17 Mawrth 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Gwaith Craffu Cyffredinol ar Waith y Gweinidogion - Gweinidog yr Economi
Thank you, Luke. And I'll bring in Sam Kurtz. Sam.
17 Mawrth 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Gwaith Craffu Cyffredinol ar Waith y Gweinidogion - Gweinidog yr Economi
Thank you, Sarah. And I'll bring in Luke Fletcher, who wants to ask a supplementary question on this topic. Luke.
17 Mawrth 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Gwaith Craffu Cyffredinol ar Waith y Gweinidogion - Gweinidog yr Economi
Thank you, Vikki. I'll now bring in Sarah Murphy. Sarah.
17 Mawrth 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Gwaith Craffu Cyffredinol ar Waith y Gweinidogion - Gweinidog yr Economi
Yes, that would be very useful, if you could come back to us as a committee. Thank you. Thank you, Luke. If I can now ask Vikki Howells to come in. Vikki.
17 Mawrth 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Gwaith Craffu Cyffredinol ar Waith y Gweinidogion - Gweinidog yr Economi
But, surely, Minister, it's not a matter of plucking a figure out of the air. Surely, you are doing some work on this at the moment. Therefore, surely you would have some sort of idea what sort of funding you will require to put in place to support this.
17 Mawrth 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Gwaith Craffu Cyffredinol ar Waith y Gweinidogion - Gweinidog yr Economi
Croeso nôl. Mae'r sesiwn hon gyda Gweinidog yr Economi yn rhan o ymchwiliad byr y pwyllgor i faterion lletygarwch, manwerthu a thwristiaeth. Felly, symudwn ni yn syth i gwestiynau. A gaf i ofyn i Luke Fletcher ddod i mewn i ofyn rhai cwestiynau? Luke.
17 Mawrth 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Gwaith Craffu Cyffredinol ar Waith y Gweinidogion - Gweinidog yr Economi
Thank you, Hefin. Are there any other questions in this general scrutiny session that Members would like to put to the Minister? No. Therefore, we'll take a short break, and we will resume our scrutiny of the economy Minister and his team into our tourism…
17 Mawrth 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Gwaith Craffu Cyffredinol ar Waith y Gweinidogion - Gweinidog yr Economi
Thank you, Sam. If I can now bring in Hefin David. Hefin.
17 Mawrth 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Gwaith Craffu Cyffredinol ar Waith y Gweinidogion - Gweinidog yr Economi
Okay. Thank you very much indeed for that. If I can now bring in Sam Kurtz. Sam.
17 Mawrth 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Gwaith Craffu Cyffredinol ar Waith y Gweinidogion - Gweinidog yr Economi
And what are you doing, as a Government, to address the pandemic's effects for learners on apprenticeships and, indeed, other vocational courses, particularly to tackle the number of learners who do not complete their course and, indeed, the growing…
17 Mawrth 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Gwaith Craffu Cyffredinol ar Waith y Gweinidogion - Gweinidog yr Economi
And at this point, can I just bring in Hefin David who'd also like to ask you a question on this subject? Hefin.
17 Mawrth 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Gwaith Craffu Cyffredinol ar Waith y Gweinidogion - Gweinidog yr Economi
Yes. You mentioned apprenticeships there and you've been clear, as a Government, of course, you've set this target of 125,000. What effect have the apprenticeship incentives for businesses had on the number of apprenticeships started and what progress is…
17 Mawrth 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Gwaith Craffu Cyffredinol ar Waith y Gweinidogion - Gweinidog yr Economi
Well, thank you very much indeed for those introductions. Perhaps I can kick off this session with some questions around your skills policy, Minister. Can you give us an update on the progress made with the young person's guarantee since it was launched in…
17 Mawrth 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Gwaith Craffu Cyffredinol ar Waith y Gweinidogion - Gweinidog yr Economi
And Andrew Gwatkin.
17 Mawrth 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Gwaith Craffu Cyffredinol ar Waith y Gweinidogion - Gweinidog yr Economi
Heledd Owen.
17 Mawrth 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Gwaith Craffu Cyffredinol ar Waith y Gweinidogion - Gweinidog yr Economi
Claire McDonald.
17 Mawrth 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Gwaith Craffu Cyffredinol ar Waith y Gweinidogion - Gweinidog yr Economi
Steffan Roberts.
17 Mawrth 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Gwaith Craffu Cyffredinol ar Waith y Gweinidogion - Gweinidog yr Economi
Croeso nôl i gyfarfod Pwyllgor yr Economi, Masnach a Materion Gwledig. Symudwn ni ymlaen nawr i eitem 4 ar ein hagenda, sef craffu ar waith Gweinidogion. A gaf i estyn croeso cynnes i Weinidog yr Economi a'i swyddogion i'r sesiwn graffu heddiw, a fydd yn cael…
17 Mawrth 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Craffu Gweinidogol - Y Gweinidog Materion Gwledig a Gogledd Cymru, a’r Trefnydd
We'll now take a short break to prepare for the next session. Thank you.
17 Mawrth 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Craffu Gweinidogol - Y Gweinidog Materion Gwledig a Gogledd Cymru, a’r Trefnydd
Thank you very much indeed, Minister, and I'm afraid our session has now come to an end. So, on behalf of the committee, can I take this opportunity to thank you and your team for being with us this morning? It's been very, very useful. As usual, a transcript…
17 Mawrth 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Craffu Gweinidogol - Y Gweinidog Materion Gwledig a Gogledd Cymru, a’r Trefnydd
And how will you ensure that these common frameworks don't actually weaken stakeholder involvement or parliamentary accountability in policy development, and, indeed, the legislative process?
17 Mawrth 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Craffu Gweinidogol - Y Gweinidog Materion Gwledig a Gogledd Cymru, a’r Trefnydd
So, just to be clear, then, Minister, you're confident that these frameworks won't constrain you as a Government to develop policy in the future, and you believe that these frameworks are there to manage divergence and also to work on joint policy making…
17 Mawrth 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Craffu Gweinidogol - Y Gweinidog Materion Gwledig a Gogledd Cymru, a’r Trefnydd
Yes. The reason I was asking you that is because there are perhaps concerns that this could constrain you as a Government in terms of developing policy in the future. So, can you just tell us to what extent these common frameworks actually constrain policy…
17 Mawrth 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Craffu Gweinidogol - Y Gweinidog Materion Gwledig a Gogledd Cymru, a’r Trefnydd
Thank you, Vikki. Minister, I just want to ask you some questions around common frameworks, which have been agreed with the other Governments across the UK. Obviously, we've been talking about the agriculture (Wales) Bill earlier on today. Has the Welsh…
17 Mawrth 2022 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Craffu Gweinidogol - Y Gweinidog Materion Gwledig a Gogledd Cymru, a’r Trefnydd
Diolch, Luke. If I can now bring in Vikki Howells. Vikki.