Suzy Davies: Thank you for that last remark, First Minister, because my 87-year-old constituent was placed on the emergency list for knee surgery 16 months ago, with a promise of treatment in nine months—so, nine months is an emergency, apparently—but the target for surgery is six months. She's just been told that she has another year to wait, and she's 87. Otherwise very fit at that time, she's...
Suzy Davies: 8. Will the First Minister make a statement on knee replacement waiting times in South Wales West? OAQ53323
Suzy Davies: Thank you for the perfect segue there, Janet, because I was just about to say that even though we hear that tourists grumble about the rain in Wales, actually, it’s rain that’s our secret weapon. It helps, along with the good work of farmers and other environmentalists, to create the landscapes that make this such an attractive country, with its green fields, and its peat bogs, and its...
Suzy Davies: There's something about taxes going up and down that captures the nation's attention—VAT, petrol prices, alcohol duty, council tax, income tax, national insurance. They're mostly not devolved, of course, but regular stars of the UK budget's headlines. And it's that one point in the year when we focus on how a Government will be giving us back our money with one hand and then taking it back...
Suzy Davies: Sorry, Deputy Minister, perhaps you didn't see me. Thank you very much for taking the intervention. Before you conclude your speech, I wonder if you could explain what remedies are available to people who expect their rights to be observed, but actually are failed.
Suzy Davies: Thank you for that answer, Minister. Earlier this month, I was delighted to take Andrew R.T. Davies in his capacity as your shadow to one of my favourite places in my constituency, and, at our meeting at the Bridgend Cats Protection adoption centre, the issue of landlords and residential homes not accepting pets came up again. Now, obviously, you know that that's a real well-being issue,...
Suzy Davies: Yes, it's a very sad sight, and I'm pleased to hear your answer to Huw Irranca-Davies. But, I think, having looked at some of the photographs of how the replanting is being done, some of these mixed saplings are really quite small. And I was wondering if you'd be interested in speaking to the education Minister about the opportunity for children and young people in schools to actually perhaps...
Suzy Davies: 8. Will the Minister make a statement on the welfare of pets? OAQ53236
Suzy Davies: Will the Minister make a statement on local authority-managed car parks in South Wales West? Transferred for written answer by the Minister for Economy and Transport.
Suzy Davies: Thank you very much for taking the intervention, and this is a really important contribution. Have you considered whether amendments at Stage 2 could resolve the concerns that you have?
Suzy Davies: I thank the Minister very much for taking an intervention there. What I've just heard is about aspiration, and you've said that if your reforms don't work you'll consider legislation, but you need to see if the work that you're doing now embeds. Yet, you introduced the minimum alcohol pricing Bill and insisted it was necessary—that legislation was necessary—without any evidence to back up...
Suzy Davies: Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd, and thank you for allowing me a couple of extra seconds on this. First of all, thank you very much to the Minister and to Dai Lloyd for their contributions. Part of having this debate was to give the Minister an opportunity to explain to us all quite what the volume of this work looks like, but that doesn't let Ministers off the hook either from giving us the fullest...
Suzy Davies: Diolch yn fawr, Dirprwy Lywydd. You will see that that's a very snappy title. Members will be relieved that the purpose of this brief debate is not to examine the policy intention of the Marine Environment (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 or, indeed, to really challenge the assertion of Welsh Government that it's appropriate for this Assembly to agree to this statutory instrument...
Suzy Davies: Counsel General, during a debate on the Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee's report into its post-legislative scrutiny work on the Violence against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Wales) Act 2015, a number of Members spoke out saying that healthy relationships should be part of the curriculum, with the now Deputy Minister for social services saying, 'that it’s...
Suzy Davies: Well, of course, both the councils that David Rees mentioned are in different city regions, which are taking very different approaches to their future transport needs. So, how that would progress is really very interesting. But, in the short term, in March 20i8, you confirmed that you'd issued guidance to local authorities to commit no less than 5 per cent of their bus budget to community...
Suzy Davies: Actually, I share Helen Mary's concerns about this, about the invisibility of things that might be being investigated there. So, time is marching on, so thank you for your answer on that. Since scrapping the cap on the number of Welsh students going to Welsh universities, do you know whether we have seen more Welsh students with the top grades now entering Welsh universities, or applying...
Suzy Davies: Thank you for the response to the question on this. Just a couple of questions from me, based on promises that you made back in 2016. At that point, when Ford was potentially in trouble at that stage, you said that Welsh Government would be prepared to invest in the plant, and I'm glad to hear you praise it yet again for the high level of commitment of the workforce there, but that you would...
Suzy Davies: Will the First Minister make a statement on high street regeneration?
Suzy Davies: Yes, very briefly, if that's okay.
Suzy Davies: Do you know what, Leanne? I don't have ideological obsessions, but I do think that our councils should have the ability to use the money that they raise from Right to Buy to build new houses, or indeed invest them in older housing stock that needs bringing up.
