1. 1. Questions to the First Minister

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 1:30 pm on 17 January 2017.

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Photo of Mark Isherwood Mark Isherwood Conservative 1:30, 17 January 2017

Diolch. Further to the Welsh Government announcement it was transferring the Welsh independent living grant to local authorities, a campaigner in Wrexham, Nathan Davies, who actually presented a certificate to the Enabling Wales north Wales graduation last month, expressed concern that they felt that disabled people had been ‘sold down the river’, and that all they could see was yet more fighting. And Disability Wales expressed disappointment that the Welsh Government didn’t follow Scotland in setting up an independent living fund, administered by Inclusion Scotland, which Northern Ireland has also commissioned its ILF from. How, therefore, will you engage with such concerns to ensure that not only local authorities and the health boards, but the Welsh Government itself, is complying with the intention of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014, placing a duty on public authorities to promote the involvement of people in the design and delivery of care and support services?