David Lloyd: I can see the Chamber is energised by this debate, but it is, actually—as the Chair of CLAC outlined—fundamentally very important. We are discussing the EU withdrawal Bill—most of the EU withdrawal Bill. I know we've been discussing, in recent weeks, the parts that are involving devolved areas and stuff, but this is the large body of the EU withdrawal Bill itself. We've debated the...
David Lloyd: Thank you very much, Deputy Presiding Officer.
David Lloyd: Can I commend everybody who's taken part in this individual Member's debate on criminal justice? Some very powerful contributions, and, obviously, a wide variety of issues covered, so it's a bit difficult to—in the time I've got left—try and summarise everything. But can I commend Jenny Rathbone in opening very powerfully, setting the scene very well, and also David Melding similarly so?...
David Lloyd: Diolch, Llywydd. Many of us had the privilege last week of welcoming 18 young women to the Senedd to take part in a leadership event arranged by Chwarae Teg—a day of activities to provide an insight into how the Assembly works and the role of Assembly Members. Now, each participant was partnered with an AM for the morning, participated in a question and answer session and took part in a...
David Lloyd: Cabinet Secretary, whilst the concept, obviously, as you mention, of a Swansea bay and western Valleys metro is to be welcomed, does the Cabinet Secretary recognise concerns within the Neath Port Talbot area around the need to protect the status of Neath railway station as part of any metro proposal, and what discussions have you undertaken with the local authority and other stakeholders to...
David Lloyd: Can I thank the Cabinet Secretary for his statement on valuing the NHS workforce? Following on from Dawn Bowden about staff well-being, I was going to concentrate on junior hospital doctors and their continuing well-being, and ask specifically of the Cabinet Secretary what he is doing to address the concerns of junior hospital doctors in Wales today and to explore the culture of how their...
David Lloyd: May I thank the leader of the house for her statement and pursue an issue that is important these days? Air pollution continues to be a problem facing many people in my region, as you will know, coming from Swansea yourself. In Hafod in Swansea, in Morriston and in Port Talbot, air pollution causes ill health and unnecessary deaths. Now, when ClientEarth took this Government to court, it was...
David Lloyd: Gareth, would you take an intervention?
David Lloyd: We're all pleased that Doctor Who is produced here in Wales, but, actually, looking at the content, it could be produced anywhere. I'm not asking for bilingual Daleks or anything, but just a mention of Wales would be handy.
David Lloyd: It's my pleasure to take part in this very important debate, and I thank Siân Gwenllian for her clear leadership at the outset. Of course, the Plaid Cymru motion calls for investigating the feasibility of devolution of broadcasting to Wales. I said that slowly because that is quite a simple motion. It's not the most radical idea that has been proposed here—just investigating the...
David Lloyd: It’s a pleasure to participate in this debate on this wonderful report, which has been produced by the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee. And may I echo the thanks to our current Chair, Mick Antoniw, to Huw Irranca-Davies, our Chair for the first nine months, and also to the clerks and researchers who have been working very hard behind the scenes to produce this masterpiece?...
David Lloyd: Thank you very much for that response, Llywydd. Now, a number of individuals have told me over the past few months that, when channels, such as BBC 2 specifically, broadcast proceedings from this Chamber live, when a Member makes a contribution in Welsh, both languages—Welsh and the English interpretation—are broadcast simultaneously with neither being quieter than the other, so that...
David Lloyd: Leader of the house, you say that the take-up rate for superfast broadband has remained much lower than the actual availability of superfast broadband. So, could I ask what you as a Government are doing to ensure that people are aware of the availability of superfast broadband in their area?
David Lloyd: 1. Will the Commissioner make a statement on the bilingual broadcasting of Plenary proceedings? OAQ51818
David Lloyd: Thank you, Llywydd. The Health, Social Care and Sport Committee considered the LCM at its meeting on 11 January. I’m sure everyone in this Chamber will agree that we should welcome any measure that seeks to improve the protection for our front-line emergency workers: as we've heard, the police, fire service and those in the NHS—nurses and doctors and so on—by strengthening the law when...
David Lloyd: Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Can I welcome the statement from the Cabinet Secretary? Obviously, from a public health point of view, it is vital to tackle this agenda. It's vital to tackle the obesity agenda inherent in active travel and encourage the total physical fitness agenda in general, because all the stats show, from a medical point of view, that if you are physically fit as an individual,...
David Lloyd: Leader of the house, can I thank you for your statement in the first instance? And by means of whetting your appetite for tomorrow's questions, can I ask for a progress report on the new roll-out scheme for superfast broadband? I've been consulted in the last couple of weeks by constituents in Llangynwyd, Maesteg, who are stuck with slow broadband. This is affecting their business, their...
David Lloyd: David, will you take an intervention on that point?
David Lloyd: I think it's only fair to commend, at this stage, your erstwhile colleague Jonathan Morgan, when he was Assembly Member here, who pushed through the Mental Health (Wales) Measure in 2010, which is all about prevention being better than cure, early treatment, early talking therapies, and we still await the full fulfilment of that mental health Measure.
David Lloyd: Thank you very much, Deputy Presiding Officer. In the few minutes remaining, may I thank the Minister for his positive response on the timescale of the strategy? I understand the reasoning behind the funding issues as well, and I congratulate him on being flexible on bringing those responses forward earlier, because isolation and loneliness—as we’ve heard from everyone, there is agreement...
