David Melding: Thank you very much, First Minister.
David Melding: We now move to topical questions. Before I call the first one, can I just verify that the health Minister is available on Zoom? I can now see him. That's marvellous. To ask the first question, then, of the Minister for Health and Social Services, Janet Finch-Saunders.
David Melding: And the final speaker on this, Jenny Rathbone.
David Melding: Have I got override on this? Mick, people will think you're putting in an application for his job if you go on any longer. You've been over four minutes. Last sentence.
David Melding: Mark Reckless.
David Melding: Adam Price.
David Melding: I think 'acting' is probably as high as I should go.
David Melding: Order. Item 5 is a statement by the First Minister on the legislative programme. Mark Drakeford.
David Melding: Thank you for that answer, Minister. I note that the latest assessment is that freight should not be impaired too greatly and that there is capacity for whether queuing is required, and no doubt you'll want to keep that to a minimum. But we hear little about passenger movements in terms of whether that experience will be made as smooth as possible. We've seen a steady decline for 20 years in...
David Melding: Deputy Minister, as I understand it, since the ending of the bus hardship fund, the bus emergency scheme is giving a revenue source to bus operators who obviously are dealing with vastly reduced passenger numbers at the moment, both because of the safety requirements, but also the lack of demand for bus services at the moment. But they are vital services for the long-term health of the...
David Melding: First Minister, we've seen the great benefit of regional, local and indeed community radio during this crisis, bringing great comfort to many people as they have had to spend so much time at home, with local news and features. And I just wonder if you can do more to use procurement, help with training grants, and also public health messages, and putting as many as possible through these...
David Melding: 8. What measures are being taken to support public transport in Wales during the coronavirus pandemic? OQ55448
David Melding: 8. What measures is the Welsh Government taking to ensure the efficient movement of people and goods at Welsh ports once the Brexit transition ends? OQ55447
David Melding: Can I commend this report? I think it's a really good piece of work and brings six very coherent and connected recommendations, and we're debating this the day that test cricket starts again. I'm not sure if any play has been possible today in Southampton, as July continues to pretend it's October, but to see the West Indies again—and many commentators think it's the best side they've...
David Melding: Well, of course, Deputy Minister, you could spend more than they're going to spend in England—the choice goes up and down, doesn't it? But I think it's very important that this hugely substantial aid that's now going to come to the arts sector in England and therefore will have a massive consequential—£59 million, or so—for Wales is spent in both an enterprising and a strategic way. I...
David Melding: Diolch yn fawr, Llywydd. I'm very grateful that you've been able to call me. Business Minister, can I call for a debate in Government time on the Cumberlege review, which is published today under the title 'First Do No Harm'? I just remind Members that it's about the use of various medical treatments and implants, such as mesh implants. And, although commissioned by the UK Government, it did...
David Melding: First Minister, I note that the World Health Organization is likely to modify its advice on the cloud effect that is generated through breathing and that the particles, very fine, that are so generated can hang in the air for hours, and they are particularly prone to do so in small spaces like toilets where there are hand dryers, for instance. Can you assure us that, as we gain more...
David Melding: Thank you, Presiding Officer. Can I thank you personally, and the Commission also, for allowing us to have this statement today, which I think is very appropriate on the twenty-fifth anniversary? As you said, it was my honour to lead a Commission delegation in 2015. That year also saw a major celebration—the Welsh national celebration that year—in the Senedd, and it was held with great...
David Melding: Will the Minister make a statement in response to calls made by Barnardo's Cymru and Action for Children Cymru for additional mental health and emotional support for vulnerable children as they return to school?
David Melding: Minister, I notice that the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales devoted a lot of her recent report to housing and noted that less than half of the new homes that we need to build each year are currently being built, and emissions from the housing sector, although down by nearly a third since 1990, that decrease has slowed considerably in recent years. So, it seems to me that we need to...
