9 Ionawr 2024 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Datganiad gan Weinidog yr Economi: Y diwydiant lled-ddargludyddion cyfansawdd
Mae'n debyg bod yna ddarn o Gymru ym mhob ffôn symudol yn y byd. Gallai fod y synhwyrydd adnabod wynebau, gyda deunydd a dyfwyd gan IQE yn Llaneirwg, neu oherwydd nwyddau a wnaed gan ddefnyddio offer a adeiladwyd gan KLA yng Nghasnewydd. Mae clwstwr…
9 Ionawr 2024 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Datganiad gan Weinidog yr Economi: Y diwydiant lled-ddargludyddion cyfansawdd
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Rwy'n falch iawn o wneud y datganiad hwn heddiw am y diwydiant lled-ddargludyddion cyfansawdd yma yng Nghymru. Mae twf sylweddol ac arwyddocaol wedi bod, ac rwy'n falch o'r rôl y mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi'i chwarae wrth greu cyfleoedd…
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Craffu Cyffredinol ar Waith y Gweinidog: Gweinidog yr Economi
Of course. Diolch yn fawr iawn.
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Craffu Cyffredinol ar Waith y Gweinidog: Gweinidog yr Economi
Well, that varies depending on the stage of their negotiation. So, I met Minister Hands a few weeks ago, following his return to the department, and we did talk about a range of those other areas; so, we talked about India and we talked a bit about the USA…
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Craffu Cyffredinol ar Waith y Gweinidog: Gweinidog yr Economi
But, you know, those other trade missions, where Ministers don't go, they're still really important to those businesses. And the good news is that the businesses who go on trade missions are regularly very complimentary about the way that they're organised…
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Craffu Cyffredinol ar Waith y Gweinidog: Gweinidog yr Economi
I've met with the Japanese ambassador—I think I've met him three times in my tenure in office—looking at opportunities for reinforcing Japanese investment into Wales. There's a number of high-quality jobs that rely on Japanese parent companies, and, again…
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Craffu Cyffredinol ar Waith y Gweinidog: Gweinidog yr Economi
So, our export action plan provides a comprehensive programme of support for Welsh businesses, wherever they're looking to export. We have priority markets, which are no surprise to anyone. As I said, Europe. We are geographically where we are, and we're not…
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Craffu Cyffredinol ar Waith y Gweinidog: Gweinidog yr Economi
We have a trade group of stakeholders, and our trade policy advisory group has been really clear about their concerns. A number of the businesses have been really robust about their concerns about the CPTPP. We've also had a number of conversations at…
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Craffu Cyffredinol ar Waith y Gweinidog: Gweinidog yr Economi
I've just seen a message that something might happen, but the First Minister choosing a time to leave is a matter for the First Minister, and I think today is actually about recognising all the things he has done. It's been an extraordinary period of time to…
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Craffu Cyffredinol ar Waith y Gweinidog: Gweinidog yr Economi
I don't think that's a point of scrutiny.
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Craffu Cyffredinol ar Waith y Gweinidog: Gweinidog yr Economi
So, pre-notification on products of animal origin, and that will cover export health certificates, will apply from the end of January 2024, and so, that brings it in line with some of the other things that are happening, and in particular, the thorny issue of…
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Craffu Cyffredinol ar Waith y Gweinidog: Gweinidog yr Economi
My understanding is we've reached agreement, and that should be in place in January, so, in the new year. That should provide continuity, and DEFRA have been in contact with Welsh Government officials around that. The important point is the provision of…
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Craffu Cyffredinol ar Waith y Gweinidog: Gweinidog yr Economi
So, the fact that they've proposed an extension is good news for us, because at the moment, I don't think every sector is ready to deal with the rules of origin, and these are things that naturally flow from the trade and co-operation agreement, the deal that…
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Craffu Cyffredinol ar Waith y Gweinidog: Gweinidog yr Economi
Those are ongoing. We're not directly engaged in all the meetings that take place. On some of the sub-committees, there are officials that attend, but we're looking to work through the concerns we have, whether it's shellfish or whether it's seed potatoes, a…
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Craffu Cyffredinol ar Waith y Gweinidog: Gweinidog yr Economi
Yes, that's what we want to see and there's no reason to think that won't happen, given their approach thus far. As I say, I think it's helpful to see an additional intervention that recognises if you're having something called a British Business Bank, it…
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Craffu Cyffredinol ar Waith y Gweinidog: Gweinidog yr Economi
I met with the leadership team of the British Business Bank when they were thinking about their approach, and it was helpful to set out that we wanted something that would align with each other and not have unhelpful competition and duplication. So, I think…
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Craffu Cyffredinol ar Waith y Gweinidog: Gweinidog yr Economi
So, I'll ask Duncan to come in just to explain the relationship between what the British Business Bank is doing and what one arm of DBW is doing, because there's been a choice made by the British Business Bank in a number of the funds it's deploying, where…
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Craffu Cyffredinol ar Waith y Gweinidog: Gweinidog yr Economi
I think the difficulty with that is that the context in which each development bank operates is different, and this was an area that was capitalised with former EU funds, and so, when that stopped, we've had to think about how do we take an evergreen approach…
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Craffu Cyffredinol ar Waith y Gweinidog: Gweinidog yr Economi
I think we've been successful. The development bank has helped to put, I think, £124 million into businesses across Wales, and that's levered in additional money from those businesses. It's also part of what has often been an investment purpose, where those…
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Craffu Cyffredinol ar Waith y Gweinidog: Gweinidog yr Economi
I think there are a couple of things. One is that you're right to make a point about the scale and the size of the employment units created. The other, though, is that, if you're going to take a genuine place-based approach, it takes time to do that, and…
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Craffu Cyffredinol ar Waith y Gweinidog: Gweinidog yr Economi
So, I can't tell you when 600 jobs will be created. We're clear, though, that creating the employment space is really important, because we know there's a shortage of high-quality employment premises in most areas, especially across the Valleys. And it's part…
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Craffu Cyffredinol ar Waith y Gweinidog: Gweinidog yr Economi
Well, I think it's really important that, when you talk about UK investment fund opportunities, Wales is there. We at least want to get our fair share, and, if you think about some other areas, we haven't seen that. In this, though, our officials are meeting…
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Craffu Cyffredinol ar Waith y Gweinidog: Gweinidog yr Economi
I think the five to 10-year move for investment zones is less problematic than for freeports, because what the UK Government have done in their offer is they've essentially offered to derisk and to cover some of the funds that would otherwise be there, and…
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Craffu Cyffredinol ar Waith y Gweinidog: Gweinidog yr Economi
Okay. So, as you know, I made a statement to the Senedd in the case that we were positive about having two investment zones, and the location of them and the broad purpose around them as well. So, it was good news. Looking at some Members in this room who say…
13 Rhagfyr 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Craffu Cyffredinol ar Waith y Gweinidog: Gweinidog yr Economi
Well, what we've tried to do with our new approach to small business innovation access and the flexible investment approach that we're trying to take, is to open up innovation funding to a larger group of businesses. We've actually got a funding round going…
