Jane Dodds: Just to embarrass you. [Laughter.] Could I please ask for a statement from the Minister for Climate Change regarding the measures being taken to reduce pollution in the River Wye, and what the Welsh Government's position is on calling in decisions on intensive poultry units? As a resident of Hay-on-Wye, as you will know, I'm very passionate about the river, as I know many other people are as...
Jane Dodds: I do concur with Adam Price's assessment of your job, Minister. It is certainly the last job in the world that I would want to do, and I do thank you so much for your work and the engagement by you and your officials as well, certainly with me: thank you so much. It feels like in these debates, it's always tempting to make a long list of things that we want, and I do also think it's important...
Jane Dodds: Will the First Minister make a statement on access to NHS dentistry for children and young people?
Jane Dodds: Will the Minister take an intervention?
Jane Dodds: Sorry. Thank you so much. Is it not the case though that there has not been a review in Wales of child protection services? I do hear there have been reviews of looked-after children and of care-experienced children, but what we're talking about here is a review of child protection services. So, can you tell me when there was a review of child protection services—maybe I've missed...
Jane Dodds: Many of you know that I've worked in child protection for around 25 years, and I did work during the COVID period. And I would like to be clear that, in terms of my reading of the report on Logan Mwangi, I cannot see any reason that the COVID restrictions at the time would not have had—in terms of potentially saving his life. I think it's really important I put that on record, because it is...
Jane Dodds: Diolch yn fawr iawn. Thank you so much for that response, and may I thank you for your commitment, and your team's commitment, to piloting a universal basic income, and to looking into this? I'd also just like to throw out another fact here in the Senedd: I learnt last week that three out of four active applications to extend coal mining in the United Kingdom are actually here in Wales. So,...
Jane Dodds: 2. Will the Minister provide an update on actions taken since the Senedd passed a motion in July calling on the Welsh Government to consider establishing a basic income pilot amongst workers in heavy industry as part of Wales's transition to a zero-carbon economy? OQ58839
Jane Dodds: Tempting as it would be to follow up that question from Altaf Hussain—thank you so much—I'm focusing on something else today, and good afternoon, Trefnydd. Can I request a statement, please, from the Minister for Health and Social Services with regard to the strike ballot by Welsh ambulance service workers? We know that nobody takes strike action lightly, least of all those who are in our...
Jane Dodds: Good afternoon, First Minister. One area where people do not have a choice in relation to whether they go private or not is dental treatment. Getting a dentist in Wales, particularly in a rural area like many of us represent here, is almost impossible. Dentists are choosing, now, to go private. Now, whilst we have always, as adults, paid something towards our treatment, there are many adults...
Jane Dodds: Will the First Minister make a statement on Welsh Government policy on coal extraction in Wales?
Jane Dodds: This issue really does bring up so many emotions, doesn't it, really? Many of us know people who've been affected, many of us have met people who've been directly affected, and it's really important that we remember that for many of those families who are still living with the loss and the pain, this is still really there. And I'm not saying this proposal or an inquiry in London will actually...
Jane Dodds: Thank you very much to Peredur and the other Members too.
Jane Dodds: My party's opposition to Brexit is well known. Brexit has had an impact on our standing in the world, on our ability to travel freely, and, importantly, on our economy. It is this economic argument that I suspect we might actually be winning, because in the light of the cost-of-living crisis, as everyone can see, we are likely worse off than had we actually remained members of the European...
Jane Dodds: Yes, thank you so much to the Finance Committee for bringing forward this report. It's very detailed and it's very clear.
Jane Dodds: Good afternoon, Minister. I wanted to follow up on Peredur's question, particularly around farmers who farm on common land. On Monday, we were at the winter fair—many of us were there—and we met farmers, Gary Williams from Carmarthenshire, and Guto Davies from Clwyd, both of whom farm on common land. It was really interesting to hear some of the challenges that they face, which you'll, no...
Jane Dodds: Thank you, Deputy Minister. I know how committed you are to this field, but, last Thursday, Wales was in the national headlines for the wrong reasons, because we had failed a little boy. Logan Mwangi, as we've heard—and let's call him Logan Mwangi, because the report didn't; the report referred to him constantly as 'Child T'. Logan Mwangi moved from being a bubbly, smiley, laughing child...
Jane Dodds: Good afternoon, Trefnydd. I also want to support the statements made by my colleague Heledd, and by Jenny as well, in relation to human rights around the world. And just once again, looking at Qatar, I wonder if I could have a statement around how the First Minister raised the issues of human rights with the people who he met with. It's something that he did commit to and he did say that he...
Jane Dodds: Good afternoon, First Minister. I don't live in Cardiff, but, as a child and a young person living and brought up in north Wales, I attended many concerts at St David's Hall, and some of those, I have to say, on my own, as I could often not find somebody to come with me to some of those events. I won't give you the list of those concerts that I went to, but they were very unique, shall we...
Jane Dodds: Will the First Minister make a statement regarding any trade talks he has taken part in whilst in Qatar?
