Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 3:03 pm on 16 July 2019.
I call for a statement on the Changing Places campaign for Changing Places toilets. This was launched in 2006, but last Friday, for the second time, I attended a Changing Places steering group meeting held in Shotton, focused on bringing Changing Places into the north-east Wales counties, hopefully starting with the town of Mold. It is chaired by Kim Edwards, who herself has Friedreich's ataxia. She said that, as it stands with the lack of current facilities, it means that people with a disability don't go out. Providing a proper changing place provides all the space and equipment, such as a hoist and a changing bed, amongst other items, needed to avoid people being changed on an unhygienic floor, not changed at all, or even not going out into the community in the first place. In my certain knowledge, it's 16 years since I first heard this raised in this Chamber, and yet people like Kim, today—16 years later—are still having to fight these campaigns. I'd call for a statement or even a debate next term on this matter.
Can I have a second item or not?