Darren Millar: You mentioned flood protection and, quite rightly, some Members have been pointing out that I've been supporting projects in north Wales because of the flood protection benefits. The UK Government was quite clear that the dismissal of this particular proposal was a dismissal of this particular proposal. It was not, actually, an anti-tidal energy—full stop, no more tidal energy here in...
Darren Millar: It's clearly a set of reforms that the public don't have confidence in, which is why satisfaction rates are plummeting under your watch as Cabinet Secretary. I noticed, Cabinet Secretary, that you didn't mention funding in your response, because we all know that school budgets are under significant pressure. Now, according to the NASWUT—they have said that the funding gap per pupil, per...
Darren Millar: You'll be aware that the national survey for Wales was published last week, and it showed a significant deterioration in satisfaction levels amongst the public in our secondary schools in particular. So, it's quite clear that the public are rapidly losing confidence in your ability to deliver against the national mission that you have set. And it shouldn't come as a surprise, because we all...
Darren Millar: Diolch, Llywydd. Cabinet Secretary, what action are you taking to improve public satisfaction in Welsh schools?
Darren Millar: What action is the Cabinet Secretary taking to ensure that health boards are meeting the targets set for them by the Welsh Government?
Darren Millar: First Minister, public health enemies like problem gambling are things that we have the opportunity to tackle here in Wales through the education system. There were some startling statistics at the Beat the Odds conference last week that 80 per cent of children have seen gambling adverts on tv, 70 per cent of children have seen gambling adverts on social media and two thirds have seen...
Darren Millar: What action is the Welsh Government taking to improve public health among children and young people?
Darren Millar: What consideration has the Cabinet Secretary given to reforming business rates for public houses?
Darren Millar: Thank you for taking the intervention, and I acknowledge that there is a bursary scheme that is there, but of course the current scheme does not fully reimburse the costs of young people going to university. I think that's the difference here, and I would urge you, as a Government, to look at the opportunity for full reimbursement of the costs of tuition and any additional costs of young...
Darren Millar: Diolch, Llywydd. Can I thank UKIP for bringing forward this debate this afternoon? I move the amendment, which has been tabled in the name of my colleague Paul Davies, on the order paper. I listened very carefully to what Michelle Brown had to say, and I have to say, I agree with a lot of what you said in terms of the need to make sure that we have those jobs here in Wales for people who...
Darren Millar: Further to the recent written statement, will the Cabinet Secretary provide an update on the development of air links to Cardiff Airport?
Darren Millar: Can I thank you, Minister, for your statement? But I have to say that it will bring precious little comfort to people in north Wales, because in spite of your claims of improvement, even in some areas, I do regret that that improvement is not being discerned by many of the patients in north Wales, and I think the statistics speak for themselves. This is a health board that was put into...
Darren Millar: Can I thank you for your statement as well? I'm very pleased that there will be some improvements in rail services in Wales. These have been long overdue in my opinion, as a regular traveller between north and south. I've just got a couple of questions, though. I know that both you and I have been very keen to see the direct rail link established with Liverpool and that that is going to...
Darren Millar: Can I ask for a statement from the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Transport on road safety? The leader of the house may be aware that this week is glaucoma awareness week and rates of glaucoma in Wales are pretty significant. Around 38,000 people in Wales suffer from glaucoma, with about 19,000 of those cases being undiagnosed and many of those cases will not be diagnosed until at least...
Darren Millar: What action is the Welsh Government taking to improve access to GPs in north Wales?
Darren Millar: Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. Could I thank the Llywydd for her statement today? She'll recall that it was back in October 2016 that as an opposition party we put forward a debate on the establishment of a youth parliament. I want to pay tribute to colleagues in all parties that have supported this initiative. Indeed, I should also put on record our thanks to the Children's...
Darren Millar: Occupational therapists, of course, are not only performing an important role in the community for the wider population, but they can also offer a service that is an occupational health-related service for the people who work for the Betsi Cadwaladr University Local Health Board. One of the things that has been very concerning in recent days is to see reports of a 17 per cent increase in the...
Darren Millar: Cabinet Secretary, you'll be aware that the Children, Young People and Education Committee have expressed concerns about the lack of resilience amongst children and young people in our schools. But it did highlight, in its recent report on this issue, some excellent practice that is going on in my own constituency in north Wales at Ysgol Pen y Bryn in Colwyn Bay, which you have also visited...
Darren Millar: What action is the Cabinet Secretary taking to promote Welsh schools’ international links?
Darren Millar: I just want to speak briefly, really, to say 'thank you' to Sarah Rochira for being a fantastic older people's commissioner over these past six years. I held the older people's brief for a number of years in the previous Assembly, and it was an absolute joy to be able to work with the commissioner, and indeed the rest of her team, and to get alongside her and see just how hard she worked to...
