Speeches by Davies.

“I presume not for the specialist services, but what about renal and cardiac, shall we say?”

“Moving on from that—perhaps Llandrindod Wells was not the best example—if I lived in one of the villages closer to England and my nearest hospital was in England, how would you decide? Do I go to the nearest hospital, or do I go to the nearest specialist hospital? The nearest hospital might not be the best place to sen…”

“Which hospitals in England would you normally refer to? When would you refer, say, down to Cardiff? Where is your cut-off within the whole of Powys, which is huge? Where is the cut-off for taking people across the border or down south, or even up to Glan Clwyd, for example, which is in Betsi?”

“That would be helpful for us so we can understand the vastness of Powys and where people go or are referred to. Roughly how many patients from your health boards are automatically referred over the border if they have illnesses that cannot be treated within your health board? How many patients would you refer to Englan…”

“That is really interesting, because Welsh Government waiting list figures are therefore not really accurate.”

“Thank you. Having the extra information in writing would be fantastic.”

“Thank you, Paul. Abigail, would you like to add something?”

“Is that Robert Jones in Gobowen? And it is all orthopaedics?”

“Your comments on how things are different digitally between England and Wales were interesting, and that came up in the prison report that we worked on. It seems incredible to me that, here we are in 2026, and we have not sorted this out yet. This should have been sorted out 25 years ago. Wherever you are from, whether…”

“My last question is whether these figures are reported in your waiting list statistics to the Welsh Government. Even though they are treated in England, are they included or are they parked as being treated across the border?”

“As health boards with less proximity to the border—the first three were on the border; you are a little bit further away—what are the main challenges in planning and delivering cross-border healthcare?”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Jeremy. In my lifetime, technology has found its way into every corner of society. It has changed our workplaces, our classrooms and my farm, to be honest. It has brought real benefits, but also huge harms. One positive, of course, is that we can stay connected to …”

“It would be good to have the people numbers too.”

“Thank you, Abigail. Phil is my local chief exec. It is lovely to see you here. Is there something that you would like to add?”

“Sorry, Suzanne, but I will move on to someone else, or no one else will have a chance to say anything, with all due respect. Paul, will you answer?”

“Yes. Say I went to the GP in Llandrindod Wells, and I needed to go to hospital in Hereford, Oswestry or wherever, how does it work?”

“Funnily enough, in the first 100 days of this Labour UK Government the Prime Minister cut winter fuel payments for vulnerable pensioners, whereas in the first 100 days of the Plaid Cymru Welsh Government, an extra £55 million is being invested in free childcare for parents. Does the Secretary of State concede that, unl…”

“May I ask about jobs? I appreciate that the Minister has answered a lot of questions about tariffs, but a lot of my constituents work in Trostre, which is in the constituency of the hon. Member for Llanelli (Dame Nia Griffith). We have talked a lot about the £2.5 billion steel fund. Nearly two years later, sites such a…”

“I am sure I will at some point, but I am not going there at the moment.”

“Looking back, I did not use my buddy to the extent that I could have done. That is simply because of lack of experience. He was great on the first day, and then I did not touch base until a week after, when he took me around again, after I had explored a bit more on my own. Mine was a staff member from the House, and h…”