15 September 2026 , Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Finance: Rebalancing the non-domestic rates system
… the regulations on this measure pass, this will be something that they can plan for ahead of time . Of course, we are adding to the system that's already in place for shops, that system that was introduced … important. In terms of publishing the exact multipliers that will be operational for 2027, that will have to wait until we have the budget for next year, when that is introduced. That is when that will become operational …
29 January 2026 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Group 6: Remediation (Amendments 143, 144, 148, 149, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81)
… kind of plan in place at all. This means that 282 out of 468 buildings are still waiting for work to begin, 198 in category 2 and 55 in category 1. And of course, one can provide the … seeking assurance that this remediation work is going to be taking place appropriately and in a timely way from now on. We know that contracts exist between the Government and developers, but we as a committee don …
13 November 2024 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: The First Minister's first 100 days
… feet of this First Minister, and I'd agree with that. After all, we had the longest NHS waiting lists in the UK before this First Minister took office, we had the worst educational outcomes anywhere in the … not to do that today, then the people of Wales can do something about it in 540 days' time , at the next Senedd elections. So, with that in mind, I say that to the people of Wales …
24 June 2026 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Hospital services and hospital closures
… opening of the new surgical hub in Llandudno General Hospital, she told me she'd been there several times . And I said, 'Well, what have you done? Have you seen people lying in the corridor, on the floor … ambulance again to the local A&E department at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd.' We've also seen A&E waits increasing from 10,000 in April 2016 to 11,066; waiting lists in Wales increasing to 680,000 different …
9 March 2022 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Housing
… first- time buyers. The buying up of houses and renting them out is removing the opportunity for first- time buyers to enter the housing market. We need more social housing, and affordable housing to me means council housing … housing shortage. I mean, what we need also is housing associations and councils to have a common waiting list, so people can move between the two. We need to increase skills. And we were talking about building houses …
28 June 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
… people to be seen by the end of this financial year. We're expecting, by September, anybody waiting over three years to have an appointment, so that they know exactly when they're going to get their treatment … asked them to concentrate now: 'Go for those areas.' We've got GIRFT in, Getting It Right First Time , making sure that they're getting the pathways right, putting pressure on them, looking at what's happening …
25 September 2024 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Welsh Government priorities
… key policy areas. The problems are obvious to everyone: 20 per cent of the Welsh population are waiting for treatment; key industries are shrinking; steel, as we know, has suffered such a grievous blow; the Welsh economy continues … any heed to the concerns of the people of Wales—concerns that we, of course, have been voicing time and time again over recent years …
18 May 2022 , Plenary
Short Debate: Improving access to healthcare
… fawr iawn, Deputy Llywydd, and it's me again. I've agreed to give a minute of my time to Samuel Kurtz tonight. Over the past few months, I've been surveying my constituents in the Vale … our citizens were struggling to see their GPs, driving hundreds of miles to get dental treatment, or waiting years to get a hip replacement. We became used to seeing lines of ambulances stacked up outside our hospitals. Winter …
10 January 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
… able to reopen to visitors, although one ward is still closed to visitors. It was a very worrying time for my constituents who have family and friends in hospital, who were concerned that they would be exposed … letter to the Chief Nursing Officer for Wales, and that ventilation in wards, out-patient clinics and waiting areas should be improved, in order to try and prevent respiratory infections such as COVID from putting extra pressure …
26 April 2022 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Social Justice: Update on Ukraine
… appalling that, almost a month after we discussed the visa situation in the Siambr with you last time , Minister, we're still facing the same barriers, the same frustration, in trying to extend a welcome and a home … accelerated in your last written statement, but press reports on a daily basis tell us about people waiting for weeks to hear about their cases, and hundreds have been lost entirely. So, what is the most recent information …
5 June 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Diolch. I recently met with the daughter of a constituent, her father, who died waiting for an ambulance in 2022. The daughter subsequently complained to the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales for the way that the call had … staff. My constituent's daughter also believes that amber 1 calls, which include conditions that have therapeutic response times , should have a response time target, and getting the appropriate medical treatment within these time frames could potentially …
21 October 2026 , Plenary
Reform UK Debate: Prostate cancer strategy
… are not being served quickly and effectively by these pathways. There's often a backlog for diagnosis and waits for treatment often depend on surgical space and workforce availability. As a result, only one in three people with … for more men to know of their family history. For men facing a prostate cancer diagnosis, support and time to make decisions about their care are essential, but time is not always a luxury patients have. The earlier …
15 October 2025 , Plenary
Topical Questions
… markets are very volatile, but we need to make sure this doesn't happen time after time after time . Because one of my worries is that we'll have an electric arc furnace built—the project is going … decimate our industries. I expect both Governments to actually come up with a strategy, and we're waiting for that, Minister. Do you have any idea when that strategy might actually take place? We've been waiting for …
15 February 2022 , Plenary
Legislative Consent Motion on the Professional Qualifications Bill
… arrangements, which may be a step towards that. But, again, they are non-justiciable, and we have to wait to see how they work out. If I can just refer to some of the points that you did … What they actually reflect is the amount of legislation coming from the UK Government. Now, there will be times , of course, when, within those pieces of legislation, there are things that we might not have as part …
8 November 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
… Government. After I pursued flooding issues in Broughton on behalf of affected residents in 2021, I had to wait 19 months for a full response from Flintshire council. But that included, and I quote, 'Where possible, the Council … following my question to the finance Minister earlier, have you had with the climate change Minister regarding how timely and promptly the Welsh Government will respond to such bids, and the sufficiency of funding for them …
27 June 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill : direct payments for healthcare - evidence session with ADSS Cymru and the WLGA
… even where there are agreements. The other situation is that, in some cases, it takes a very long time to get agreement for continuing healthcare packages, and sometimes local authorities end up stepping in in the interim … the future who should go on to continuing healthcare payments, direct payments, but actually they'll be stuck waiting for a transition and, to be honest with you, sometimes local authorities and health boards are arguing over who …
15 September 2026 , Plenary
Statement by the First Minister: Weather, wildfires, drought and resilience
… provide information. We published a number of written statements, and that scrutiny capability is there throughout that time . It's always about sharing information and communicating. Coming from a communication background, I will always say that we look … was a very loud alarm call for us all in how we respond to that. We can't wait for another summer of 2026, which is why we're moving quickly ahead with the kind of assessments that …
8 November 2022 , Plenary
The Land Transaction Tax (Tax Bands and Tax Rates) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2022
… were not able to respond as quickly as we would have liked, and homebuyers in Wales had to wait a few weeks to benefit from the changes that we made to LTT rates. As I said in Plenary … per cent of residential property in Wales is below the new threshold, including many homes acquired by first- time buyers. This means that just under half of residential property transactions will pay no tax, and that …
13 November 2024 , Plenary
Short Debate: Violence against women, domestic abuse, and sexual violence—The scourge of Wales today
The pledge that this Government has made many times , to build a safe country, sounds very empty when one hears evidence like this. The latest figures are terrifying, and, as the brave girl whom I quoted said, these … Ninety-four per cent of individuals who experience sexual offences develop PTSD within two weeks. But there are waiting lists that are months long to receive counselling after experiencing violence or abuse. Furthermore, there is no standardisation between …
26 February 2026 , Health and Social Care Committee
Pre-appointment hearing for the role of Chair of Aneurin Bevan University Health Board: evidence session with the Welsh Government's preferred candidate
… can work. I know there have been extra resources put in and targeted intervention, for example, at the waiting areas at A&E, but I'd just want to make sure that the model is deliverable, and what … the right services in the right location is key. I know, for example, at the Grange, for some time it's been discussed in my other roles in terms of transport, around the transport links there, and public …