David Lloyd: May I start by supporting the comments made by Simon Thomas and Mike Hedges on the Swansea bay tidal lagoon? It’s about time that that project proceeded. Leader of the house, in addition to thanking you for your statement, you will also be aware that the consultation on the location of the serious trauma unit for south Wales closed last month. This is a very important issue for people in...
David Lloyd: Will the Cabinet Secretary take an intervention?
David Lloyd: Yes, I'll give your voice a rest; it's a medical intervention. But referring to recommendation 3 of the excellent CLAC report, can I ask you to follow the wording in that recommendation 3, and ask you to justify, during this debate, why primary legislation cannot be used to deliver regulatory alignment on a case-by-case basis, instead of the subordinate legislation currently envisaged under...
David Lloyd: Will you take an intervention?
David Lloyd: I'm disappointed by your contribution, really, because obviously legislative committees down the years in this place, we've just been scrutinising the process. Regardless of what you think about the legislation, lots of us have been involved in scrutinising the process of a Bill that we don't actually agree with. I was disappointed that, actually, you withdrew yourself from that scrutiny...
David Lloyd: Thank you very much, Llywydd. I’m very pleased to contribute to this debate this afternoon as Chair of the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee. I’d like to start by thanking my fellow committee members. Our scrutiny of the Bill has been very thorough, and we’ve been able to develop clear recommendations for the Cabinet Secretary. I’d also like to take this opportunity to say...
David Lloyd: 2. What legal advice has the Counsel General provided to the Welsh Government in relation to the implementation of air pollution legislation? OAQ51883
David Lloyd: Thank you for that answer, Counsel General. According to guidance set out by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Department for Transport, so-called charging authorities can establish clean-air zones under the Transport Act 2000. Now, as he will know, the Wales Act 2017 exempts only trunk road charging schemes and matters relating to the Traffic Management Act...
David Lloyd: 5. Pa drafodaethau y mae’r Cwnsler Cyffredinol wedi’u cynnal gyda swyddogion y gyfraith ynglŷn â sicrhau dinasyddiaeth Ewropeaidd i bobl yng Nghymru yn dilyn Brexit? OAQ51904
David Lloyd: Thank you for that. Does the Counsel General agree with me that under international law it is questionable whether, in fact, European citizenship can be stripped from an individual without their explicit consent, regardless of the UK's exit from the European Union? And, following the successful passage of a Plaid Cymru motion in the House of Commons last week, the Westminster Government must...
David Lloyd: Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. It's a pleasure to take part in this very important debate. Can I commend Hefin David for his work in bringing this forward? Obviously, as has been alluded to, there’s been a fair amount of overlap between—. We had the original debate about four weeks ago on the whole freehold/leasehold situation, which Mick Antoniw and others were heavily involved in; then we had...
David Lloyd: Leader of the house, can I first of all support the comments from my colleague Simon Thomas as regards the gambling debate that we would look to have following the inaugural meeting of the cross-party group on gambling today? There are very strong feelings that, really, we need to tackle that issue, particularly following the news coming out of Westminster as regards the betting limit of...
David Lloyd: Will you take an intervention on that point?
David Lloyd: Well, just on that point, because we had evidence on the way that prospective students are recruited in our medical schools in Wales—the two that we have. A very low percentage come from Wales in the first instance, and there is no weighting being put on whether you speak Welsh or not. That's why there is pressure to have a medical school in Bangor to overcome this situation.
David Lloyd: 5. Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on the financial support provided to local councils to deliver services for the elderly? OAQ51928
David Lloyd: Thank you for that answer, Cabinet Secretary. Now, loneliness and isolation is a key issue facing many of the elderly population, and not just the elderly population here in Wales, as a health committee review discovered recently, but particularly affecting our elderly population in Wales, and day centres play an important part in helping to tackle that particular agenda. Recently, we have...
David Lloyd: Thank you very much, Deputy Presiding Officer. It’s a pleasure to draw this debate to a close. I’m pleased to have given a platform for community transport as well. It’s not very often that we discuss this issue, so I’m very pleased to be able to speak on it. I congratulate my fellow Members on their contributions, because what I’m doing now is summarising what people have said, but...
David Lloyd: 7. Will the First Minister make a statement on the development of Welsh in education strategic plans? OAQ51969
David Lloyd: Further to that answer, and naturally, as you’ve already mentioned, following the statement made by the Minister for Welsh Language and Lifelong Learning on 15 March, there are now seven local authorities that have yet to have their WESPs approved by your Government. Three of those authorities—Swansea, Neath Port Talbot and Bridgend—are in my region. Indeed, their first-draft plans...
David Lloyd: Leader of the house, you will be aware of the disappointment in Swansea following the decision by health boards across Wales to approve the siting of a new major trauma centre for south Wales in Cardiff, at the expense of a very strong bid from Morriston Hospital in Swansea. Now, not all of Abertawe Bro Morgannwg health board members agreed to this proposal, however; the vote was not...
