Government of Wales Bill

The hon. Gentleman will know that levels of ill health and industrial disability as a result of our industrial legacy of mining and heavy industry, which are proportionately far higher in Wales than elsewhere, have been responsible for the problem that we have had to tackle. He will also know that performance right across the health service has been improving rapidly, especially over the past year, as waiting times have come down from their appalling levels and from the even more appalling levels that we inherited from the Conservatives.