, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Manufacturing in Wales: Evidence session 3
Therefore, are you happy with the outcome and does it do everything that you wanted it to do, or are there gaps?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Manufacturing in Wales: Evidence session 3
Okay, thanks.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Manufacturing in Wales: Evidence session 3
Well, the issues that you've raised—
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Manufacturing in Wales: Evidence session 3
Can I just ask you, David, before you move on, did you say this to the Welsh Government when they were developing the plan?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Manufacturing in Wales: Evidence session 3
Thanks, Cadeirydd. I'd like to ask first Keith Ridgway what involvement he and his organisation had in the development of the refreshed manufacturing action plan. And to both panellists, is there anything not in the plan that should be? I'll start there and…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Manufacturing in Wales: Evidence session 2
Chair, just to say, just to respond to Llŷr, there's nothing to stop a degree apprenticeship being offered in a modular way that would allow that.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Manufacturing in Wales: Evidence session 2
Lovely. Thank you very much.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Manufacturing in Wales: Evidence session 2
I'm just conscious of time, Chair. It's up to you whether you want to take some more.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Manufacturing in Wales: Evidence session 2
Bridging social capital.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Manufacturing in Wales: Evidence session 2
Because time is moving on, I just want to ask one additional question. Do you feel that perhaps degree apprenticeships have a role to play as part of that?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Manufacturing in Wales: Evidence session 2
I like the work on entrepreneurship and innovation that you've done, and therefore it's a pleasure to meet you. To what extent do you think that the refreshed action plan and Welsh Government innovation strategy support the sector to maximise its contribution…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Manufacturing in Wales: Evidence session 2
Can I direct a question to Professor Pickernell? I should declare that I'm something of a fan. I've followed his work in my previous occupation—
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Manufacturing in Wales: Evidence session 2
That's helpful. Thank you.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Manufacturing in Wales: Evidence session 2
Okay. Just to move on fairly quickly, there was an initial plan published in 2021. Is it clear which elements of that initial plan have been kept in the new plan, and what the Welsh Government will be doing differently in the future? I'm happy to direct that…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Manufacturing in Wales: Evidence session 2
I can't see anyone else indicating. Was there anyone else, Cadeirydd?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Manufacturing in Wales: Evidence session 2
Are you satisfied everything's in it that you want in it?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Manufacturing in Wales: Evidence session 2
Thanks, Cadeirydd. Can I ask Janis first of all, and anyone else can come in on this if it's relevant to them, but what was your role in developing the refreshed manufacturing action plan? Is there anything anyone else as well would like to see in the plan…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Manufacturing in Wales: Evidence session 1 - Minister for Economy
Yes. I just wanted to—. Just some of the global issues that were discussed there made me think of the foundational economy, and I'd just like to understand the Minister's commitment to the foundational economy. Is that still part of the Government's strategy…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Post-EU regional development funding: Minister for Economy
I've yet to hear that sliding scale ever answered. [Laughter.]
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Post-EU regional development funding: Minister for Economy
—for going slightly off topic. [Laughter.]
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Post-EU regional development funding: Minister for Economy
Yes. I appreciate your indulgence there, Chair. I'm sorry—
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Post-EU regional development funding: Minister for Economy
But that's a basic income. A universal basic income would affect everybody and is opposite to the principles of targeting need, so I just feel there's an ideological difference there.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Post-EU regional development funding: Minister for Economy
Yes, very, very quickly. The Minister's consistently said that focusing on areas of greatest need should be the focus of additional funding. But, isn't that the opposite in principle to the principle of universal basic income? And I just wonder how he squares…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Post-EU regional development funding: Minister for Economy
Okay. Thanks, Chair.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Post-EU regional development funding: Minister for Economy
It sounds like the apprenticeship levy all over again.
