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Debate: The Draft Budget 2025-26
… ahead. This year, like many others, the Children, Young People and Education Committee has spent a lot of time trying to understand how much the Welsh Government is spending on children's services. We weren't looking for … how these initiatives can drive better outcomes for children and young people. Another important issue is the growing waiting list for neurodevelopmental services. The Minister for Mental Health and Well-being recently indicated that, without additional intervention, the …
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Local Growth Fund: Panel 1
… fund. One part of the investment we might imagine there might be in the semiconductor area. We will wait and see if that occurs. But, of course, the semiconductor region doesn’t just sit in the Cardiff capital … the corporate joint committees. That needs a lot more clarity in what is a relatively short amount of time before this scheme is going to be up and running. So, that's an area that I do think …
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Social Justice: The Violence Against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Strategy
… for the specialist sector that will ensure every survivor has access to the support they need? The last time I spoke to the Minister regarding funding in this Chamber she noted that the revenue budget this year would … crime, would assist in this goal. I know the Minister noted before, when we spoke, that she was waiting for input from the policing partnership board and also the Law Commission. The findings of the Law Commission review …
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: The Health and Social Care Winter Protection Plan 2021-22
… had the NHS planning framework that sets out expectations for health boards and trusts for a very long time. There are weekly meetings that are happening between us, health boards and local authorities to provide a forum for … the booster uptake on Thursday this week, so I hope you can be a little bit patient and wait for us to get those statistics checked before we announce those. We set out in that vaccination plan that …
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Topical Questions
… again associate myself with. The WRU has had the opportunity to address these issues over a period of time. The conversation I had with the chief executive this morning was that he set out to me a number … people are not identified, and that's what I've called on him to do. So, we will wait and see whether, in light of those discussions I've had—those further discussions I've had—around that …
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Group 12: Housing registers - Publication of data (Amendments 53, 55)
… acknowledge the work of this committee in highlighting the need for robust, standardised data on allocations and waiting lists. The Government does recognise this issue, and it has been raised by partners and is reflected in the ending … the amendment and is consequential to amendment 53. Therefore, I'm unable to support either amendment at this time …
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Wales Electricity Transmission Infrastructure Needs for Net Zero
… better grid system. We very much welcome the new holistic design process. It has been a long time coming, but at least we’re there now. This isn’t devolved to Wales, but we’ve had quite … all possible, in contrast to the UK Government in England, who have the opposite view. We are waiting on the report to see whether we can do anything about adopting the cable ploughing methodology in particular. We use …
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Emergency Question: Net Zero
… right, Minister. The world is on fire and we have to do everything we can. The world cannot wait. I've heard some comments from the Conservative benches; I do hope somebody from the Conservative benches will … back by five years is going to mean that there will be continual pushing back all the time …
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: NHS waiting lists
… not seeing when surgical hubs are going to be delivered right the way across Wales. There's no time frame for that—it's in the plan. We're not seeing where all this money is actually going … make sure it's delivered. We don't want to see people who are suffering with obesity on waiting lists, because that puts pressure on the NHS in terms of delays in discharge. Public health needs …
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Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: Interim Report of the Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales
… try and answer them. Perhaps I could just preface them by—. Of course, I do actually want to wait and see what the outcome of the independent commission's report is. Within our respective political parties, within our … within the world, that has grown beyond anything, I think, that was ever conceivable back in those particular times. A lot of that is down to what has actually happened …
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales
… point to. My view is that that should not happen. That should not happen anywhere or at any time. Everybody should be able to access public transport, and our trains in particular, when they wish to. Now, you … should be able to guarantee that people are able to move as swiftly as possible and not left waiting for multiple trains …
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Welsh Government 2026-27 Draft Budget: Evidence session on housing with the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
… substitute. One of the major challenges of the Bill is increasing early prevention, but of course that takes time and money. Do you think we should be looking to front-load that process by resourcing local authorities … social media are full of the fact that there are empty homes for literally months, and people still waiting on a waiting list in unsavoury conditions in properties. Even if you're in a Travelodge, it's not …
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Update on COVID-19
… realist, but there are some things that have changed recently that do suggest that we should take some time before we start celebrating that we have reached the peak of this wave. One of the reasons, of course … difficult to deal with. So, there are reasons for not taking that step. That's why we are waiting for advice from the experts in this field. In terms of the unsustainability of the NHS, one of the …
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, 11. & 12. The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Alteration of Expiry Date) (Wales) Regulations 2022, The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 7) Regulations 2022 and The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 8) Regulations 2022
… regulations in place forever. I agree entirely, and if we were to have this vote in three weeks' time, I'm sure that we would support it. But with people still feeling vulnerable and nervous having … the employee. If safety is the priority, as the Welsh Government has stated throughout this pandemic, why not wait a little bit longer for this wave to be over? It doesn't make sense to me, and …
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Transport for Wales
Diolch, Llywydd. Just waiting for it to be unmuted there. I think in the interests of transparency, I should say I’ve shared a journey from Abercynon to Cardiff with Delyth Jewell, and a very pleasant journey … those 756s come online. So, I think if we were having this debate in a year’s time, I think it would have a whole different flavour and we would be seeing a whole lot more progress. One …
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Short Debate: Pathways from referrals to diagnosis and beyond: the challenges of living with autism and other neurodivergent conditions
… with 12 or so minutes, so I'll assume that's correct. I can never remember the right time. When we stand for election, we stand to support those people in our community and those causes that … giving me that ability to represent them effectively, because I am on the same journey. Caitlin had to wait a year for a statement, which she should not have. She was a year in mainstream when she should …
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Health board governance
… every health board in Wales, and yet after years of intervention, escalation and special measures, patients are still waiting longer, staff are still under intolerable pressure, and standards remain unacceptably low. That is why my amendment matters … fundamentally disagree. A public inquiry would take years, cost millions of pounds and absorb vast amounts of management time and also tell us what we already know, that leadership has been weak, governance fragmented, data unreliable and accountability …
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Health and Care: Review of the Escalation and Intervention Framework
… for certain parts of their domains, or indeed, in the case of Betsi Cadwaladr, level 5, and meanwhile waiting lists continue to go up across the country and patients are not seeing the improvements that they deserve. There … Wales, so that we don't have to keep coming back and deal with the same interventions time and time again. Another thing that's mentioned in the new framework today is escalation boards. So, once these health …
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Urgent Debate: The impact of the Chancellor's recent welfare reforms
… about others speaking on her behalf? If she wasn't to show her displeasure—though we're still waiting for her condemnation, of course, rather than displeasure—how about saying unequivocally which elements of the UK Government … Government cares not one bit about Wales. Dirprwy Lywydd, under Labour we have been taken back to a time reminiscent of Conservative rule at Westminster, unleashing austerity—because that's what this is—failing to consult with Welsh …
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)
… several years. Imagine the strain, the pressure placed on the individuals and their families when they have to wait years to get a diagnosis. No wonder many families describe feeling powerless, watching their loved ones deteriorate while struggling … the calls laid out in this motion are clear, as clear as they are crucial. Now is the time for people with ME, like my constituent, to be seen, to be heard and to be supported. Diolch …