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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Education: Improving educational standards in Wales
… deficit of minus £71 million by 2026. Schools are facing unprecedented and precipitous budgetary challenges and it's time Labour in Wales makes good on its promise on more money for schools in Wales immediately. So, following confirmation … will see consequential funding making an impact on education in Wales, or is it still a matter of 'wait and see'? I wish the Cabinet Secretary—genuinely—and her support groups well in their efforts to improve school …
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Cancer services in Wales: evidence session with Wales Cancer Alliance
… the system and receive their treatment very rapidly; they don't commonly experience a delay in post-diagnosis wait to begin treatment. And, actually, the delays that children and young people experience is the delay between thinking that … the system. Also, trends across the UK show that children and young people attend their GP surgeries more times than adults do before they get their diagnosis, and children and young people are also most likely to present …
, Plenary
& 9. The general principles of the Building Safety (Wales) Bill and the financial resolution in respect of the Building Safety (Wales) Bill
… making, and I quote, 'the radical and far-reaching reforms to the regulatory system'. They then had to wait until 2021 for the White Paper, and it’s only today we are debating the general principles for … amount of detailed deferred to future regulations. This could complicate and delay implementation. The word 'regulations' appears 265 times in the Bill. This is not the way we should be legislating here in Wales, as Mike Hedges has …
, Plenary
Debate on the Petitions Committee Report, 'The Final Bend? P-06-1253 Ban greyhound racing in Wales'
… topic; we know it's an emotive topic. Jane Dodds articulated very well, as she does all the time in this Chamber, her memory of her beloved Arthur. Jane doesn't want to see another Arthur go through … did support a phased ban approach; a number of colleagues didn't. A number of colleagues wanted to wait. Hefin David, for example, didn't want to take a view until the public consultation has been completed. But …
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Cancer services
… strategy that will set out how Wales will tackle cancer over the next five years. Current cancer treatment times suggest that Welsh cancer services are not catching up with diagnosis and treatment. Last November, just 58 per cent … days of first being suspected of cancer, far below the target of 75 per cent. Meanwhile, the cancer waiting lists in Wales continue to rise, with nearly one in three patient pathways taking over a year to treat …
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Partnership: LGBTQ+ History Month
… Government doing to ensure this? As well as celebrating during LGBTQ+ History Month, this month is also a time for reflection, as you said, on the struggle for rights, recognition and equality, which is ongoing in Wales and … parts of the UK to see a gender specialist, and there are currently 13,500 people on this waiting list. But could the Minister provide equivalent Wales-only figures, and could data on LGBTQ+ healthcare provision in Wales …
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27: Evidence session 4
Yes, this is something that is raised with me all the time by public sector organisations, the need for earlier public decisions. I think we’re all aware of that. So, I think this process has been … approach being followed in Scotland and Northern Ireland, as far as we understand it. So, they’re waiting on the UK budget, and I think that it's a good thing that the Welsh Government has sought …
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Update on COVID-19
… going to be sticking to that. It is possible that we'll be extending the opening times beyond 8 o'clock, so that is something that is just being worked out now. That is likely to happen, certainly … already been done, and there's a separate process for volunteers who are health professionals. We're also waiting for a response from the Ministry of Defence to our request for support from the military as well …
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Health and Care: Health and Care Priorities
Thank you very much, Llywydd. I'm proud to speak in this Chamber for the first time as Cabinet Minister for Health and Care and to represent a sector that in so many ways reflects our very best … point in its history. Across a range of areas, patients and staff alike are being let down. The waiting list backlog encompasses a significant proportion of the population, with some having been in this position for years …
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
… three-bedroomed home, but there are nine people living in that property. She is on the council waiting list, but there's no social housing available, so she's looking for private rental accommodation. Unfortunately, she's been … the area is £700 per month, but she has to prove that she has an income of three times the rent for the agent and the landlord to let it to her. That's £25,000 per year …
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Business Statement and Announcement
Whilst of course I am extremely sorry to hear that somebody had to wait nine hours—I assume it was for an ambulance; I assume that's what you were saying—but you will accept that our ambulance … huge tribute to our ambulance staff, they are dealing with unprecedented pressures. You have to remember that every time they respond to a call they have to do it in a COVID-secure way. Even putting PPE …
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Waiting Well: An update on progress
… method to be able to support people in order, as you say, to get them fit for the waiting list. I think it's very interesting when you say that it's not just about when you operate … understand the risks associated with operations as well, because it's not an obvious thing to do every time, and sometimes not operating, doing nothing, is the right thing to do. But it's not doing nothing entirely …
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Waiting Well: An update on progress
… terms of if you think about how many people—. We do have a lot of people on waiting lists at the moment. I think we mustn't waste this opportunity to interact with them, because a lot … that we're expecting to happen in future, the trajectories are telling us. And, actually, this is the time to engage with them on what that looks and feels like in terms of thinking about how they can …
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Palliative care
… central to the findings of this report. Unfortunately, during the peak of the COVID pandemic, there were times when this was not possible. I will be interested to hear from the Minister, Deputy Minister, what lessons have been … and best practice is shared and implemented. I was concerned to learn that a decision was taken to wait until 2024 and the completion of another funding review before addressing the immediate cost-of-living pressures threatening hospice …
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Plaid Cymru Debate: High-risk tips
… awakened again to the risk these tips pose. No longer just an eyesore, but next-door nightmares, muted time bombs that might go off at any moment. More than 300 tips in Wales are classed as being high … have no power to intervene until there are concerns that a tip is unstable. We shouldn't be waiting for another near-disaster to happen before preventative measures are taken. And who should foot the bill? Westminster conveniently …
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Questions to the First Minister
… look at underspends, and, obviously, as the year goes on, those underspends come to the fore, particularly this time of year. We're all, as Ministers, pressurising our officials to make sure what underspend there could be, and … said all along we would have preferred a UK-wide conclusion, really, to this. We couldn't wait any longer for the UK Government to do this. We've managed to find a bit more money, and …
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Nomination of the First Minister under Standing Order 8
Llywydd, congratulations on your appointment today, and thank you for the time. May I also congratulate all Members on their election or re-election, as the case may be? And may I congratulate Plaid Cymru's nominee for … leader of the largest opposition group, I wish the Government well in its efforts to reduce NHS waiting lists, to improve education results, and in creating the right environment for the economy to grow and for job creation …
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
… callback via the contact form on the website. If you don't want to sit on telephone line waiting, you can ask for a callback, and that will also be answered. So, I want to assure people that … Rent Smart Wales this week, in fact, after a recruitment exercise. They're planning to extend the opening times of the contact centre further later this month, once those employees are trained and up to speed. We have …
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
… need to raise the same points again in this report. The third merits point notes the length of time taken to implement the licensing regime and Welsh Government's response to this same point when it was raised … the explanatory memorandum that set out the consultation undertaken in respect of the regulations, and we’re still waiting for Welsh Government’s response …
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Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
… like to explore a little bit more the timing of the announcement, which was just before the Eisteddfod this year. That was less than two months after the publication of the first supplementary budget for … the first supplementary budget and that announcement at the beginning of August. It's worrying that the Government waited until then, and maybe were blind-sided by the significance of the budget black hole. That miscalculation raises some …