Speeches by Griffith.

“You have already touched on training, to a certain degree. Unfortunately, we have heard rather negative things such as nurses having to fund their own training, GPs telling us they cannot find the time to do the training, and trainers with burnout. So how do you think we need to go about ensuring that we get better tra…”

“In other words, if you were renewing the women’s health strategy, would you focus on learning from what we have found out, and implement it more universally as opposed to perhaps patchily, as it may be at present?”

“That is very helpful.”

“On that note, I was a bit surprised to learn that training in sexual and reproductive health is not a standard or compulsory part of nurse training. Why is that, and have steps been taken to make it universal, rather than something that can potentially be left out?”

“Thank you very much indeed for coming in. Obviously, there has been considerable concern about the proportions of research that are devoted to various different things. Has there been any progress in increasing the volume of research into women’s reproductive health?”

“I understand. It is a slight deviation from our topic but, on that, is there any concerted effort to ensure a much more balanced cross-section of the population in the trials?”

“I thank the Minister for her update and her acknowledgment of how important it is that the families who have suffered so much and campaigned so hard are satisfied by the final wording of the Bill. What assurances can she give us that the Government will provide the leadership, training and resources to change the cultu…”

“As the Foreign Secretary has alluded to, the 1951 agreement allows the US to construct and operate military bases across Greenland, house personnel, and control the movement of ships and aircraft. Will she do all she can to urge US counterparts to use that agreement to provide enhanced protection for NATO’s northern bo…”

“The Minister will be fully aware that an enormous amount of expertise, investment and effort has gone into the development of the Ajax vehicle, producing a vehicle of significant and unique capabilities. I absolutely understand that we want to ensure high-quality performance and safety, and there has been extensive tes…”

“I thank all those who have written to me regarding this very important topic, particularly Sandra Downey at Talcarn Farm, who allowed me to have a ride in a horse-drawn carriage on a main road—believe me, that is really scary and it made me realise their vulnerability. Of course, we have the highway code and the guidan…”

“I congratulate my right hon. Friend on securing this huge offshore wind investment, which will bring good jobs and opportunities for businesses to south-west Wales, as well as reducing bills and increasing energy security. Will he liaise with appropriate colleagues to ensure that the necessary investment is made in the…”

“Sadly, we have heard some dreadful examples of the treatment of black people, even by local authority housing officers. What plans are there to set up racially informed cultural competency training, first, for the people who are setting the social policies but, much more broadly than that, for the people who are actual…”

“It is nice to see you, Minister. Following on from that, you work well with your colleagues but can you tell us a little more about how the planned legal duties on public services to identify, collaborate and address the issue of homelessness will actually work in practice out in the field?”

“I very much welcome the Prime Minister’s leadership and the signing of the declaration of intent, but the vicious attacks by Putin on Ukraine over Christmas suggest that peace is still a long way off. Will my right hon. Friend update us on the military aid and support we are providing to Ukraine? Can he reassure us tha…”

“I thank my hon. Friends in DEFRA and the Treasury for listening to farming colleagues, including NFU Cymru and the Farmers Union of Wales, in making this welcome change to the proposals for agricultural property relief. It will mean that many more Welsh farms will not pay any additional inheritance tax. The Minister wi…”

“I would like to start with the initial training of doctors and nurses. How do you feel the training matches up to the needs in the field on menstrual and reproductive health?”

“What about the initial training of doctors?”

“Could I just butt in before we move on to doctors’ initial training? When you say that nurses pay for the training themselves, is that purely financially, or are they expected to give up days off to complete that training?”

“It is obviously very disappointing to hear about that initial training thing. I will come on to the initial training of doctors, but I would like to pick up one more point that Ruth has made. In almost all professions, it seems very difficult to “sell” generic training. Everybody will pick a course in their specialty, …”

“Yes, do you think it is efficient?”