, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare follow-up inquiry: evidence session 1
… has recently given us some holiday funding, but the huge range of clubs that we run in term time, Monday to Friday and at the weekends, are purely funded from non-statutory funding. So, we have approached our … provide services for over 200 children on a weekly basis. We've got 160 children on a waiting list at the moment. So, if leisure is childcare, then there are 160 children in Gwent who are not accessing …
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Health and Care: Health and Care Priorities
… have, and we are confident that what we are putting forward will make sure that those two-year waits will be eradicated in a matter of months. The Member spoke about health visitors in Cwm Taf. Well … those figures too, and that was completely unrealistic, those proposals put forward by the Labour Party at the time. We have a backlog worth £1.5 billion in hospitals across Wales, including Glangwili, including Glan Clwyd, including Bronglais, across …
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Debate on the Local Government and Housing Committee Report, 'Follow up inquiry into the provision of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers'
… that isn't the problem. The progress is far too slow for a community that's been waiting for decades for adequate accommodation. The Gypsy and Traveller accommodation assessments have failed to reflect the true nature of the … that the Government has accepted the recommendations in this most recent report, but I do hope that, this time, we will see action. We have to see that, and practical action, and that being undertaken as a matter …
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Update on Coronavirus
… very aware of the fact that we have literally hundreds of thousands of people in Wales who are waiting for treatment on the NHS. We are, unfortunately, in this very, very difficult situation where, I think, people generally … that we hope will try and speed up the process. But this is going to take a long time, and I think it is important that we manage the expectations of the Welsh public when it comes …
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Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Cleaning up our rivers, lakes and seas
… Welsh Government perspective, I think, to say when we can do the legislation and we have the time and the space and the focus and the priority to do it, we do it here in Wales. There are … good thing to be involved with and engaged with, and to take that opportunity, rather than wait for perhaps an opportunity that won't come again until another Senedd term. So, I realise I'm a bit …
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Estyn Annual Report 2020-21
… apprentices as well, and I think they've found that quite worrying. There are still some that are waiting to complete assessments now, because of the lack of access to certain sectors and so on, health and social … esteem between vocational and academic qualifications. I think that continued engagement with the sector, but certainly over time, continuing to build the number of qualifications that are Wales designed, may help address some of that …
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Statement by the Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing: Implementation of the National Framework for the Delivery of Bereavement Care
… said to Joel James, we were inundated. There were twice as many organisations who applied this time. It was decided independently. I can tell you today the ones who were successful and those that were not received really … something that is being taken very, very seriously. You will know better than most how long we have waited for this. It goes back to the Shipman scandal—an abhorrent scandal—and it's taken many, many years …
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90-second Statements
… claim an accolade that has been many years in the making. Indeed, the achievement marks the first time a Welsh-born jockey has won the title since Bob Davies back in the early 1970s. Sean has now been … jockeys from Wales doing so well at the moment, let's hope that we don't have to wait another 50 years for a Welsh National Hunt champion jockey …
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Agricultural Property Relief
… make representations to the UK Government that they reconsider and pause the family farm tax until such a time as they have conducted a thorough consultation and economic review of its impact on working farms.' It is just … future. There is no investment happening in any farm equipment, in anything in farms. They are literally just waiting. I'm keen to know from the Cabinet Secretary the reasons in his view that this Labour Government introduced …
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning: Economic Growth in Wales—Free Ports and Investment Zones
… investments and free ports forming a part of a green revolution, but years on, we are still waiting. That's a fact. That's a reality. Now, if free ports are meant to be a cornerstone of our … was 'yes'. Literally, the next day after these were signed off, there was an article in the Financial Times exposing the figures as having no substance or backing. We still don't know how these figures were calculated …
, Welsh Youth Parliament 3 - Plenary
Session 2
… struggle with mental health issues. That is a fact. Research shows that people with physical disabilities are five times more likely to struggle with mental health challenges, while 38 per cent of young carers have a mental health … developing severe health conditions, which clearly increases their reliance on healthcare. Across the Welsh NHS, the overall waiting list has risen to 24,261. Medication shortages are also hitting the country, having severe consequences, including loss of life …
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
… But, of course, we couldn't talk about a specific strategy for the sector, because we were still waiting on the UK strategy itself. It had been imminent for many months before we launched the manufacturing action plan … global leadership with the compound sector. There's no guarantee we'll still be there in three years' time, for the sake of argument, and, actually, that's why the UK plan of £1 billion over 10 years …
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: The Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Plan
… inform schools is a piece of work that we are doing. And interestingly—sorry, I've been waiting to share this all day—interestingly, one of the things we will need to identify is that baseline when learners … have deliberately built this plan around five foundations. This is a way of bringing together, for the first time for nought to 16, all those who have a responsibility and knowledge of these children: families, parents and carers …
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Education: Supportive and Inclusive Education for a Brighter Future
… given the problems that we have of literacy in Wales, and it's been known for quite some time, and we've had announcement after announcement from the Government, are you confident that you are finally on track … Cabinet Secretary, but they've failed every step of the way. In stark contrast, the Welsh Conservatives are waiting in the wings to unpick Labour Governments' failures and sticking plasters and deliver for the people of Wales. Thank …
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Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal: A Bill on support for unpaid carers
… few points I'd like to respond to, I know I don't have too much time. Just on the point that Julie Morgan and the Minister raised around the extension of the sustainable social service grant, the … back here every year, hearing more about unpaid carers who are struggling to make ends meet, who are waiting months or years for their needs to be assessed, and who have given up their jobs because no support …
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The Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2022
… support them. We are grateful to the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee for considering the regulations in less time than is normally taken. This is not a request we have taken lightly, but the urgency of the situation … benefits and services, including housing or housing assistance, from day one of their arrival rather than having to wait one to three months to satisfy the test. Llywydd, Ukraine's neighbours have shown extraordinary generosity in the welcome …
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Safeguarding the health of firefighters
… simply isn't right, and I do not want to be in a position in ten years' time where we look back at this and think, ‘We could have done something.’ I would encourage the Government … for delaying on this, so I would encourage the Government to move on this issue, not to wait for the chief medical officer, and get to work on putting that preventative health monitoring in place for those firefighters …
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Women's health
… silence or can't tell their colleagues that they've had a miscarriage and that they need time off to get over it? How many women are summoned by HR to explain why their sickness record … conditions that affect women, like fibromyalgia and endometriosis, are treated with a lack of seriousness and urgency. Women wait longer to receive pain medication; they face longer waits before being diagnosed with cancer; they're less likely …
, Health and Social Care Committee
Mental health inequalities: Evidence session with the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing and the Deputy Minister for Social Services
… been very clear that we have to meet people's immediate needs as well. We can't just wait for all the factors that would improve people's mental health to be in place; we have to deal … what more we can do, going forward, to improve mental well-being, but obviously at the same time making sure that we meet people's needs in the here and now as well …
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Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Supporting mental well-being in education
… considerable number of additional professionals to recruit into the system in a reasonably short period of time. I think the experience on the ground is that the health boards are in different places on the journey, dependent … forging links with providers of complementary services, where they're relevant, as well as addressing some of the waiting lists, because there is, as she will know, significant demand in the system at the moment. So, there …