Questions Without Notice from the Party Leaders

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:49 pm on 18 October 2022.

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Photo of Andrew RT Davies Andrew RT Davies Conservative 1:49, 18 October 2022

I, unlike you, First Minister, have never voted to cut a health budget. You have, First Minister. Your party has been running the health service here, which the ambulance service is an important part of, for the last 23 years. [Interruption.]

Another incident happened in Merthyr Tydfil, where a patient was left on the floor after a 15-hour wait—a 15-hour wait—where the individual's daughter said—and I'll quote her words; they're not my words, they're her words:

'In Wales we're like a third-world country when it comes to our healthcare...I'm sure Aneurin Bevan would be turning in his grave.'

They're not my words, they're from someone whose father was rolling around on a floor for 15 hours. You have been responsible for the health service here in Wales for 23 years. You voted to cut the health budget here in Wales. You can throw your pen down, First Minister, but you are responsible. What are you going to do about it?