Questions Without Notice from Party Spokespeople

Part of 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Services — Postponed from 8 November – in the Senedd at 2:40 pm on 15 November 2017.

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Photo of Rhun ap Iorwerth Rhun ap Iorwerth Plaid Cymru 2:40, 15 November 2017

Llywydd, earlier you challenged a colleague of mine to come to a question; perhaps you could challenge the Minister to come to an answer.

Let's try one perhaps on which we can agree. Another worry for staffing is our departure from the European Union. A British Medical Association survey suggests that 45 per cent of EU doctors working in the UK are considering leaving—another reason perhaps to upgrade our 1,000 doctors figure. But, with this threat to the NHS workforce, I would imagine that you would want as much of a say as possible on the terms of leaving the European Union. Now, in the Houses of Parliament last night, all bar one of Labour's MPs failed to back a Plaid Cymru amendment calling for the Assembly and other devolved Parliaments to have a say in the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill. Do you share my bitter disappointment at that and do you share my fear that that doesn't bode well for getting the right, for example, to have our own NHS work permit system here in Wales in order to address our own NHS workforce needs?