National Assembly for Wales

To propose that the Senedd:

1. Recognises that ophthalmic waiting lists in Wales are extremely long, with one in eight of the total number of patients waiting for NHS appointments in Wales waiting specifically for eyecare appointments.

2. Notes that a Sixth Senedd Health and Social Care Committee investigation concluding in February 2026 recommended immediate action to reduce cases of irreversible sight loss.

3. Notes that demand is predicted to rise while Wales has at present just 1.97 consultant ophthalmologists per 100,000 population, the lowest figure in the United Kingdom.

4. Recognises that there is unnecessary duplication across different health board structures in Wales that causes patients to receive inconsistent levels of care.

5. Calls on the Welsh Government to: 

a) implement plans for establishing surgical hubs which can become centres of excellence for specialities such as ophthalmology to deal with long waits for treatments; 

b) implement all the committee's recommendations on streamlining and standardising services on eyecare across Wales to ensure that patients receive consistency in the level and access to care; and

c) consider creating an all-Wales health board specifically for ophthalmology, encompassing primary and secondary care in order to achieve the above goals.

To propose that the Senedd:
1. Notes a proposal for a Bill on corporate parenting in Wales.
2. Notes that the purpose of the Bill would be to strengthen and expand corporate parenting responsibilities in Wales, including to:
a) extend formal corporate parenting responsibilities beyond local authorities to a wider range of public bodies, health boards and agencies operating in Wales, within the Senedd’s legislative competence, reflecting the approach taken in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 in England;
b) place a statutory duty on those bodies to be alert to, and to act to mitigate, adverse impacts on the wellbeing of looked-after children and care leavers; and
c) ensure that care-experienced children and young people in Wales benefit from corporate parenting protections at least as strong as those available elsewhere in the United Kingdom, given that the wider extension of corporate parenting in Wales currently rests on a voluntary charter rather than statutory duty.

Health inequalities in the south Wales coalfield.

To propose that the Senedd:

1. Recognises the vital contribution of the tourism sector to the Welsh economy, directly supporting more than 150,000 jobs and contributing to 5 per cent of Wales's gross value added.

2. Celebrates Wales as a world-class destination, welcoming visitors from across the globe.

3. Calls on the Welsh Government to support the tourism sector by:

a) scrapping the tourism tax; and  

b) lowering the 182-day occupancy threshold for self-catering businesses.