Suzy Davies: Thank you for that answer. Following a freedom of information request to the Welsh ambulance service, I was shocked to find that the average time that an ambulance waits outside Bridgend Princess of Wales Hospital before handover of the patient is one hour and five minutes above the target time that you have just described. This information also showed that the longest waiting times in the...
Suzy Davies: Minister, you may remember, in the 2017-18 accountability report for ABMU, that the board were very jubilant, actually, that they'd shown an improvement inasmuch as the £36 million overspend that they'd predicted was actually only £32 million, and that that figure actually disguised a better saving because the figure included £7.4 million that was a penalty for not achieving...
Suzy Davies: Thank you for those answers. Yes, I've spoken to Qualifications Wales myself about this and I am still unclear about what it is that will be examined in approximately seven years' time in a GCSE. I appreciate that, in the period in between, we might get some clarity on that, but I still do have concerns about those individual teachers who start in year seven, and, even if they're with the...
Suzy Davies: Well, thank you for that answer. I think it's actually quite a difficult question to answer outside the traditional world in terms of monitoring and assessment that you've just explained. I actually quite welcome the idea that it's going to be a more varied curriculum, but how to keep tabs on that I think is going to prove quite difficult. And how those links work over the next few years I...
Suzy Davies: Diolch yn fawr, Llywydd. Minister, can I just begin by thanking you for facilitating the briefing on the new curriculum yesterday, which Lynne Neagle organised? I think the overriding impression I've had at this stage is that this wholesale change of philosophy and culture is going to take some time to grasp and convert into real-life lesson plans, especially as schools, of course, will have...
Suzy Davies: 8. Will the Minister confirm the number of occasions that ambulances have been kept waiting at hospitals in South Wales West for more than 10 minutes before being able to discharge their patient? OAQ53755
Suzy Davies: Thank you very much, Minister, for that summary of Welsh Government action over the last couple of years. We agree with you that your background should not determine your ability to take part in education, and I think, actually, it would be quite useful to hear from Welsh Government at some point soon about the work that they're doing to combat the effects of adverse childhood experiences. It...
Suzy Davies: Thank you very much, Dirprwy Lywydd. Minister, of course, you'll be aware that Bridgend, the Princess of Wales Hospital in Bridgend, is now part of the Cwm Taf area. When the consultation took place for Bridgend to be incorporated into Cwm Taf, I'm pretty sure that nobody who responded to that consultation was aware of what was happening with maternity services in Cwm Taf. I wonder, then, if...
Suzy Davies: Thank you very much for the question today, Helen Mary, and for your response there, Minister. Obviously, I find this upsetting, as my grandfather and my mother worked in Trostre for many years, but it is Port Talbot that is my primary concern at the moment, and Helen Mary mentioned the role that Trostre plays in Port Talbot's supply chain, if you like. I wonder whether there's been any...
Suzy Davies: Thank you for that response. I hope that some of this is starting to bear fruit, but I would like to see more progress made in future. Last month, when I asked you about the Welsh Government translation helpline for small businesses, you told me that much work was being done in this area and that most of that work was being done by the Welsh Government. Your action plan states that there will...
Suzy Davies: Thank you for that response. I do, of course, accept the fact that very young children can’t contribute much to this process, but, of course, they have parents too who will have their own ideas. And you haven’t answered the question either on how some councils are starting to rely on external groups to help them, as they would put it, with their internal duties and responsibilities....
Suzy Davies: Thank you very much, Llywydd. Minister, in your 'Cymraeg 2050' action plan for 2019-20, which was launched last week, you make reference to recommendations made by an independent evaluation of the Cymraeg for Kids programme. I hope you will confirm that you will publish that review at some point soon. How do you anticipate that officials within Cymraeg for Kids will be involved with the...
Suzy Davies: It may well be that that statement's going to answer my question but I'm going to ask you just in case, because I was encouraged to hear from First Cymru that a prime example of co-ordinated bus timetables across counties could be found with the Maesteg-Cymmer service, where there are connections for onward journeys that are managed at Cymmer but start in a different county. The company's...
Suzy Davies: Will the Minister provide an update on the Welsh Government's use of its international offices?
Suzy Davies: Will the Minister make a statement on the devolved funding settlement in light of changes to teachers' pensions?
Suzy Davies: First, can I thank the Counsel General and his staff for the draft Bill, and also my colleagues on the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee? I think this has been one of those occasions where part of me still wishes that I was involved in legal study and that my brain was still in that groove, because like, I suspect, all of us, I want the law to be more accessible, but when I...
Suzy Davies: Thank you for taking the intervention, Minister. Yes, I don't disagree with you at all that Qualifications Wales should have appropriate powers in this regard, it was just the lack of information and evidence supporting the figures you've chosen in particular. While I hear what you say about the qualification in England—sorry, that's my earlier mistake. It was Ofqual—I was right,...
Suzy Davies: As a member of CLAC, I wasn't actually present when this investigation was made, but I did want to add something to it, in as much as this figure of 10 per cent that is included in the regulations, about how that figure was reached. Now, I heard you, Minister when you said that Ofqual has said that this is a suitable figure, but I'm still no wiser as to why Ofqual thinks that's a reasonable...
Suzy Davies: Thank you for that answer, and I'm glad you mentioned active travel there. Your Deputy Minister for Economy and Transport said last week that he was looking at getting people out of their cars for short journeys and travelling in a way which improved their health. And, of course, encouraging people to cycle or walk to a convenient train station for longer journeys for work is one way of...
Suzy Davies: 2. Will the First Minister provide an update on integrated transport in South Wales West? OAQ53741
