Lynne Neagle: 2. What discussions has the First Minister had with the Minister for Health and Social Services about improving support for those bereaved by suicide in Wales? OAQ54616
Lynne Neagle: Thank you, First Minister. We recently held the first substantive meeting of the new cross-party group on suicide prevention, focusing on suicide bereavement. We had a very powerful presentation from the inspirational Angela Samata, about how, working with those bereaved by suicide, a range of innovative projects have been developed in England, both to support those bereaved by suicide and to...
Lynne Neagle: 8. What assessment has the Counsel General made of the impact of the latest withdrawal agreement on workers' rights in Wales? OAQ54615
Lynne Neagle: Thank you for that very clear answer, Minister. It is absolutely clear that the latest withdrawal agreement represents a further weakening of the UK Government's commitment to workers' rights. Frances O'Grady, secretary of the Trades Union Congress, has said: 'This deal would be a disaster for working people. It would hammer the economy, cost jobs and sell workers’ rights down the river.'...
Lynne Neagle: Will the Minister provide an update on the effectiveness of the Learner Travel (Wales) Measure 2008?
Lynne Neagle: 8. Will the First Minister provide an update on the work of the ACE Support Hub in Wales? OAQ54703
Lynne Neagle: Thank you, Minister. I was very pleased to visit the ACE support hub last week and to meet with the small team there who are doing such important and transformative work in ensuring that there is that good awareness of trauma-informed working in Wales. However, I'm very conscious that the funding for the hub is coming to an end in the near future. So, what assurances can you give that not...
Lynne Neagle: Of course, we all agree that we want to see a safe reduction in the numbers of children entering the care system, but there are significant differences in approach as to how we deal with that, and I'm sure you're aware that the Children, Young People and Education Committee has expressed significant concerns about the presence of a numerical target. And, actually, the children's commissioner...
Lynne Neagle: 5. What steps does the Minister intend to take to ensure that the Welsh Government's forthcoming budget prioritises preventative spend? OAQ54726
Lynne Neagle: Thank you for that answer, Minister. You'll be aware that it has been a constant theme of the budget scrutiny by the Children, Young People and Education Committee that the Welsh Government needs to do more in terms of preventative spend, and, indeed, in terms of the scrutiny of the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee. And the figures that you've referred to—and I heard your answer to...
Lynne Neagle: Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. I'd like to thank my fellow Assembly Members from across—
Lynne Neagle: Thank you. I'd like to thank my fellow Assembly Members from across the Chamber who have supported today's pancreatic cancer awareness event and those who jointly brought forward this debate. I'm very pleased that the Chair of the health committee, Dr Dai Lloyd, will be closing the debate today. Dai will, I know, voice the concerns that many of us have about how different solutions are...
Lynne Neagle: What steps is the Minister taking to improve mental health support for learners in further education?
Lynne Neagle: 6. What assessment has the Counsel General made of the implications of Brexit for the Welsh NHS? OAQ54797
Lynne Neagle: Thank you, Minister. You referred in your earlier answer to Delyth Jewell to the dossier that was uncovered last week by the Labour Party. That dossier laid bare the fact that our NHS is very much up for sale in any UK-US trade talks. Do you share my concern that if Brexit goes ahead under a Tory Government, we will very much risk the commercialisation and marketisation of our NHS, and would...
Lynne Neagle: 5. What discussions has the First Minister had with the Minister for Health and Social Services about reducing waiting times for surgery to treat pancreatic cancer? OAQ54849
Lynne Neagle: Thank you, First Minister. Following our very well-supported cross-party debate on this, I was contacted last week by a lady who'd just had a diagnosis last week of pancreatic cancer, but had been told she would have to wait two months for surgery. She was upset and shocked by that. Her husband was understandably very angry and I really felt for both of them, because we know that pancreatic...
Lynne Neagle: 2. How does the Welsh Government intend to respond to the recent review of deaths of children and young people by suicide or suspected suicide? OAQ54862
Lynne Neagle: First Minister, the loss of every one of the 33 young people included in that review is an immense tragedy, which will have devastated families, schools, friends, and whole communities. I believe that review is the closest thing we have to hearing the voices of young people who have died by suicide; the nearest thing we have to retrospective recommendations from those young people about what...
Lynne Neagle: 4. Will the First Minister make a statement on the future of the Erasmus Plus programme? OAQ54932
