Siân Gwenllian: Thank you very much. I’d like to draw your attention to a scheme to build a 9 km bypass in my area, in Arfon, in the Caernarfon and Bontnewydd area, a scheme that was secured by my predecessor, Alun Ffred Jones, in the last Assembly, which will be a significant boost to our area. I would like to hear from you whether you are aware of the significant delay in this scheme. There has been no...
Siân Gwenllian: 3. Will the Minister make a statement on improvements to the road network in Arfon? OAQ(5)0004(EI)[W]
Siân Gwenllian: Will the Minister make a statement on the Welsh Government's plans to train new doctors in north Wales?
Siân Gwenllian: I have a great deal of sympathy with this desire to be more flexible in terms of temporary badges. But, I do disagree with the Member’s approach to this. Supporting his motion would mean one thing: no rights to a temporary blue badge, which is a situation that would be far worse than the one we’re currently in. So, I’m encouraging you to vote against this motion. There is no reason to...
Siân Gwenllian: May I congratulate you, Mark Drakeford, on your recent appointment, and I look forward to working with you? Plaid Cymru and I welcome this report today. There are clear, robust recommendations made, and we congratulate Rhodri Glyn Thomas, who is a former Member of this place, on his excellent work, as well as his fellow members, on their work too. I’m sure you would agree that bilingual,...
Siân Gwenllian: Thank you. I’m very pleased to hear that, but your manifesto did set a target of a million speakers by 2050—I’m sure that you agree with that, and that is an excellent thing, and I congratulate you on setting such a target, which means that, 34 years hence, we will have doubled the number of Welsh speakers that we have at present, but how are you going to proceed to do that, what are...
Siân Gwenllian: 8. Will the First Minister make a statement on the government’s plan to increase the number of Welsh speakers in Wales? OAQ(5)0046(FM)[W]
Siân Gwenllian: Thank you very much. I’m very pleased to hear that you acknowledge that there is a need to move on now to train doctors. Will those plans include looking at the provision for north Wales? Because the problems, as you know, are very serious in north Wales, and the need for doctors in hospitals and in rural surgeries is very great. Would you, therefore, be willing to move forward to create a...
Siân Gwenllian: Will the First Minister make a statement on the Welsh Government’s plans to train more doctors? [W]
Siân Gwenllian: Leanne Wood.