First Minister's Questions: As it happened on Vaughan Gething's debut

Find out morePlaid Cymru's Sioned Williams says that residents in her South Wales West constituency are not receiving timely healthcare, and she refers to the number of occasions when Morriston Hospital in Swansea has been under a so-called black alert, triggered only under exceptional circumstances in its emergency and unscheduled care services.

The first minister replies,"this government recognises the need for further improvement when it comes to access to timely and high-quality care across our NHS. It's the primary focus of the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, and you are now seeing waiting times falling in Wales in successive months. We regularly have the comparison with England - in fact, in 15 of the last 18 months, A&E department performance has been better in Wales than in England.

Mr Fletcher says that End Youth Homelessness Cymru have"identified a need for a serious cultural change in the public sector, whether that's across education, health and others such as housing in order to actually get to grips with this challenge".Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth asks how the first minister will ensure"fair funding for Wales" if Labour wins the general election.

The first minister replies,"I think when you look at where we are and our adherence to the ministerial code and the requirements to separate ministerial interests and constituency ones and personal ones, this government and every iteration of a Welsh Labour led government has a good track record on doing the right thing."Llywydd Elin Jones conducts a ballot to determine the names of members who may table questions to the first minister.

The first minister replies the Bill has"been designed to offer a transparent and thorough and consistent consenting process across Wales that will allow local communities to better understand and effectively engage in decisions that affect them".to establish a unified infrastructure consenting process for specified types of major infrastructure both on and offshore , including energy, transport, waste, water and gas projects.

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