David Lloyd: Leader of the house, you will be aware that bookshops the length and breadth of Wales are finding difficulty in the face of business rates and competition from online booksellers. As a result, over the past few years, very many independent bookstores have closed. The Booksellers Association notes that online booksellers have a huge commercial advantage as compared to high-street booksellers,...
David Lloyd: Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on public procurement in South Wales West?
David Lloyd: I’m very pleased to speak to this motion to amend Standing Orders and I speak on behalf of the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee and on behalf of Mick Antoniw, the Chair. In April this year, the Business Committee wrote to us as a committee, seeking our views on the changes being proposed to Standing Orders related to the scrutiny of Orders in Council under section 116C of...
David Lloyd: Leader of the house, back in May I raised under the business statement the fact that I had received representations from trainee doctors in Wales in the field of histopathology who, for some time now, have faced a pay gap of some £40,000 over the course of their training when compared to their English counterparts. The Welsh Government is aware of the pay gap due to correspondence between...
David Lloyd: Can I welcome the statement and also welcome the ambition that the Cabinet Secretary for Local Government and Public Services has outlined in this excellent statement, I have to say? I'd just like to tease out some of the details because, obviously, as the Cabinet Secretary mentions, we respect and are rightly proud of our rich, unique industrial heritage. Obviously, south Wales powered the...
David Lloyd: There's still time.
David Lloyd: Can I welcome the statement from the Minister as regards celebrating National Adoption Week? And, obviously, I think we're all, on these benches, very happy to join in widespread celebration of adoption week. I'm very happy to second the tribute to all prospective adoptive parents and those who have been adopting children and young people over the years. It really is tremendous. I stand in...
David Lloyd: 5. Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on pre-exposure prophylaxis and HIV prevention? OAQ52753
David Lloyd: Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on the performance of Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board?
David Lloyd: Thank you very much indeed for that answer, and further to your oral statement on this issue of 2 October and moving forward, obviously, generic PrEP drugs are cheaper than the current branded ones in issue. Would you agree that if there are any savings to be made from any such future switch to generic PrEP drugs, such savings would be well-used in actively promoting PrEP to groups who are...
David Lloyd: It's a pleasure to take part in this debate today on the capacity in the NHS here in Wales. Of course, as has been said, the health service here in Wales is under great strain throughout the year. In my practice in Swansea, we have a couple of hundred phone calls from patients every morning of the week, and there was one Monday a couple of months ago when we had 700 calls. Then, as GPs,...
David Lloyd: Of course, under these circumstances, staff in the NHS, as we’ve heard already, do excellent work under very difficult circumstances, which are complex, and they are so very busy, it’s very difficult to be able to convey how busy we are, often, to people who don’t work under those conditions. So, there are three things to say about this debate on capacity in the NHS. Yes, there is a...
David Lloyd: It's wonderful for me to be able to take part in this important debate. As Lee Waters mentioned, around a fifth of this Senedd have been part of this committee as we’ve been discussing this very important subject, and, to be fair, the issue of music in our schools is a fundamental one. That’s what the public in Wales have been telling us, and that’s why we discussed this issue in the...
David Lloyd: Of course.
David Lloyd: I agree 100 per cent, but, as Owain Arwel Hughes said, we are facing a crisis because information from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama states that only 13 per cent of pupils from Wales do apply for a place in our Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama—only 13 per cent. There is a crisis and we do need to get to grips with it. Thank you very much.
David Lloyd: 5. What assessment has the First Minister made of potential delivery models for the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon? OAQ52890
David Lloyd: Further to that, First Minister, I have to say that I was disappointed to hear recent statements by the leader of Swansea council, as he mentioned that he thought the best way of delivering the lagoon in Swansea was to leave it to the private sector entirely. In his view, the private sector should do the design work, find the investors, build the project and maintain the tidal lagoon, but...
David Lloyd: Cabinet Secretary, you will no doubt agree that the way in which complaints are handled by public bodies is vitally important to people's faith in any system. You'll also be aware that under stage 2 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014, local authorities appoint independent investigating officers to look at complaints against the local authority. What is apparent however is...
David Lloyd: May I, too, thank the Cabinet Secretary for his statement and, indeed, welcome the statement and all of the excellent work that is being done in this important field? I won’t rehearse issues that already have been raised, but I think it’s important at the beginning to acknowledge the excellent work of the British Legion over a number of years, and also the other charities that operate in...
David Lloyd: 13. What assessment has the Cabinet Secretary made of the environmental impact of the UK Government's decision not to back the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon? OAQ52866
