Smoking, vaping, diet and exercise

Jenny RathboneLabour

12 September 2023, Plenary

Debate on the General Principles of the Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill

…are dying of, but that there is also a potential link with cancer, miscarriage, low birth weight, obesity and dementia. So, the evidence is catching up all the time. But, frankly, the WHO don't collect data on harmful pollutants because they can't think of anything else to do. We need to remind…

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Delyth JewellPlaid

12 September 2023, Plenary

Debate on the General Principles of the Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill

…is needed. Air pollution is one of the biggest environmental threats to public health, second only to smoking, and it contributes to the climate and nature emergencies we face on a global scale. The World Health Organization says 'the combined effects of ambient air pollution and household air…

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Lee WatersLabour

12 September 2023, Plenary

Statement by the Deputy Minister for Climate Change: 20 mph default speed limit on restricted roads

…Institute for Health and Care Excellence has warned us is adding to the epidemic of type 2 diabetes and obesity. In Spain, in London, in Edinburgh, and soon in Ireland too, speed limits have been reduced to 20 mph and casualties and deaths are falling too. The evidence for change is very strong and…

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Mark DrakefordLabour

7 July 2023, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister

North Wales

…John Griffiths was referring to, I think north Wales has always more than pulled its weight. In its smoking cessation services, there's been more innovation and imagination in Betsi than you would find in many other parts of Wales. I think I heard briefly on the radio that the health board has put…

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James EvansConservative

4 July 2023, Plenary

Questions to the First Minister

…more of those major sporting events to Wales? Because in doing that, we'll be able to tackle the obesity challenges that we have in this country, by making people take more participation in an active lifestyle in sport.

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Lesley GriffithsLabour

4 July 2023, Plenary

Questions to the First Minister

…you think about it, from a very young age. I also think we need to do more as individuals. We know that smoking is really bad for us, we know obesity is really bad for us—we all need to do far more. So, I'm not sure about the fundamental change of direction, but I think there are steps—. We need to…

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Jack SargeantLabour

3 July 2023, Petitions Committee

Petition of the Year

…racing, care-experienced parents, endometriosis healthcare, metastatic breast cancer care, and water safety. Sharing the story of these five petitions and the impact they are having right across Wales is designed to inspire other people to think about using our petitions system to make your voice…

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Yr Athro Dyfed Huws

29 June 2023, Health and Social Care Committee

Gynaecological cancers: Panel 7

…to be in 10, 20 or 30 years. We're weaving information regarding risk into that. For example, 'The obesity rate is this now; that's what that will mean regarding ovarian cancer, but if we succeeded in bringing the obesity rate down, this is what it would do in 10, 20 or 30 years for ovarian cancer…

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Lee WatersLabour

28 June 2023, Plenary

Debate on petition P-06-1340, 'Stop the change of speed limits to 20mph on 17th September'

…trained and spent all their lives driving at 30 mph. Just as it took time to get used to seatbelts and smoking in public places, and paying for carrier bags, and breathalysers, it will take time. And I'm sure that councils and we haven't got it 100 per cent right the first time, and that's the joy…

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Alun DaviesLabour

28 June 2023, Plenary

Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services

…Deputy Minister for sport is in the Chamber this afternoon, because that also involves investment in physical activity, investment in sports opportunities, as well as other sorts of physical activity, and it involves an investment across the whole of Government to deal with diabetes, rather than…

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Eluned MorganLabour

28 June 2023, Plenary

Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services

…got to get to the prevention bit of it, and you heard the announcement yesterday by my colleague. The obesity crisis in Wales—and I'm going to call it a crisis—when you've got 60 per cent of your population who are overweight or obese, you're heading for a very difficult place, and what we know is…

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Yr Arglwydd Bourne of Aberystwyth

28 June 2023, Finance Committee

Silk Commission—10 years on: Evidence session

…we saw in powers, with pushing back on where powers could be exercised before Silk on things like the smoking ban, which I think happened in Wales first, the plastic bags levy and so on. It would be good to see, now that the Welsh Parliament has some powers in these directions, or arguably will have…

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Lynne NeagleLabour

27 June 2023, Plenary

Statement by the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being: Update on healthy food environment legislation

…profit. And you're absolutely right that the whole environment we live in is designed to make us eat unhealthy food. I don't think I'd realised before coming into this post just how obesogenic the environment we are living in is, and that's what we're trying to change with the work that we're doing.…

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