Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:54 pm on 6 November 2018.
Well, if he's suggesting that spending 50 per cent on health isn't sustainable, he is advocating another model. Now, if he's advocating another model that includes a reduction of coverage or the introduction of an insurance-based scheme, then I'm willing to hear what his ideas are. I'm sure he can explain those to the people of Wales. We have shown the people of Wales that we have continued to spend the money that's needed on the health service, despite, of course, seeing enormous cuts—£4 billion in real terms of cuts—over the past eight years from the UK Government. And I know full well that, if you ask people in England what are their views of the health service in England, you're likely to get very similar results to those in 2015. And, since 2015, things have hugely improved: the new treatments fund that's been launched, the fact that we have, of course, targets, more targets, that have been reached—if we look at ambulance response targets in terms of red calls, they are being reached, and that's a sign of the commitment that we have made to the health service.