Labour MS for Cardiff West ( 5 May 2011 – current)
Kevin Brennan: ...women aware of ovarian cancer.” She is right and today’s debate has demonstrated that very clearly. I will work with my hon. Friend the Member for Blaenau Gwent in relation to Wales and with Mark Drakeford in the Welsh Assembly on this matter. Let me say to the Minister that all of us come into politics because, whatever our views, we believe in the possibility of changing things for...
Stephen Crabb: ...implementation of this protocol and the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales, my noble Friend Baroness Randerson, recently met the Welsh Government Minister for Health and Social Care, Mark Drakeford AM, to discuss such matters.
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff: ...population themselves need to be encouraged and harnessed, and our policies need to recognise that. In healthcare we view the elderly potentially as a problem. I had the privilege of being asked by Mark Drakeford, the Minister for Health and Social Services, following my time on this committee, to lead a national conversation in Wales about the unscheduled care of the elderly. There the...
Alun Cairns: ...for further investigation. There was no response from Dr Jones, which is worrying in itself. Most alarming, however, was the response from the Welsh Health Minister when the matter became public. Mark Drakeford rightly pointed out that simple comparisons cannot be made because of the different ways in which data are collected. However, in response to calls for an inquiry, he said that he...
David Davies: If the hon. Gentleman believes that it is important that local people are listened to, would he care to comment on the decision by Labour’s Health Minister in Wales, Mark Drakeford, to shut down or downgrade Withybush hospital in west Wales?
David Stewart: ...that the Welsh Assembly recently legislated on the matter. In acknowledgement of that, in February, the Public Petitions Committee held a useful and thought-provoking evidence session with Mark Drakeford, the Welsh Minister for Health and Social Services. After hearing about what has been done in Wales and what was achieved with cross-party agreement, the view of the Public Petitions...
David Davies: ...to seek treatment in England. We all know that the reality is that hundreds, even thousands, of people who are currently patients in Wales want to be treated in England. Is it not a disgrace that Mark Drakeford, the Health Minister, is trying to skew the facts by saying, “Well, there are hundreds of people in England receiving treatment in Wales”? There are, but they do not want to...
Jamie Hepburn: ...disinvestment that is planned for the national health service down south, which will reduce the amount that we have to spend on devolved areas. The Labour Party in Wales understands that position. Mark Drakeford, the Labour Minister for Health and Social Services, has said: “That is what the fundamental problem is here: we have a Westminster Government that believes in shrinking the...
Alex Neil: ..., and passes less money down to us in order to be able to do it.”—[Record of Proceedings, National Assembly for Wales, 17 June 2014.] That is a quote from the Labour health minister in Wales, Mark Drakeford, speaking in the Welsh Assembly on 17 June. Unlike Mr Chisholm, he has not sold his soul to the Tories.
Alex Neil: ...services being charged for, and fewer services being provided free at the point of need.” That is also the view of the Labour Party in Wales, where my opposite number, the Labour health minister Mark Drakeford, said: “The fundamental issue ... is the impact on public services in Wales of the cuts being made by” the “administration in Westminster, and passed down to Wales. That is...
Aileen McLeod: ...Labour politicians issuing dire warnings of the devastating impact that Tory-Liberal spending cuts and privatisation are having on the NHS in England and Wales. From Andy Burnham in Westminster to Mark Drakeford in Cardiff, the clarion calls have gone out to save the NHS from privatisation and cuts. The irony is that in that regard I agree with the Labour Party in England and the Labour...
Edwin Poots: ...Prevention, represented the UK Government. Roseanna Cunningham, Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs, represented the Scottish Government. The Welsh Government were represented by Dr Mark Drakeford, Minister for Health and Social Services. Jersey was represented by the Health and Social Services Minister, Deputy Anne Pryke. Guernsey was represented by the Minister for...
Jonathan Bell: ...hosted the ministerial meeting, and the heads of delegations were welcomed by Shona Robison MSP, the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Sport. The Welsh Government were represented by Mark Drakeford AM, the Minister for Health and Social Services, who was unable to be present but joined the meeting via telecon. The UK Government were represented by Jon Rouse, the director...
Jo-Anne Dobson: ...of all our constituents. If Members will allow me to be personal for a moment, long before I entered politics, our life as a family was turned upside down with the birth of our second son, Mark. We knew when he was five weeks old and diagnosed with severe reflux of the kidneys that he would be very ill throughout his young life and would eventually need a kidney transplant. We never knew...
Geraint Davies: Is my hon. Friend aware that last night on Welsh television the Welsh Minister for Health and Social Services, Mark Drakeford, said that there should be much greater control over the advertising of sugary drinks to children until after 9 pm? The Minister would, I am sure, welcome the devolved power that is implicitly being called for to be able to tax sugar in Wales and do the other things we...
Andrew Gwynne: ...to halt some of the public toilet closures that we have seen in recent years, but will the Minister offer to discuss this not only with her colleagues in DCLG, but with my Welsh Labour colleague, Mark Drakeford? I think there is plenty of potential here. My thanks go to all hon. Members for their contributions this afternoon. Some incredibly astute points have been made, and I hope the...
Elin Jones: Mark Drakeford.
Mark Drakeford: The benefits of the European Union extend to all areas of Wales. Since 2007 alone, EU projects in Merthyr Tydfil have helped over 4,300 people into work, over 11,800 to gain qualifications and over 4,500 into further learning. EU funds have also created 290 enterprises and 920 gross jobs.
Carwyn Jones: ...y ffordd yn y DU drwy integreiddio darpariaeth iechyd a gwasanaethau cymdeithasol, ac rydym yn parhau â'r dull hwn drwy'r gwaith ar y cyd a wneir gan Vaughan Gethin a Rebecca Evans. Lywydd, bydd Mark Drakeford yn dod yn Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Gyllid a Llywodraeth Leol, swyddogaeth ganolog a heriol wrth i ni symud, fel Llywodraeth ac fel Cynulliad Cenedlaethol—neu fel Senedd, fel y...
Mark Drakeford: The main issue regarding traffic in Port Talbot is the potential closure of junction 41. We are currently carrying out further analysis before deciding on the best way forward.