Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: 8. Will the First Minister make a statement on the measures being taken to reduce childhood obesity in Mid and West Wales? OAQ(5)0152(FM)
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: Thank you. I’ve met with the director of public health for the Hywel Dda health board area recently and she has confirmed that a recent survey has shown that 28 per cent of children up to the age of four are overweight. That’s 28 per cent—that’s an astonishing figure. Another report recently showed that three quarters of children in Britain spend less time in the open air than people...
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: May I also thank the Chair for outlining the committee’s priorities over the next year? It’s clear that we’re going to have a very busy autumn with this huge Bill on land tax devolution that we will be scrutinising, and we will also be scrutinising the draft budget, of course, and also there’s the possibility now of us scrutinising landfill tax, so there’s a huge amount of work in...
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: Diolch yn fawr, Lywydd. We all want to see older people get the best care possible. However, here in Wales, as elsewhere in the UK, we have a social care time bomb, and before it goes off it’s absolutely critical that we have an honest, challenging conversation about how the future of care in Wales is going to occur and how we’re going to pay for it. Otherwise, we risk facing a social...
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: Yes, I would like to.
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: 5. Will the Minister outline his priority sectors for economic development in Mid and West Wales? OAQ(5)0050(EI)
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: Thank you for that response. Ensuring that our rural communities are technologically connected is crucially important for all sectors of our economy. Given that a report was published today that highlights the fact that mobile network for towns and villages in Mid and West Wales is poor, has the Government given any comment on the idea of giving new guidance to local authorities that would...
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: 2. What assessment has the Minister made of the impact that the £66 billion HM Treasury deficit resulting from Brexit will have on Wales? OAQ(5)0049(FLG)
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: What assessment has the Cabinet Secretary made of the impact that the £66 billion deficit predicted in the leaked treasury report will have on Wales if we were to have a hard Brexit?
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: Thank you. The Cabinet Secretary yesterday gave a warning that there are leaner times ahead, and that this year’s budget should be used as an opportunity for those public sector recipients of funding to prepare for cuts in terms of the austerity that’s being imposed by the UK Tory Government. But now we have this additional problem of this £66 billion of a projected shortfall if we were...
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: I wonder if the First Minister would agree that, whilst some in this Chamber may be able to interpret the EU negotiations as a great adventure, others, who perhaps don’t live in huge houses in the middle of Wiltshire, may find that the massive increase that we’re already seeing in the cost of petrol, the increase we’re seeing in the cost of food, is already impacting on the poorest...
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: I want to ask my question in Welsh. Does the Minister have any evidence to support the comment I heard recently that schools that offer education just from the ages of 11 to 16—that is, to GCSE level—are doing better generally than schools that offer education to children from 11 to 18. Is there any truth in that comment?
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: What measures can the Minister put in place to improve GCSE standards in Pembrokeshire schools?
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: What measures can the Minister put in place to improve GCSE standards in Pembrokeshire schools?
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: What discussions has the Minister had with the UK Government in light of the Ministry of Defence’s announcement that it intends to close several sites in Wales? EAQ(5)0059(CC)
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: Thank you, and that’s very concerning to hear that you weren’t even advised of this announcement. The announcement, of course, of the closure and sale of Brecon barracks, Sennybridge storage compound and Cawdor barracks will cause significant uncertainty in Mid and West Wales and beyond. These are areas that have a long and proud military tradition. There’s been a barracks in Brecon...
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: Will the Minister make a statement on the options put forward by Hywel Dda Health Board to temporarily reduce paediatric services at Withybush Hospital? EAQ(5)0077(HWS)
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: Cabinet Secretary, you’ll be acutely aware of the concerns of residents in Pembrokeshire with regard to the changes in the way health services are delivered there. Hywel Dda health board will discuss a series of options this Thursday that seek to reduce the opening of the paediatric ambulatory care unit at Withybush hospital due to recruitment difficulties. Amongst the set of options is the...
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: I’d like to thank the Cabinet Secretary for that statement, particularly on outlining her concerns relating to the Brexit vote. I wonder if the Cabinet Secretary could confirm that, if we leave the single market and the customs union, it will not be an end to paperwork, as hoped by many farmers who supported Brexit and who were told fibs, perhaps, by some of the people who supported Brexit,...
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: I’m just going to say one more thing.
