National Assembly for Wales

Universities are autonomous institutions, and Medr is the body responsible for the funding and regulation of tertiary education in Wales. Medr is in regular contact with Cardiff University on sector-wide matters. We support the right to lawful, peaceful and respectful protest, while ensuring that students and staff can learn and work free from harassment and disruption.

The Wales Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs received funding to the value of £312,171 from Welsh Government in the 2025-26 financial year, as follows:

No health board currently provides a comprehensive diagnostic and treatment pathway for tics in children and young people. There is significant variation in service provision – some offer support through neurodevelopmental services or child and adolescent mental health services, but none deliver an end-to-end pathway, which includes diagnosis and ongoing treatment.

At present, there is no National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance about tics and Tourette Syndrome. The absence of NICE clinical guidelines for Tourette Syndrome has been identified as a factor contributing to inconsistencies in service design and delivery.

A Tourette pathway is being piloted in Hywel Dda University Health Board. This aims to improve access to diagnosis and support, and test models which could be scaled across Wales.

The Welsh Government has received notice that an application for a statutory review of this decision has been lodged. We will take appropriate steps to defend our decision, and the procedure used to reach it.

I published “Travel for All” this summer, which sets out my commitment and our approach to embedding accessibility and inclusivity into our transport networks across all modes.

I am aware of the concerns raised over the construction and design of some of the schemes that provide continuity for cycle routes at bus stops, including bus boarders, through my frequent engagement with the Access and Inclusion Panel in TfW and other disability representatives about accessibility and inclusion issues. 

The Welsh Government and Transport for Wales are currently reviewing the Active Travel Act Guidance, last updated in 2021, which sets out the recommended planning and design solutions for walking, wheeling and cycling infrastructure. As part of this update, we will soon be consulting on changes to some of these design options to provide continuity for cycle routes at bus stops, based on feedback we have received. 

We will continue to engage proactively with all key stakeholder groups throughout the consultation and beyond. Officials are also liaising with the DfT and Active Travel England as they develop guidance on these matters for local authorities in England, with the aim to ensure good alignment between our approaches in both countries.

Regardless of planned changes to our guidance, any scheme that incorporates such features needs to be designed with high quality user engagement and consultation. Through Transport for Wales, we are able to support local authorities in a much more direct way throughout scheme development and design than is possible in England and we therefore do not consider it necessary to pause implementation. Transport for Wales are also developing dedicated training on better understanding and engagement for the consideration of equality, diversity and inclusion in walking, wheeling and cycling design. TfW have already arranged interactive sessions with RNIB for local authority officers to deepen their understanding of the challenges people with sight loss face.

It is not true that 7.6 per cent of Transport for Wales services were cancelled between January and September 2025. The data published in a recent media article was erroneously calculated and the publishers of the original article have now apologised to Transport for Wales for the publication of the inaccurate and misleading information. Approximately 4.1 per cent of Transport for Wales services were cancelled between January and September 2025. Transport for Wales are working hard to reduce cancellations as they recognise the frustration these cause to passengers. In the most recent railway period, 2.6 per cent of Transport for Wales services were cancelled.