Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:55 pm on 6 November 2018.
Clearly, your assessment of your Government's performance isn't really shared by the people of Wales, but one key issue that is clearly having a detrimental impact on the NHS is health tourism and immigration. [Interruption.] Yes. The UK Government has estimated that treating health tourists costs up to £300 million a year. There is also the pressure caused by mass immigration. The Office—[Interruption.] The Office for National Statistics stated that, in 2017, there were 280,000 more people migrating into the UK than migrating out, so 280,000 more people having access to our NHS. That's more than the population of Swansea. So, First Minister, do you accept that uncontrolled immigration has played a major part in the huge crisis in our NHS?