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Questions to the First Minister
We're in the process of working out the impact of that additional £1.7 billion, which covers of course two years, not just this year, and let's just be clear that quite a lot of the money that has been earmarked for this year has already been spent giving…
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Thanks very much, and it will be an honour for me to be present, as the First Minister, at the national Remembrance Day service on the weekend to pay my personal tribute to veterans and those who died fighting for our country. Hannah, I know how supportive…
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The Welsh Government is proud to deliver a range of support for veterans in Wales, including a specific mental health treatment pathway, prosthetics support for veterans affected by limb loss, and funding of armed forces liaison officers, who work with…
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Thanks very much, Alun, and what I can tell you is that this was a budget for investment. We have to stabilise the economy. It was important after years of neglect, after years of mismanagement of the economy by Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak and others over a…
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Questions to the First Minister
It's quite remarkable. If you haven't looked at the detail of this, you need to, because I do think that many people in agricultural communities have been misled. So, even after the budget, the first £1 million of combined businesses and agricultural assets…
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The budget will have a positive impact across Wales. People on the national living wage will see an increase to £12.21, and public services will breathe a sigh of relief at the end of austerity. Funding for our city and growth deal and investment zones will…
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Questions to the First Minister
Well, thanks very much, and, you're quite right, it is important that those with the broadest shoulders pay the most, which is why, actually, I think it's been very carefully worked out who in the agricultural community is likely to have to pay, whilst the…
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I'll tell you what, we fought and we won. We've won £25 million for our coal communities that these guys wouldn't even ask for, and so we are very pleased with that. And the fact that we're going to get the highest uplift that we've had since devolution…
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Thanks very much. I genuinely think that it is important that people look at the detail before scaremongering, because I think there's been a lot of noise around this issue. I must say—and of course we've already been assessing what we think the impact might…
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Questions to the First Minister
Well, they felt so betrayed by you that they turfed every one of your MPs out of Wales. There is a very, very small band of Tory MPs now sitting in Westminster. I'd like to take the opportunity to congratulate Mims Davies, the new shadow Secretary of State…
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This is a UK Government budget and they had to make some very tough choices. Those tough choices include the need to fix the foundations of our communities and our society, including the economy, but more importantly public services, after 14 years of Tory…
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Well, I can't believe you've started off talking about broken promises—your party, after what you did to this nation. I'll tell you about broken promises. Talk to the people in Tata. You said that there was £80 million to help support the people in Tata. You…
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Questions to the First Minister
Well, we are still working through the impact of the Chancellor’s announcement, and obviously we’ll be coming out with our budget proposals by December. What I’m anxious to repeat is that 2 per cent of businesses will be paying three quarters of the amount…
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Questions to the First Minister
We’re in a situation where we’ve inherited and the UK has inherited a very severe and serious financial situation. There was a massive hole in the economy, left by your Conservative Party, and I’m very pleased to see that the Chancellor has recognised that…
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Questions to the First Minister
Thanks very much. I know that we as a Government appreciate the massive contribution that the third sector makes to our society generally, but also in terms of delivering important public services. The fact is that third sector support for Wales is not…
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Diolch yn fawr. These tax decisions, obviously, are for the United Kingdom Government—they're not devolved decisions. The Chancellor was very clear about the challenges that were facing the public finances in the run-up to the election, and, clearly, hard…
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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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Questions to the First Minister
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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Questions to the First Minister
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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Questions to the First Minister
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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Questions to the First Minister
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…
