, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Barnett formula
… implications of these trends in terms of the impact of this on our health and care systems many times. But we must also consider this in the context of the ability of our society to cope with these … failed formula that doesn't reflect our needs. That is why this servile attitude from Government to wait and see what might come from a Keir Starmer Government is so very frustrating. There is one thing that characterises …
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Debt and the impact of the rising cost of living: evidence session 1
… lot of tenants and landlords came to arrangements. Landlords couldn't evict someone during that point in time anyway, and they knew that they had a good tenant, who'd got their job back, so why would they … necessary element as well, because a lot of people will see their place on the social housing waiting list and then they'll see themselves further down that list unless they clear historic debt arrears. So, that …
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
… treated in a very bespoke way so that they don't have to wait those sometimes long waits in emergency departments. The broader point that she makes about ensuring that services are available in the community … chronic conditions or particularly challenging requirements so that they can have continuity of care. I would like, over time, for that to become an expectation for everybody, as it was in the past. That, I'm afraid, will …
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
City and Growth Deals: Panel 4 - North Wales Growth Deal
… aware you've had a very detailed written submission, and I'm sure we'll have plenty of time to go through a lot of that. In terms of highlights and positive stuff, there are four projects that … CJC, Alwen Williams, which, again, will increase our ability to deliver at pace and scale, Chair. I will wait for other questions on elements of that …
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Local Government, Housing and Planning: Building Safety Programme Update
… shared buildings across Wales, regardless of building height or tenure. Change on this scale is complex and time-consuming and resulted in one of the largest Bills ever to be considered by this Senedd. I was very glad … urgently needed new affordable housing? I'm very aware of the financial and well-being impact on people waiting for remediation. The Welsh Labour Government proactively supported residents by putting in place contracts with developers, and this Government …
, Plenary
Debate on the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee Report, 'Report on rail services and Transport for Wales’ performance 2023-24'
… Gruffydd. I was waiting on the platform last week and there were a huge number of passengers, hundreds waiting on the platform, and I was so relieved to see extra carriages, and everybody managed to get a seat … for the last two games, Transport for Wales put on late-night capacity, and it went into extra time and penalties, but they held trains back until the end of the match, which was really appreciated. Regarding events …
, Plenary
Debate on the Health and Social Care Committee Report, 'Unheard: Women's journey through gynaecological cancer'
… symptom of ovarian cancer. Now, I agree with campaigners that if the Welsh Government has to wait for more money to become available to fund a symptom-awareness campaign, women will die. What more can be done … can be detected early with the disease. A quarter of women diagnosed will have visited their GP three times or more before they are referred for tests. Now, this isn't GP bashing, they do a fantastic job …
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
President of the Welsh Tribunals: Evidence session on the annual report for 2024-25 and priorities for 2025-26
… and there are strict time limits in those cases—she's taken these steps to ensure that the time limits are met. Those measures include holding all hearings remotely, other than in exceptional circumstances and for good reason … otherwise have come under implementation of the Bill, probably. We are now identifying the issues that can't wait until 2027 or 2028, or whenever the Bill might be implemented, for example, looking at differentials in terms and …
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Gwent Levels / Nature Recovery Exemplar Areas
… have you made a legislative decision on the 30x30 target, or are you going to make Wales wait until you have the outcome of the biodiversity deep dive? I suppose, for me, it's a little extraordinary that … made up of representatives from the Welsh Government, NRW and other environmental NGOs, and they've met six times since it was formed, but have yet to publish an action plan. And according to you, any plan formalised …
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Children's Commissioner for Wales Annual Report 2020 - 2021
… see the difference in the waiting lists there. Waiting lists can be manipulated, of course. You can reduce waiting lists just by raising your threshold, so I think we all need to keep a close eye on that … who had major school anxiety. So, there are some green shoots. I feel like I said this this time last year, but some services have made less progress because of the pandemic. I'm quite excited about the …
, Plenary
Topical Questions
… time because the expertise was not here within the Welsh Government to deliver it, and also, at that time, Finance Wales, as it then was, was in a different place in terms of its opportunity and ability … actually, we're openly disclosing the return that will be provided in the DBW accounts, and rather than waiting for the accounts to be published, we're making and highlighting that to Members and the wider public now …
, Plenary
Short Debate: Gresford Colliery: The mining disaster that shaped a community
… courage that was so displayed by people dissolved into the bitterness of a forced return. And by the time, only a few short years later, of the overwhelming tragedy at the Gresford colliery, as you’ve heard from … Kew, as Lesley said, contains a harrowing collection of letters from women affected by the explosion, still waiting years later for the return of any sign of the remains of their loved ones. The aftermath, Dirprwy Lywydd, was …
, Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Transport: Integrated Transport: North-South Coach Services
… north Wales with the capital city and Government of Wales. But we've been 27 years in the waiting, and that hasn't happened. So, I welcome this as being another way to get people from north … four hours and 45 minutes—can't knock that at all—cutting approximately 90 minutes from some journey times. We've got to enhance sustainable transport options along Wales’s western corridor, but we must never forget that …
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
… main hospitals—and that they are in the business now of recruiting the specialist nurses and the radiology time that they will need to get those diagnostic centres up and running early, as they hope, in the new … think that it is probably right to say that everybody will prefer to make that journey to wait to see somebody to be told what they could've been told in other circumstances. It's for the clinician …
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Cancer services
… mentioned during the Plaid Cymru debate on waiting lists last week, one of the consequences of the current state of our health system is the deepening of health inequalities, which costs our NHS more than £300 million … that decides the length of your life in this world. When we hear the Government blaming people, at times, for not taking responsibility for their health, I have to say that that strikes a very discordant note with …
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
… Welsh Government—a Welsh Government that has failed to address the problems of Betsi Cadwaladr time and time again. The suite of interventions was in response to more damning reports—hugely damning reports. But where's the next … Vascular services at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd are under targeted intervention. What on earth took the Minister so long, waiting three months to see if something might happen? Even a glance at that damning report published in February told …
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Building Capacity through Community Care—Further Faster
… number one priority for health boards this year, as, without improvement, it will be challenging to meet our waiting list targets and other issues. We need to move our focus from treating short-term episodes of ill health … which nothing can be done. Early recognition by community professionals and the provision of support at the right time can delay its onset or its progression. But, what is clear is that hospital is not the right setting …
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Finance: The First Supplementary Budget 2026-27
… creating a system that best deals with meeting the pressures that are ongoing, and to stop those waiting lists from increasing year on year, as they have done most recently. You'll have an opportunity, if you choose … the services has already begun. We need to get on top of ALN expenditure. It has grown 2.5 times faster than overall educational spend in the last 10 years, and it is on a trajectory to reach …
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
… constituents tell me now is that, if they contact an NHS dentist, they get put on a waiting list, which they get told could be up to three years, or they get offered a dentist and it could … you going to do and are the Welsh Government going to do, to ensure that, in two years' time, I'm not standing here again asking when my constituents can get an NHS local dentist …
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Health and Care: Update on winter preparedness
… within a year, and that uncertainty certainly doesn't help the NHS or patients. After 10 months of waiting lists falling under the last Welsh Labour Government, they are now rising again under this Government. Ministers, of course … grateful if you could give an update on that new approach and whether it would be introduced in time for winter, and what key differences you anticipate it will make. Diolch …