1. Statement by the First Minister: Update on COVID-19

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 2:46 pm on 22 December 2021.

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Photo of John Griffiths John Griffiths Labour 2:46, 22 December 2021

First Minister, parkruns in Wales are very important for public health, allowing people to have valuable exercise and associated benefits. During COVID, they've developed a framework globally that is very effective in ensuring safety and enabling the virus to be combated. They're very willing to work with Welsh Government and officials, First Minister, to try and find a way through to continue parkruns into the new year and beyond, and I wonder if you could commit today to enabling those discussions and talks to take place. I'm sure that they have been, to some extent, but I know that they're very keen to input detail.

And I would just like to ask in terms of the vaccination programme, First Minister, as you said, I'm hearing from those providing the vaccinations that there is quite a high level of people not attending, and they are frustrated, some of the people delivering the vaccine, that they haven't got as much flexibility as they would like to use the spare vaccines that would otherwise be wasted to vaccinate people who are not coming forth for vaccination under the current priorities at this stage. So, I wonder whether guidance might be issued to enable greater flexibility in that event.

And finally, independent—