Joel James
Welsh Conservative · Wales
“Cabinet Secretary, according to StatsWales, as of September this year, there were 9,319 people waiting for audiology services in Wales, with 3,845—around 41 per cent—waiting over 14 weeks. Of this 9,319 figure, 1,027 are in Rhondda Cynon Taf.”
“Given that the Welsh Government has confirmed that an additional £50 million of funding will be made available to reduce the longest waiting times, can you please confirm if any of this funding will be used to pay for private commissioned, community-based audiology services to help reduce the backlog of appointments in NHS Wales?”
“In the review that followed that flooding, RCT council was praised as having been successful in progressing post-event actions and recommendations, but I think that this is misleading, given the events that we have witnessed over the weekend, and will provide little comfort to the residents and business owners who have had their homes and…”
“Trefnydd, I was very disappointed to see that the Welsh Government has pulled its statement next week on the United Nations International Day for Persons with Disabilities and instead will now provide a written statement, thus denying the opportunity for comment and questioning by Members of this Chamber.”
“First Minister, as you've just said and as you'll be aware, RCT council has recently published its formal response to all the consultation submissions it received about its proposed LDP strategy plan, and I'm happy to see that the council has responded positively to Welsh Government observations regarding one of its strategic sites and ha…”
“Council and national planning guidance is clear on this matter: you don't build residential developments on this classification of floodplain, which, as you can no doubt appreciate, First Minister, was under water over the weekend.”
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“I appreciate that you may see this as a UK Government issue, but I'd like to point out that we are all part of the United Kingdom, and every corner is affected by this. You talk in your plan about learning and leadership, but there appears to be a lack of this in the Labour Party as a whole. We should never forget the comments of Rupa Huq MP, who had to apologise to the then Chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, for describing him as 'superficially black', and the Labour MP Zarah Sultana, who has publicly stated, and I quote, that Kemi Badenoch 'is one of the most nasty & divisive figures in British politics' and that her election marks a shift to the far right.”
“Thank you, Cabinet Secretary, for your statement and for your time yesterday to discuss this plan further. Like everyone else here, I believe it's extremely important that we tackle racism in our society, and I wholeheartedly support your intentions of creating a plan that systematically addresses this issue. However, I'm enormously frustrated by the fact that any progress that seems to be made with regard to this is undermined by the actions of a few people. I am, of course, referring to the appalling actions by the Labour MP Dawn Butler in sharing a Tweet describing Kemi Badenoch as a 'member of white supremacy's black collaborator class' and representing 'white supremacy in blackface', and bizarrely suggesting, and I quote, that 'a victory for Badenoch is an obvious, unprecedented and once inconceivable victory for racism'.”
“So, with this in mind, do you agree with me that the UK Labour Government should reimburse voluntary organisations for the increased employer national insurance contributions? Thank you.”
“First Minister, as we have heard, the increase in national insurance contributions that will need to be paid by employers announced in the new Labour Government’s budget is expected to have a devastating impact on charities, with an estimated additional annual bill of around a staggering £1.4 billion. However you swallow this, whether a charity decides to reduce the number of employees so it delivers less of a service or whether it cuts spending on projects and initiatives, it ultimately means that the sector will be considerably weakened and there will be considerably less support for some of the most vulnerable in our communities. First Minister, we know how this story plays out. It will inevitably translate into the need for more spending on public services to fill in the gaps that will inevitably be created.”