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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…
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Well, there's still a long way to go until the end of the term, and what we're aware of is that, actually, a lot of this is not to do with finance. Some of it is about getting bits stuck in the planning system that, actually, can be unlocked, and what Lee…
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The Minister for Delivery has a role in supporting delivery of all our ambitions as a Government, and a formal statement on the work to support the delivery of affordable housing will follow.
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Well, you'll be aware that the Cabinet Secretary who's responsible for housing will be making sure—and we are, as a Government, absolutely determined—that we're going to deliver. That's why we are still in discussions about the role that Lee Waters will play…
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Thanks very much. Well, as you say, we have got this group of experts now who have been appointed, and, if you look at their CVs, you'll see that these are genuine experts, people who want to help us out. And in fact, one of the people on that group is the…
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Well, it's a shame that the research that you did didn't actually look at the latest statistics in terms of what already happens in relation to cross-border support and care. It's very interesting, in particular in relation to GPs on the border. There are…
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Health boards are responsible for the planning and delivery of safe, high-quality healthcare services on behalf of their local populations within the resources available. Powys Teaching Health Board has set out its position, and I expect any service change to…
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Well, thanks very much. You’ll be aware that there’s been a whole package of measures to address this situation in relation to housing. And the fact is that the situation has changed since we first set that target. We’ve had massive inflation, we’ve had huge…
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Thank you very much. We are highly aware of the situation and how difficult it is for people, particularly those who have homes but can’t afford to continue to pay their rent. And that is why we have provided record funding—£1.4 billion of investment in this…
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My priority is to deliver more affordable homes across the whole of Wales, and we have allocated record levels of funding during this Government term. We are also working closely with partners across Gwynedd, as part of the Dwyfor second homes and…
