David Rees: Llywydd, can I nominate John Griffiths for the post of Deputy Presiding Officer?
David Rees: Carwyn Jones.
David Rees: 11. Will the First Minister make a statement outlining any discussions the Welsh Government has had with the 7 organisations that have expressed an interest as potential buyers of TATA Steel UK? OAQ(5)0004(FM)
David Rees: First Minister, training doctors is important to the future of our health services, but so is training more nurses, physios, radiographers and all other health professions. The workforce planning model that was used may no longer be fit for purpose today. As such, will you ask your new health Secretary to actually look at the workforce planning model to ensure it’s fit for purpose and will...
David Rees: First Minister, could I first of all thank you for the leadership you’ve actually shown during the electoral campaign here in Wales on the steel crisis? My constituents very much appreciated that leadership here in Wales. Since the Assembly last met, actually, on 4 April, when we discussed the steel crisis, there’s been a quickly moving process in the steel crisis, particularly in...
David Rees: 6. Will the First Minister make a statement on the activities of the steel task force since the dissolution of the fourth Assembly? OAQ(5)0032(FM)
David Rees: I thank the First Minister for that answer, and I will wait to hear some of the points, but one of the issues I want to highlight is the fact that, since the announcement in January of over 1,000 job losses, 750 of which were in my constituency, in Port Talbot works, we have seen most of those jobs actually go, and at the end of this month the remainder of those jobs go. Now, the earlier...
David Rees: First Minister, can I thank you for your statement today? It’s clearly important to ensure that not just Members in the Assembly are updated on the progress of the discussion with Tata, but that my constituents and the steelworkers in my constituency are actually fully aware of what we’re trying to do. The Member for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr was quite right in some of his questions...
David Rees: 5. Will the Minister make a statement on the opportunities being offered through the Enterprise Zone in Port Talbot? OAQ(5)0016(EI)
David Rees: What actions are being taken by the Welsh Government to encourage more GPs to come to Wales?
David Rees: Will the Minister make a statement on the future of the junctions along the M4 at Port Talbot?
David Rees: I thank the Cabinet Secretary for that answer. In Port Talbot, the impact of Tata’s decision to sell the steelworks and also reduce the work contracted out to local businesses is actually creating huge challenges for local companies who are now facing difficult times to simply remain in business—such as Fairwood Fabrications, who we saw on the television programme with Michael Sheen, who...
David Rees: Cabinet Secretary, as you’ve stated often, and repeated this afternoon, the need for a treatment fund extends beyond the cancer drugs issue and should incorporate a wide range of treatments, including new forms of radiotherapy, which I know the Cabinet Secretary for Education championed in the last Assembly—CyberKnife stereotactic body radiotherapy, and proton beam therapy, and an...
David Rees: Business Minister, can I first of all agree with Simon Thomas and support his call for looking at social media misuse? It seems to me that some people have the mistaken belief that the anonymity that they can get from social media, or the fact that they sit in the house by themselves, gives them permission to actually harass, threaten and terrorise individuals on the backs of social media,...
David Rees: Cabinet Secretary, the climate strategy also sets targets for improving energy efficiency within our homes. Part of the approach to achieving this includes external cladding of some of those buildings being widely used, but also on pre-1919 stock, which are mainly solid block or solid wall buildings. The external cladding, whilst providing energy efficiency for those properties, may also...
David Rees: Following on from that question, obviously the air quality in Port Talbot, Cabinet Secretary, has been recognised to be one of the worst in Wales. In fact, a World Health Organization report recently published said that it was the worst in the UK for some particulates, and definitely one of the worst in the UK. I understand the issues we have. We have a heavy industrial area, we have a narrow...
David Rees: Cabinet Secretary, many community regeneration projects within my constituency have been supported by EU funding, from Briton Ferry and Sandfields up to the Afan valley. They vary from supporting people moving back into work to building centres for community activities. These have been essential to strengthening those communities. However, many now face further challenges due to austerity...
David Rees: Adapting services for an increasingly ageing population, particularly in deprived communities, is one of the key challenges for our public services. Our population is steadily growing, but is also steadily ageing. Recent statistics from the NHS Confederation show that, across the UK, the population of over-65s will rise to nearly 18 million in 20 years’ time, with the population of over-85s...
David Rees: Will you take an intervention on steel?
David Rees: On steel.
