Part of 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Local Government and Public Services – in the Senedd at 2:58 pm on 9 May 2018.
I do believe that we have a collective responsibility to improve the health of our communities. Members will, I hope, be delighted to hear that I've just signed up to a daily mile in a school in my own community, addressing some of these issues—it might take me more than a day to complete it, but it's certainly my ambition. I believe that we do have a collective responsibility to address these issues.
And, let me say this: speaking, perhaps, as a Member for Blaenau Gwent, when I first stood for election in the constituency, I felt that the economy was the beginning and the end of the issues facing us as a community. If I was standing for the first time again, I would focus on public health and focus on some of the real public health challenges that we have in the community that I represent and in many communities across Wales. I think addressing those fundamental issues of public health is a key determinant of whether the national well-being goals, indicators and milestones are a success in reality for our communities.