5. Motion under Standing Order 26.91 seeking the Assembly's agreement to introduce a Member Bill on Older People's Rights

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 3:47 pm on 23 January 2019.

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Photo of Jenny Rathbone Jenny Rathbone Labour 3:47, 23 January 2019

Like Huw Irranca, I'd very much like to welcome Julie Morgan to the post of Deputy Minister because I'm sure that your huge experience will bring to bear excellence in this particular portfolio. 

I suppose I need to declare an interest as well: as a grandmother twice over, I have to probably be in the category of an older person, and we all face that music in due course. I think some of the statistics that Darren Millar has produced are, of course, very sobering. The fact that 75,000 people feel lonely most of the time is a wake-up call for all of us. But I really do wonder how this legislation would address that. It's something we all need to address, but I really don't see how legislation is going to do it.

I was concerned that you didn't mention the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 in your introduction. And that was even before Helen Mary had said she didn't see that it had anything to do with it. I am concerned—