Joyce Watson

Speeches

429

140 in Plenary, 289 in committee

Words spoken

34,398

Spoken in Welsh: 0%

Votes cast

310

of 409 held while sitting

Votes against own party

1

Voted with the government

98%

303 of 309 votes where it took a side

Oral questions asked

25

Written questions tabled

0

Speeches count contributions in Plenary and committees, leaving out the Llywydd's and deputies' chairing. Votes cast are out of the votes held while the Member sat. Against party means voting for when most of the Member's own party voted against, or the other way round; abstaining doesn't count.

• Climate and nature11%
• The NHS8%
• Schools6%
• Social care5%
• Equality and human rights5%
• Farming and rural Wales5%
• Public health4%
• Culture, sport and Wales in the world4%

Share of this Member's speeches that touch each brief. A speech can touch more than one.

1. 13 November 2024, Plenary

   Short Debate: Violence against women, domestic abuse, and sexual violence—The scourge of Wales today

   Thank you, Mabon, for tabling what's a really important debate, and tabling it ahead of the international day to end violence against women and children, or White Ribbon Day, on 25 November. And I want to extend an open invitation to everybody from the…

2. 13 November 2024, Plenary

   Welsh Conservatives Debate: The First Minister's first 100 days

   What we have done in 100 days, you've failed to do in 14 years. And as for your pie-in-the-sky thinking of how you're going to fund it with independence, I'm yet to hear the answer.

3. 13 November 2024, Plenary

   Welsh Conservatives Debate: The First Minister's first 100 days

   You won't have the £28 million to help cut long hospital waiting lists, and you won't have the £7.7 million that's been invested in the burns unit at Morriston Hospital. So what I say to people is this: if you want investment in healthcare, not at your own…

4. 13 November 2024, Plenary

   Welsh Conservatives Debate: The First Minister's first 100 days

   There’s one single item that you’re talking about. We’re talking about 14 years. And that discussion, by the way, is still ongoing, just to let you know. This is one budget within less than 100 days, which is of course the whole point of this conversation…

5. 13 November 2024