Joyce Watson: What is the Minister's assessment of the Auditor General for Wales's July 2016 report on coastal flood and erosion risk management in Wales?
Joyce Watson: Cabinet Secretary, I did speak with the chair of Hywel Dda by telephone immediately after you issued your statement. What I took from that conversation was that the health board very much welcomes the support that the Welsh Government will now be able to provide it. I think we need to put on record that this isn’t the Welsh Government bailing out, and it isn’t the Welsh Government...
Joyce Watson: I was also busy meeting health forums in the summer, First Minister, and I did ask a question last July, where you quite clearly answered me in regard to the Dulais valley that you’re bringing forward very shortly proposals for a national and an international campaign to market Wales and the NHS as an attractive place to work, and that that work would include recruitment, training and...
Joyce Watson: Minister, I’m going to make my statement short and sharp and to the point. As you know, I live in Pembrokeshire and I have read many case reviews, and some of them pretty tragic, from that authority. My question to you is this—it’s sharp and it’s pointed—have you looked at how they dealt with this case, have you looked at any learning that has come out of it? Because I can think...
Joyce Watson: I thank you for that statement, First Minister, but on Friday I attended a public health meeting in Ystradgynlais and one of the big challenges that they were facing was GP recruitment, particularly in the Coelbren surgery. I welcome what you have just said in terms of your plans to train and recruit more GPs. I look forward, First Minister, to receiving an update on how those plans are going...
Joyce Watson: 6. Will the Welsh Government make a statement on GP recruitment in Powys? OAQ(5)0114(FM)
Joyce Watson: Thank you very much.
Joyce Watson: We’ll now move on to agenda item 10, to debate the ‘Together for Mental Health’ delivery plan, and I call on the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport to move the motion—Vaughan Gething.
Joyce Watson: And the final speaker in this debate will be Jenny Rathbone.
Joyce Watson: I would never be cross with you. I’d now like to call Mohammad Asghar, spokesperson for the Conservatives.
Joyce Watson: Thank you. We are now halfway through the allocated time, and we’ve got three speakers. I call Dawn Bowden.
Joyce Watson: Thank you. I’m going to call Llyr Gruffydd, spokesperson for Plaid Cymru.
Joyce Watson: I’d like now to call on the Minister for Science and Skills, Julie James.
Joyce Watson: Okay. Thank you.
Joyce Watson: Thank you, Suzy, for taking an intervention. Would you agree with me that children are not able to move on? I’ve heard an awful lot of stats today, but these are individuals with individual needs. Would you agree with me that, unless their emotional well-being is addressed first, then you cannot expect any levels of attainment while they’re still carrying that emotional baggage with them?
Joyce Watson: Thank you for that answer, Cabinet Secretary, but the referendum campaign, particularly towards the end, became infected with intolerance, and that poison has seeped into public life. We’ve all seen the reports of racist abuse on our streets. We’ve also, thankfully, seen the reaction to it in Llanelli and elsewhere where local people are standing by and speaking up for their eastern...
Joyce Watson: 3. Will the Minister make a statement on his priorities for promoting equality in Wales? OAQ(5)0014(FLG)
Joyce Watson: I nominate Jayne Bryant.
Joyce Watson: I do.
Joyce Watson: Leader of the house, might we have a statement from the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure on the future of Nant Helen opencast mine near Ystradgynlais? Following the announcement that Aberthaw power station is to downgrade its operation from next April, Celtic Energy last week announced that Nant Helen could be mothballed, resulting in 90 redundancies. In October, the company...
