Angela Burns: 5. What support is the Welsh Government providing to tackle domestic violence in Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire? OQ56052
Angela Burns: What support is the Welsh Government providing to professional sport in Wales?
Angela Burns: Deputy Minister, a report from the National Rural Crime Network last year, highlighted by Welsh Women's Aid, found that, for victims of domestic violence in rural areas, and I'm going to quote directly here, 'barriers to action' are 'far more complicated and inhibiting' in rural areas than in urban areas; 'in rural areas it seems likely victims do not know where to go to for the type of...
Angela Burns: Thank you for that, and thank you for the support you give the victims of domestic violence. I know that this is a cause incredibly dear to your heart, and I'm grateful for everything that you do. Basically, I wanted to know if you would help me recognise the Royal Mail, because they've recently launched an online safe space portal, and, as we know, because of the COVID crisis, so many people...
Angela Burns: 6. Will the First Minister provide an update on the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out strategy? OQ56102
Angela Burns: Thank you for that. The first thing I have to say is that the vaccinations are a light in a very, very dark tunnel, and I'm deeply grateful, as I know millions of us are, to those amazing scientists who've come up with the vaccine programmes of all the different countries in such a short space of time. It's so important to get that vaccine roll-out into the community, because we all know that...
Angela Burns: Minister, I'd like to thank you for your statement. Like you, I do appreciate, and I am grateful for, the hard work of all those who are trying to carry out these all-important vaccinations. But, despite my gratitude to the front line, I really would like to challenge some of the figures that you've just reeled off and ask you a few questions on your statement. Whilst it is really good news...
Angela Burns: Minister, the Welsh Conservatives support both sets of amendments to the coronavirus regulations 8 and 9. However, as the regulations have more than a tendency to—are always coming into force before they're laid before the Senedd, can we just try and pre-empt for the next time that you might be reviewing these international regulations, and ask if you are able to give us any update on...
Angela Burns: Good afternoon, Deputy Presiding Officer. I move the motion tabled in the name of Darren Millar and ask the Senedd to welcome the swift action taken by the UK Conservative Government in securing access to 367 million vaccine doses and ensuring the UK was the first country in the world to authorise a vaccine. We won't be supporting the Government amendment, given both the 'delete all' and the...
Angela Burns: Good afternoon, Minister. Thank you for your statement. Credit where credit's due, the situation has moved on enormously since last week, and I'd like to say well done to the whole effort, from Government down to those on the front line, for cracking on with the vaccines, especially as we were behind. It is really good to see that some of these priority groups have been picked up and are...
Angela Burns: Thank you, Minister, for this statement, and for your recognition of just how difficult a scenario this has been. Like you, I just want to say to all those families out there how desperately sorry I am—and I'm sure we all are—that this has happened. I was shocked to read that the independent clinical team actually said that, in most of these cases, they concluded that different treatments...
Angela Burns: What action is the Welsh Government taking to protect the environment in Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire?
Angela Burns: First Minister, that's really good news on the learning disability issue. Are you able to offer equally good news for unpaid carers? Because my inbox, and I'm sure every other Senedd Member's inbox, is absolutely full of people who are unpaid carers, desperate to have a vaccine, because if they get sick, the people who need their help—the elderly relative or the disabled child, whoever it...
Angela Burns: Minister, thank you very much for your statement today. It is clearly good news. I don't use the word 'phenomenal' very often, but I do think that the vaccine roll-out in both the whole of the UK, in all our four nations, and in Wales has been absolutely phenomenal. I'm really pleased to hear you say that you believe that you'll be able to keep pace with the speed of the vaccine programme in...
Angela Burns: 7. What is the Welsh Government doing to address the mental health and well-being needs of public sector workers in Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire? OQ56327
Angela Burns: Good afternoon, Minister. When are you hoping to bring forward a national plan for dealing with the waiting list problem that we have here in Wales?
Angela Burns: You talk about recovery in a general way, and I appreciate that. I understand that you have to look at the NHS as a whole, but I am particularly concerned about the waiting-for-treatment times. We now have over 538,000 people—that's one in five of our population—waiting for some form of treatment. Granted, they're not all humongously urgent—although to the person involved, it may well...
Angela Burns: To go back to those statistics, they did come from Government information, but I am happy to go back and review that, because it was quite clear it was one in five. One of the areas that's leapt astronomically in the last year is the area of gynaecological services. We had less than 1,000 women waiting for over 36 weeks; now we've got over 13,000 women waiting for some kind of treatment....
Angela Burns: I've listened with interest to your comments to I think it was Jayne Bryant and to David Melding. It's all about mental health and how we can keep our eyes open for people who are suffering. You will know as well as I do that organisations such as Mind have done endless surveys that show that public sector workers suffer disproportionately, take more time off work, and have greater mental...
Angela Burns: Good health is something we all wish for, and often take for granted. When our child is born, we hope for a healthy baby with the requisite number of fingers and toes. As we get older, we expect that medical advances will keep pace with our needs, and, if the worst was to befall, our healthcare system, with its plethora of research, medical interventions, drugs, and, above all, options, will...
