David Lloyd: 9. Will the Minister make a statement on school attendance rates in Swansea? OAQ55080
David Lloyd: I accept the point. That's why I said 'premature deaths'—earlier than anticipated because you have a chronic lung condition and you add particulates and whatever on top of that, and off we go. So, we have increasing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; we have also the legacy of pneumoconiosis from the miners; silicosis from our quarry workers; asbestosis still around; we have...
David Lloyd: I'm very pleased to take part in this debate, actually, and congratulations all round on the quality of the discourse. Plainly, as chair of the cross-party group on a clean air Act for Wales, I want to see an Act, basically, because I think we need urgent action now. The time has come for urgent action because this rim of air on top of this earth, of this planet, this rim of air that we all...
David Lloyd: And finally, the strategy also mentioned the success of the recent Rugby World Cup in Japan in terms of promoting, and I quote: 'Wales' technology and digital, creative, healthcare and advanced manufacturing sectors'. So, what is the Government's plans to continue to promote Wales as a place to visit and co-operate on culture in the Japanese context now, especially bearing in mind the...
David Lloyd: Your strategy goes on to say that you will raise Wales's profile by working with Welsh diaspora, alumni and partner organisations, focusing in the first year on the USA and Japan, and identifying influential Welsh people around the world. You say also that you will create a comprehensive database of Welsh links, with an aim to create 500,000 contacts in five years. However, the international...
David Lloyd: Diolch, Llywydd. Minister, you state in your international strategy that, and I quote, 'The Welsh Government has a network of 21 overseas offices in 12 countries'. Will you therefore publish a specific strategy for these offices, and identify where exactly it is that our presence needs to be developed?
David Lloyd: Transformation and prevention. Following last year’s budget scrutiny, we raised concerns around the ability of health and social care organisations to mainstream service transformation activity, given the demand and cost pressures on them and the continuing failure of the majority of health boards to break even. The position this year isn't much better and, as such, we remain concerned...
David Lloyd: I speak as Chair of the health committee. As part of the committee’s consideration of the draft budget, we heard evidence from the Minister and Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services in respect of health and social care funding, and from the Deputy Minister for Culture, Sport and Tourism in relation to funding for sport and physical activity. In addition, we have engaged in a...
David Lloyd: Can I thank the Minister for his statement, and commend the approach of having a conversation, although I would urge some urgency in the conversation, because we've been talking about these things for over 20 years now? I can remember a commission for the long-term care of the elderly reporting in the year 2000 about various things that we're still discussing now, and there's been no work in...
David Lloyd: So, constitutionally, what of Wales? Ireland has cause to be become a united Ireland. Scotland may well go for independence. What of Wales? A Wales increasingly welded to England and ignored and sidelined and assimilated, or Wales forging its own path to independence, healing centuries of hurt?
David Lloyd: Not solely here. It didn’t involve UK Government. And we've seen with the withdrawal agreement Bill all three devolved nations vote against it, and still it goes through. So, what of consent? Our consent here—does it actually mean anything? And clause 36 of the withdrawal agreement Bill—Westminster Parliament is sovereign. Whatever happened to the 'shared' part? Our powers are being...
David Lloyd: 'Let the healing begin', said Boris Johnson after winning the general election, and judging by the contributions since, the healing process is going really well. [Laughter.] Reconciliation and healing require some reaching out by both sides of an argument. Otherwise, we have unseemly triumphalism on the part of the victors, and entrenched bitterness and despair on the part of the vanquished....
David Lloyd: Thank you very much, Deputy Presiding Officer. Yes, these are the Landfill Disposals Tax (Tax Rates) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 before us. We laid our report in respect of these regulations before the Assembly—indeed, the Senedd—on 21 January. Our report raised one small but important merits point under Standing Order 21.3(i). The regulations will amend the standard rate, the...
David Lloyd: Thank you, Llywydd. This is the final question, you'll be pleased to hear: would you agree, Minister, that safeguarding and developing our naturally Welsh-speaking areas is at the heart of the intention of delivering 1 million Welsh speakers by 2050? Thank you.
David Lloyd: I also thank the Minister for her statement, and welcome its content, and continue to congratulate the Minister on her ambition in this area, while also recognising the innovative work of Alun Davies while he was a Minister. His work was far-reaching and innovative in this particular area, in ensuring that we do aim towards a million Welsh speakers. As you've already mentioned, we will be...
David Lloyd: Thank you very much, Deputy Presiding Officer, and thank you for your patience, because I understand that I have little time to respond to this debate. May I thank, therefore, in the time that does remain to me, everyone for their contributions? I think it’s relevant for us to pay tribute to the police’s work in this difficult context of responding to mental health crises in emergency...
David Lloyd: We were told by the Minister that there are pilots under way in Aneurin Bevan and Hywel Dda health board areas to look at non-emergency conveyance. He has also asked the NHS collaborative commissioning unit to undertake a mental health urgent access and conveyance review to look at how and where access is provided. We therefore recommend that the Welsh Government should, as a matter of...
David Lloyd: Previously, section 136 applied to people in a public place, section 135 required a magistrate-issued warrant for a police officer to enter private premises to remove a person to a place of safety for assessment. The 2017 Act introduced changes that allowed for that assessment to take place in a person's home or private premises under certain circumstances, and removes the need to be in a...
David Lloyd: Thank you very much, Deputy Presiding Officer. I'm pleased to take part and to open this debate today on the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee's report on mental health in the context of policing and police custody. During two Assembly committee inquiries, Assembly Members have heard from police representatives that an increasing amount of police resources are being used on managing...
David Lloyd: Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Can I say, first of all, how proud I am to be able to take part in this debate? Because we've had some powerful, emotive expressions of what are true, deep feelings here from everybody who's contributed. It's been a truly spectacular debate, really. I know it won't get hardly any coverage outside, but it has really been a privilege here to witness what everybody has...
