4 March 2025 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
… challenge for the health board', and, 'more focus and action is needed to deliver timely access to care for people across north Wales.' Waits of over 52 weeks are up by over 2,000; 2,000 more hours …
12 January 2026 , Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
… departments, and in those days, there was nothing like this wait , because the A&E departments had a workforce, you know, doctors were there working all the time . We had small, minor surgeries and we had 10 cubicles … with four or five doctors looking after those. So, there was no wait for any patients. Nowadays, none of our health boards, none of our health Ministers tell us the ratio between the public who are coming …
22 May 2024 , Plenary
Short Debate: A construction skills system fit for the future
… Government has also supported green, personal learning accounts, and these allow people to study, fully funded, flexible, part- time courses around their existing responsibilities, which allows them to either upskill or retrain. They will help deliver the right … meeting skills shortages; creating capacity on courses so that learners don't have to wait to start that learning journey; the time lag that can exist between industry adopting new methods and those methods being adopted and taught …
20 October 2026 , Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Finance: An Update on Council Tax
… but we do on this occasion. Families have waited with uncertainty for months, Minister, to find out what this Government plans to do with their council tax. In that time , we had the First Minister say revaluation would … looking at it. So, I'm glad to see you've changed your mind. This is the second time a Welsh Government has pushed this back, and I'm pleased to see the Welsh Government will be removing …
8 March 2023 , Plenary
Debate on the Petitions Committee Report, 'The Final Bend? P-06-1253 Ban greyhound racing in Wales'
… spent two years in the dogs home before we came along. At the time that we collected Arthur, there were 65 other greyhounds waiting for a home. Arthur stayed with us, as you know, for three years. The …
29 June 2022 , Plenary
Debate on the Health and Social Care Committee Report—'Waiting well? The impact of the waiting times backlog on people in Wales'
… contribution, of course, that people were waiting far too long for treatment and diagnosis well before the pandemic started, so we've got to keep that in mind at all times . I think one of the themes that … their communication—how they word and relay their messages to patients who are waiting . And, of course, those letters being sent in a timely manner as well. I think I relayed in my opening comments how one stakeholder …
24 September 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: Winter preparedness in the NHS
… service needs all year around, as well as, of course, at the acute time of winter. And with people languishing on record NHS waiting lists, it's clear the health service here is not firing on all cylinders …
26 June 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for North Wales and Transport
… not think it's too soon, no. We've waited 40 years. I think it's time to move …
1 October 2026 , Constitution, Justice and External Affairs Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
Okay. We're doing pretty well in terms of time , so thank you, everybody, for being very direct. Oh, Pred, were you waiting to come in on that one …
4 March 2026 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
… that, after all this time , the bell is finally ringing on Welsh Labour's time in Government, and pupils and parents can't wait a second longer for a positive change to happen …
8 November 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
… hoping to do an update in the Senedd in December on ' Waiting well?', and, obviously, it will be timely if I could get the response to you before that. So, yes, we'll do that …
3 October 2023 , Plenary
Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: The Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill
… being worked on by the Welsh Government. It's a little bit like when you wait for a bus for a long time and then three seem to come along at once. It strikes me that that …
31 January 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
… well. So, I wonder, Minister, will you explore the options for a centralised waiting list for Wales? I appreciate that would take some time to put in place, so, as an interim measure, would you also explore ensuring …
19 February 2025 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: 'Ending corridor care in Wales' report
… failings in the health service, be it in dentistry, cancer, ophthalmology, waiting lists, the number of doctors, or, in this case, hospital care. And every time these matters are raised here on the floor of the Siambr … have heard, with heart-rending examples of patients dying in their chairs in a hospital corridor while waiting for treatment. It's a totally undignified and disrespectful way of treating our loved ones, and the Government must ensure …
29 January 2026 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Transport for Wales
… But, on the basis that there's a three to four-year lead-in time to do anything about it, we shouldn't wait until it's a problem …
2 December 2021 , Health and Social Care Committee
Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with allied health professionals
… very good question and we see that all of the time in persistent pain—that somebody starts with a knee issue and then develops hip issues, and then it's the back that is painful, so the whole … see what we can do with people on orthopaedic waiting lists who are actually waiting for knee replacements and struggle big time with pain that, maybe, is just localised around the knee but is really stopping them from …
14 January 2026 , Plenary
Debate on petition P-06-1555, 'To review all guidance on Home to School Transport for all of Wales. Free access to an education'
… children get to school ridiculously early and the school is closed, they have to wait outside in the rain for unacceptable amounts of time before and after school, my son being one of them. Parents are also left …
21 January 2026 , Plenary
Debate on the Health and Social Care Committee Report, 'Prevention of ill health—obesity'
… everyone who participated in this inquiry. It was an eye-opening one. I've used the term several times now that obesity is the rhinoceros that faces us on the road. We all see it. We all know … when we talk about healthcare, it's easy to look at hospitals, at waiting lists or clinical outcomes, but to anyone who spends time visiting communities the length and breadth of Wales, it's clear that health …
13 January 2026 , Plenary
& 10. The general principles of the Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Bill and the financial resolution in respect of the Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Bill
… extends that protection to the public, preventing politicians from deceiving them. How many more times will we tell the people of Wales to wait ? How much lower must trust fall before we act? Honesty in public life cannot …
5 December 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Experiences of young people with speech, language and communication needs in the criminal justice system—panel two
… are going on. Because we can find ourselves referring in a person a number of times , and actually they're on a waiting list or they're due to be seen by CAMHS, or whatever the service might …