Rhianon Passmore: What assessment has the Welsh Government made of how Transport for Wales will impact on the communities of Islwyn?
Rhianon Passmore: How will the proposed Valleys Regional Park benefit the economy of Islwyn?
Rhianon Passmore: Diolch, Cabinet Secretary. Last week in the Chamber, you announced that the Welsh Government was establishing a strategic partnership, similar to the one in Scotland, called Save a Life Cymru. The groundbreaking Welsh ambulance service's Restart a Heart campaign, launched last autumn, has taught nearly 13,000 schoolchildren life-saving cardiopulmonary resuscitation, which, alongside the Welsh...
Rhianon Passmore: 8. What is the Welsh Government doing to improve the survival rates for out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in Islwyn? OAQ52789
Rhianon Passmore: Diolch, Llywydd. Firstly, I wish to very much welcome the Minister for children's statement celebrating Adoption Week, and the active cutting-edge work now taking place across Wales, both in homes and across our agencies. The Minister, along with the Cabinet Secretary, has long championed a collaborative approach between our partner agencies, as emphasised in 'A Healthier Wales'. So, will the...
Rhianon Passmore: Diolch, Llywydd. Thank you. First of all, can I very much welcome this exciting initiative and also the principles that underpin it? Can I ask what impact the £7 million investment within the Valleys regional park initiative will have on the former industrialised valleys of Islwyn, with all of the natural beauty, the landscapes that have already been referenced and its heritage? In...
Rhianon Passmore: Can the Cabinet Secretary provide an update on the total capital investment in the new Grange University Hospital, which will serve the people living in south-east Wales?
Rhianon Passmore: I'd like to thank the Chair, Lynne Neagle, and the Children, Young People and Education Committee for undertaking a valuable piece of work and shining a light on this aspect of the Flying Start programme. I also note with interest the response from the Welsh Government. One of the driving forces for being in politics, I would hope, for everybody in this room, is to help in whatever way to...
Rhianon Passmore: Thank you. Many of the points that I wanted to make have already been stated, but I want to welcome the statement today. As a former teacher and lecturer, and a former cabinet member for education, I very much welcome this ongoing reform in terms of the potential that this new academy has. I'll go straight to my questions. How can the Welsh Government then ensure that the educational...
Rhianon Passmore: What is the Welsh Government doing to support older people?
Rhianon Passmore: What action is the Welsh Government taking to support infrastructure investment in Islwyn?
Rhianon Passmore: Fundamentally, I don't agree with the connection that you have made, and I hate to say this, but I think in regard to what David Melding said earlier, I think some of his points are extremely valid. So, finally, would the Cabinet Secretary agree with me that in a devolved UK—[Interruption.] I did caveat it. I did. Would the Cabinet Secretary agree with me that in a devolved...
Rhianon Passmore: I will.
Rhianon Passmore: I welcome the Welsh Labour Government's robust and highly proactive work in negotiating with the United Kingdom Government to stand up for Wales over the complex consequences of Britain's withdrawal, still to unfold, from the European Union. It is evidence, if any was needed, that the Welsh Labour Government stands up for Wales and Welsh interests within the fabric of our family of nations...
Rhianon Passmore: It is a hard fact that the shrinkage of local government non-statutory services across the UK is happening due to the UK austerity agenda, but I'll leave that. I therefore wish us to ask for a statement to this place on the status and health of music support services across Wales and the subsidised instrumental tuition and incremental ensembles access that they provide. I would like to...
Rhianon Passmore: The amount of emergency ambulance calls during 2016-17 was up 116 per cent on the number of emergency ambulance calls made in previous years. This is a staggering increase by any calculation, yet the Welsh ambulance service has for 30 consecutive months met its national response-time target for red calls, thanks to our clinical response model and our staff delivering care quicker to those who...
Rhianon Passmore: Diolch. The Minister for Housing and Regeneration has rightly commented that credit unions in Wales deliver financial awareness education for adults and children, they support people dealing with debt problems and provide some of the most vulnerable people with sound and ethical financial products, and therefore I very much welcome that the Welsh Government recently announced that credit...
Rhianon Passmore: 4. What is the Welsh Government doing to support credit unions? OAQ52204
Rhianon Passmore: I'd like to thank the Members of the Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee for producing this report—thank you—on apprenticeships in Wales. It is clear that qualitative apprenticeships play an essential role in our economic success, as well as in building a stronger, fairer and more equal Wales. I'm proud of the Welsh Government's commitment to create 100,000 apprenticeships by...
Rhianon Passmore: Will the Cabinet Secretary join me in praising the stalwart work of Welsh councils up and down the country, like Islwyn's own Caerphilly County Borough Council, who are continuing every day to provide strong public services in the face of dramatic cuts to their budgets, thanks to the UK Tory Government? Real cuts year on year to Wales since 2010. And with this in mind, what assurances will...
