Gareth Davies
Welsh Conservative · Wales
“It's a case of better late than never, so I'm pleased that funding has been provided by the Welsh Government to take forward design work on a replacement bridge, although I would like to make it clear that local news coverage today has been slightly misleading, as work is only just beginning on the design of a bridge not the construction,…”
“I would see no reason why the Cabinet Secretary couldn't make a commitment as, if the funding for construction wasn't provided, the £750,000 provided for the design would be a total waste of taxpayers' money.”
“I would like to raise a statement from the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales in both guises, really, regarding timescales for the repair of Llannerch bridge, between Trefnant and Tremeirchion, in my constituency.”
“It is about discerning what we should fight to conserve and what we should change. It's not to refuse all change for the sake of it, and conservatism is not equivalent to nostalgism, and does not include a yearning to return to a perceived golden era of the past.”
“Diolch, Llywydd. Thank you very much. I'm grateful for the opportunity to table this debate and I appreciate this remit is very broad, but I am grateful for any Member willing to share their views on the subject however they see fit. I've agreed to give Natasha Asghar a minute of this debate time tonight.”
“Thank you for that very comprehensive response, Commissioner. The 2025-26 Senedd Commission budget represents a total increase on the 2024-25 budget of close to 17 per cent, but the budget does not take into consideration the additional funding required to staff the offices of an additional 36 Members.”
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“The National Residential Landlords Association said that rent controls would serve only to decimate this sector further and would be a disaster for tenants. And looking over to Dublin and the Republic of Ireland, we can see the real-world effect of this well-meaning but foolish policy, which has greatly exacerbated their housing crisis. So, could the Cabinet Secretary outline whether the Welsh Government's position remains one of rejecting the idea of rent controls, and whether that is also the position of the UK Labour Government, and that the Welsh Government will instead focus on house building, to ensure an adequate supply of housing in the social and private rented sectors? I think we need less ambiguity and more clarity around this subject. Thank you.”
“I don't think the Welsh Government's position on rent controls is clear, because you have flirted with rent controls in the past, and have consulted on this topic, with the idea, thankfully, being ruled out, albeit tepidly, from the Government. But I'd appreciate if the Welsh Government could actually make their position clearer on the subject and confirm to the Senedd that the Welsh Government does not have plans to follow Scotland's disastrous lead by implementing rent controls, which end up exacerbating the very problem they are designed to remedy, with thousands of landlords taking their properties off the rental market. I'm sure they wouldn't have done that if the Welsh Government's messaging on this matter were clearer.”
“The head of Wales's ambulance service has previously mentioned the hours lost to handover delays, which have quadrupled since 2018, but concerns have also been raised regarding the Welsh ambulance service's medical priority dispatch system, and the reports will look into whether the system remains fit for purpose. So, can I receive a statement from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care on this tragic case, and what the Welsh Government is doing to resolve the issues in the Welsh ambulance services trust, which are leading to unacceptable waiting times, because my constituents deserve a heck of a lot better?”
“May I please have a statement from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care on ambulance waits in north Wales? In June, an 82-year-old lady died at Glan Clwyd Hospital, following more than a 14-hour wait for an ambulance, after she collapsed in her home. Following an inquest, the coroner had issued a prevention of future deaths report on the Welsh ambulance services trust after finding that the patient had spent hours lying on the floor before being treated and admitted to hospital. This is clearly unacceptable and not the kind of service one would expect in a developed nation, and this poor service has led to a woman's death, unfortunately.”