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23 September 2021, Health and Social Care Committee

General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing

… this because of our responsibility for patients, is actually to restore activity for patients who have been waiting to access services, and who have been supporting all of the range of actions that we have taken … coming in and being very committed to provide that support for patients through a very long period of time through all of these phases, and recognising that they are very tired despite all of their ongoing commitment …

19 June 2025, Local Government and Housing Committee

Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 3

… questions about whether it answers the point that the Welsh Government have said about better understanding housing need. Waiting lists are not a great proxy for housing need, but that's because they're not meant … think a mixed bag on this one, it's fair to say. And I've also mentioned the timing elements: we wouldn't like to see all of these allocations bits coming in while we've still got …

14 December 2021, Plenary

Legislative Consent Motion on the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill

… referred to. The Minister did respond to questions we raised about these powers on 16 November, but we waited until 26 November to receive, as the other Chair has mentioned, memorandum No. 2 explaining these amendments. This … conveying crucial information to the committee until late in the consent process, has greatly reduced the amount of time we have to effectively scrutinise the Welsh Government's decision to seek consent to legislate by means …

9 July 2025, Plenary

Plaid Cymru Debate: The UK Government

… own justice system with distinction. Northern Ireland shapes its own path with pride. Wales alone is told to wait. After one full year of partnership, we have no draft legislation, no target date for the transfer of power … legislative consent on all future Ministry of Justice Bills until Westminster honours its bond. And table a formal, time-specific request for the devolution of these powers at the next Council of the Nations and Regions. Or here …

14 November 2023, Plenary

Business Statement and Announcement

… say that there is no alternative swimming pool available to them locally, and I know that there are waiting lists for swimming lessons in leisure centres locally. So, it’s the children who will miss out … Leisure, Parkwood Leisure, Swim Wales, Sport Wales and the Welsh Government. I do believe that it is now time for the Deputy Minister to ask for a full review of the situation before more problems arise …

27 June 2023, Plenary

Questions to the First Minister

… the words of Labour MP, Lisa Nandy, in an interview this weekend. These are incredibly uncertain and worrying times for home owners, and I was pleased to see the UK Government reveal a series of measures to help … fact, we need around 12,000. We have some 90,000 people here languishing on social housing waiting lists, and we've got more than 10,000 people living in temporary accommodation. Two councils in Wales had households …

8 June 2023, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

Biodiversity and the nature emergency - evidence session 1

… concise, because I know we're getting short on time. NRAP—the big thing here is costed, and our pathways report gives a start to how to do that. I'd also add it's quite light … bit with the Bill. But I'd also say there are things that we don't have to wait for to do. We can do some things right now, and, in the marine realm, I've talked about …

13 December 2023, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd

… tell us far more than I can around that. I think it's met a couple of times, but, as I say, I'll come over to Gian Marco in a minute. So, again, out of that … the winter fair, actually, but, because of budget issues, it was deemed to be best to wait until after the draft budget next week—but I will ask Gian Marco if he can give us an update …

1 April 2025, Plenary

Statement by the Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing: Suicide Prevention and Self-Harm Strategy

… attitudes towards mental health in Wales, demonstrating that levels of stigma towards mental health are at an all-time high, with the number of people who believe that those living with mental illness are a burden on society … vital to an effective preventive agenda, but the truth is that children and young people are stuck on waiting lists for services that are relatively higher than those facing adults. One of the main barriers that stakeholders have …

30 November 2022, Plenary

Welsh Conservatives Debate: Wales COVID-19 inquiry special purpose committee

… keep front-line services running. We were stunned and it was frightening for our workforce. Initially, I spent time collecting PPE of any type from playgroups, schools, businesses and volunteers who had been printing 3D face masks. Flintshire … was then told it was all going to UK Government to then be distributed and we had to wait. Track and trace in Wales was done through local government, who were the experts, and used to tackling outbreaks …

31 January 2024, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Development Bank of Wales inquiry: Panel 1 - Welsh Perspective

… things are to change, the most important thing is that the development bank asks itself one question every time, which is, basically, "Are we helping Welsh business?"' That's it. That is the main thing that anybody asks … already given to you by the Welsh Government. Unlike venture capitalists, you don't have to actually wait for those businesses to become successful to get your bonuses, because most bonuses are paid on investment and not …

14 October 2025, Plenary

Debate on a Statement: The Outline Draft Budget 2026-27

… education. These are huge sums of money, yet despite historic investment into these services, public confidence is low. Waiting lists remain stubborn, there are still problems in our education system and our councils are saying that children … fit for the modern world and make sure we’re not throwing good money after bad all the time, because doing the same thing over and over again is not the right way and not the right approach …

16 December 2021, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister

COVID-19 recovery and winter pressures on public services

… turn on the tap of capacity overnight in that system and there are people who are having to wait far longer than they or we would wish. It's a bit of an appeal to people for patience … mean that the system is not able to respond as quickly as it would in more ordinary times …

20 September 2022, Plenary

Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Update on COVID and Winter Pressures

… have capacity for specific treatments. Now, of course, we're still using fax machines and we're still waiting for e-prescriptions to be fully rolled out, and we have no live NHS app. So, can you tell … staff in the NHS are currently off though illness. That's usually 5 per cent, in pre-COVID times, so keep that in mind. There are five health boards in Wales who have spent nearly £200 million …

20 February 2024, Plenary

Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Special measures at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board—One year on

… you look at what GIRFT recommends—the Getting It Right First Time experts in the field—what they say is, actually, we should be doing far more day-case surgery. So, it's a sign of success … that the plans will include a minor injuries unit, intermediate care beds and integrated care, and I'm waiting for a new proposal that I can consider …

16 December 2021, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister

COVID-19 recovery and winter pressures on public services

… position to draw more work to it that would otherwise be in a GP surgery or on a waiting list for secondary care. We are actively contemplating bringing a very short Bill in front of the Senedd, during … making sure everybody is operating at the top of their clinical licence, that people aren’t using their time to see people that somebody else could just as clinically effectively see. That has to be part of that …

6 February 2024, Plenary

Questions to the First Minister

… the hope that it'll bring other people forward to have a speedy diagnosis, as we know the time is of the essence? In relation to Barry John, it takes some doing to be called 'the King … and here in Wales. First Minister, today, we are hearing the story of Theresa Jones, who had to wait 24 hours for an ambulance to respond to the call from the care home that she was a resident …

20 June 2022, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee

Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution

… the committee, to lay a legislative consent memorandum and so on', and sometimes that happens. But, at other times, it then triggers a negotiation process where we go back to them and we say, 'I'm afraid this … You then have to think about, 'Well, do I bring the legislative consent memorandum now, or do I wait until we actually know a bit more about what the substance …

26 February 2026, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee

SLCM on the Public Office (Accountability) Bill: evidence session with Huw Irranca-Davies MS, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs

… election coming right in the midst of this. So, we've made very clear that we will need time to consider a full and revised LCM should it come forward, subject to amendments, because of the considerations they … Senedd should be allowed to express a view as it currently stands in this Senedd term, rather than wait for a new Senedd term. But I'm interested genuinely in the views of the committee on this …

8 November 2022, Plenary

Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Energy Policy

… Very recently, the Minister for Economy and myself met with Valero to discuss exactly that. We are just waiting on the next interministerial group with the UK Government to discuss the next iteration. We're somewhat hamstrung … carbon price, which would definitely protect our steel industry, for example, and has been called for for some time, so discussions with the UK Government around, well, unfortunately, their reluctance to do that. I think it's very …