9 December 2025 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
… several forms to enable the application to be referred to the Welsh Government's independent assessor, at the time Able2. None of that paperwork was returned, as Able2 ceased operating at short notice in March of last year … the meantime, my constituent, who has significant mobility challenges and very real day-to-day needs, continues to wait . Therefore, I would be grateful if the Cabinet Secretary could confirm in a written statement when the new independent …
21 January 2026 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales
Yes, we continue to engage with Welsh Government. So, for example, several times over the last years, when we've put our draft proposal to them, sometimes they say, 'Well, we're already working on that.' So, for … training, because they were already carrying out a net-zero skills policy. So, we excluded that and then waited to see what came out of that policy. So, we're very mindful of not duplicating existing work and …
24 January 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Pre-appointment hearing for the role of Chair of Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board: evidence session with the Welsh Government's preferred candidate
… people tell me is that, for the most part—I would say, 90-something per cent of the time —when they get the service, it's really good. A prominent person in local government shared his experience with … described it, it's Rolls-Royce—'but my goodness, getting to the service is a huge struggle'—from waiting lists to experience in emergency departments. So, I think if we can improve the entry and the exit points …
22 June 2022 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Inquiry into the provision of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers—evidence session 5: Minister for Social Justice
… going to be speaking in Welsh. Thank you to the three of you for giving of your time this morning—we're very grateful to you for coming here. You said just now, Minister, that you believe that … from your evidence, that they would be confident. They might be disappointed, truth be told, because they've waited for years to see action being taken. There has been legislation in place, with an expectation for local authorities …
9 December 2025 , Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: The New Emergency Ambulance Performance Framework and Ambulance Patient Handover at Hospitals
… able to determine. There is a range of options. The crucial thing is that we will measure the time between the call and the delivery of the appropriate intervention, if you like. That will capture the most relevant … doesn't give sufficient weight to that patient who may be lying on the floor at home, also waiting for an ambulance to collect them, and that patient is often the one facing the greatest safety risks …
17 January 2023 , Plenary
Initial Consideration Debate on the Historic Environment (Wales) Bill
… there has been a learning exercise, obviously, through this, and obviously it's been quite a detailed and time -consuming piece of legislation as well, largely because it's the very first of its kind. But also that … the Welsh Government in recent years, things like the clean air Act, for example, that we're still waiting to come forward. How are you going to make sure that you get the balance right between these consolidation …
9 December 2025 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
… regardless of what you have done, that's the reality for this family—having to battle at a time when they should have been able to focus solely on spending every second possible with Kyle. The 'Unlock the … social housing. So, may I ask, will you please look—? You've said that people shouldn't be waiting for months. Clearly, people are waiting months. So, will you commit as a Government to look at why what …
24 March 2022 , Health and Social Care Committee
Hospital discharge and its impact on patient flow through hospitals: evidence session with the Minister and Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services
… together, and I want to say how closely we have been working together. For a long period of time we had meetings once a week, the Minister and myself, with the local authorities, with the health boards—the … tackle the issues that were holding us up. Obviously, there is more to do, because 1,000 people waiting in hospital is just not satisfactory, and we know that a substantial number of those people waiting are waiting …
8 March 2022 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Update on COVID-19
… ask you when you anticipate the three-week review cycle to conclude? Will that continue for some time ? When are you expecting to get to a point where those three-week cycles will no longer take place? The … terms of the COVID-lite surgical hubs to help tackle the mounting backlog in Wales. In December, waiting figures didn't make good reading at all, with one in four patient pathways waiting over a year for treatment …
6 February 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Routes into post-16 education and training—evidence session 5
… Wales on this, you know, gives us some—. There is constraint in this. But us having to wait for Government to effectively form a framework before we can deliver on degree apprenticeships, that has been a real barrier … that idea that you've got that autonomy to go out there and deliver that, in real time , flexibly, when it's needed, not actually when Government can chug, chug, chug, chug through the process of developing …
6 March 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
… last year that WASPI also stands for ' Waiting and Still Pleading for Integrity'. They should not still be waiting . It's a scandal that the UK Government has dragged its feet for so long that women have died … but Westminster has the final say, so I'd urge you please to maintain pressure at this critical time . Any proposal to pay these women off with a sum that's less than what they're owed would …
20 September 2022 , Plenary
Statement by the First Minister: Update on the Cost of Living
… very concerned at the UK Government's approach to universal credit: removing the £20 uplift; the long waits that people face as new claimants; the deductions that are made, very often, to those benefits because of either overpayments … pause to deductions to recover debts to give some breathing space to families at such a difficult time . Will you, First Minister, support the calls of that committee, and take every opportunity to urge the UK Government …
23 June 2022 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Participation in sport in disadvantaged areas: Evidence session with the Welsh Government
… funding, as was set out very clearly in our remit letter to Sport Wales. Now, what we are waiting for—. Steffan and Neil may be able to give you more information on this at the moment, because officials … have from me telling them what my expectations of them as an organisation are. And for the first time this term of Government, of course, it's a whole-term remit letter—it's not an annual remit …
10 January 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
… hospital issued a black alert due to high levels of pressure brought on by a number of patients waiting for beds, and then, a few days later, another black alert was issued for different reasons, and … beyond, myself included, value Morriston Hospital and the role the staff there play in helping patients in their time of need, and I just wanted to use this opportunity to place on record the care that my grandfather …
19 February 2025 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: 'Ending corridor care in Wales' report
… not a week goes by without us hearing harrowing stories of constituents languishing in simply unacceptable conditions while waiting for treatment. I recall myself, last year, receiving a phone call from a constituent in their hospital room. They … they were too poorly. I had to intervene at the highest level to prevent this. How many times does that sort of thing happen? I fear too often. The quotes from the health boards, highlighted in the royal …
30 June 2026 , Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Transport: Integrated Transport: North-South Coach Services
… Currently, communities along this corridor face a combination of challenges: limited access to services, economic constraints, long journey times , and a public transport offer that does not always meet expectations. This new service is designed directly to address … regular coaches to support passengers to make the journeys that are right for them. Therefore, whilst we must wait until the procurement process has concluded before precise details can be confirmed, there will be two-hourly services from …
19 January 2022 , Plenary
Debate on petition P-06-1243 Reinstate cervical screening to every three years
… HPV infection can clear within one or two years, meaning that an infection could have cleared by the time a test is taken. Those constituents have queried how someone looking at the results could then know whether the … and the cancer was caught during her three-year smear test. She's worried that, had she waited an additional two years, the cancer could have progressed far more and potentially affected her fertility or something far graver …
20 February 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Special measures at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board—One year on
… issues are not going to be dealt with appropriately. I'd like to know how many people are waiting five years, four years, three years, two years, one year, and the rest, because that is the sort … proportion of it, is being undertaken in Abergele, at Abergele Hospital, which you said that you visited some time ago and were shocked to find that not all of the beds were occupied. I too was shocked just …
7 December 2021 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Social Justice: The Violence Against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Strategy
… kill. Up to the last financial year, according to a recent report by Welsh Women's Aid, the waiting list for people who needed support services as a result of sexual violence was over 300, and nearly … due to the limited means available of accessing support and accessing services. And it was a particularly difficult time for survivors who are members of groups of already disadvantaged people in our society, for example people with disabilities …
2 June 2026 , Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy: Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy Priorities
… asking for promises—they want action, and they want it now. Creating a new sort of agency takes time , it takes effort, it takes money and it takes focus, of course, and people in Wales don't want … the realities of the everyday person out there. The people that we represent, they can't afford to wait any longer. So, our focus, my focus, will be on the outcomes for working people. How many well-paid …