NDM9235 - Opposition Debate

Tabled on 18/03/2026 | For debate on 25/03/2026

To propose that the Senedd:

1. Believes that 27 years of Welsh Labour Governments, propped up by Plaid Cymru and the Liberal Democrats, have failed to improve the lives of the people of Wales, and that only the Welsh Conservatives have a credible plan to fix Wales and get Wales working.

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NDM9235 - 1 | Tabled on 20/03/2026

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1. Believes that 27 years of Plaid Cymru and Liberal Democrat-supported Welsh Labour Governments have failed the people of Wales.

2. Recognises that only Reform UK have a credible plan to put Welsh people first.

NDM9235 - 2 | Tabled on 20/03/2026

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Regrets that the Welsh Government failed to intervene in the NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee’s decision to adopt recommendations from the Emergency Medical Retrieval and Transfer Service, which included the permanent closure of air ambulance bases in Welshpool and Caernarfon.

Believes that:

a) the next Welsh Government should intervene to ensure that air ambulance bases remain operational in Welshpool and Caernarfon;

b) Welsh health boards and English heath trusts should work closely together for the benefit of patients, regardless of where they live;

c) it is indefensible for Welsh health boards to ask health providers in England to deliberately slow down the delivery of treatment for patients, despite those English providers having sufficient capacity;

d) the current Government has failed the residents of Powys by not funding Powys Teaching Health Board to a level that enables it to purchase healthcare capacity in England in line with English waiting time targets; and

e) the next Welsh Government should ensure that no Welsh Health Board should be permitted to request that providers in England deliberately delay NHS treatment for Welsh patients.

NDM9235 - 4 | Tabled on 20/03/2026

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1. Believes that 27 years of Labour First Ministers of Wales, as well as successive Conservative and Labour UK Governments, have failed to improve the lives of the people of Wales.

2. Further believes that parties not solely focused on Wales, or based in Wales, will never prioritise the interests of the people of Wales, and that only Plaid Cymru has a comprehensive and credible plan to deliver the new leadership Wales needs.

NDM9235 - 3 | Tabled on 20/03/2026

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To propose that the Senedd:

1.     Supports the Welsh Labour Government’s record of delivering for the people of Wales, including:

a)    the largest and most sustained reduction in the overall waiting list on record and the fastest fall in two-year waits on record;

b)    almost £4 billion invested in new school and college buildings in every part of Wales;

c)    creating or safeguarding more than 50,000 private sector jobs this term;

d)    delivering improvement in roads, transformation of the rail fleet, and a new law bringing bus services back under public control;

e)    the highest sustained delivery of social housing in nearly two decades;

f)     Wales continuing to be ranked second in the world for recycling, up from five per cent recycling at the start of devolution to over 68 per cent today;

g)    over £7 billion invested to keep money in people’s pockets; and

h)    the biggest investment in public services in the history of devolution, through the Final Budget for 2026-27.

Welsh Government's Final Budget 2026 to 2027