Andrew RT Davies: Thank you, Minister, for your statement, and I appreciate there will be some cross-over with, obviously, the remarks that the First Minister dealt with during his questions, but rightly so that they were taken in such high profile in the First Minister's questions segment of today's business. I too would join in the comments that you have identified with and sided with on thanks to the...
Andrew RT Davies: Organiser, could I seek a statement, please, from the economy Minister in relation to St Athan enterprise park, and the airfield, in particular? The Welsh Government had a contract with Serco to provide seven-day air control cover so that operators could use the airfield on a seven-day basis. As I understand, there's been an issue recruiting suitably qualified air traffic controllers, and,...
Andrew RT Davies: Can I identify with the sentiments that are being expressed across the Chamber in support of the help that is being given from all sides, whether it's the volunteers, the emergency services, or just communities themselves coming together for the flood victims in my own electoral region but also across Wales because this has affected the whole of Wales? I would like to go back to the point...
Andrew RT Davies: Thank you, Presiding Officer. In the time afforded to me, I'll do my best to sum up, which is about two minutes and 40 seconds. I have to say that on that performance, Minister, I can fully understand how Jo Coburn on Daily Politics began her interview with you some months ago by saying, 'What is it like to be the worst health Minister in the United Kingdom?' You did not respond at all to a...
Andrew RT Davies: Thank you, Minister, for that answer. Phil Banfield from the British Medical Association recently said it's clear that the latest developments are getting worse, not better. He ended his comments by saying, unless the issue is taken seriously, there's a 'real chance of lives being needlessly lost.' In between those two statements, he said what's important is that extra beds are put into...
Andrew RT Davies: Thank you for that answer, Minister. It is a fact that, in most classes, three children will have dyslexia of some shape or form. It is quite alarming, I have to say, to find that whilst there's a screening test, there's not a diagnostic test for children who use the medium of Welsh. I hear that your department is taking some action to understand what the needs are, but can you offer us any...
Andrew RT Davies: 8. Will the Minister make a statement on the availability of a test to diagnose dyslexia for Welsh-speaking children? OAQ55072
Andrew RT Davies: 4. Will the Minister make a statement on staffing levels in community health settings? OAQ55071
Andrew RT Davies: Thank you, First Minister, for that response. In light of the evidence that became available to Members last week from a freedom of information request that the National Farmers Union secured out of Natural Resources Wales, the evidence that they'd submitted to the Minister's department in respect of the regulatory impact assessment highlighted that the Government's proposals could have a...
Andrew RT Davies: 5. Will the First Minister make a statement on the Welsh Government's proposed new water rules to tackle pollution? OAQ55104
Andrew RT Davies: Will the Member take an intervention? I'm grateful, Jenny, for you taking the intervention. You highlighted exclusion zones around schools. We focus on the combustion engine, but you and I have heard evidence on the Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee about particulate matter from tyres and other substances, brake pads as well, that account for 40 per cent of the particles...
Andrew RT Davies: Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer, and I formally move the amendments in the name of Darren Millar—amendment 2, amendment 4 and amendment 5 on the order paper this afternoon. It's a little bit like groundhog day today. In September, we had a clean air debate from this side of the Chamber, and I fully endorse the sentiments of the opener of the debate who said, if this was any other type...
Andrew RT Davies: Thank you for that response, Presiding Officer. I personally believe that it is very important that we do reflect on those Assembly Members who have passed away whilst they've been an Assembly Member, right across the terms of the Assembly since 1999. I hear what you say about the policy and the 10-year rule, and I was grateful to see a letter, obviously, but disappointed with its contents,...
Andrew RT Davies: Thank you for that response, Deputy Minister. I appreciate you and I have had discussions on this previously, and you've responded via a ministerial letter indicating that Welsh Government wouldn't be supporting such a reintroduction. It is a fact, though, that at the recent Westminster general election three parties—the Liberals, the Labour Party and the governing party, the Conservative...
Andrew RT Davies: Thank you, finance Minister, for that answer. Obviously, in April there was the declaration by the Welsh Government of the climate change emergency. My colleague Nick Ramsay highlighted that your comments yesterday were saying that this was a green budget. Natural Resources Wales, which is your own regulator for many of the things in the environmental field, has had a flatline budget, which...
Andrew RT Davies: 3. Will the Minister make a statement on the financial support given to Welsh Government sponsored bodies? OAQ55024
Andrew RT Davies: 1. What action has the Welsh Government taken with regards to supporting the introduction of safe standing facilities in football stadiums? OAQ55022
Andrew RT Davies: 4. Will the Commission make a statement on its memorials policy in relation to those who have tragically died whilst serving as Assembly Members? OAQ55029
Andrew RT Davies: I appreciate that you've answered this question on several occasions so far this afternoon, but you can appreciate this is the major issue in my region at the moment: the provision of accident and emergency at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital. Last week, in the topical question that was put to the health Minister, I made the point that strategic direction for the health service here in Wales is...
Andrew RT Davies: 6. Will the First Minister make a statement on accident and emergency provision in South Wales Central? OAQ55023
