7. Debate on petition P-05-1078, 'Increase funding for mental health services and improve waiting times for people needing help in crisis'

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:40 pm on 10 March 2021.

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Photo of Janet Finch-Saunders Janet Finch-Saunders Conservative 4:40, 10 March 2021

Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. Thank you to everyone who has contributed to this debate, including the Minister for responding. I also want to say a huge thank you to Laura Williams for her continued campaigning on this vital issue. We need people like Laura to continue raising their voices and to tell us when they believe that things need to change. I also actually want to put on record our thanks to Laura for her bravery in telling us her own personal story.

So, given the short time left available in this Senedd term, it will be a future Petitions Committee and the next Senedd who will pick up this petition following today's debate. In the meantime, I do know that staff working in mental health services across Wales will continue to give their all to people who need support, and I want to close by also giving them our grateful thanks for the work that they do. We must support them to deliver our better aims. Diolch yn fawr.