Lynne Neagle: First Minister, you will be aware of my recent short debate on the importance of ensuring that resilience in our children and young people is developed long before a young person needs specialist child and adolescent mental health services. The Together for Children and Young People programme includes very welcome work streams to promote universal resilience, including work in our schools and...
Lynne Neagle: What assessment has the Cabinet Secretary made of the impact of the Social Services and Well-being Act 2014 on children in Wales?
Lynne Neagle: Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. Between 2003 and 2014, there have been no fewer than seven reports expressing concerns about the state of advocacy services in Wales. The Children and Young People Committee of the third Assembly published three reports and made a range of recommendations and repeated calls about the provision of advocacy services for looked-after children and other...
Lynne Neagle: Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. Can I thank the members of the committee who’ve spoken this afternoon, and the Minister and all the members of the committee who contributed to the inquiry? Mohammad Asghar, in his contribution, referred to the good record of this Assembly in promoting the rights of the child, which, of course, I’m sure we would all agree to, but I do think that we do...
Lynne Neagle: 1. Will the First Minister outline what steps the Welsh Government is taking to improve child health in Wales? OAQ(5)0555(FM)
Lynne Neagle: Thank you, First Minister. Recent reports by the Chief Medical Officer for Wales and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health had very hard-hitting messages about the impact of poverty and inequality on child health. Will the First Minister outline what steps the Welsh Government is taking to improve outcomes for children from poorer backgrounds in Wales, and what assurances can you...
Lynne Neagle: Can I thank you, Minister, for your statement today? This is a landmark piece of legislation and I think it’s good to have these reports, and I hope that this is something that you will commit to doing regularly for Assembly Members. I would associate myself with a number of the concerns raised by Rhun ap Iorwerth around adult carers, and I do pay tribute to Carers Wales for the work that...
Lynne Neagle: Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. Can I thank you, Minister, for your statement and also welcome the review of ‘Extending Entitlement’, which is something I think the committee would have wanted to see? Like Llyr, I also hope that this will lead to a new strategy, which is also something that the committee wanted to see. I’m particularly pleased that young people will be involved in...
Lynne Neagle: Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on how the Welsh Government is helping to improve the local environment in South Wales East?
Lynne Neagle: I’m very pleased to hear your strong words on the awfulness, really, of what the UK Government is trying to do to 18 to 21-year-olds, and it’s something that, as you know, lots of organisations supporting young people are absolutely up in arms about and are campaigning against. I welcome what you’ve said about talking to your officials, but will you, working across Government, make the...
Lynne Neagle: Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. As I outlined in my statement to the Chamber on 25 January, the Children, Young People and Education Committee is engaging with stakeholders on what the main issues that we should be looking at are, and we are designing our work programme accordingly. The report we are debating today is another example of the committee undertaking an inquiry identified in...
Lynne Neagle: Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. Can I thank all the Members who have contributed this afternoon? I think it’s been an excellent debate. Darren Millar, thank you for your contribution and for your work on the inquiry. You quite rightly highlighted the quite alarming patchwork nature, really, of the provision and the fact that we were, as a committee, unable to actually identify what was...
Lynne Neagle: 4. What assessment has the Counsel General made of the legal implications for Wales of the EU Commission’s 2008 inquiry into anti-competitive practices by the pharmaceutical industry? OAQ(5)0035(CG)
Lynne Neagle: Thank you, Counsel General. It’s clear from the scale of recent finds that the Welsh Government is at significant cost risk from some pharmaceutical companies, which appear to be working together to fix prices. Does the Counsel General believe that this risk will increase as a result of our exit from the European Union, and what steps has the Welsh Government taken in order to protect the...
Lynne Neagle: Can I thank the Cabinet Secretary for his statement? I’m really pleased that we are getting this opportunity in Dementia Awareness Week to again listen to the views of Members. I also welcome the fact that the Welsh Government is taking time to consider what has been a very well-responded-to consultation. I think it is absolutely the right approach to get this strategy right, although I...
Lynne Neagle: Will the Cabinet Secretary provide an update on when he expects to make a decision on the Circuit of Wales?
Lynne Neagle: Can I thank Dawn Bowden for tabling this very important motion today? I think it’s really positive that this has been brought to the floor of the Senedd and that we’re all having the opportunity to discuss it. It is a very serious issue and my fear is that it will become a much higher risk here in Wales as some of the changes that we are seeing start to bite. We know that we’ve got more...
Lynne Neagle: 6. Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on the role of adverse childhood experiences in driving Welsh Government policy on children? OAQ(5)0150(CC)
Lynne Neagle: Thank you, Cabinet Secretary. The Children, Young People and Education Committee recently had a useful briefing on adverse childhood experiences, known as ACEs, from Public Health Wales. Clearly, recognition of particular ACEs has a role to play in ensuring the best possible outcomes for our children and young people, but there are many issues that can affect a child’s well-being, and it is...
Lynne Neagle: First Minister, I very much welcome your positive statement about wanting the circuit to succeed. And, as you’re aware, some of the biggest names in automotive engineering and research have written to you—Aston Martin, TVR, Taylors—demonstrating their confidence in the project, and urging a swift, positive decision. Are you able to confirm today what date the Cabinet is likely to meet...
