Part of 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Services – in the Senedd at 3:02 pm on 25 April 2018.
Despite the noise of outrage from the Tory benches, what the Member says is factually and undeniably correct. Members on Conservative seats in this place need to recognise that they have been champions of austerity for three successive general elections. For three successive general elections, you have been champions of austerity. You cannot now avoid the unavoidable consequence of that austerity. Despite eight years of Tory austerity, we have record numbers of health service staff, because of choices made by this Welsh Labour Government. Despite eight years of Tory austerity, we have record numbers of registered nurses, because of choices made by this Welsh Labour Government. The Tories will stand up for austerity, they won't stand up for the health service, they won't stand up for a proper funding settlement for Wales, because it is in their interest and because it is their ideological obsession. The Tories will always be the same.