Group 19: Citizen Voice Body — support for volunteers and staff (Amendment 44)

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 9:37 pm on 10 March 2020.

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Photo of Rhun ap Iorwerth Rhun ap Iorwerth Plaid Cymru 9:37, 10 March 2020

(Translated)

We will be supporting this amendment. This amendment is common sense, but it’s also an opportunity for me to thank those who have been volunteering over the years within the community health councils. I’ve had the pleasure and privilege of meeting and having discussions with very many of them over the past years, and have witnessed the commitment that exists to ensuring that they as individual members within the body representing patients do everything they can to ensure that the voice of the most vulnerable is heard. Therefore, I’m pleased to put that on the record here this evening. And, yes, we will be supporting this amendment. So that those volunteers who have decided to give of their time can contribute as much as they possibly can, we need to ensure that they get the support and training they require, and that always leads to the need for resources.