Russell George: Minister, this is an issue I know I've raised with you previously as well, in terms of the extra support that students need to be supported due to missing education over the course of the pandemic. But I would ask you to what extent the mechanisms that you've developed to offer that additional support will remain in place after the pandemic, for perhaps other means where students need...
Russell George: Thank you for your answer, Minister. I've been raising in this Chamber for years and years and years the issue of my constituents not being able to access a local NHS dentist. Now, this was well before the pandemic started, okay—well before the pandemic started. What my constituents tell me now is that, if they contact an NHS dentist, they get put on a waiting list, which they get told...
Russell George: 4. What assessment has the Minister made of the provision of dentists in mid Wales? OQ58168
Russell George: What is the Welsh Government doing to support entrepreneurship in Wales?
Russell George: Can I thank you, Minister, for your statement today? Of course, it was very interesting to read the plan when it dropped into my inbox this morning. I very much welcome the plan today, and, of course, as a nation, we've made huge strides, haven't we, since the fight against HIV back in the 1980s? And as a very young person in the mid 1980s, I just about remember some of the issues around the...
Russell George: Can I thank my colleague Joel James for his contribution and for giving me a moment of his time as well? In Wales, hearing loss services are exclusively provided by NHS hospital-based services. We also know that there is a huge unacceptable level of waiting times for some patients, forcing patients to either go private, or if they can't afford it, to suffer or not know where to turn to. When...
Russell George: Thank you, Presiding Officer. I wasn't expecting to be called just at that moment. Thank you, Darren Millar, for tabling this debate today. Since Betsi was suddenly taken out of special measures in 2020—and it was suddenly, as Rhun ap Iorwerth pointed out—by the then health Minister, Vaughan Gething, significant failings have, of course, continued to occur, ranging from mental health...
Russell George: Minister, I wanted to raise the issue of the length of time it takes for replies from Ministers in terms of receiving correspondence back from Members of the Senedd when they write to them. Some Ministers reply in a very timely manner, other Ministers do not, and I give the example of the Minister for Climate Change. I sent a correspondence via e-mail in January, and I've yet to receive a...
Russell George: Minister, you heard my question to the First Minister yesterday. I don't want to go into the length of discussion on that issue again, but I would like to know, on that particular example, how you would advise a business that has perhaps diversified, a farming business that has brought forward holiday let accommodation, and they cannot be used as second homes, they've got planning permission...
Russell George: Thank you for your answer, Minister. Of course, what farmers in my constituency need, and in fact across the whole of Wales, is clear direction in Government policy. The agricultural Bill was supposed to have been brought forward in the spring of this year; that of course slipped and didn't happen. Can you, Minister, provide an explanation of why the Bill has slipped, when you now intend to...
Russell George: 10. How is the Welsh Government supporting the agricultural industry in Montgomeryshire? OQ58088
Russell George: Thank you, First Minister, for your answer. I want to raise the issue as regards many holiday let businesses in mid Wales that I think will become unviable if the Government's plans to increase the threshold to 182 days per year let come into being. I'd be grateful if you would provide advice to Mr Paul Martin, one of my constituents, who has outlined his case to me many times and also...
Russell George: Diolch, Llywydd. What are the Welsh Government's priorities for—? Sorry, wrong question—that was No. 3.
Russell George: 4. What is the Welsh Government doing to support the tourism sector in Wales? OQ58074
Russell George: Can I thank Plaid for tabling this important debate today? When the health committee formed last year, as lots of committees do, it sent out a consultation to relevant stakeholders, and that was one overwhelming response that came back, the need to focus on women's health issues, and, as a result, all committee members agreed that this would be a priority for the health committee in this...
Russell George: Minister, I'm grateful to Cefin Campbell for raising this issue, an issue I've raised a number of times previously, about the frustrations that landowners have downstream as a result of, as they see it—and I would agree—the need for the operational rules to be changed for the Clywedog dam. Now, I understand it's a complex issue—I've raised this many times with your predecessors as...
Russell George: Thank you for your update this afternoon, Minister. I am, of course, pleased to hear that hospitalisations are decreasing as well. We, as Welsh Conservatives, won't be supporting this regulation this afternoon, as we believe that the extension of this regulation and legislation is not required. If you do believe that it's appropriate for face coverings to be worn in health and social care...
Russell George: Minister, a family in my own constituency have hosted a Ukrainian family, and all are settling in well, apart from one particular issue, which is that this family are struggling to be reunited with their pets. There's a serious issue here because the little girl involved has special needs and is very much in need of being with those pets. It really is a serious issue, because they're actually...
Russell George: Thank you, First Minister. One of the issues I wanted to raise with you is the eligibility criteria for the winter fuel support scheme. Now, a constituent has, unfortunately, not been able to claim through the scheme, despite her being the carer of her dependent daughter, who has a disability, in receipt of means-tested benefits. Now, I understand, had the daughter been the bill payer, the...
Russell George: 1. How is the Welsh Government supporting households who are facing increasing energy costs? OQ58038
