Janet Finch-Saunders: I second John Griffiths AM.
Janet Finch-Saunders: Leanne Wood.
Janet Finch-Saunders: First Minister, we welcome your own manifesto commitment of £80 million for a new treatment fund. This of course follows on the back of the Welsh Conservatives calling for many years for a cancer treatment drugs fund to end the inequality and postcode lottery that does exist here in Wales. Will you pledge on record here today, First Minister, that during this Assembly term we will not see...
Janet Finch-Saunders: Will the First Minister make a statement on local government reorganisation?
Janet Finch-Saunders: First Minister, regulatory services are, of course, a very important service and a valuable key area of local government—environmental health, trading standards, food safety, public protection, regulatory housing provisions, to name just some. But much of the new legislation passed in the last Assembly term has actually placed even more obligations on our departments and there’s only 1...
Janet Finch-Saunders: Will the First Minister make a statement on ambulance response times?
Janet Finch-Saunders: First Minister, key aims in the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 are integrated consistency and co-operation in the delivery of services, yet the reality in Wales, here, is that there are 34 per cent of patients waiting well over six weeks for transfer home from an NHS bed. I know first-hand, from many casework issues arising, and indeed from recent personal experience, that...
Janet Finch-Saunders: Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer, and may I take this opportunity to congratulate you on your new role? I’m very proud and pleased to lead the Welsh Conservatives’ opposition group debate on public service delivery, and in doing so to thank my Assembly group leader, Andrew R.T. Davies AM, for his confidence in reappointing me as the shadow spokesperson for local government. I would...
Janet Finch-Saunders: 1. Will the First Minister make a statement on Basic Payment Scheme payments to farmers? OAQ(5)0083(FM)
Janet Finch-Saunders: Thank you. I’m obliged to raise this question, actually, as a result of my own intense concerns at the handling of basic payments that are still outstanding to our farmers, and your own Government department’s process. Seventeen thousand and sixty-three farmers submitted their applications in June 2015, yet 12 months later, there are approximately 171 yet to receive any payment. Indeed,...
Janet Finch-Saunders: I nominate Mark Isherwood.
Janet Finch-Saunders: I nominate Mark Isherwood.
Janet Finch-Saunders: Whilst we broadly support the SQuID procurement process it is fair to say that probably one of the reasons that only seven out of 22 local authorities are using it—the point that my colleague Mike Hedges made—was the fact that there is still a lot of bureaucracy and red tape involved with very small companies trying to actually tender for lots of works taking place within a local...
Janet Finch-Saunders: I am very pleased to contribute to this debate to seek to speak up for the needs of our looked-after children here in Wales and to pay tribute to the many fantastic individuals working with them, loving them and supporting them. Without their incredible dedication to our most vulnerable children, many would be left without the individual comfort and love that only a parent or carer can...
Janet Finch-Saunders: First Minister, as a constituency Member in Aberconwy, I’m only too well aware of the valuable importance of Airbus in Broughton with the jobs—6,000 jobs—that they provide. I know in a statement after the referendum result they did say that they are really looking to constructively work with the UK Government to provide support for their workers and, indeed, to carry on with their...
Janet Finch-Saunders: Will the First Minister make a statement on equal pay?
Janet Finch-Saunders: 5. Will the First Minister make a statement on the 21st Century Schools programme? OAQ(5)0107(FM)
Janet Finch-Saunders: Thank you, First Minister. You’ll be aware that, for some, when mention of a new school is taken forward, there can be concerns, especially when children and parents are very happy with the school that they’re actually attending. Now, under section 5.4 of the Welsh Government’s statutory school organisation code, local authorities are obliged to consider all objections submitted...
Janet Finch-Saunders: 1. Will the Minister make a statement on the Welsh Ambulance Trust? OAQ(5)0027(HWS)
Janet Finch-Saunders: Thank you, Cabinet Secretary. A matter that has come to light recently, certainly in my own constituency, is the nature of the questions asked by call handlers when first dialling 999, when somebody is calling an ambulance on behalf of someone not personally known to them. It’s happened to me twice in recent weeks where I haven’t known the person, but they’ve fallen outside my office....
