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Questions to the First Minister
Two parts to that answer. Measures around the spreading of slurry are about avoiding environmental pollution in rivers so that agriculture isn't forced to follow the calendar and is actually able to work in a technologically based way to spread slurry in a…
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Questions to the First Minister
I am aware of and concerned about recent reported incidents of sickness when individuals have been swimming in the River Tawe. I have asked Natural Resources Wales to investigate the reports, and I will provide an update when further information becomes…
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Questions to the First Minister
I hope that Members across this Chamber will agree with Plaid Cymru's determination to take Welsh Water into Welsh hands. It is because we want to set a set of values, which could include senior executive pay, for example, into the way that water is run in…
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Questions to the First Minister
The Welsh Government is determined to improve water quality. We have committed to taking full control of our water and to tackling pollution through developing a system made in Wales, for Wales. This includes better data, cleaner rivers, and science-led…
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Questions to the First Minister
Without doubt, and it's good to see the Member back on his feet, quite literally. Our plans to improve health services are based on a whole-systems approach, as the Member quite rightly noted. Our new workforce plan, for example, will include an emphasis on…
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Questions to the First Minister
We hear the calls, as I will hear calls, no doubt, for investment in different parts of the country. What's important to me, I think, is to recognise the challenges that are being faced by the Member's constituents, to put together a level of service that…
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Questions to the First Minister
We know that integration has to be at the heart of creating sustainability within the health and care service as a whole. Keeping people out of hospital is an important part of that. A strong social care sector at the back door of the hospital is key to that…
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Questions to the First Minister
I certainly agree that the provision of suitable, effective, high-quality accident and emergency in the Member's constituency, and throughout Wales, is vitally important. We need a significant improvement on the current situation, and the Grange hospital…
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Questions to the First Minister
The minor injuries unit at the Royal Gwent Hospital, located in the Casnewydd and Islwyn constituency, met the national target in April. Ninety-six per cent of patients were assessed, treated and discharged within the four-hour standard. But, more broadly, I…
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Statement by the First Minister: The First Minister's Priorities
Diolch yn fawr iawn. I welcome another new Member here today. Now, under our first 100 days plan, we will convene an elective care task and finish group, comprised of relevant experts. They'll be responsible for developing a delivery plan on establishing up…
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Statement by the First Minister: The First Minister's Priorities
I appreciate the question and I welcome the Member back. O ye of little faith, though, I must say. She asks, 'What does rural resilience and sustainability mean?' It means the resilience of rural Wales and sustainability. I'm not sure I should point out the…
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Statement by the First Minister: The First Minister's Priorities
I appreciate the question and I welcome the Member back. I'm not sure we could act with much more urgency than we've been trying to. We're here in our second Senedd meeting, with less than two weeks since the election. We have a Cabinet in place. We have the…
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Statement by the First Minister: The First Minister's Priorities
I'm grateful to the Member, and welcome him back to the Senedd. On cross-border care, clearly, the constituency represented by the Member is in a—. It's not unique, but those constituencies are in a unique situation, and conversations have already been had…
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Statement by the First Minister: The First Minister's Priorities
That relationship is very important for us. On a day-to-day basis, cross-border relations are very important in a constituency such as the Member's, but that relationship between the Welsh Government and the UK Government will be key. Standing up for Wales in…
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Statement by the First Minister: The First Minister's Priorities
Thank you very much for that question, and welcome to the Senedd.
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Statement by the First Minister: The First Minister's Priorities
I welcome the Member back to the Senedd. You started very well: many manifesto commitments are commendable. I appreciate that there are elements of the programme for government that Members across this Senedd have said that they're keen to work with us on…
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Statement by the First Minister: The First Minister's Priorities
The Member is right to point to the scourge of poverty, and inadequate housing is one of those legacies of 27 years of Labour First Ministers. It is something that we have probably put as much research work and policy planning into as any other subject area…
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Statement by the First Minister: The First Minister's Priorities
Thank you very much, and could I welcome the Member to the Senedd? Yes, he does represent a beautiful part of the beautiful capital city that I'm so proud of, and it was good that he got a mention of Cardiff City Stadium in there, although finding the time to…
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Statement by the First Minister: The First Minister's Priorities
Thank you very much for the question, and welcome to the Senedd. I think lessons in irony might be useful as well. The Member in question is from an English background herself, and the article I think you're referring to was written from that point of view…
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Statement by the First Minister: The First Minister's Priorities
Yes, the very important words there are 'all parts', 'all communities', and that is a principle that we've tried to make clear will be very important to us. People in all parts of Wales, whether they're in rural Maldwyn or in our cities, or in the Valleys, or…
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Statement by the First Minister: The First Minister's Priorities
I appreciate those comments, and congratulate you again on securing a presence for your party here in the Senedd for the first time. There is a theme here, which I very much welcome, of Members setting out those areas on which they seek co-operation. That is…
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Statement by the First Minister: The First Minister's Priorities
When we speak of our eagerness to be held to account, we want to provide the tools in order to help people hold us to account. We are already developing the kinds of digital tools that will enable us to put out there the steps that we are taking on a range of…
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Statement by the First Minister: The First Minister's Priorities
Thank you very much, and welcome back.
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Statement by the First Minister: The First Minister's Priorities
Thank you for the question, and welcome back to the Senedd. The Cabinet Minister for Health and Care will be very, very aware of the need to make sure that the balance is found always between that local delivery as local as possible, which everybody wants…
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Statement by the First Minister: The First Minister's Priorities
Clearly, it is important that we have advocates here for the public sector workforce and the wider workforce in Wales, and I know the Member, given her background, will be a strong advocate for workers everywhere. On school support staff, clearly this is an…
