Rhun ap Iorwerth: I call on the Minister for Social Justice, Jane Hutt.
Rhun ap Iorwerth: I call on Jane Dodds to reply to the debate.
Rhun ap Iorwerth: Will you take another intervention, from Huw Irranca-Davies?
Rhun ap Iorwerth: Thank you for a lively and respectful debate, with me taking the Chair for the first time. The proposal is to agree the motion. Does any Member object? [Objection.] There is an objection. And I will therefore defer voting until voting time.
Rhun ap Iorwerth: We'll move now to item 8, Finance Committee debate, the Welsh Government's spending priorities for 2023-24. I call on the Chair of the committee to move the motion. Peredur Owen Griffiths.
Rhun ap Iorwerth: Thank you. I'm also pleased to see Members of the Youth Parliament here. You're always welcome. Now, we have many speakers to this item—more than we could usually allow in an hour debate, but let's try and get everyone in. So, please aim for four minutes rather than five, and we'll see how things go. Jayne Bryant.
Rhun ap Iorwerth: Thank you for being succinct. Llyr Gruffydd.
Rhun ap Iorwerth: Wonderful. Thank you. Mike Hedges.
Rhun ap Iorwerth: Alun Davies.
Rhun ap Iorwerth: Thank you very much. Jane Dodds.
Rhun ap Iorwerth: I appreciate that the contributions have been concise today. I hope we can get two or three more in, depending on how concise they are. Luke Fletcher.
Rhun ap Iorwerth: And we did succeed in calling all speakers. Altaf Hussain.
Rhun ap Iorwerth: Could I call on the Minister for Finance and Local Government, Rebecca Evans?
Rhun ap Iorwerth: Thank you, Minister. I call on Peredur Owen Griffiths to reply to the debate.
Rhun ap Iorwerth: Thank you. The proposal is to note the committee's report. Does any Member object? I hear no objection. And therefore the motion is agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
Rhun ap Iorwerth: We'll move on now to item 9, debate on the Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee report, 'Refreshing Wales’ Bovine TB Eradication Programme'. I call on the committee Chair to move the motion. Paul Davies.
Rhun ap Iorwerth: I'm pleased to see this motion before us here today. I'm going to be referring to a couple of points that have been made already. At least 8,000 people in Wales have a chronic HCV infection. Untreated, of course, it can cause very serious illness—cirrhosis of the liver, liver cancer, and other health problems. I know, having spoken to constituents, about the impact that it can have on...
Rhun ap Iorwerth: What is the Welsh Government doing to tackle homelessness in Ynys Môn?
Rhun ap Iorwerth: Thank you very much to the Minister. Thank you for the statement. In parliamentary terms, we're setting some sort of baseline today, I suppose. This statement comes at the very beginning of the term, at a time when we're in transition between summer and winter, or moving to summer pressures and winter pressures, because it has become more and more apparent that the NHS is unsustainable at all...
Rhun ap Iorwerth: We need to ensure robust and resilient plans are in place, the Minister tells us. I agree with the Member for the Conservatives saying that those plans should already be in place. How on earth has Welsh Government left it until late September before being able to publish those assurances? Maybe the Minister can address that further. But I would like to focus, if I can, on the worrying...
