Part of 2. Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for European Transition (in respect of his European Transition responsibilities) – in the Senedd at 2:53 pm on 7 October 2020.
Well, there is an ongoing range of engagement with stakeholders in relation to this document. As I said yesterday in my statement, this is the beginning of a national conversation, and the conversation we've had has been rich, it has had a range of voices, sometimes complimentary, sometimes more challenging, in the way that these things are, and we welcome all of that, and we will continue on the same basis to engage with everybody affected by COVID in Wales and to listen to their voices, and to reflect their voices faithfully in our considerations.
I invite the Member to look at page 22 of the document, where he'll find priority 8, which itself talks about supporting the NHS to make up lost ground in terms of treatment of non-coronavirus-related conditions, and sets out across the balance of that page a number of interventions that the Government will undertake. I don't know if he got that far in the document, but it makes specific reference to reinstating routine services, which we absolutely recognise, as I'm sure all Members do. People who've been waiting longer as a consequence have made their own particular contribution in the response to COVID, and this Government absolutely recognises that. As I mentioned in my response to his question yesterday, the health Minister, of course, will be making further statements in relation to this in addition to the statement recently made about the winter protection plan.