the first minister on the job that i do on behalf of people here in wales. that spring term will see the publication of our child poverty strategy, the final report of the independent commission on the constitutional future of wales, the future of steel making in wales will be on our agenda early in the senedd spring term, as well the senedd reform, conclusion of consultations about making the council tax fairer and the reform of the school year. module to be of the covid i9 uk inquiry will happen in wales during february and march. module 28. and of course a budget to february and march. module 2b. and of course a budget to pass through the senedd. there will be plenty of time for political obituaries and retrospection once i ceased to be first minister. but not before. in a five year period, which has seen wales deal with astarte, brexit, the covid pandemic, the climate crisis, wars in ukraine and the middle east and four different prime ministers so far, there will b
The Senate Committee on Health Education and pensions will come to order. Today we are looking at effect on children and infants. We have a vote i believe at 11 30 today so we should i believe give us time to have a full discussion with our witnesses. Before we turn to todays focus i wanted to say that later today senator murray and i and senators young will introduce legislation to help address the Opioid Crisis. Dr. Collins, head of the National Institute of health predicted that nonaddictive pain killer can be introduced. Our bill would give more flexibility to conduct research. The Committee Plans to hold a markup on the bill as well as other legislation to address the Opioid Crisis as soon as march. Senator murray and i will each have an Opening Statement and introduce witnesses. After their testimony will have a round of fiveminute questions from the senators. The Opioid Crisis is particularly heartbreaking for families and children. No one understands that more than jesse who lo
Order. Thank you for coming today especially the witnesses we have a number of witnesses available todays hearing is about the issue of suicide. As many people know this month in Americas National Suicide Prevention month across the country terrible wasteful loss of life they think john will remember when we first came in three years ago the first bill we passed was a Suicide Prevention bill that passed and if they could get any report they might have on the progress on the implementation in terms of automatic but its very important. I held a hearing at Georgia State university as a member of this committee. As they feel dishing hearing on the issue of suicide th suicidey redesigned it is in that year from leading up to august, 2014, the georgia principal hospital in claremont road i indicator hd three suicides, to oncampus and on the mishandling of available tools for suicide Like Pharmaceuticals and things of that nature and others were like awareness to improve the response to suici
Of time were going to go ahead and get started. Todays hearing is about the issue of suicide. As many people in the room know, this month in america is National Suicide Prevention Month across the country. Suicide is a terrible, terrible, terrible loss, and wasteful loss of life. And preventible loss of life. I think john will remember when we first came in as a committee three years ago, our first bill that we passed was the clay hunt Suicide Prevention bill. It passed this committee 990. And we asked the secretary and the other members of the v. A. Here today to give us any report they might have on the progress of the implementation in terms of clay hunt act. But its a very important act. In august of 2014, i held a hearing as a member of this committee. It was a field hearing on the issue of suicide. The reason i did was because in that year, the months leading up to august of 2014, georgia va hospital in decatur had three suicides, two on campus. Some from mishandling of available
For west ham in the league cup. They came from two goals down to beat spurs, relieving some of the pressure on manager slaven bilic. In Flanders Fields the poppies blow between the crosses row on row. Well also be marking the launch of this years poppy appeal with one of the most poignant poems of world war i. And carol has the weather. Good morning. Some lovely pictures from last night of the aurora borealis. Today for scotland, Northern Ireland and the north of england, we are looking at a day of sunshine, showers and blustery wind. For the rest of in london and wales, a bit of cloud around and some of us are seeing some rain but i will tell you where in 15 minutes. Thanks, carol. Good morning. First, our main story. More than 300,000 people are leaving the workforce every year because of insufficient support for Mental Health problems. A report commissioned by the government says the human cost of this is huge and that the loss to the economy runs into tens of billions of pounds. No