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21 October 2026, Plenary

Members' Legislative Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): An NHS first Bill

… will rely on the NHS. It has cared for our loved ones and communities in their times of need. And we must protect a service that provides care free at the point of need. Cardiff is often … been caring for people from all across Wales for decades, and with roughly 700,000 people on NHS waiting lists in Wales, the answer must be to invest in our public health service. This is particularly important when …

21 June 2022, Plenary

Statement by the Minister for Social Justice: Refugee Week 2022: Healing

… terms of other needs—health checks for those who are attending the welcome centres. There's no waiting when you go to a welcome centre, you see the teams. And, of course, they're registering with GPs. But … nurses were saying how privileged they felt to be able to offer this kind of support at this time. That's the expression of a nation of sanctuary by the professionals. For those who are staying with sponsor …

23 June 2026, Plenary

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

… and take control of the situation. Am I confident that we'll be able to drive down the waiting lists in Betsi Cadwaladr? Simply, 'yes'. I'm confident that we can do it across Wales because … system at the primary care level. Again, cancer care is completely unacceptable. I've made that clear many times. That's why I know you agree with me on this. We will put forward a cancer plan for …

18 May 2022, Plenary

Welsh Conservatives Debate: Child and adolescent mental health

… normal life. It is clear that the impact of the pandemic will be felt for a significant time. These facts are concerning and must be considered by the Minister planning for the future of mental health. In February … Senedd report found that 60 per cent of children and adolescents who required specialist care had to wait more than four weeks for a first appointment. I have a few suggestions, which I hope the Minister will consider …

9 May 2022, Petitions Committee

New Petitions

… highly emotive issue, and it has been raised in the Chamber and in other areas a number of times. I think we can write back to the First Minister on this occasion, given the current climate that … but perhaps then this is as far as the committee can take this particular one. But, we'll wait for that response to bring back to the committee at a different date. Are Members in agreement? Yes …

22 March 2022, Plenary

Business Statement and Announcement

… right across my constituency about this. This has been going on since 2013. Park home residents have been waiting nine years for this unfair charge to be removed from the statute book. Park homes are still allowed … per cent of the sale price from private individuals who live in park homes. The Minister at the time, Rebecca Evans, decided, after much consultation, that the 10 per cent would be reduced to 5 per cent maximum …

25 June 2025, Plenary

Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language

… the leading question. As you will know in particular, Cabinet Secretary, I've raised so many times my concerns over its operation here in Wales. Indeed, I have questioned the service level agreement, as a result of their … have businesses that consider that service to be appalling. When appealing rateable values, they've been kept waiting two to three years. Sometimes, constituents don't even get a response. Nonetheless, the VOA's work supports the collection …

9 February 2022, Plenary

Welsh Conservatives Debate: Cancer services

… the watch of this Labour Government, thousands of residents across Wales have been let down in their time of need. We are seeing a tsunami of missed cancer diagnoses, and a growing number of later stage cancers … the COVID-19 pandemic. Ultimately, though, this issue has not crept up on the Welsh Government, with cancer waiting targets not met since 2008 and with only 56 per cent of patients receiving treatment within 62 days across …

16 November 2023, Children, Young People, and Education Committee

Do disabled children and young people have equal access to education and childcare? - evidence session 11

… think the impact is very great on the parent during that period of time as well, because they often report that, you know, they feel they're fighting to get this diagnosis and get all the support that … their child needs, and, in that period, they find it incredibly stressful while they're playing the waiting game, waiting for this diagnosis for their child …

9 December 2021, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

HGV Driver Shortage and Supply Chain Issues inquiry - Logistics & Haulage Organisations

… make sure they retain all their examiners. So, the practical test has been much improved, but the waiting lists have continued to increase for doing the other parts of the HGV driver tests: you've got the practical … got case studies that you need to do, and the hazard perception and theory. And during this time, the booking system got changed with DVSA, and that booking system is causing quite a few issues for training providers …

25 January 2023, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 4

… don't know, at least six months, maybe 12 months, to set up a commission. By the time you've had the first few meetings and you've concluded something, it's a year later, and, before you … you're two or three years down the line. We haven't got two or three years to wait—we need to get on with it. So, that's where I would agree with the Minister. I find …

11 January 2023, Health and Social Care Committee

Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing

… told many stories, as I'm sure you've heard, that you can have somebody who has been waiting for their care package to go home for maybe five days in hospital, and if an occupational therapist … can come along and have a chat with them and be like, 'What does matter?', and have that time to do that assessment with them, you can get them home so much quicker once you realise what really …

6 November 2025, Health and Social Care Committee

Inquiry into the future of general practice: evidence session 5

… Wales. Julian Tudor Hart's practice, I think, was still sitting at about 80 per cent the last time I checked. Most practices are about zero or one; it's very skewed. For every 10 per cent increase … just affect our patients; we know that there are huge pressures in hospital and a huge focus on waiting lists, which is necessary since the pandemic. But if we look to forecast everything that Professor Edwards has talked …

12 July 2023, Plenary

Finance Committee Debate—The Welsh Government’s spending priorities for the 2024-25 budget

… reached out on more funding for the NHS—no clear response. We've reached out on the timings of announcements, so that we can plan effectively—no clear response. We've reached out to highlight the issues that … here today to set out how we can plan for the next budget round while we wait for the UK Government to catch up. As I've already outlined, we are in year 3 of a multi-year …

30 September 2026, Plenary

Reform UK Debate: Default 20 mph speed limit

… experiment early and not knowing whether it would have made a difference one way or the other, or waiting until 2029. It might well be that, when that comes to an end, they say the drift upwards … scientist, I will say that we can't know the answer to that question, because the time hasn't elapsed yet for us to properly compare the data. I'm aware the clock has gone red, but also …

21 May 2025, Plenary

Plaid Cymru Debate: Pensions

… they are a deferred salary, built on an expectation that people will receive security and support when the time comes for them to retire. Now, I declare an interest as well. When it comes to 1950s women, like … something that demands redress. We in Plaid Cymru will not abandon these women—women who are tired of waiting for justice to be done, tired of waiting for the money they are owed. So many women have died …

5 July 2023, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

National contemporary art gallery: evidence session 1 - delivery partners

… people with the expertise and the knowledge, and you keep these collections for us. I think, rather than waiting for the Government or some agreement with parties in future, perhaps, to say something, you, as our national institutions … could be talking about this too, because I wouldn't depend on politicians to do this, because every time that you talk about the challenges that you've just described, Dafydd, the politicians are just going to respond …

6 October 2025, Equality and Social Justice Committee

Stage 1 scrutiny of the British Sign Language (Wales) Bill: evidence session 8

… different organisations could be resolved through direction, and that would require, again, policy instruction. These things always take time because there's a change management process, particularly in the health records departments across NHS Wales. These are the … patients. I'm sure all of you are aware of the demand across NHS Wales and the long waits relating to out-patients. So, it's not necessarily difficult, but it does require direction …

22 March 2023, Plenary

Plaid Cymru Debate: Bus emergency scheme

… Wales. That will take time, it needs investment, but what we are talking about at this point in time are the services that people in our communities currently use and rely on, and the risk to the future … college; late to work, or not getting to work; fewer wages; losing employment; late collecting children from school; waiting in the rain only for no bus to come; feeling isolated, disconnected, restricted to their homes; unable …

27 April 2023, Health and Social Care Committee

Gynaecological cancers: Panel 2

… diagnostic clinic that is able to assess that patient, do the tests in a timely way, within days or even the same day, and that's not what is available at the moment. So, that is where patients … are turning up to A&E, where we know the experience is not good and patients are kept waiting et cetera, and it's the worst of all worlds. Emergency presentation of cancer for Wales and the …