David Lloyd: ...insulted and vilified the Welsh language, causing persistent humiliation and shame for generations to come. That’s what we’ve got to still, partially, be answerable to these days. The education Act brought primary school education in the medium of English to all. The Welsh Not was hung around Welsh-speaking children’s necks and, if you still had it around your neck at the end of the...
David Lloyd: ...also need diagnosis. There is new legislation that has been brought forward, but the system is extremely complex. It’s not just a matter for social services and care services, it’s an issue of education, it’s an issue in the health service, and it’s an issue for the voluntary sector, too. It does need huge co-ordination, and that co-ordination doesn’t happen most of the time....
David Lloyd: ...re all thinking of the local council elections at the moment and about local councils specifically in this debate today—I would like to emphasise throughout that, yes, local councils look after education and all sorts of other things, but we do have to remember the importance of social care. Thank you very much.
David Lloyd: ...haven’t been able to do that on a number of fronts. They either haven’t had the powers, the ambition, or possibly a combination of both. For a country that has led the way in healthcare, education and industry, is this really the best we can do? Ever since I was first elected to the National Assembly in 1999, the regular release of statistics on unemployment, economic inequality and...
David Lloyd: ...future. This centralisation isn’t just a problem facing the south west of Wales, of course; we need to see the Welsh Government developing a vision for north Wales too and investing in a medical school in Bangor and other such proposals. Given our geography in terms of the areas of excellence here, Morriston Hospital has the potential to be a regional centre of excellence, which could...
