Janet Finch-Saunders: Will the First Minister make a statement on road safety in north Wales?
Janet Finch-Saunders: Thank you. As I mentioned, 534,000 people in Wales suffer with hearing loss. I also in Aberconwy have a very large demographic of older people, and it has come out recently—I had an ageing well conference on Friday, and I was approached a number of times by people who actually do try to tune in to Senedd.tv, but those with hearing difficulties are experiencing some problems. I raised it...
Janet Finch-Saunders: Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. According to NHS figures, 534,000 people—
Janet Finch-Saunders: Sorry—
Janet Finch-Saunders: Regarding the proceedings—recorded proceedings—if you could make a statement on how they are going to improve our recorded proceedings, is my question.
Janet Finch-Saunders: Thank you.
Janet Finch-Saunders: Thank you, and thank you for pointing out the EHRC report, 'Is Wales Fairer?', highlighting some very concerning statistics on levels of female participation in Welsh society. In Wales, women continue to be severely under-represented in public roles. In 2015-16, only 14 per cent of local government chief executives in Wales were women, despite making up 73 per cent of overall local authority...
Janet Finch-Saunders: 7. Will the Leader of the House make a statement on levels of inequality in Wales? OAQ52919
Janet Finch-Saunders: 1. What plans does the Commission have to improve the broadcasting of proceedings in the Senedd? OAQ52922
Janet Finch-Saunders: Community transport provisions, following on from Oscar, are an important aspect of connecting rural Wales, providing a vital role in the lives of thousands of people across Wales, providing a vital lifeline to many vulnerable people who, possibly, couldn't leave their home, face social isolation, or even get involved in their communities without it. In Wales, 2 million journeys are made...
Janet Finch-Saunders: It is really heartening, actually, to be an Assembly Member and to stand here this evening in the National Assembly for Wales in solidarity with Members across all the political divides here in the Chamber, as we all pay our honoured respects to those who have gone before us and those who continue to work on behalf of us and our country, to ensure that we have the freedoms that we do. And as...
Janet Finch-Saunders: I too welcome the CYPE committee's report on targeted funding to improve educational outcomes. It was actually quite heartening, given I've seen other reports where not so many amendments were accepted in principle—24 out of 31 I thought was fairly good going. But it is frustrating to note that the Welsh Government has rejected several of the committee's recommendations that, actually,...
Janet Finch-Saunders: I think we're all aware how your Welsh Government and previous Cabinet Secretaries have churned out three different proposals for local government, each of which have been widely rejected with 21 of our local authorities coming out with lots of criticisms about these proposals, and, indeed, by council leaders and the WLGA. If I may, I'll just—Carmarthenshire came out and said that they...
Janet Finch-Saunders: Cabinet Secretary, I have recently raised, on behalf of my constituents and all those working in local government across Wales, concerns in this Chamber about the funding settlement for our local authorities. Pre UK Government budget, there was strong condemnation from our local authority leaders and the WLGA itself about your lack of understanding about the essential moneys needed to support...
Janet Finch-Saunders: Thank you. I appreciate that you and your Government officials will now be wading through those 12,000 responses that you have received. However, we know, as AMs, from our mailbags, that our farmers have been very clear in their responses to you and they are asking for significant changes, including greater emphasis on actively farming the land; for productivity to be at the heart of the...
Janet Finch-Saunders: 7. Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on the 'Brexit and Our Land' consultation? OAQ52873
Janet Finch-Saunders: 8. How much extra funding will be made available to local authorities following the increased funding recently allocated to Wales in the UK Government’s budget? OAQ52874
Janet Finch-Saunders: I'm not speaking.
Janet Finch-Saunders: The senior management team—. Yes, it's quite noteworthy the number of new staff that have been taken on, but the old staff are still there. So, you've got this ballooning, ballooning, ballooning management team, and yet, Llandudno hospital have had to close wards—they can't get staff. There has been no improvement in the short or medium or long-term planning in terms of attracting...
Janet Finch-Saunders: Seven hours ago today, one of my constituents, sadly, has passed away, through waiting for an ambulance for over four hours and bled to death. A 37-year-old constituent. That is just one of many people that I'm dealing with. Another lady, who had a very bad fall in Conwy, waited three hours for an ambulance then waited for 10 hours for treatment. She was taken to Llandudno hospital, and...
