, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government: More Homes
Thank you for your statement. As you say, Cabinet Secretary, achieving 20,000 additional homes for rent in the social sector is something that absolutely should be celebrated. However, I am concerned to see the number of households that are in temporary…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Improving access to support for unpaid carers: evidence session with the Minister for Children and Social Care
And are they being well used?
, Health and Social Care Committee
Improving access to support for unpaid carers: evidence session with the Minister for Children and Social Care
Just picking up on what you just said about you've had a conversation with the Cabinet Secretary for Education, because it was very clear from the young carers: we had one young carer who had had the same, I think, form teacher for three years, so he'd been…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Improving access to support for unpaid carers: evidence session with the Minister for Children and Social Care
I agree.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Improving access to support for unpaid carers: evidence session with the Minister for Children and Social Care
So, when you say what the barriers are, is one of them money?
, Health and Social Care Committee
Improving access to support for unpaid carers: evidence session with the Minister for Children and Social Care
Okay. I've got a couple of questions around young carers now, and I think Peter said at the beginning how distressing this inquiry has been. For me, the session with—well, we had a couple of sessions with young carers, and they were probably the most…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Improving access to support for unpaid carers: evidence session with the Minister for Children and Social Care
Going back to professional awareness, it was just last week, we had health board representatives in, and I think, again, from the carers, we've heard that there are opportunities that are being missed by primarily GPs, I would say, but also consultants, and…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Improving access to support for unpaid carers: evidence session with the Minister for Children and Social Care
Yes.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Improving access to support for unpaid carers: evidence session with the Minister for Children and Social Care
I would say, if you've been giving that funding since 2022, maybe some of the things that they've been spending that money on haven't worked. Because certainly, I don't think—. I remember one carer saying that she would like to see posters in pharmacies, for…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Improving access to support for unpaid carers: evidence session with the Minister for Children and Social Care
Sorry. Can I just stop you there? Are those campaigns monitored to see how successful they are?
, Health and Social Care Committee
Improving access to support for unpaid carers: evidence session with the Minister for Children and Social Care
Thank you. I'm looking at identification and awareness. I think that it's fair to say that the majority of carers—certainly those we've had evidence from in person—had self-identified, or somebody had suggested that they had become a carer, and they…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Improving access to support for unpaid carers: evidence session with the Minister for Children and Social Care
Absolutely. Thank you.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Improving access to support for unpaid carers: evidence session with the Minister for Children and Social Care
So, do you think you'll have the time to do that? The letters are in tomorrow. You've got to analyse them. As Peter said, we've got an election coming up. Is this going to be something that's going to have priority?
, Health and Social Care Committee
Improving access to support for unpaid carers: evidence session with the Minister for Children and Social Care
Okay. But presumably, as you say, the monitoring is showing that there is an issue, which is why you've written to the leaders.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Improving access to support for unpaid carers: evidence session with the Minister for Children and Social Care
You might not be able to answer this question. So, you've written to the leaders, you're expecting responses from all 22 by tomorrow. Presumably, you've had some responses. Have they been looked at to see if—?
, Health and Social Care Committee
Improving access to support for unpaid carers: evidence session with the Minister for Children and Social Care
Is that monitoring showing that?
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Thank you for that answer. I believe our pharmacies and our pharmacists provide an excellent service, but sometimes they're underutilised because people are not aware of the services and the information they can access from their pharmacist. Earlier this…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
6. How is the Welsh Government working with pharmacies to ensure the public is aware of the services they provide? OQ63692
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning
Throughout my 19 years as the Member of the Senedd for Wrexham, I've seen first-hand how the Welsh Government has supported many small businesses in my constituency, particularly through Business Wales. The award-winning company Air Covers, which is located…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Follow-up inquiry on social housing supply: Evidence session 2
Okay. Thank you, Chair.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Follow-up inquiry on social housing supply: Evidence session 2
So, when legislation is a barrier, we definitely need to look at that. Okay. Thank you, Chair.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Follow-up inquiry on social housing supply: Evidence session 2
Thanks very much. Clarissa, I don't think it was your evidence, but in the CHC written evidence, it stated that there were barriers around infrastructure—so, water and electricity. I wonder if you could describe what those barriers are a bit more and how they…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Follow-up inquiry on social housing supply: Evidence session 2
Thank you, Chair.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Follow-up inquiry on social housing supply: Evidence session 2
Alongside that, what is the WLGA doing to challenge your members to make sure that they're a part of this and that they're bringing forward a pipeline of schemes?
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Follow-up inquiry on social housing supply: Evidence session 2
My final question is around social housing landlords' appetite for building new houses. Again, if I can start with you, Clarissa. Are you aware of any barriers? Do you think some are more keen than others? What are you doing to make sure that universally they…
