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Business Statement and Announcement
… sure you can agree, that the refugees are having to carry around with them and show every single time that they want to get on to public transport. Anecdotally, I've heard some parents are in fact too … are not eligible for the welcome ticket. Asylum seekers live on a mere £40 a week and often wait years for their application to be processed, which I understand is not a devolved matter, yet, by extending the …
, Health and Social Care Committee
Gynaecological cancers: Panel 1
… wait—. This morning, one of my colleagues told me about one of his endometriosis patients who's now waiting for 104 weeks—that is when they will get seen. So, understandably, from primary care, if they are even … something then turns up, or doesn't turn up, but everything is being done at the same time, so whether it's diagnostics and pathology or in radiology, extra scans, extra—. There just isn't the staff …
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: The Housing-with-Care Fund
Thank you, Minister, for your statement. In 2017, local authorities warned at that time that they expected an increase in demand for housing with care over the next five years. In fact, your own Welsh Labour Government published … suppose one has to ask, as we are the official opposition: why has the Welsh Government waited five years since the publication of the report to make the statement on this funding today? I acknowledge that social housing …
, Health and Social Care Committee
Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with primary care organisations
… live in Pembrokeshire. But we've been talking, as a Government and Members—both—for a very long time about using community pharmacies. I use them an awful lot. But, yet, we seem to have not managed … how do you think we can improve the holistic working together, so that people who are on waiting lists access not just physiotherapy, but psychotherapy if they want it, pain management if they want it? Because all these …
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Debate on a Statement: The Draft Budget 2024-25
… Welsh Government has. But when it comes to an unfairness as fundamental as HS2, a Labour Government in waiting should be making it very clear that it has to find that money because it is such a blatant … addressing its root causes. It still fails to map out how it wishes to move, even, to a time where we have a more balanced health and care landscape, where the preventative is truly prioritised. Even if that …
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Mental health and community resilience
… the space to talk about things that are upsetting them, in a safe, non-judgmental way. Rather than wait for the tragedy of a young pupil taking their life, as happened in Haverfordwest, we need to ensure that … been addressed in school. But that links into the second key message for community resilience through these tough times, and that is the role of supporting community hubs. Haverfordwest research focused on young people, and it found children …
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Statement by the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip: Update on Wales: A Nation of Sanctuary
… anyone in hotels any longer than necessary, and some of these families have now spent over 18 months waiting for long-term accommodation. However, we are concerned that the UK Government has imposed an arbitrary deadline for hotel … anti-asylum legislative agenda. Since the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 was given Royal Assent, asylum application processing times have slowed considerably, leaving many in limbo in our communities. The Illegal Migration Bill is already making this even …
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Debate on the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee Report, 'The Foundational Economy'
… this afternoon. I'd like to start this afternoon by noting that this piece of work predates my time as Chair of the committee, so I'd like to put on record my thanks to your good self … idea that they are. I think if you spoke to someone in the barbers or in the GP waiting room and you told them, 'I've just read a fantastic report that the Senedd economy committee have just …
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: The health budget
… year waits—two-year waits at the moment, the current statistics tell us that 28,331 people are waiting for over two years for treatment. That's 28,000 people. The same figure in England is 277 people … Government for 13 years; we've had a Labour Government for 25 years in Wales. During that time, successive Labour Governments have not adequately brought forward an adequate workforce plan. Rhianon Passmore talks about more doctors, more nurses …
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
… our constituency of people who contact us with unacceptable delays, and sometimes people die because they're waiting for an ambulance, and that can never be acceptable. Let me give some other examples of why I believe the … hospital, directed to the bosses of the health board, describing staff morale, and I quote, at 'an all-time low'. That letter described persistent sewage leaks, causing water damage. and poor cleanliness. And here's the key line …
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)
… Government in ensuring consistency and fair standards across Wales. Two years ago, the Minister for health at the time said, in response to a written question from me, that health boards are expected to co-produce service models … Without these steps, services will continue to be inconsistent and inadequate. People suffering from ME have been waiting for far too long. We need a clear plan, a robust strategy and meaningful co-production. Only then can …
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Debate on the Health and Social Care Committee Report—'Waiting well? The impact of the waiting times backlog on people in Wales'
… denied that the health service is in crisis. The question asked to me by a constituent at that time was, 'Well, why isn't somebody willing to acknowledge the scale of the crisis? If people were to acknowledge … have said that she needs treatment as soon as possible, that she could die, but she has to wait for two years before receiving that treatment, and she can't afford to do so. So, Minister, what would …
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Priorities for the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee: Evidence session 8 - environment and biodiversity: green recovery
… any, is going to look seriously at core funding. The collaboration point is really important because collaboration takes time. One of the things we really need in Wales is to invest in the partnership of project development … beneficial. And then the final one was multi-year funding. And I do understand that, while we're waiting for a comprehensive spending review from the Treasury, the whole of Wales is trapped in a one-year cycle …
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: 20mph speed limits
… hear that, it sounds like we're not going to be rescinding anything. So, Members, it's time to move on. None of us in this place are against 20 mph speed limits. I've said that again … through Chepstow, which was dropped to 20 mph overnight, and now we're told we've got to wait 18 months before this can be reversed. This demonstrates how ridiculous this policy has become, and we need pragmatism …
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Questions to the First Minister
Well, I think it is important that I account for what is my responsibility, and, if every time something changes in Westminster I'm expected to fill a hole, then we're not going to get very far … assure you that, already—already—they are in listening mode and, of course, we'll all have to wait until we see that budget, which will be coming up in the autumn …
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Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, in December, less than 40 per cent of life-threatening calls received an ambulance response time within your Government's eight-minute target—a record low. And if that isn't a crisis, then I wonder … greatly appreciated by the people of mid Wales. There is anxiety at the moment with people who are waiting for an ambulance, and their families as well, but there's even greater anxiety in mid Wales, and …
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Carbon Budget 1 and Net Zero Wales
… that the cap from 2024 is broadly fine. We still have some questions about free allocations while we wait for the carbon border adjustment mechanism. I would like to see us go ahead, as the European Union … That was a terrible mistake and it'll cost us a great deal over a long period of time, but we've done it. So, we've done it, but then you have to have a new world …
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Open Debate: Arts and Culture—Nice to have or integral to the future of Wales?
… member of the Welsh Government Cabinet that decided to cut the arts and culture budget. The hideous waiting lists we faced after COVID and the Tory cuts from austerity gave us some really tough choices, invidious judgments. And … force the sector represents. And not just in Cardiff: in Llanelli, Tinopolis Cymru employ more than 120 full-time staff. That's a major employer of good jobs. And it's not just about economic impact. Just …
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Statement by the First Minister: Tata Steel
… Those assurances clearly are not strong enough to convince the company to actually stay their hand and ultimately wait, if there were to be a change of government, which I hope there won't be—I hope that … for South Wales West earlier this afternoon, questioning the structure of the transition board. It's the first time I've heard you raise concerns about the transition board and the way it has been constructed. You were …
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Women's health
… endometriosis. She had to travel outside of Wales to get specialist help and pay privately for treatment, after waiting years to get a diagnosis and even longer to get treatment. And she's still in chronic pain now … stage 4 and required numerous complex surgeries. Now imagine you do not find much support around you in times when you mostly need it, because there is a belief in society that women are destined to experience pain …