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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

22 January 2026Health and Social Care Committee
Papers to note
Members, can I go on to item 3? That's papers to note. You'll see there are three papers before us. Are you happy to receive those? You are. Okay. Thank you very much.
22 January 2026Health and Social Care Committee
Improving access to support for unpaid carers: evidence session with the Minister for Children and Social Care
Okay, John. Thank you very much. Well, that brings us to the end of our session—just over. So, can I thank you very much, Minister, for coming along, and your officials for attending today, what is a really important session for us in closing our inquiry and…
22 January 2026Health and Social Care Committee
Improving access to support for unpaid carers: evidence session with the Minister for Children and Social Care
Thank you.
22 January 2026Health and Social Care Committee
Improving access to support for unpaid carers: evidence session with the Minister for Children and Social Care
Thank you for that. Thank you, Lesley. Can I bring John Griffiths in?
22 January 2026Health and Social Care Committee
Improving access to support for unpaid carers: evidence session with the Minister for Children and Social Care
I'm conscious of time moving on. Do you want to—?
22 January 2026Health and Social Care Committee
Improving access to support for unpaid carers: evidence session with the Minister for Children and Social Care
Thank you, Joyce. Lesley.
22 January 2026Health and Social Care Committee
Improving access to support for unpaid carers: evidence session with the Minister for Children and Social Care
Thank you for that, Alistair. Joyce, can I bring you in?
22 January 2026Health and Social Care Committee
Improving access to support for unpaid carers: evidence session with the Minister for Children and Social Care
Yes, thank you for that. And it's important that they are held to account.
22 January 2026Health and Social Care Committee
Improving access to support for unpaid carers: evidence session with the Minister for Children and Social Care
Thank you for that. I just want to pick up on one point about it being fine having good policies in place and, actually, you can throw as much money as you want at something. That doesn't mean to say that that's right. Actually having the correct policies and…
22 January 2026Health and Social Care Committee
Improving access to support for unpaid carers: evidence session with the Minister for Children and Social Care
Okay, Mabon?
22 January 2026Health and Social Care Committee
Improving access to support for unpaid carers: evidence session with the Minister for Children and Social Care
Okay. Back to you, Mabon, sorry.
22 January 2026Health and Social Care Committee
Improving access to support for unpaid carers: evidence session with the Minister for Children and Social Care
Can I bring Joyce in for a second?
22 January 2026Health and Social Care Committee
Improving access to support for unpaid carers: evidence session with the Minister for Children and Social Care
Right, let's get you another one.
22 January 2026Health and Social Care Committee
Improving access to support for unpaid carers: evidence session with the Minister for Children and Social Care
Oh, let's get you another one.
22 January 2026Health and Social Care Committee
Improving access to support for unpaid carers: evidence session with the Minister for Children and Social Care
Okay, thank you for that. Sorry, Mabon.
22 January 2026Health and Social Care Committee
Improving access to support for unpaid carers: evidence session with the Minister for Children and Social Care
Could you explain a little bit what a 'letter of comfort' is?
22 January 2026Health and Social Care Committee
Improving access to support for unpaid carers: evidence session with the Minister for Children and Social Care
Thank you very much for that. I'm going to move us on, then. Can I invite Mabon in, please?
22 January 2026Health and Social Care Committee
Improving access to support for unpaid carers: evidence session with the Minister for Children and Social Care
And are you confident that your colleagues within the Cabinet recognise the seriousness of this?
22 January 2026Health and Social Care Committee
Improving access to support for unpaid carers: evidence session with the Minister for Children and Social Care
Okay. Fine. One last point from me, before we talk in more depth about data. There are going to be a lot of carers or carers organisations watching today's session, so it's an opportunity for you to—. What assurances would you like to give to carers that they…
22 January 2026Health and Social Care Committee
Improving access to support for unpaid carers: evidence session with the Minister for Children and Social Care
Thanks, Lesley. A couple of final points from me: your evidence paper refers to an action plan led by the Association of Directors of Social Services, which is due to be completed, I think, in March this year. What can we expect to see published following…
22 January 2026Health and Social Care Committee
Improving access to support for unpaid carers: evidence session with the Minister for Children and Social Care
Yes, thank you for that. Lesley.
22 January 2026Health and Social Care Committee
Improving access to support for unpaid carers: evidence session with the Minister for Children and Social Care
Well, that's welcome, and I hope you have some positive responses back from local authorities. Is there a way, then, that a more permanent, robust system can be put in place to make sure that the monitoring—? Or how will the ongoing monitoring happen? I mean…
22 January 2026Health and Social Care Committee
Improving access to support for unpaid carers: evidence session with the Minister for Children and Social Care
—but they weren't getting stuff, and that was a constant message we heard. I know you wrote to—. In November you told us again, you shared your concerns over these issues, and you've done that again, and I know you said you were going to write to local…
22 January 2026Health and Social Care Committee
Improving access to support for unpaid carers: evidence session with the Minister for Children and Social Care
We'll come on to some of those points after, but, sadly, we didn't hear much evidence that those assessments were happening or, even if they got an assessment, that, afterwards, the commensurate actions were taking place. So, you know, you can tick the box…
22 January 2026Health and Social Care Committee
Improving access to support for unpaid carers: evidence session with the Minister for Children and Social Care
Thank you for that, and thank you for recognising the severity of the situation. I recognise that you haven't been in post for a long time, and I acknowledge the extra money and things that have gone in. But the reality is that those unpaid carers haven't…