Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:57 pm on 20 June 2017.
Thank you for that answer, First Minister, but one of the things you failed to mention was the increasing isolation that has been faced by many older people in Wales. It’s estimated that around 75,000 older people across the country are reported as being very lonely, and that loneliness can have the same sort of impact as smoking 15 cigarettes per day on people’s health. I wonder whether you will join me in supporting Age Cymru’s campaign on loneliness, ‘No one should have no one’. What work is the Welsh Government doing to support people like Gill Stafford, from Abergele in my own constituency, who’s widowed, takes care of her disabled son, and told Age Cymru that she takes the bus just so that she can actually get out and speak to somebody and have a conversation? What action are you taking to support people like Gill and many others who are facing that sort of isolation and loneliness?