, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Finance: An Update on Council Tax
… you outlined, we're in the middle of a cost-of-living challenge, we've heard time and time again about the pressures that you say Welsh Government and local authority funding is under. And as you outlined … looking carefully at the resources available to the Welsh Government to deliver on key priorities, including bringing down waiting lists, supporting families with the cost of childcare, creating those important jobs, raising educational standards, and also being mindful …
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - evidence session 7
… are taking far too long to deal with the cases, not because we want to take a long time, but simply because they are now far more extended. The experience of a young person going through a process … expert to do an assessment, or we're waiting for the social workers to do an assessment, and there are lots of reasons why it takes a long time. But addressing that, I think, is the principal feature …
, Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Welsh Ambulance Services University NHS Trust
… anyone else who has had to either wait for their ambulance to arrive or has then subsequently been waiting in the back of an ambulance before being admitted to the emergency department? And it's that point … right place at the right time. That's the reason we've got response delays in our communities. The root cause of that problem is the fact that our ambulances are waiting at emergency departments across Wales …
, Petitions Committee
P-06-1346 Provide free and accessible public transport for under 18s in Wales to lower carbon emissions and boost growth
… timetable for the buses and where to find it, and they don't usually come on time at all. I remember when, sometimes, I'd stay after school for some activities after school, so I'd catch … waiting until 16:30, something like that. So, I think that is something with buses,. But then, with trains, there's more of a problem with cost, in my opinion. The trains come on time a bit better …
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
… Government, the shamefully high NHS waiting lists remain, with residents across Wales, including my own constituents, forced to wait in pain. It's shocking, but perhaps not surprising, given Labour's shoddy mismanagement of our health service over … And let's not forget that Plaid Cymru are just as culpable, jumping into bed with the Government time and time again. Cabinet Secretary, I want to highlight an appalling situation one of my constituents has been facing …
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Electric vehicle charging - evidence session 1
… have brought in some time ago. It’s been a few years in the making, and hopefully it should be laid in Parliament sometime in the next few months. We are waiting with bated breath for this, because … that, at the end of October last year, for the 14 largest private charging operators, at any one time, on average, 91.5 per cent reliability was seen, which means about one in 10 of these public chargers did …
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
… adaptive management. The old way was to wait for all the evidence to be drawn together; now we'd make the evidence come along at the same time. So, it's all about being adaptive and supportive …
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 2
… can I just come back on that point? I suppose, you are right—it’s going to take time with the sustainable farming scheme. But what you said—and Simon, I think you were saying this before … commission, and then to wait for the commission to decide the goals and the balance of it and what the strategy is, that’s also a really, really long time. And some would also argue that …
, Health and Social Care Committee
Scrutiny of the Chief Nursing Office for Wales
… triggers might be not getting assignments in on time, having some sickness off placements. So, trying to identify early triggers and do something then, rather than wait until it's too late. And I know that our colleagues …
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
The Welsh Government’s legislative consent memorandum on the Energy Bill: Scrutiny session with the Minister for Climate Change
… had to wait to see whether the Bill was actually going to do anything. So if you start from there, you end up with a big gap in the middle of it, where we're not even sure … but, actually, we get letters all the time complaining about the fact that we are dousing the committee with sequential LCMs on the same Bill, why don't we wait until we've got a bit more certainty …
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: HS2 redesignation
… way forward within the inter-governmental machinery to actually raise this and say, either currently or next time there’s a HS2, or next year’s financial settlement, let’s get in there and let's agree what … the ground for us. We have been waiting for something like 15 years for the investment in the electronic signalling of the Maesteg loop. It has been promised time and time again; time and time again, it has …
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
… announced £140 million to address waiting lists, but the previous Welsh Government brought forward £120 million to address waiting lists, and only £115,000 of that ended up in Powys Teaching Health Board, which was 0.1 per cent … assurance from you today that Powys Teaching Health Board will receive more than what it did last time, so we can actually address the cross-border issue. As you know, my constituents are forced to have their care …
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
… behalf of residents in the Rhondda, a heartfelt 'thank you' for prioritising coal tip safety during your time as First Minister, for the millions and millions in Welsh Government funding to identify, review, and, where necessary, remediate coal … waiting for that funding, so thank you. We're in a much better position now, but, as ever, there's still work to do. So, I'd like to ask the First Minister one final time just how …
, Plenary
Debate on the Health and Social Care Committee Report—Dentistry
… programme. We were told that the lack of notice had caused significant concern to dentists who had little time to make an informed decision on whether to accept the contract offer. The Minister, of course, accepts that the … all-Wales dental waiting list. I'd be grateful if the Minister could clarify the timescale of this work. Data is a recurring theme throughout all our work on health committee. I think every time we mention …
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: NHS Dental reform
… proposals carefully and to respond to this consultation at the earliest opportunity. The contract has taken a long time to develop to this stage, and I want to see the new contract implemented from April 2026. In the … become available. It provides a single national waiting list service for the public who don't currently have access to a dental care service and will, for the first time, provide a clear picture of the true scale …
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
… targets missed, cancer waiting targets missed, two-year waits on elimination targets missed twice. So, can the Minister tell me that, when she looks back over her time in the portfolio—and without making a single excuse …
, Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Skills and Tertiary Education: Priorities for Skills and Tertiary Education
… prospective students on waiting lists across the college's campuses, although many of these learners are trying to seek qualifications in priority sectors, such as construction, childcare and digital skills. At a time when we're all trying …
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Update on COVID-19
… that they've caused great damage to the night-time economy, with very little public health benefit. Minister, I'll ask you about the progress on the waiting list backlog. Of course, we know that …
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
… the time of arrival, that the train was on time. But, bang on the minute when the train was due, tannoy said, 'train cancelled'. We had to wait until another hour and a half for the next train …
, 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
… multimorbidity rehab service for a patient, rather than them waiting for several different types of rehab. That would be better for the patient, and save the NHS time and money, if you had everything in one place for …