Plaid Cymru

Speeches and questions

Speeches and questions in Plenary and in committees, newest first. The Llywydd's and deputies' chairing of Plenary is left out.

1,497 speeches and questions

4 February 2026Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Minister for Children and Social Care and Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing.
I'm pleased to hear you say that. One specific question: there was a Rutherford cancer centre meant to be established in Newport with what they call a
4 February 2026Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Minister for Children and Social Care and Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing.
Yes. I'm sure this isn't an acceptable situation, is it?
4 February 2026Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Minister for Children and Social Care and Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing.
Thank you. To turn to another health board, in Betsi Cadwaladr in North Wales we've heard recently, with the PET-CT scanner in Wrexham Maelor, that the contract there has come to an end and that patients in north Wales now have to come down to south Wales or…
4 February 2026Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Minister for Children and Social Care and Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing.
Thank you.
4 February 2026Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Minister for Children and Social Care and Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing.
But if we have underuse of diagnostics, is there a specific problem in Aneurin Bevan that people aren't being referred, therefore? I'm trying to understand—
4 February 2026Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Minister for Children and Social Care and Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing.
I heard recently that the rapid diagnostic centre in Aneurin Bevan isn't used now because there aren't enough people referred into it. Is that correct? And are you content that the rapid diagnostic centres are being used to their full potential?
4 February 2026Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Minister for Children and Social Care and Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing.
I couldn't say it.
4 February 2026Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Minister for Children and Social Care and Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing.
Thank you, Chair. Well, it's World Cancer Day, so it's only fitting that we discuss cancer and, in this instance, waiting lists for cancer treatment. In your written evidence, Cabinet Secretary, you said that diagnostic capacity hasn't caught up with the…
4 February 2026Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Minister for Children and Social Care and Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing.
Fair enough. Fine.
4 February 2026Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Minister for Children and Social Care and Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing.
And is this affecting people's clinical outcomes? Do you feel that people's health is impacted or is in the balance because of these behaviours by some health board staff?
4 February 2026Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Minister for Children and Social Care and Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing.
We've heard a few stories in the press very recently that are a cause for concern—I'm sure you'd agree—one in Nation.Cymru about bullying at Velindre, and another in WalesOnline regarding bullying at the hospital in Cardiff. And I've heard also that clinical…
4 February 2026Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Minister for Children and Social Care and Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing.
I don't usually use these sessions to discuss my personal experiences, but I will give you a story. I mentioned to you previously that my wife had broken her wrist in Cardiff. And in the hospital in Cardiff—the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff—she had an…
4 February 2026Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Minister for Children and Social Care and Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing.
Diolch.
4 February 2026Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Minister for Children and Social Care and Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing.
And finally, do you expect to see more dentists returning to NHS work because of this contract?
4 February 2026Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Minister for Children and Social Care and Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing.
You mentioned that some will, clearly, have complaints to make, and some are handing back their contracts. What assessment has the Government made of how many dentists are likely to hand back their contracts over the coming months as the new contract comes…
4 February 2026Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Minister for Children and Social Care and Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing.
I want to touch on dentistry very briefly, if I may. There is a new contract that will come into force in April, if I understand it correctly. When will we see the regulations for that new contract being laid, and how have dentists responded to date to the…
4 February 2026Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Minister for Children and Social Care and Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing.
No. Thank you. The final question I have is in terms of training, in terms of oncologists—forgive me if the figures that I have are incorrect. I hear that, over the next two years, 30 oncologists are going to graduate here in Wales, but only three of them…
4 February 2026Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Minister for Children and Social Care and Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing.
It appears that Wales is an afterthought in this, and we haven't had full consideration. It's a Westminster Bill, and we have to adapt to suit it.
4 February 2026Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Minister for Children and Social Care and Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing.
I'm pleased to hear that there has been good collaboration. That's very important. But in terms of the Senedd and from our point of view, there is an LCM in front of us next week. We've just come across this, to all intents and purposes, today—that it is…
4 February 2026Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Minister for Children and Social Care and Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing.
Thank you. Cabinet Secretary, you referred earlier—I have to translate this on the hop—to the Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill. I don't know what the translation of that is in English. This appears to be a Bill that is being driven very quickly through…
4 February 2026Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Minister for Children and Social Care and Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing.
But that specific role is important; you have stated that it's important. There has been a vacancy for months now. Is there a commitment to appoint before the election, for example?
4 February 2026Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Minister for Children and Social Care and Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing.
Thank you. Well, on that point, you mentioned—I forget the Welsh translation—the allied health professionals. You mentioned that there are still some vacancies in the health service. Well, on that point, I understand, and I've raised the question with you on…
4 February 2026Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Minister for Children and Social Care and Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing.
Thanks. One brief question. The Chair earlier mentioned the inability to get people out of hospitals discharged into their communities or into care, and then you, Minister, mentioned that there are a number of issues limiting your ability to make progress. In…
3 February 2026Plenary
& 7. The Public Health (Minimum Price for Alcohol) (Wales) Act 2018 (Continuation) Regulations 2026 and The Public Health (Minimum Price for Alcohol) (Minimum Unit Price) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
As we consider these regulations today, I believe that it is important to start by recognising that this is a complex issue, and one that raises valid questions about health, equality and impact on communities. Decisions about alcohol pricing are never…
27 January 2026Plenary
Debate: The Final Budget 2026-27
We can all—[Inaudible.]—on what should have been, but the fact is that this is the here and the now. So, do you oppose the extra money going into the NHS?