27 Chwefror 2024 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Datganiad gan Weinidog yr Economi: Datganiad Polisi ar Brentisiaethau
Diolch i'r Aelod am ei sylwadau a'i gwestiynau. O ran yr amlen gyllideb sydd gennym, mae'n realiti na ellir ei wadu: mae gennym £1.3 biliwn yn llai yn ein cyllideb safonol o ran pŵer gwario mewn termau real, sy'n fwy na chyllideb gyfan bwrdd iechyd Cwm Taf…
27 Chwefror 2024 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Datganiad gan Weinidog yr Economi: Datganiad Polisi ar Brentisiaethau
Dirprwy Lywydd, yn ein datganiad polisi ar brentisiaethau, rydym wedi datblygu fframwaith strategol ar gyfer dyfodol y rhaglen brentisiaethau. Mae pwyslais ar fynd i'r afael â'r heriau y mae unigolion a chyflogwyr yn eu hwynebu oherwydd effaith y pandemig, yr…
27 Chwefror 2024 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Datganiad gan Weinidog yr Economi: Datganiad Polisi ar Brentisiaethau
Diolch yn fawr, Dirprwy Lywydd. Mae'r byd gwaith yn newid. Hyd yn oed yn ystod y pum mlynedd diwethaf, mae'r amgylchedd economaidd a chymdeithasol wedi newid yn sylweddol. Dros y ddau ddegawd nesaf, bydd newid pellach a bydd angen i gymwyseddau craidd ystod…
7 Chwefror 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Gweinidog yr Economi - sesiwn ar Tata Steel
Thank you. Diolch yn fawr.
7 Chwefror 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Gweinidog yr Economi - sesiwn ar Tata Steel
No. So, we've actually had correspondence from the chair of the enterprise zone this week, and so there is a conversation that is continuing with my officials about what they are looking to do and how that is part of the coherent whole. That's my point: it's…
7 Chwefror 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Gweinidog yr Economi - sesiwn ar Tata Steel
The biggest intervention we're still working through is what's taking place with the free port, with the range of tax incentives that are going to be available there as well. So, it is about the successful delivery of that. I think trying to run almost a…
7 Chwefror 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Gweinidog yr Economi - sesiwn ar Tata Steel
We're planning for the worst, but also arguing and fighting for the best deal for steel. I think it's more than hope.
7 Chwefror 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Gweinidog yr Economi - sesiwn ar Tata Steel
There are three hypotheticals in there, at least. If both blast furnaces close before the end of the calendar year, before a general election, then we will see significant job loss within 18 months, and my priority would be how do we support people in this 18…
7 Chwefror 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Gweinidog yr Economi - sesiwn ar Tata Steel
Absolutely. The turbines are often made of composite materials, so they're not 100 per cent steel, but the columns and the platforms are. So, you're going to need to make those somewhere, and, as I've said on more than one occasion, workers in Rotterdam have…
7 Chwefror 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Gweinidog yr Economi - sesiwn ar Tata Steel
In a previous conversation, Tata have said that they think they make about 40 per cent of the materials that could go into floating offshore wind currently in Port Talbot. The challenge then is where is that, how much of it do they make, and how does it match…
7 Chwefror 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Gweinidog yr Economi - sesiwn ar Tata Steel
The current remit is only set around Port Talbot. It isn't set up to deal with downstream business impacts. So, if it's going to expand its remit to other sites, then it's got to think about whether it has the capacity to do that in terms of people, whether…
7 Chwefror 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Gweinidog yr Economi - sesiwn ar Tata Steel
We're doing that work anyway, regardless of the situation in Tata. That's what we're doing in our net-zero skills approach. We're trying to get a clear idea on the skills that will be required, what businesses are telling us they require now, what we might…
7 Chwefror 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Gweinidog yr Economi - sesiwn ar Tata Steel
We need to understand the current skills and how those current skills actually match up to economic opportunities. Some work is being done. Neath Port Talbot are leading on a commission to look at a local economic action plan that will try to identify, within…
7 Chwefror 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Gweinidog yr Economi - sesiwn ar Tata Steel
Yes. We've been clear that we don't think that the current sum on the table is enough, if the job proposals go ahead with the redundancy that's talked about. Our primary ask, though, is to look again at the proposals and the level of investment and the value…
7 Chwefror 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Gweinidog yr Economi - sesiwn ar Tata Steel
Yes. And so the transition board is one thing, and the transition board isn't going to run in and sort of take control of all interventions and say, 'We are now in charge of everything.' That wouldn't work. It couldn't work either. There isn't the capacity in…
7 Chwefror 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Gweinidog yr Economi - sesiwn ar Tata Steel
I think the mistake that is made in running this argument is that it's as if the transition board is the only intervention, whereas, actually, the transition board has to work alongside all those other interventions—
7 Chwefror 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Gweinidog yr Economi - sesiwn ar Tata Steel
And in that, we've worked constructively with Jobcentre Plus, who gave a presentation to the transition board as well about the likely jobs market in the area.
7 Chwefror 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Gweinidog yr Economi - sesiwn ar Tata Steel
So, we've got our employability programmes—the support we roll out through ReAct+, through Communities for Work Plus—but it's also about what we do with apprentices. Now, I would expect Tata to honour the commitments they've made to apprentices, but we may…
7 Chwefror 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Gweinidog yr Economi - sesiwn ar Tata Steel
No problem.
7 Chwefror 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Gweinidog yr Economi - sesiwn ar Tata Steel
There's been a direct discussion—I raised it with them on Thursday, when the First Minister and I met with them, pointing out that Baglan has a gas connection and they would need to look at the amount of gas that could be generated, what that might mean and…
7 Chwefror 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Gweinidog yr Economi - sesiwn ar Tata Steel
So, I've said on several occasions that I think the real economic impact would be north of 10,000 jobs, if these proposals go ahead. Having 10,000 jobs essentially lost or reduced in 18 months is a really significant impact. That's why I think that the £100…
7 Chwefror 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Gweinidog yr Economi - sesiwn ar Tata Steel
It really does depend on the pace of the job losses as well as the scale of them. So, redundancies of this nature will leave a very long tail economically within the communities—I was rehearsing earlier. There is alternative work. There are alternative…
7 Chwefror 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Gweinidog yr Economi - sesiwn ar Tata Steel
I think it’s the balance of capital investment compared to operational investment. So, the running costs: Tata have always been upfront with us; they don’t expect the Government to help them with their running costs. What they are looking for is a deal on…
7 Chwefror 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Gweinidog yr Economi - sesiwn ar Tata Steel
There are a number of technical aspects to what might be possible. There's the capacity within the steelworks to actually roll and deal with the steel that's produced by whatever means. I don't want to get into using technical subjects as if I'm actually a…
7 Chwefror 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Gweinidog yr Economi - sesiwn ar Tata Steel
That's been part of previous conversations, and, indeed, last Thursday, when the First Minister and I met with the Tata leadership, we went through this very question again. The First Minister was able to point out that he had been to a meeting with the Crown…
