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18 January 2022, Plenary

Statement by the Deputy Minister for Arts and Sport, and Chief Whip: Update on progress following the publication of ‘The Slave Trade and the British Empire: An Audit of Commemoration in Wales’

… what came after that. And you're quite right that it is a tragedy that we had to wait for an incident like that before we galvanised in the way that we did in response to that. But … taking forward and that I outlined in my statement today. I can't give you a definitive time yet in terms of when this will be completed. We're hoping that we will get the stakeholder group together …

15 September 2025, Equality and Social Justice Committee

Stage 1 scrutiny of the British Sign Language (Wales) Bill: evidence session 1—Member in Charge of the Bill

… happened originally, on a free vote the Senedd voted to support the principle. I then had to wait for success in being drawn in the ballot to actually introduce a Bill, and that opportunity finally came around … prescribed format. We have to produce an explanatory memorandum and a draft Bill. Also, this was the first time in the Senedd’s experience where they’ve had to factor British Sign Language into that process, so that …

21 September 2021, Plenary

Questions to the First Minister

… improve ventilation and, therefore, to be able to see more patients. It remains the fact that longer time still has to be provided between each patient, because dental practices, surgeries, have to be cleaned to a different standard … virtually from dental practices. It's not enough. There are parts of Wales where people still have to wait too long, but while we are still on the journey out of coronavirus and those safeguards have …

10 February 2026, Plenary

Questions to the First Minister

… welcome in Wales to campaign unless he brought some goodies with him. When you were asked time and time again in an interview with the BBC whether he was doing a good job, you refused to say whether … leader in Scotland had the courage to speak out. But you sat there in silence, in your bunker, waiting to see what would happen, waiting for a member of the UK Government's Cabinet to be able …

10 December 2025, Plenary

Debate on petition P-06-1534, 'End corridor care in Wales'

… share the determination in this petition to eliminate it. We know that when people are treated in waiting areas, in corridors, or in makeshift spaces in hospitals, this is a symptom of wider pressures across the health and … seamless journey from calling 999 to the point that they're discharged home. Assessments should be robust and timely. There should be no ambulance delays outside hospitals, and care should be managed in a joined-up way. For …

7 July 2023, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister

North Wales

… undertake in order to address some of the underlying problems that the board was experiencing, and of course, timely care in emergency and in elective care is fundamental to the framework. Chair, I hope that one theme from … true in elective work, certainly. We have seen nearly a 50 per cent drop in over-52-week waits for out-patient appointments in this calendar year, since December. Cancer waits in Betsi are amongst the very best …

3 July 2024, Plenary

Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Dentistry training

… Wales if you don't know the answers to some very basic questions: how many people are waiting to see a dentist? How many people are receiving private treatment? And, thirdly, therefore, how many people are not having … his teeth when he was 19 years old, but that was the way things were at that time. Are we going to see this happening again in Wales …

20 June 2024, Local Government and Housing Committee

Social housing supply: Evidence session 6

… got is that section 106 is the very last thing they will often deliver, pretty much at a time then when they can then turn around to the local authority and say, 'Actually, we have delivered well below … out appeals process. So, it's actually trying to understand how we can get that balance between not waiting until all the private home ownership aspect is done and then going for that section 106, which unfortunately …

25 November 2021, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Review of The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021 - Environmental organisations

… the industry, you should have already been planning to deal with this issue. You shouldn't be waiting for regulation to act. You should always be, in your forward business planning, looking to this. Unfortunately, what happens … talking about the small family farms here, and about making sure that they've got enough time to prepare for the regulation. As we've already alluded to, we have seen advice over the years, varied different projects …

19 February 2025, Plenary

Welsh Conservatives Debate: 'Ending corridor care in Wales' report

… the NHS properly. And as a result of mismanagement and wrong priorities, what does this mean? Patients waiting for days in hospital corridors, ambulance crews stuck outside our hospitals, and nurses and clinicians pushed beyond breaking point. And … their record in office. But we can make a difference. We can make different choices. It’s time to fix Wales. It’s time to fix the NHS. It’s time to end corridor care. That’s what …

14 February 2022, Equality and Social Justice Committee

Fuel poverty and the Warm Homes programme: Evidence session 1

… the process, they've done all the different steps, so they've cleared their room and they're waiting for a survey date or an installation date, then that date then turns out to be two months down … who we're trying to help through the process. So, that's a major issue that we find time and time again, and that again needs to be addressed. There need to be milestones and clear timescales where …

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

… all look forward to that, because once you lose your sight, you don't regain it, and time is, in this view particularly, of the essence, as it is in my next area, which is cancer care … that vital source of support is available for those who are diagnosed with cancer, particularly when they're waiting for that treatment to begin …

27 September 2023, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee

Life Sciences Investment Fund

… seeking to do, was to exit as many of the investments as possible, but you've got to wait for the right point to exit—they call them inflection points—so when the fund is in a good … the fund manager to encourage these exits. Verona was exited in December 2022. It was the right time to exit that because they had just had clinical stage 3 trials, which were successful, so the value was good …

10 December 2025, Plenary

Welsh Conservatives Debate: Small businesses

… and cafes, placing those jobs, investment and local economies at risk. We heard from Gareth Davies of his time spent with businesses recently. Those businesses do not trust Labour and Plaid Cymru with the economy. They've seen … this place from our friends on the left that they frame business as merely a public-utility-in-waiting. The left use language such as 'people, not profit' as if those two things are mutually exclusive. They argue …

25 October 2022, Plenary

Statement by the Deputy Minister for Climate Change: Closure of the Menai Bridge

… potential for further failure, which led us to take immediate action. And as I explained, we could have waited till the end of the weekend and given advance notice that the bridge would be closing on Monday, but … deeply regret, but we felt this was the responsible thing to do. And if the Member has time to reread the statement I gave, I believe it fairly answers the questions that have been raised, and I regret …

25 January 2023, Plenary

Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution

… thank you for that answer, Counsel General. Last November, The Sunday Times published a report that found that evidence of misogyny, racism, homophobia and corruption was found within Gwent Police, including amongst serving officers. Separately from this … slow. I'd appreciate your view about whether we should be taking a preventative approach here, rather than waiting for something terrible to happen before acting. I take on board what you've just said, Counsel General, but …

28 September 2022, Plenary

Debate on petition P-06-1276, 'Extend section 25B of the Nurse Staffing Levels Act (Wales) 2016'

… has a huge knock-on effect on the family life of nurses as they spend more and more time away from their family, working longer and longer shifts. It creates a negative impression that nursing is a poor … that the Welsh NHS workforce is continuing to face burnout after several years of the pandemic, alongside increasing waiting lists and pressures in emergency care. I, like many others, believe that the Welsh Government should provide more support …

7 January 2025, Plenary

Statement by the First Minister: Delivering for Wales

… Minister for Delivery, as we have now, that they should be promoting and pursuing action at all times. The First Minister opened her statement today by celebrating the fact that she has been out talking to actual people … today, I referred to a litany of broken promises. As health Minister, she vowed that nobody would be waiting more than 12 months for treatment by the spring of this year, but with total disregard for the impact …

5 June 2024, Local Government and Housing Committee

Social housing supply: Evidence session 3

… got. Given the challenges that we see, the numbers of people in temporary accommodation, we cannot wait for everything to come through the planning and consenting system, we need to think really creatively, and TACP has been important … has taken to social housing grant taken to TACP, so that multi-year settlement that builds confidence over time. So, you could have a real long-term acquisition strategy that would allow you to not gear up for …

14 July 2026, Plenary

Debate: The First Supplementary Budget 2026-27

… annual budget passed in January. We will be able to continue to roll out the work on NHS waiting lists, increasing free childcare, free school meals and swimming lessons and £1 bus fares, and to boost capital spend … move on to this work in the context of our first annual budget. Somehow—[Interruption.] Ah, you're timing me now. You didn't time me in the first contribution, so I have no idea how much time …