Speeches by Hoare.

“I have a very quick question back to the Minister, following up from Mr Robinson’s line of questioning. When you and the Secretary of State had that magic word “shadow” before your positions, you were vocal in your criticism of the stance of the previous Government on this issue, therefore, I suppose, leading legitimat…”

“I take that. The data sometimes points to a destination not intended by those strategies in many respects. Notwithstanding all that you have said, Wales has incredibly long and, arguably, unsustainable waiting lists in too many areas of legitimate health demand from people who live there. What is this ministerial advis…”

“Could the Minister confirm, given the seriousness of the issues, that when in doubt the precautionary principle will come to the fore, there will be urgency and the proper decisions will be taken? He mentioned working with the devolved Administrations. Given the shared land border on the island of Ireland and the trade…”

“My heart always sinks when I hear about a ministerial advisory group. It is a bit like a royal commission. It often takes a lot of time and does not achieve anything. The Secretary of State set out in her priorities the growth of high-quality jobs and a dynamic economy. Are you convinced and persuaded that Welsh Govern…”

“I want to continue this exploration of the voluntary and community sector. We know that, when public services or public sector-delivered services come under pressure, lots of people will look to the voluntary and community sector for the support that they are looking for. I wondered whether the panel of witnesses could…”

“With the greatest respect to Ann, Celine may have a more direct view on this question.”

“On that point of rising costs, particularly but not exclusively on the voluntary sector, Celine, as you have just highlighted, should we be concerned that current operators will retreat from the field of delivery, because it is too much of a hassle scrabbling around for every brass farthing and people are not content w…”

“All our communities would be impoverished without the community and voluntary sector. Let me ask this final question, if I may, to Ms Watt, so she can validate her appearance fee, as it were. There is a huge amount of hope pinned on the shared prosperity fund. What is your assessment as to how it is playing out?”

“We like marginal positivity; that is always a good sign.”

“I hope it is not contentious to suggest that all public services require continual review, transformation and modernisation. Quite a lot of that depends upon political stability and mutual political trust. We have been more than aware of the shortage of that capital in recent years. Thank heavens Stormont is now back u…”

“Dr Stout, can I just ask you the “why?” question? You mentioned in your initial answer to the Chair that services have not been prioritised and are scattergun, if you will, rather than an Exocet approach. You have referenced in answer to my question the things that could have been done such as Bengoa. This is a simple …”

“You referenced that there had been cross-party agreement. You have identified that political stability was an enormous impediment. You have recognised that political stability seems to be back and hopefully will endure. Allied to that is, of course, the need for mutual political trust between the principal parties in S…”

“Dr Gault, I suppose that is my initial and caveated question to you as well.”

“I want to continue this exploration of the voluntary and community sector. We know that, when public services or public sector-delivered services come under pressure, lots of people will look to the voluntary and community sector for the support that they are looking for. I wondered whether the panel of witnesses could…”

“With the greatest respect to Ann, Celine may have a more direct view on this question.”

“On that point of rising costs, particularly but not exclusively on the voluntary sector, Celine, as you have just highlighted, should we be concerned that current operators will retreat from the field of delivery, because it is too much of a hassle scrabbling around for every brass farthing and people are not content w…”

“All our communities would be impoverished without the community and voluntary sector. Let me ask this final question, if I may, to Ms Watt, so she can validate her appearance fee, as it were. There is a huge amount of hope pinned on the shared prosperity fund. What is your assessment as to how it is playing out?”

“We like marginal positivity; that is always a good sign.”

“I hope it is not contentious to suggest that all public services require continual review, transformation and modernisation. Quite a lot of that depends upon political stability and mutual political trust. We have been more than aware of the shortage of that capital in recent years. Thank heavens Stormont is now back u…”

“Dr Stout, can I just ask you the “why?” question? You mentioned in your initial answer to the Chair that services have not been prioritised and are scattergun, if you will, rather than an Exocet approach. You have referenced in answer to my question the things that could have been done such as Bengoa. This is a simple …”