8 October 2025 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
… extra time on that work in order to consider all the evidence, including the ruling that you've referred to. I know my colleague Jane Hutt has set out to the Chamber that we're waiting for the …
6 March 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Private rented sector: evidence session 3
… time again. We're in 1919, we're in 1947, we have a deep, systemic and structural housing emergency—11,000 people in temporary accommodation, 3,000 of those kids, 139,000 people on social housing waiting lists … law, to force Government to do that—then we'll just come back in a couple of months' time and discuss what we do with the social housing sector, or what we do with the owner-occupied sector …
20 September 2022 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Update on COVID and Winter Pressures
… unsustainable at all times of the year, and that the summer can be just as exceptional as the winter. I know from personal experience this summer what it's like to wait 10 hours for treatment …
4 October 2023 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Bus services
… course, you do every time you stand up—and the Bus Services Act 2017 empowered the mayoral combined authorities to bring in franchising for their local bus services. Why have we had to wait so long for the …
21 September 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
European models of health and social care: evidence session with academics
… clinic for four hours waiting after they've had their procedure. So, fixing healthcare transport is important, but there's no easy answer to how do you centralise services. A lot of the time the answer is think …
4 June 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
… for the total waiting area. That should make a real difference for people that come in, and ambulances can be released to deal with the risk that is in the community at that time . But we've got …
30 March 2022 , Plenary
Short Debate: Motor neurone disease and access to treatment and facilities in Wales
… raised this several times in the Chamber, or the plight of people with MND, and I think we need to keep doing that, because every day, every minute and hour we wait , those people are suffering longer and …
14 March 2022 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
… and we are now waiting for the UK Government's response. I might just ask Adam, in terms of the timescale on this, we've filed our papers, but there's a time period now, isn't there …
26 March 2025 , Plenary
Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
… many times —are constant reminders of how we were exploited. Those of us who grew up with them on the hills have become used to their presence. They've been there so long, waiting for another tragedy …
10 February 2022 , Health and Social Care Committee
Impact of the waiting times backlog on people in Wales who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment and Scrutiny of the Welsh Government’s Health and Social Care Winter Plan 2021 to 2022: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services
… answer there is quite timely because I'm going to move on because in the Minister's paper, I note, it says there's a one point of contact for all patients' waiting enquiries in the Hywel Dda …
27 January 2026 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
… waiting that long for their pensions. So, Minister, can we have a Welsh Government statement to see what action the Welsh Government is taking to support civil service pensioners to receive what is rightfully theirs in a timely …
19 October 2026 , Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Annual scrutiny session with the National Library of Wales
… called for the establishment of a national archive for Wales, and we are still calling for that, or waiting , rather, to see whether that development is possible. But the Government of Wales Act 2006 notes that the Senedd … report that was published in 2019 that was looking at potential models for national archives at that time . The update for that report will hopefully look at the national library as a possible home for the archive, and …
24 June 2025 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
… this particular time of year, is not something unique to Wales; it happens all over the country. What's happened since then is we've announced an extra £120 million to again bring down those waiting lists …
3 July 2023 , Petitions Committee
New Petitions
… inquiry, and that we wait for the publication of the Estyn report in September. I note that we haven't received any comments from the petitioner yet, so maybe give them the additional time to provide any comments …
23 October 2024 , Plenary
Joint Debate on Committee Reports: The Sustainable Farming Scheme and Farming Connect
… always been somewhat ignored, with farmers left sitting and asking themselves why: why have we spent so much time getting to this point only to be still without a workable system to secure the future of farming … consultation, 'Brexit and our land', launched in 2018, yet six years and five consultations later we're still waiting for a workable scheme that farmers want to subscribe to. Why has the Welsh Government allowed this to drag …
10 November 2021 , Plenary
Short Debate: Focus on fighting floods: Explore options to strengthen the approach to reducing flood risk and the response to flood events
… Llanrwst had to wait eight months to see a section 19 flood report, and such statutory documents provide key recommendations. Delays in compilation and publication should be addressed by imposing statutory time limits, putting an end to the …
14 October 2026 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Finance
… lives. Gender budgeting can seem complex, so I'll attempt an everyday analogy: a good cook does not wait until the guests have eaten to find out whether their recipe worked. Tasting, or testing, happens beforehand, and Government … discovering too late that they've deepened existing inequalities. The case in Wales is stark. Women are three times more likely than men to work part time , three and a half times more likely to be economically inactive …
22 May 2023 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
The public health approach to preventing gender-based violence: evidence session 3
… seeing six-month/nine-month waits for counselling services, and we are now starting to see specialist providers who are tripling to be above, because of the economic crisis. I think it is quite timely that we actually understand …
3 May 2023 , Plenary
Debate on the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee Report—'Decarbonising the private housing sector'
… have to wait ? Our report points to a combination of regulatory standards and incentives being needed to accelerate retrofit in the private housing sector. I don't want to take up time talking about regulatory standards, as these …
8 July 2026 , Plenary
Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Minister for Social Justice
… glad to be discussing childcare almost every time I am speaking in this Chamber, almost every time that I'm interviewed on the media. I certainly talk about it a lot in the community, and did … Nedd and all the other places that I campaigned during the election campaign, because how long have we waited for a government to make this a central priority? You have campaigned on this, I know, for years …