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28 June 2023, Plenary

Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services

… got to understand that. But, as health Minister, I've got to acknowledge that having people wait for longer than two years is not acceptable, and so we are expecting them to speed up their processes. We are … sure that they speed up the process, and I've made it very clear to them that, this time, there will be no excuses for missing those deadlines …

4 February 2025, Plenary

Questions to the First Minister

… stark warning that health bosses will not get extra cash for their services if they do not cut waiting lists. You went on to say that there needs to be better management by health boards. But First Minister … forward the workforce recruitment and retention plan that our Welsh NHS needs. With staff morale at an all-time low, do you think that it was sensible and rational to once again blame health boards, while making the …

12 March 2025, Plenary

Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales

… work, those travelling to colleges, some are going to hospital appointments, some are travelling to Newport to catch timed connections—even those who are catching connections for holidays as well. Now, I'm told this has a knock … her employer—and that's if she's lucky. One morning, she spent an hour and a half waiting for a bus that never, indeed, turned up. Despite opting to catch earlier services, I'm told this has …

23 March 2023, Local Government and Housing Committee

The Right to Adequate Housing - evidence session 3

… back and find another funding pot. Then, there’s a supply issue, so we need to wait a bit for the material to come back into stock, and it’s gone up in price again. There … resource. If we had that, it would improve efficiencies because we would be able to save loads of time on our casework and actually help more people more quickly. So, in terms of an action or a policy …

28 February 2023, Plenary

Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Escalation and further intervention to improve the quality of services in Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board

… journey that’s starting. This has been a journey that’s been ongoing for a very long time. Now, they’ve got some way down the path, but actually it’s the next step that hasn’t been … executives there respond. So, in other health boards, other people get on with the job. In Betsi, they wait, they ask for permission, they wait for advice. They need to get on with it. They’re responsible. They …

25 April 2024, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee

Papers to note

… end date for this work, which we acknowledged, whilst noting the importance of it being done in as timely a way as possible. The letter provides an update on the number and value of the cases recovered, with … the insolvencies are complete. For the remainder, and as part of the standard debt management procedures, it is waiting to see, quote, 'if there'll be any dividend distribution to creditors in relation to these cases.' The letter …

22 October 2024, Plenary

Questions to the First Minister

… made it clear that she wants more patients coming across the border for surgery, and repeated that several times, and, of course, it appears that Welsh Ministers seemed to have rowed back on that statement and emphasised more … address issues such as consultants working in NHS England hospitals telling Welsh patients that they have to wait longer because they’re Welsh patients? And how are you going to address the technological issues that exist when NHS …

9 January 2024, Plenary

Debate on a Statement: The Draft Budget 2024-25

… Welsh Labour Government have not been prioritising the right things for years, and it will take a long time to unpick the problems they’ve caused. What does remain consistent is Labour’s obsession with avoiding taking responsibility … needed a Welsh Government willing to address the people’s priorities, ensuring they tackle our appalling high waiting lists, our overburdened businesses and crumbling education system. The facts show, Llywydd, we haven’t had this, and the people …

20 January 2025, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee

Evidence session on the Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill

… that register, I don't think that the second Bill could succeed. And I didn't want to wait until the second Bill, because we're in the final year now of this Senedd and there … trying to get both Bills through the process that we have here the Senedd, in the time that we have left. So, it was my decision to send the Bill to the Llywydd. Now, it's not unusual …

29 September 2021, Plenary

Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services

… found themselves in. I think that is obviously wholly unacceptable and very difficult, and certainly nobody should be waiting 27 hours after a stroke. But, obviously, it's difficult for me to go into detail about individual matters … public, as well as asking the workforce who have been at it for such a tremendous amount of time now. But, as you say, I think that the triaging system in Cardiff is something that is pioneering, trying …

21 March 2024, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

Welsh Government’s proposals for a Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS): evidence session with academics

… financially viable for farmers? We just don't know. Welsh Government doesn't know. We need to wait until we have the next Government in place to know how much will come to farmers. And then perhaps something … didn't protest. Farmers knew that they had the financial incentives to change, they knew they had the time to do it, and there were no protests across Europe. And here what we are seeing is something completely …

3 October 2024, Local Government and Housing Committee

The provision of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers: Follow up —Evidence session 2

… can see, if you like, the disadvantage with that, because the need in the area changes all the time; it's a very fluid need. We've found that—. Well, we've found many changes with our need … would be done—I could see the benefits of that. And I suppose that's where having a waiting list would be really important, again, so you know confidently that people want to live in the area and …

7 October 2026, Plenary

Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Family Drug and Alcohol Courts

… heard from Sarah Cooper-Lesadd. Thank you for sharing your personal experience, as you have done time and time again in this Chamber. The lived experience that you bring is really beneficial to the debate, and thank you … local authorities—up to £10,000 per case. Louise Emery, thank you for highlighting that the courts are waiting for us. They're ready to go; we've got the model set. We just need to be brave …

12 February 2025, Local Government and Housing Committee

Digital Local Government: Evidence session 4

… with that pace of change—even in my lifetime, there was dial-up and we had to wait 10 years before you could get a website, and now we're in social media and now we're getting … digital and the data space just move so fast, it's hard to keep up all the time. Can we do better? Absolutely. If you're saying to me, 'You guys are too rosy', I think what …

30 January 2024, Plenary

The general principles of the Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill and the financial resolution in respect of the Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill

… people waiting more than two years for treatment, and we have the highest numbers of people waiting in A&E for 12 hours when compared to England and Scotland. As my colleague Tom Giffard mentioned, our education system … think it, looking at Plaid, who claim to hold the Welsh Government to account whilst at the same time never missing an opportunity to jump into bed with Labour. The people of Wales don't want to see …

2 July 2024, Plenary

Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Welsh Language: Tata Steel

… say I am quite concerned about the progress of the work of the transition board. We've lost time. It's important now that we get back onto that as soon as possible. I do think … the case, because there remains this line from Government about the need for negotiation, the need to wait for the UK Labour Government with specific funding for steel. I think Sam Kurtz was right to raise the lack …

10 July 2024, Health and Social Care Committee

Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with organisations supporting children in care

… home providers and everyone else that's involved. I think there's perhaps still an element of people waiting to see what's happening with it, and that's why a clear end point and plan need … complexities to that around capital purchases and so on, but even still it's taking a long time for those beds to become available, and so, for everyone, I think the certainty of an end point is probably …

27 January 2022, Health and Social Care Committee

Hospital discharge and its impact on patient flow through hospitals: evidence session with NHS bodies

… service in this case. In other local authorities—they're smaller areas—there are up to eight patients waiting. So, this variation in how we interpret what is some very unclear, I would suggest, legislation on how … deterioration. And whilst the discharge decision has got to be made, those need to be done in a timely—. And we need clarity, I think, for the local authorities, to try and highlight to them when they are …

21 January 2026, Plenary

Topical Questions

… days' tour we had from you just then kind of points to that fact. I was waiting for the Golden Gate bridge to be mentioned, which happens to be twinned with Foryd bridge in Rhyl, actually, but you … bridges keep our communities connected, support local jobs, enable tourism to take place successfully. We've rehearsed it time and time again in this place about the issues when there are high winds and the nervousness that …

19 January 2022, Plenary

Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services

… the rest of them were kind of normal sickness that happens to lots of people at this time of year anyway. In relation to the masks, I haven't seen that advice. I'm very happy … constantly looking at; it's constantly kind of, 'Look, should we be doing this?' And we're waiting for the advice to change. We have been waiting for the advice to change. If the advice has changed, then …