All 3 results for (elephant NEAR room) speaker:Mr Neil Hamilton

1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs: Questions Without Notice from Party Spokespeople (14 Feb 2018)

Mr Neil Hamilton: And I suppose the elephant in the room for most people is the extent of river pollution. I know that this is a much bigger issue than just in relation to fish stocks. We've had many a debate here about proposals for nitrate vulnerable zones and so on, but although nobody denies that there is a problem with pollution, it is being addressed by voluntary action, to a great extent. We've drawn...

7. Debate on Petition P-05-826 — Pembrokeshire says NO!! To the closure of Withybush A&E! (26 Sep 2018)

Mr Neil Hamilton: ...a vital need until we have got the building blocks in place for what is going to replace them. So, this, I think, has been handled in a most insensitive way. And then, of course, we come to the elephant in the room in the form of the health Secretary, because ultimately, Hywel Dda is now under his supervision, just as Betsi Cadwaladr is in north Wales, and the Welsh Government can't...

3. Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance: The Draft Budget 2019-20 ( 2 Oct 2018)

Mr Neil Hamilton: ...of course, very welcome—although, as he rightly said, what's given on one hand is partly taken away on the other and about half the budget is already earmarked by the UK Government. But the real elephant in the room here is not so much the funding available, but the continuing inability of many health boards to be able to manage their own budgets properly, and we've seen, this year, that...


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