, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I hope that's the right Welsh.
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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you, Llywydd. J.P.R. was a legend.
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip
I've written to you, Minister, about a case in my constituency—a resident contacting me because he's concerned about the future well-being of refugees that he's sponsoring as well as others when the participation scheme comes to an end in May 2024. A lot will…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
Well, I've brought specific cases to you in the past, Gweinidog. So, I'll stop there, Cadeirydd, keeping in mind time.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
Moving on to small businesses accessing research and innovation funding, we've heard from small businesses, talking about the challenges they face. What do you perceive those barriers to be, and how would you overcome them?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
Diolch, Cadeirydd. The Diamond review recommended maintaining quality-related funding, QR funding, for universities at a constant level, but we have seen a real-terms cut using 2016 as a baseline, the time of the review. Can you therefore outline the impact…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
I think, just to finish, Cadeirydd, it would be helpful to understand what the Welsh Government would like to see in place of a levy, if an incoming Government was to be able to—incoming UK Government was able to—introduce something different.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
That is—. Just before you introduce your civil servant, I think that is a significant issue, and I have to say to you, Minister, that is not understood in the sector where I'm having those conversations and where Luke Fletcher is having those conversations. I…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
Some of the conversations I've had are that, 'Look, you've got the apprenticeship levy, surely you could just use that £150 million, or whatever it is, to make up the gap from the European funding.' What we would like to see are detailed figures to show how…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
Diolch, Cadeirydd. The conversations I've had with FE colleges have been pretty constructive on this. One concern that has been raised is the impact of the apprenticeship levy, and I think there's more the Welsh Government could do to explain how the UK tax…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Diolch, Cadeirydd. Diolch, Minister.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Okay. And with regard to the process for farmers dealing with TB when they've got an outbreak, the National Farmers Union says that farmers really want better contact with their case vet and also their private vet being involved in the development of cases…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Okay. And with regard to the development of a possible bovine TB hotspot in Anglesey, what are the reasons for that?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Can I just ask, how do you disseminate that latest information to poultry keepers?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Diolch, Gadeirydd. We had a very informative session from the chief veterinary officer, Dr Richard Irvine, back in—. I think it was about two months ago. I have to say, his breadth of knowledge was very impressive and reassuring. But there are a number of…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you very much. Okay.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
I suppose we could interrogate what happened with the 0.4 per cent. [Laughter.]
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Diolch, Cadeirydd. Can I ask about the rural development programme and funding allocated to that, and the extent to which that is being able to be spent this year? We've heard some good news. I'd like to hear from the Minister about it.
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
The UK Government's decision to add the XL bully to the Dangerous Dogs Act has been broadly welcomed by families of two people in my constituency who were tragically killed in dog attacks in 2021 and 2022. However, in a news story earlier this week, the…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
3. What consideration has the Minister given to the UK Government's recent decision to update the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991? OQ60394
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of Museum Wales - Autumn 2023
Thank you, Chair.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of Museum Wales - Autumn 2023
Given some of the constraints that you've already talked about, I imagine widening engagement is going to be a challenge. So, how much of the widening engagement action plan has been implemented? And do you have sufficient resources to deliver the rest of the…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Arts Council of Wales - Autumn 2023
Diolch, Cadeirydd. I have no more questions.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Arts Council of Wales - Autumn 2023
Okay. So, therefore, can you give us a mission statement for that strategic plan? What's going to be its headline mission?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Arts Council of Wales - Autumn 2023
Just to take this to the next stage, looking past the 2023 vision, where can we find your vision for the next five years written down? Where can we find a passionate and detailed exposition of your views for the future of the arts in a document?
