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1 October 2024, Plenary

Questions to the First Minister

… pledges a number of times previously that there would be an assessment of these roads to see what can be done in order to improve safety, but to date we're still waiting and no assessment work has …

19 June 2025, Local Government and Housing Committee

Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 3

… change during that time. This Welsh Government is going to want to know that it can move forward on its plans to end homelessness. I just wanted to say one thing about the waiting lists of people waiting …

9 December 2022, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister

Equality and human rights

… extent, from the time that I was the health Minister, where we did our best to advance the way in which very basic services—. Sitting in the GP's waiting room, where a very squawky box in the …

16 June 2025, Petitions Committee

New Petitions

… know—have different times, different, you know—. And I don't necessarily see any reason for us as the Petitions Committee to get involved in that, but we could keep it open to wait and find out …

15 January 2026, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee

COVID-19: evidence session with the Rt Hon Eluned Morgan MS, First Minister of Wales

… are absolutely determined to learn lessons as a result of COVID. What can we do differently next time? What can we learn? It's important that we learn lessons from the inquiry—that's what you are asking … relation to module 1. What have we learned? What was the contingency planning? Clearly, we have not waited for that inquiry to publish. Even before they gave their response to module 1, we were on it. We had …

25 October 2022, Plenary

Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: National Immunisation Framework for Wales

… stable programmes, there will be times where an emergency response is required at pace.’ So I just wanted to ask what does this mean in the context of when you are waiting for advice from JCVI. Of course …

27 January 2026, Plenary

Questions to the First Minister

… time, and the closing date of that contract is known from the beginning. Do you therefore think it's acceptable that patients who are living with an aggressive cancer such as this have to wait many weeks for …

15 November 2023, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

Evidence session on rail delivery and performance

… been cancelled and you wait an hour for the next train and it's a lovely new train, that's not as satisfactory as having an older train that arrived on time …

2 April 2025, Plenary

Topical Questions

… these regulations threaten the viability of their livelihoods. Now, farmers are being told that they may have to wait up to three more years for potential adjustments, following this review, and that simply isn't good enough. The … time. And finally, do you acknowledge that failing to act swiftly on these recommendations will seriously add to the worry and desperation of those out there who really are grappling with these regulations? As I say, waiting …

6 December 2022, Plenary

Business Statement and Announcement

May I ask for a debate in Government time on the state of the NHS? As we enter winter, staff are doing their very best, but the situation is impossible. I've heard of a series of incidents … constituents over the past few days: one woman in her 80s, concerned that she'd broken her hip, waiting 24 hours on the floor at home for an ambulance; another elderly woman waiting hours in the emergency department …

23 June 2026, Plenary

Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Health and Care: Delivering on our priorities: Reducing waiting times and strengthening primary care

… put an interest in. Cabinet Secretary, in your statement you spoke about primary care and prevention and waiting lists. The part of primary care that was noticeably missing was NHS dentistry. From my own personal experience working … them ever being seen. I saw emergency appointments being used to firefight people in severe pain, without the time or the capacity to deal with the problem. That does not help with prevention. I also saw the pressures …

7 May 2025, Local Government and Housing Committee

The role of local authorities in supporting hospital discharges: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care and the Minister for Children and Social Care

… happens all the time. It happens right at the end of the process, and then, 'Oh, the house isn't ready', so it means that there are five or six additional days to wait before they can return …

7 May 2025, Local Government and Housing Committee

The role of local authorities in supporting hospital discharges: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care and the Minister for Children and Social Care

… have to wait to see who they'll get when the call the GP; they'll know it's that GP that they will see. Now, it's going to take some time to ensure that …

27 January 2022, Health and Social Care Committee

Hospital discharge and its impact on patient flow through hospitals: evidence session with allied health professionals

… pulmonary rehab, cardio rehab, people waiting on two lists. So, if you have one single rehab general service for people who need more than one kind of rehab at the same time, you could do that quite swiftly …

27 June 2023, Plenary

Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: National Immunisation Programme for Wales

… you talk about the centralised waiting list—sorry, centralised procurement model—so, I'm listening to that with interest as well. I think you talked about that last year, and at the time you were talking about …

27 June 2023, Plenary

Statement by the First Minister: The Legislative Programme

… and, at the same time, and in the way that I indicated, the Welsh Government goes on preparing legislation for the second half of this Senedd term. 'How long can we wait?' the Member asked, and …

7 October 2026, Plenary

Reform UK Debate: Access to HMOs and social housing for foreign nationals

… research estimated that around 170,000 people, including approximately 45,000 children, are represented on social housing waiting lists. At the building rate used in that report, providing enough additional homes to meet that demand would take more … has access to them are both responsibilities of this Government. We must build more, faster, but construction takes time and our constituents need help now. Where homes are scarce, eligibility matters, priorities matter and British taxpayers are entitled …

17 September 2025, Plenary

Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs

… many times in committee, of course—since Brexit, Wales has languished in a governance gap when it comes to our natural world. When it comes to contaminated land, we can't afford to wait any longer, can …

19 March 2025, Plenary

Topical Questions

… Minister; we will wait for the response. Cabinet Secretary, I welcome the move by the UK Government to tackle the ballooning welfare Bill. In one of the most widely trailed announcements in recent times, Rachel Reeves and Liz …

7 February 2024, Plenary

Plaid Cymru Debate: The health service

… there is a health emergency. They are not receiving the care that they need and deserve in a timely manner. And this isn't an overstatement, or, as Mabon said, it's not a headline-grabbing statement … seen, or waiting for treatment—sometimes for years—and that then, as they continue to worsen, they then need to be seen, or their condition needs to be discussed on the phone, multiple times a week …