Minister for Children and Social Care and Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing.
I see Nick—
4 February 2026Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Minister for Children and Social Care and Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing.
I see—
4 February 2026Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Minister for Children and Social Care and Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing.
Okay. Russ, would you like to come in?
4 February 2026Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Minister for Children and Social Care and Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing.
Thank you for that. Can I bring Joyce in, please?
4 February 2026Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Minister for Children and Social Care and Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing.
So, following on from that, then, where should that next phase of planned care recovery be focused most to achieve more sustainable reductions in waiting times?
4 February 2026Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Minister for Children and Social Care and Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing.
Do you think we've reached a point where that increased activity or bringing in that additional capacity has reached the limits of what it can do to shift the situation we're in? Is there a need for, I don't know, some other focus, or are there bigger…
4 February 2026Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Minister for Children and Social Care and Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing.
So, you'll be reassuring yourself that health boards are becoming resilient or stable, through that input of capacity you're putting in there now, and you're confident that they are levelling out, that they are creating that secure footing, really, to see…
4 February 2026Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Minister for Children and Social Care and Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing.
Okay. So, clearly, on capacity, then, you believe the capacity is in place to deliver that and you would assume that capacity would continue that trend on into the next Senedd?
4 February 2026Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Minister for Children and Social Care and Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing.
Okay. Thank you.
4 February 2026Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Minister for Children and Social Care and Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing.
So, that 200,000 you talked about, you're pretty confident you're going to—. On that 200,000 patient pathways by the end of this Senedd term, you're almost there, then, are you?
4 February 2026Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Minister for Children and Social Care and Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing.
I wouldn't want people looking in thinking we're not focused on primary care. It actually takes so much of our time, and we will be coming back to that another day. Anyway, in this session, we really do want to focus down—we've got about 45 minutes, if we…
4 February 2026Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Minister for Children and Social Care and Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing.
Thank you, Cabinet Secretary and Minister. That's the end of our first session. We're, obviously, going to be focusing now on NHS waiting times. Just at this point, though, can I formally give John Griffiths's apologies? He can't make it, for unforeseen…
4 February 2026Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Minister for Children and Social Care and Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing.
Mabon.
4 February 2026Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Minister for Children and Social Care and Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing.
Thank you. That's reassuring. I'm going to move us on to the last item in this section. Joyce.
4 February 2026Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Minister for Children and Social Care and Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing.
Okay. Thank you.
4 February 2026Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Minister for Children and Social Care and Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing.
Okay. We know that the ministerial advisory group's independent review found that operational performance in key NHS services—planned care, diagnostics, cancer and urgent emergency care—requires a lot of attention and we need to see very swift improvement…
4 February 2026Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Minister for Children and Social Care and Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing.
Okay, thank you. I'd just like to ask a couple of questions on quality, safety and accountability across Wales. We see major service reviews, reports across NHS Wales, including maternity services, vascular surgery, emergency care, and they've repeatedly…
4 February 2026Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Minister for Children and Social Care and Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing.
Thank you. Mabon.
4 February 2026Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Minister for Children and Social Care and Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing.
Thank you. Russ.
4 February 2026Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Minister for Children and Social Care and Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing.
Thank you. Mabon.
4 February 2026Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Minister for Children and Social Care and Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing.
Thank you. Lesley, can I bring you in?
4 February 2026Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Minister for Children and Social Care and Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing.
Thanks. Can I bring Mabon in on a different subject?
4 February 2026Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Minister for Children and Social Care and Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing.
Thank you, Minister. We're going to move on to some other areas now. Can I ask Lesley to come in, please?