10 January 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
1. What assessment has the Minister made of the impact that cuts to local authority social services will have on NHS waiting times in 2024? OQ60459
10 January 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Economy
Thank you, Sioned, for raising this question. Minister, Christmas and the new year has been a period of great uncertainty and worry for the workforce at Tata Steel in Port Talbot, with potentially up to 3,000 job losses. The UK Government has shown its…
13 December 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip
I thank my friend for raising this question, and we do get a lot of e-mails from Palestinian people whose relations are here in Wales. Minister, the biggest problem with the various refugee settlement schemes has been the ability to find long-term…
12 December 2023 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Escalation and Intervention Arrangements for Maternity and Neonatal Services in Swansea Bay University Health Board
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Thank you for your statement, Minister. Sadly, today's announcement will do little to allay the fears of my constituents. After all, we have been warning about the maternity service in Swansea bay for well over a year. Minister, what…
6 December 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you, Minister. Those of us committed to seeing a greyhound racing ban in Wales want the consultation conducted and concluded as soon as possible. Sadly, with the licensing of Valley Greyhound Stadium, the suffering of racing dogs has been allowed to…
6 December 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
8. Will the Minister provide an update on the steps the Welsh Government is taking to ban greyhound racing in Wales? OQ60384
6 December 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Minister, rather than pressing for even more powers and creating even more taxes, should you not, Minister, be working to incentivise house builders, not making it harder to do business in Wales? Two national industry experts have previously raised concerns…
5 December 2023 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip: International Day of Disabled People
Thank you for your statement, Minister. I would like to join you in stating how important International Day of Persons with Disabilities is and how important it is for us to work towards securing fundamental human rights for disabled people. It is a day to…
5 December 2023 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Waiting Well: An update on progress
I wanted to make two points, really. One is: why should there be an unfit patient on the waiting list? We have to make him fit to be on the waiting list. It takes 20 years for a consultant to learn when to operate and 40 years when not to operate. So, it…
4 December 2023 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the implementation of the 'Anti-racist Wales Action Plan': Ministerial evidence session
Thank you very much, Minister. Chair, if there's time, I may ask about the criminal justice system, which the Minister addressed. Dr Rob Jones highlighted issues around Welsh criminal justice data, and said that even if data on ethnicity is more accessible…
4 December 2023 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the implementation of the 'Anti-racist Wales Action Plan': Ministerial evidence session
Thank you, Minister. There's a concern about black or mixed ethnic people being more likely to have experienced sexual assault than other ethnic groups. How is this disparity going to be addressed? And the structural racism that you mentioned earlier played a…
4 December 2023 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the implementation of the 'Anti-racist Wales Action Plan': Ministerial evidence session
Thank you, Riaz. That's very helpful. Ceri Harris from the NHS Confederation told the committee that it is important that we get monitoring and measurement right going forwards, otherwise, in 2030, we'll be having the same conversations. So, what process is…
4 December 2023 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the implementation of the 'Anti-racist Wales Action Plan': Ministerial evidence session
Thank you very much, Chair. Minister, good afternoon. Now, the first annual report will be published in December. How will the Welsh Government publicise and communicate the findings to ensure that the public and grass-roots community groups are engaged with…
21 November 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Thank you for that response, First Minister. It does not take a genius to conclude that primary care is far from resilient. I, like most Members, have been overwhelmed by letters from general practitioners expressing dismay at the breakdown in negotiations…
21 November 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
4. What is the Welsh Government's assessment of the resilience of the primary care sector in Wales? OQ60305
20 November 2023 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the implementation of the 'Anti-racist Wales Action Plan': evidence session 4
Thank you very much. Thanks, Chair.
20 November 2023 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the implementation of the 'Anti-racist Wales Action Plan': evidence session 4
Thanks, prof. And what further actions are needed to improve the confidence of ethnic minority people to share data? Probably, prof, you could address it.
20 November 2023 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the implementation of the 'Anti-racist Wales Action Plan': evidence session 4
Prof, do you have any opinions about it?
20 November 2023 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the implementation of the 'Anti-racist Wales Action Plan': evidence session 4
Thank you very much, Chair. My question, really, is monitoring and measuring progress. The 'Anti-racist Wales Action Plan' stated that by June 2023 it will have in place an agreed monitoring system to capture key data to enable a more robust, consistent…
20 November 2023 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the implementation of the 'Anti-racist Wales Action Plan': evidence session 3
Yes. Some participants in the COVID-19 inquiry have questioned the role structural racism played in the higher death toll among the BAME community. Do you believe that the 'Anti-racist Wales Action Plan' will help address structural racism in healthcare?
20 November 2023 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the implementation of the 'Anti-racist Wales Action Plan': evidence session 3
So, there were a lot of good lessons that you learnt. And now, with regard to religious identity, including how it intersects with other identities, it has the potential to impact on the quality of healthcare and health outcomes, because of perceived negative…
20 November 2023 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the implementation of the 'Anti-racist Wales Action Plan': evidence session 3
Thank you very much. Farzana, you just pointed out about your project on awareness of vaccines. Can you tell us briefly about your project? I think you have projects where the aim is increasing the awareness of vaccines amongst the Muslim population.
20 November 2023 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the implementation of the 'Anti-racist Wales Action Plan': evidence session 3
Yes, please.
20 November 2023 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the implementation of the 'Anti-racist Wales Action Plan': evidence session 3
Dr Shanti or Debbie, do you want to come in on this point?
20 November 2023 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the implementation of the 'Anti-racist Wales Action Plan': evidence session 3
Thank you, Chair. My area of questioning is access to healthcare. What, if any, impact has the 'Anti-racist Wales Action Plan' had on the way black, Asian and minority ethnic people access our healthcare, and what action can be taken to make a real or…
