Suzy Davies: Will the First Minister make a statement on efforts to improve disability access in Wales?
Suzy Davies: Thank you very, very much for your statement, Cabinet Secretary. Apologies that I'm not Angela Burns for you today. Can I just associate myself with your remarks thanking the NHS staff for their work, particularly during this last week? I think we've all been surprised and delighted in some ways by the pictures of people stumbling through the snow in order to fulfil what they think are their...
Suzy Davies: Thank you very, very much, leader of the house, for your statement today. It's very difficult to criticise anything in there, and I don't intend to do so. And I certainly welcome the list of activities that the Welsh Government has been involved in, and the number of women that have been encouraged to take part in those activities. I've no doubt that they will feel the benefits of that and...
Suzy Davies: Thank you very much for taking an intervention. If the Welsh Government was so concerned about this lack of action on the part of the UK Government, why didn't they introduce this sooner?
Suzy Davies: Other than Careers Wales, of course, Minister, there are a number of organisations, businesses and other charities that offer careers advice and guidance and training—many of which get money from the Welsh Government or access funding from sources that start with the Welsh taxpayer. How are you working with those organisations to make sure that they understand the growing importance of...
Suzy Davies: Can I congratulate the Cabinet Secretary on assuming responsibility for the city deals into his portfolio now? You've anticipated my question, to some degree, on the back of that. You referred to the life sciences campus and the sites there. Part of their role is to attract investment in for the whole of the city deal concept, if you like. Will you be expecting that investment to take the...
Suzy Davies: As part of the UK's consultation into the future of the Great Western railway position, I've actually done my own transport survey locally, mainly talking about the possibility of a parkway in Felindre or somewhere similar. That proved quite popular, but also ideas were put forward about improving local internal rail links as well, as Mike Hedges has mentioned, to help ease congestion and...
Suzy Davies: Well, I agree with Lee Waters; this is a very bizarre decision, certainly on the face of it. While there may be some incidental benefit for S4C if it does get some free-to-air viewing, by more viewers switching to S4C just for those games, I don't think that that, in itself, seems to justify the decision that's been made. You say it's a commercial decision and that's absolutely true, but it's...
Suzy Davies: Thank you very much, Jayne, for your statement today, and I look forward to the debate after the Easter recess. This has been such an important topic, not just for the credibility and integrity of this place, but other Parliaments and other public institutions as well, because if we can't be a beacon in this, I mean, you have to ask what we're for, in a way. Just a couple of questions I...
Suzy Davies: Well, we're very interested in this model as well, here in the Welsh Conservatives, and I hope that you'll be able to update us on the work of the pilots over these next two years. It's only one model, of course. You'll be aware of one model of particular interest to me, and that's the Neath primary care hub one, which was supported by Welsh Government Pacesetter money in 2016, and which had...
Suzy Davies: Diolch. Can I just thank Hefin David for introducing these proposals today? They did speak to my recurring nightmare of land law lectures 30 years ago. But I think it is important that you've done this, because even though rentcharges—new rentcharges—were abolished in 1977, there are still some in existence. The remedies—you refer to them in your motion—are hugely draconian, and, of...
Suzy Davies: I call on the Cabinet Secretary for Education to reply to the debate.
Suzy Davies: Thank you very much.
Suzy Davies: We now move to the second short debate, and I call on Vikki Howells to talk about the subject that she has chosen.
Suzy Davies: Thank you. I call on the leader of the house to reply to the debate.
Suzy Davies: Thank you very much, and that brings today's proceedings to a close.
Suzy Davies: First Minister, yesterday students took part in a University of Wales Trinity Saint David's tourism and hospitality conference here in the Senedd, sponsored by my colleague Mike Hedges, and one of the excellent speakers at that was Samantha Birdsell, who had left Wales after university, worked for 20 years in tourism and hospitality, including 11 years in the US, and she's now back in the UK...
Suzy Davies: Two matters, if I may, leader of the house: the first is that it's a good six weeks now since the closure of the consultation around the location of the new trauma centre for south Wales. I know that Members worked very hard to get people to contribute to that consultation. There's a very strong opinion, as you probably know, in favour of Morriston Hospital being the location for those...
Suzy Davies: I have to admit that this has been a difficult decision. I must make that point. On the one hand, we have a system of rights that we’re trying to extend, and, on the other, we have a sector that isn’t ready for meaningful rights, that is, face-to-face communication and provision in the primary care sector. The standards, as they currently exist, do actually contain some unfortunate...
Suzy Davies: What assessment has the Cabinet Secretary made of gender pay gaps in local authorities?
