7. Welsh Conservatives Debate: Hospice and Palliative Care

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:50 pm on 20 November 2019.

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Photo of Angela Burns Angela Burns Conservative 4:50, 20 November 2019

Yes, but my point was that you deleted it from the motion and yet I think that knowing that number is very, very key.

Very, very quickly, actions on the recommendations made by the cross-party group is what we're seeking; a concerted drive to address the gaps in data collection, that the data collected is reported consistently and transparently—you've talked about the review of funding.

I think that I would just like to end by saying that we need to remember what this is all about. This is about helping somebody die well, and it's about helping their family to live through that experience and be able to move forward knowing that they did all they could for their loved one. So, if we truly want to be a compassionate country—and I have absolutely no doubt that we do—I think it behoves us to act with leadership, with real responsibility and real kindness, and this is why we've brought forward this motion. I'm sorry the Government had to amend it the way that they did, but I would ask the Members of this house to read our motion, to look at Plaid Cymru's amendments and to vote for the motion and for those amendments.