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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Welsh Language
6. Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on renewable energy developments in Mid and West Wales? OQ61197
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Questions to the First Minister
Can you tell me, First Minister, whether the initial teacher education incentive scheme for priority subjects is working, and how do you know this, because I was quite shocked recently to learn from the Cabinet Secretary for Education that the Welsh…
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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you. We know that there are great problems in terms of recruitment and retaining teachers across the whole of Wales. Indeed, the electoral messages of your own party do recognise that this crisis has happened under your leadership, and this is also…
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Questions to the First Minister
5. What evaluation has the Welsh Government undertaken of the initial teacher education priority subject incentive scheme? OQ61195
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Tourism
Sorry, right, I'll just finish off, sorry, Dirprwy Lywydd. So, it's not an added burden on tourism, it's something that we think is fair and will lead to an increased economic boost for Wales moving forward. Diolch yn fawr iawn.
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Tourism
James, I agree, and, as part of the co-operation agreement, I've argued that point that the money raised should be put back into the local authorities' tourism offer and making the experience of tourism better for those who visit Wales—absolutely agree 100…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Tourism
Yes, of course.
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Tourism
So, we on this side of the Chamber are extremely pleased to be supporting the implementation of a tourism levy, which—
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Tourism
Sorry.
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Tourism
Janet, I don’t know whether you missed my points in translation at the beginning or whether you were listening, but what I did say was that we are proud to be a tourist destination. We believe that tourism is incredibly important to Wales, and we welcome…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Tourism
Yes, of course.
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Tourism
With great tourism comes great responsibility. So, we’re all too aware of the familiar scenes during the peak season: the endless queueing for a selfie on Yr Wyddfa, the inconsiderate parking along Pen-y-Pass in Eryri and Storey Arms in Bannau Brycheiniog…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Tourism
For years, tourism has been a cornerstone of Wales's economy. There's no doubt that it contributes billions of pounds to our economy; it creates jobs and introduces the beauty of our breathtaking mountains, our magnificent coastline and our unique market…
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90-second Statements
The towns and villages of magnificent Maldwyn are a fiesta of red, white and green as the ancient fields of Mathrafal near Meifod prepare to welcome the Urdd National Eisteddfod to the marches next week. The week-long event will be the culmination of years of…
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Short Debate: A rural poverty strategy for Wales
You used the word 'should' twice, maybe three times, in describing the rural proofing that should happen by Welsh Government. Now Audit Wales, as I mentioned earlier on, has clearly shown that this doesn't happen to the extent that it should. So, in order to…
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Short Debate: A rural poverty strategy for Wales
Will you take a quick intervention?
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Short Debate: A rural poverty strategy for Wales
I urge the Government to take these challenges seriously and to work with us to develop a strategy that would tackle rural poverty and revive our rural areas socially, economically and culturally. Thank you.
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Short Debate: A rural poverty strategy for Wales
'Rural Wales is in trouble. Probably more trouble than in living memory'.
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Short Debate: A rural poverty strategy for Wales
And finally, we know that people in rural areas do not claim all of the benefits that they are entitled to, and we should do more to ensure that they do so. There are examples of best practice here, including, for example, Hwb Bach y Wlad in Carmarthenshire…
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Short Debate: A rural poverty strategy for Wales
Colleagues, one thing that has become abundantly clear in my research is the fact that current policy-making processes do not give appropriate recognition to the different and specific needs of our rural communities. Now, in Northern Ireland, for example…
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Short Debate: A rural poverty strategy for Wales
That's the pattern that all of us who live in these areas are familiar with. And despite the seriousness of the situation, every time I've called on the Welsh Government in this Siambr to develop a strategy tailored specifically to dealing with rural…
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Short Debate: A rural poverty strategy for Wales
'Rural Wales is in trouble. Probably more trouble than in living memory, and from forces and trends that are unlikely to disappear any time soon. Economic dysfunction is old hat here of course. The social problems consequent on poor wages, low value added…
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Short Debate: A rural poverty strategy for Wales
Thank you very much, Dirprwy Lywydd. It's a great pleasure for me to put forward this debate on developing a rural poverty strategy for Wales, and I'm very pleased to give a minute each of my time to Siân Gwenllian, to Sam Kurtz and to Mabon ap Gwynfor. I…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: GP practices and funding
Of course, it isn't just our rural communities that are ageing. An increasing number of our GPs are also ageing and are retiring, and, as we have seen very recently in Laugharne and at present at St David's in Pembrokeshire, there is a real possibility that…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: GP practices and funding
As a result of this ageing population, we're now facing a very real and rapidly increasing conundrum. On the one hand, our rural communities' healthcare needs have arguably never been greater. However, as we've already heard this afternoon, those front-line…
