Part of 2. Questions to the Leader of the House and Chief Whip – in the Senedd at 2:23 pm on 20 June 2018.
Can I thank the Cabinet Secretary for that answer? The greatest inequality, if not the greatest, is the difference in life expectancy between the more disadvantaged areas and the more prosperous areas of Wales, often within the same local authority area, and, in fact, within the same constituency, as the Cabinet Secretary is aware. Since the ending of Communities First and the work it did on reducing smoking rates, reducing obesity and increasing exercise, what is being done to improve life expectancy in the most disadvantaged communities?