Jenny Rathbone: Thank you, Minister. There's been a 44 per cent increase in syphilis in the last year and a 32 per cent increase in gonorrhoea. And what concerns me most about that, talking to sexual health experts, is that a significant proportion of the presenting infections are the antibiotic-resistant forms of those. I appreciate that you have accepted the sexual health review recommendations to reduce...
Jenny Rathbone: I welcome this debate, because I think that there was very little opportunity given to stakeholders to have any input into the process at the time of the procurement, and that was for good commercial reasons, but it did prevent local stakeholders, who are obviously mainly people who travel by public transport, from giving their views on exactly what was needed. And so I'm hopeful that we will...
Jenny Rathbone: Will you take an intervention?
Jenny Rathbone: Surely it's the role of the local authority to decide whether or not a particular housing development is sustainable or not.
Jenny Rathbone: Thank you very much and thank you for calling me. The Public Accounts Committee has been taking quite a lot of evidence around this, and the quality of the evidence given by the RNIB was absolutely excellent. I'd like to pay tribute to the work they do—particularly Gareth Davies, who is the RNIB stakeholder engagement lead—in advising people on the significance of the correspondence they...
Jenny Rathbone: I certainly haven't come across the small print, but I've certainly had—this was some of the evidence that was given to us by the RNIB, and I can't say whether it was in Cardiff and Vale or not. I just want to make two or three quick points. One is that that the 7 per cent increase in the number of people needing eye care is not in any way the fault of the Government. In some cases, this...
Jenny Rathbone: Thank you, Presiding Officer, for calling me.
Jenny Rathbone: We had a well-attended meeting by the Food Standards Agency in the Oriel this afternoon, and the chair, Heather Hancock, outlined some of the measures that the Food Standards Agency is taking to protect consumers and to ensure food safety in light of the threat of a ‘no deal’ Brexit. And I wondered if it’s possible to have a statement from the health Minister on the possible legislation...
Jenny Rathbone: Thank you very much for your statement, and I'm very pleased to see that you are proposing to align the planning framework, the decarbonisation agenda and the building regulations. That seems to me really absolutely the way we need to go. In your aspiration to use vacant public land, I want to ensure that—. It's a question as to whether you will ensure that the locations of this available...
Jenny Rathbone: What plans does the Welsh Government have to make the urban environment greener in light of the developing climate emergency?
Jenny Rathbone: 2. What discussions has the Minister had with cabinet colleagues about using public procurement to support local businesses? OAQ54222
Jenny Rathbone: Thank you for that answer. Obviously, this is something that isn't just a matter for the Trefnydd, because, clearly, a lot of the budget is spent by the education Minister, by the health Minister, et cetera. I'm aware that the National Procurement Service is trying to get more bids from local businesses, both to reduce food miles as well as to improve the freshness of food, which is obviously...
Jenny Rathbone: 7. What plans is the Welsh Government making to protect businesses if the UK Parliament fails to stop the UK from leaving the EU with no deal? OAQ54223
Jenny Rathbone: The Federation of Small Businesses is already reporting that businesses in Cardiff Central are suffering from things like exchange-rate fluctuations, which is making it incredibly difficult for people to be able to price their goods accurately without the danger of making a loss. We've got construction companies who are losing staff because people are returning to their countries of origin,...
Jenny Rathbone: I'd like to thank Suzy Davies for raising this issue, because obviously 6 June was a Thursday when we weren't sitting, and it was a written statement, so it could very easily have passed us all by. And I think that the subject under consideration here—it looks very dry and it's quite difficult to understand exactly what governors are going to be expected to do. But, fundamentally, this is a...
Jenny Rathbone: I think that there’s a danger of us constantly having a glass-half-empty approach rather than acknowledging the progress that has been made as a result of the discussion that we've had in the Chamber and elsewhere. I've visited the integrated autism service for Cardiff and the Vale, which is based in Penarth, and I really admire the collaborative, prudent healthcare approach that they have....
Jenny Rathbone: Rhun ap Iorwerth and others have pointed out the importance of this debate today because of the impact of 'no deal' would be to hit—the poor would be hit hardest. It's not just the rural communities and our farmers who will be hit by this. What about the urban poor who would be without food if the food dries up as a result of 'no deal'? And, as Dai Lloyd has said, it would be be the most...
Jenny Rathbone: I’m happy to do that.
Jenny Rathbone: Which we absolutely opposed. So, I think the—[Interruption.] You haven't heard what I said earlier, which is that Boris Johnson is saying that he will not comply with the law in his enthusiasm for leaving the EU. So, they do not want—. Transitional deals are for the birds, as far as they're concerned. They want to flood our country—. They want to do a deal with Donald Trump and his...
Jenny Rathbone: First, I'd just like to associate myself with the concerns expressed by Nick Ramsay on e-vaping. It's interesting to note that Peter Black, who opposed the legislation on e-vaping that was presented by the then health Minister, now First Minister, to give it the same regulatory controls as smoking cigarettes—. So I'd be keen to understand clearly why the regulations in the UK protect us...
