Angela Burns: 4. Will the Cabinet Secretary outline the Welsh Government’s plans to reduce littering? OAQ(5)0146(ERA)
Angela Burns: Will you take an intervention?
Angela Burns: Thank you. I was just rather hoping that in your role as chair of that cross-party group, you might also perhaps look at the role of art and music therapy for younger people, because at the stage of their life where they are, they need a course correction very often. A lot of them are starting to walk down a poor mental health route for all sorts of reasons, and there is a lot of evidence out...
Angela Burns: Diolch, Deputy Presiding Officer. I’m very grateful to the Government for bringing forward this incredibly interesting topic, and I formally move the amendment tabled in the name of Paul Davies. We on this side of the Chamber support the general principles of this debate, and we’ve brought forward our amendment because we believe that social prescribing has no firm definition, a point...
Angela Burns: Good afternoon, First Minister.
Angela Burns: You will be aware that almost 8,000 staff members of the NHS in Wales were affected by anxiety, stress, depression, and a number of other psychiatric illnesses, in the year 2015-16, and the trend appears to be the same going forward. Aneurin Bevan Local Health Board created and filled the post of head of employee well-being, and Adrian Neal and his colleagues are making great strides forward...
Angela Burns: 8. What is the Welsh Government doing to promote staff well-being within the Welsh public sector? OAQ(5)0615(FM)
Angela Burns: Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. I’m pleased to move the Conservative amendment, tabled in the name of Paul Davies. The motion tabled by Plaid is clearly politically motivated and designed to scaremonger about the future of our NHS. For the avoidance of doubt, my party wholeheartedly believes in the Welsh NHS being kept in public hands. In fact, I believe every party in this Assembly...
Angela Burns: Did he just say he wanted to kill us?
Angela Burns: Thank you for that answer, Cabinet Secretary. But I do have a concern about the implementation of the Welsh baccalaureate, which I would like your take on. We have individuals who are at the high-functioning end of the autistic spectrum, or who have another learning need, and yet able to cope with academic subjects. However, these individuals often struggle with undertaking the skills...
Angela Burns: 1. Will the Cabinet Secretary provide an update on the roll-out of the Welsh Baccalaureate? OAQ(5)0117(EDU)
Angela Burns: Air pollution must be regarded as one of the many growing challenges to improve public health in Wales. Air pollution is a direct result of human activity, whether through vehicle usage, agriculture and industry, and burning fossil fuels. Although there have been some vast national improvements in air quality management in recent years, the need to target localised pockets is essential to...
Angela Burns: Thank you very much indeed. I’m very disappointed to have your response, Minister. I do not believe that the fragmented approach that you’re having of looking at the various outcomes for child health will have the desired effect of these amendments. Time and time and time again this Assembly sits and talks about public health issues. We all bang on about how much smoking people are doing,...
Angela Burns: Diolch, Llywydd. The Welsh Conservatives have tabled this amendment inserting a new section into the Bill that seeks to ensure that Welsh Ministers have to produce a comprehensive report on an annual basis detailing progress made in the delivery of public health objectives, with emphasis on those that protect and improve the health and well-being of young persons. There is no doubt that...
Angela Burns: Due to previous provisions in the Bill, Welsh Conservatives will be abstaining on the following amendments relating to the tattooing of eyeballs. We accept that the intent of the proposer is to ensure that this extremely risky procedure is only carried out by highly skilled individuals. However, this procedure was not raised as an issue at committee stage by the medical community, and there...
Angela Burns: We will be supporting all the amendments in this group. However, I wish to put on record that the Welsh Conservatives believe that no individual should be exempt from obtaining a licence if administering a special procedure. Therefore, that is why at Stage 2 we tabled amendments that sought to remove this exemption. If an individual does not have that specific regulated competence to do the...
Angela Burns: Just to say: thank you very much, Minister, for your co-operation. I would like to reiterate once again that the Government lawyer was most helpful in this matter.
Angela Burns: Diolch, Llywydd. In keeping with the Welsh Conservative policy intent to protect small businesses from undue penalisation from this legislation, we have tabled this amendment that sets out an intent to protect retailers and their data by ensuring that only relevant information is held about them on a retailers register. We welcome the willingness of the Minister to work with us in this regard...
Angela Burns: Whilst the Welsh Conservatives will be supporting the amendments in this section, we are concerned that this legislation is likely to have the largest impact on the working practices of small businesses. In many aspects, the success of this Bill is dependent on the ability of small firms to comply with the changes in legislation, so it is vital that businesses are able to fully understand the...
Angela Burns: The Welsh Conservatives intend to support all the amendments in this section as we’ve been most concerned that the proposed public health Bill had done so little to tackle the issue of obesity. In debate after questions after statement, concerns are raised from all parties over the prevalence of obesity in Wales and the corresponding pressures that illnesses such as diabetes, high blood...
