Another storm that's been afflicting Wales is your Labour mismanagement of our national health service. Under Labour, Wales has become the sick man of Britain. We have Welsh NHS waiting lists that have increased for the past eight months in a row and, staggeringly, over 24,000 people in Wales have been waiting two years or more for treatment, and that compares to just 113 people in England,...
I'm sorry, First Minister, but that response simply did not cut it. Because the truth is, as you well know, that hundreds of millions of pounds that you say is extra money coming to Wales will simply go straight back down the M4 into the coffers of the Treasury. You can spin it all you like, but this is a smoke-and-mirrors situation that gives with one hand and takes away with the other....
You didn't pick up on the question I asked about the additional resources available to local authorities and other parts of the public sector that have been hit, and I hope you'll be able to respond to that question in your next response. Obviously, it is vital that lessons are learnt and I'm glad to hear that you say that you'll be doing just that. Now, if I can, I want to turn to another...
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