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It is too early to have made a detailed assessment of what will be a relatively complex situation. My officials are working closely with partners in the third sector partnership council and Third Sector Support Wales to understand the impacts of the UK budget…
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Well, thanks very much, and I’m really pleased to see the progress being made in relation to RAAC in Withybush. It was very, very difficult at the time, decanting lots and lots of patients to other hospitals, and it's great that those wards have been…
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Diolch yn fawr iawn. We’re in a very different situation from England, partly because of the massive investment in twenty-first century schools that’s happened—billions gone into those—which means that, in England, there are 237 schools with RAAC, and, in…
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The Government puts people’s safety first. We don’t just talk about what we’re doing, we deliver. And all schools that have been affected by RAAC have completed the mitigation work that’s necessary, and wards have reopened at Withybush hospital, and also…
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Well, thanks very much for your commitment and your interest in this matter. I'm sure you'll be really interested to know that, today, at the Royal Welsh showground, the Welsh Government is hosting an event for local authorities to demonstrate alternative…
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Our aim on our land and elsewhere is to reduce the effects of pesticide use on people and the environment to the lowest possible level. Non-chemical control methods must be considered first. Chemical pesticides, including glyphosate-based products, should…
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Thanks very much, and, Russell, as a Senedd Member who represents a border constituency, you'll be very aware how much cross-border activity already happens. In fact, the rail crash last night took people to England as well as to Welsh hospitals. So, I don't…
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Welsh health boards continue to build on the well-established mutual arrangements already in place where NHS providers in Wales and England commission services for patients who live in border communities. Both NHS England and NHS Wales have, and will continue…
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Thanks very much. I'm very much looking forward to seeing this long-awaited plan, I can tell you. It's been longer than I'd hoped in coming to us, and I've made an agreement to have a drink on the steps of the Senedd with the people who've been campaigning…
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Thanks, Hannah, and thanks very much for sharing your mum's story and your story, which is not easy in an environment like this. Please send on my best regards to your mother. She, like many others, has recovered. There are very many, and I think we should…
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Improving women’s health services is one of my priorities. Key to that is listening to women and acting on what they are saying they want from health services. The views of nearly 4,000 women have formed the basis of the women’s health plan, which will be…
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We will continue to work closely with the Books Council of Wales to respond to the challenges, and, of course, we will have to and they will have to be creative and work out new and innovative ways to make sure that we can support the sustainability of the…
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Thanks very much. I hope you'll pass on my congratulations to Firefly Press, who, of course, adapted Llyfr Glas Nebo into English, and that won the Carnegie prize, which is the highest honour for children's publishing. If you haven't read the book, you…
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The Welsh Government supports the publishing sector, and it is delivered via the Books Council of Wales through an annual grant.
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I really don't think it's necessary to use that kind of language and I don't think it's appropriate, but what I can say is that we do have schemes that can support those people. We have a fuel voucher and we have discretionary assistance schemes that can help…
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It really is shocking when you think about the legacy that we were left by the Conservative Government. But I tell you what, you're quite right; we do have to make priorities, we do need to find money, and I know the Chancellor's going to have a very…
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Maximising the levers we have here in Wales to tackle poverty remains a key cross-Government priority. The Welsh Government continues to support those at risk of falling into fuel poverty. We continue to invest in our fuel voucher and discretionary assistance…
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Thank you very much. As I've said, what's of interest to me now is delivery on the policies and strategies that we have, and I'm eager that people continue to focus on that until we get to a point when we turn our attention to the next phase. When we do start…
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Darren, look, first of all, I'm really pleased that you see how important it is that we fly the flag internationally; I was really pleased to do that in Ireland last week, where I was able to meet the Tánaiste and President Higgins. Part of the reason we were…
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Well, diolch yn fawr, John, and I know how troubled we all are when we see those scenes from the middle east. They're genuinely horrific, and it just breaks your heart, in particular when you see children suffering, and the scale of devastation that we see is…
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Diolch yn fawr. Wales is a globally interconnected nation with an increasing profile on the world stage. Our international strategy sets out three key ambitions for delivery. These remain as: to raise our international profile, to grow the economy through…
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Well, honestly, I don't know why I have to come here every single week and give him a lesson in how devolution works. They have their powers; we have our powers. I will do what I need to do here with the powers that are available to me.
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Well, he clearly doesn’t know me very well if he thinks I won’t make the case as the First Minister. I will stand up for Wales on every occasion, including with the Prime Minister, as I have done on every occasion that I’ve met him. Let me make it clear that…
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Because what we do is take things seriously, and we have those direct conversations with the UK Government, rather than us writing resolutions on the floor of the Senedd. That's how we work. I know that is difficult for people to bear in mind, for people like…
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There's no doubt about it, it's a stretching target, but it's a target that we're going to make absolutely every effort to hit. That's why we're drafting in some additional support to make sure that we can unlock those areas. There’s a huge amount of work to…
