Jane Dodds: Good afternoon, Minister.
Jane Dodds: Thanks also to Delyth for raising this issue.
Jane Dodds: I just really wanted to follow up on something you said in response to Delyth, which is about shielding the most vulnerable, and the commitment of the Welsh Government to do that in the light of what is in essence a really difficult budget decision from the Welsh Government. I wanted to raise the issue of child protection services and how under pressure they are. So I just wondered whether...
Jane Dodds: Good afternoon, Deputy Minister. I do just want to say very quickly that I recently had a very good journey with TfW, finding the ticket office staff very, very helpful. So, I know that they do work very hard, and I think it's important to put on record the achievements of many of those people. But I just want to raise another wonderful railway line, from Shrewsbury to Aberystwyth, with a...
Jane Dodds: A heartfelt thanks to you, Gareth, for talking about your situation. It really is important, because talking about mental health is what we should all be doing, so thank you so much for that contribution. And I do thank Jenny as well for bringing this debate here today. It's a really important issue, particularly at this time. You talked about foodbanks and the access people need to have to...
Jane Dodds: Thank you to Plaid Cymru for this debate today.
Jane Dodds: It is a really serious situation that we face, and it's good that we're able to really debate this here in the Senedd. I do want to say that I know the Minister has had many, many things on her plate and it has been a very pressurised time, but, right now, to think that we might face a nurses' strike is really very challenging for us as a society here in Wales. To think that many of the...
Jane Dodds: Will the First Minister make a statement regarding any trade talks he has taken part in whilst in Qatar?
Jane Dodds: Good afternoon, First Minister. I don't live in Cardiff, but, as a child and a young person living and brought up in north Wales, I attended many concerts at St David's Hall, and some of those, I have to say, on my own, as I could often not find somebody to come with me to some of those events. I won't give you the list of those concerts that I went to, but they were very unique, shall we...
Jane Dodds: Good afternoon, Trefnydd. I also want to support the statements made by my colleague Heledd, and by Jenny as well, in relation to human rights around the world. And just once again, looking at Qatar, I wonder if I could have a statement around how the First Minister raised the issues of human rights with the people who he met with. It's something that he did commit to and he did say that he...
Jane Dodds: Thank you, Deputy Minister. I know how committed you are to this field, but, last Thursday, Wales was in the national headlines for the wrong reasons, because we had failed a little boy. Logan Mwangi, as we've heard—and let's call him Logan Mwangi, because the report didn't; the report referred to him constantly as 'Child T'. Logan Mwangi moved from being a bubbly, smiley, laughing child...
Jane Dodds: Good afternoon, Minister. I wanted to follow up on Peredur's question, particularly around farmers who farm on common land. On Monday, we were at the winter fair—many of us were there—and we met farmers, Gary Williams from Carmarthenshire, and Guto Davies from Clwyd, both of whom farm on common land. It was really interesting to hear some of the challenges that they face, which you'll, no...
Jane Dodds: Yes, thank you so much to the Finance Committee for bringing forward this report. It's very detailed and it's very clear.
Jane Dodds: Thank you very much to Peredur and the other Members too.
Jane Dodds: My party's opposition to Brexit is well known. Brexit has had an impact on our standing in the world, on our ability to travel freely, and, importantly, on our economy. It is this economic argument that I suspect we might actually be winning, because in the light of the cost-of-living crisis, as everyone can see, we are likely worse off than had we actually remained members of the European...
Jane Dodds: This issue really does bring up so many emotions, doesn't it, really? Many of us know people who've been affected, many of us have met people who've been directly affected, and it's really important that we remember that for many of those families who are still living with the loss and the pain, this is still really there. And I'm not saying this proposal or an inquiry in London will actually...
Jane Dodds: Will the First Minister make a statement on Welsh Government policy on coal extraction in Wales?
Jane Dodds: Good afternoon, First Minister. One area where people do not have a choice in relation to whether they go private or not is dental treatment. Getting a dentist in Wales, particularly in a rural area like many of us represent here, is almost impossible. Dentists are choosing, now, to go private. Now, whilst we have always, as adults, paid something towards our treatment, there are many adults...
Jane Dodds: Tempting as it would be to follow up that question from Altaf Hussain—thank you so much—I'm focusing on something else today, and good afternoon, Trefnydd. Can I request a statement, please, from the Minister for Health and Social Services with regard to the strike ballot by Welsh ambulance service workers? We know that nobody takes strike action lightly, least of all those who are in our...
Jane Dodds: 2. Will the Minister provide an update on actions taken since the Senedd passed a motion in July calling on the Welsh Government to consider establishing a basic income pilot amongst workers in heavy industry as part of Wales's transition to a zero-carbon economy? OQ58839
