Leanne Wood: Colin Rogers from Rhondda Cynon Taf died of a basilar artery stroke at the age of just 55, leaving behind a devastated family. Mr Rogers had the misfortune to be taken ill on a Sunday morning. Had it happened during the week, he could have been transferred to Bristol for endovascular thrombectomy, which could have saved his life. There was no such arrangement available on the weekend. A...
Leanne Wood: I was half expecting this question to be withdrawn by the Tories after shocking figures emerged showing the potential impact of Wales's exit from the European Union upon our poorest communities. Perhaps they'll just dismiss as scaremongering the analysis that has shown that, based on comparisons between the UK Government spending on economic development and the distribution of EU structural...
Leanne Wood: 3. What steps is the Welsh Government taking to improve care for stroke patients in the Rhondda? OAQ54007
Leanne Wood: Here we are again, lamenting the fact that, in an allegedly developed and civilised state, substantial numbers of people rely on food banks for basic nutrition and live in homes that make them ill. According to the Institute for Public Policy Research think tank, more than 120,000 deaths in the UK could have been prevented since 2012, had it not been for austerity. The Westminster...
Leanne Wood: Thanks, John.
Leanne Wood: Will you take an intervention?
Leanne Wood: Diolch, John. In relation to the point you make about the gendered nature of poverty, the Child Poverty Action Group have issued some recommendations today, and in relation to the two-child limit, which is also known as the 'rape clause', they say that 300,000 fewer children—this is a UK figure, by the way—would be in poverty if the two-child limit in universal credit were to be scrapped....
Leanne Wood: Will you take an intervention?
Leanne Wood: The referendum was also, to a large extent, about immigration, and that question has driven the rise of the far right, which I'm sure you share my concerns about, not just here but also in Europe and throughout the world. And do you further share my concern that it is those of us who are raising concerns and worries about the rise of the far right who are subject to fake news and who get...
Leanne Wood: You're lying.
Leanne Wood: You may choose to believe what you read in—
Leanne Wood: You may choose to believe what you read in the Daily Mail—
Leanne Wood: —but it's bull.
Leanne Wood: I did not post—
Leanne Wood: You're lying.
Leanne Wood: You can't allow him to just keep lying.
Leanne Wood: Will you take an intervention?
Leanne Wood: You lied. You're telling lies about me. [Inaudible.]
Leanne Wood: Point of order?
Leanne Wood: The Member has made a lie about what I've said. The Daily Mail made up a headline about what I said—
