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Business Statement and Announcement
Thank you. Well, I absolutely agree that Llandudno is a major tourist spot in north Wales. The Minister for Climate Change and, therefore, the Deputy Minister for Climate Change have got questions next week. It might be worth raising it direct with the Deputy…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Obviously.
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Business Statement and Announcement
Thank you, Ken. I know you were also in attendance. I don't know if you've had the briefing as an MS that I've had today, to say there were no arrests made at all. So, I think North Wales Police are very proud of that, and I'm certainly very proud of that…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Thank you. I'm very sorry to hear about your constituent and I do hope she is recovering well at home. And, I think, clearly, the experience she had is something that I'm sure the Deputy Minister for Climate Change is aware of, but I will certainly ask him if…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Thank you. I think you're doing absolutely the right thing by meeting with Dŵr Cymru. And you will know that the Minister for Climate Change is doing a great deal of work in this area, and has a taskforce. So, with regard to your specific ask for the…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Thank you. The Member may be aware of the written statement that the Minister for Economy, Vaughan Gething, issued back in February of this year, in which he committed to a further update to Members of the Senedd before the summer recess. I don't have any of…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Where do I begin? Certainly not four o'clock in the morning on Sunday. [Laughter.] You raise a really important point, obviously. I can't get away without saying something very wonderful about my wonderful Wrexham football team. It's 15 years since I was up…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Diolch, Llywydd. There are three changes to this week's business. Firstly, the statement on shared prosperity and levelling up has been moved later on on today's agenda. Secondly, the Deputy Minister for Social Services will make a statement on historical…
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The Alcoholic Beverages (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2023
Diolch, Llywydd. I move the motion to approve the Alcoholic Beverages (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2023. Welsh Government agreed to participate in a joint targeted exercise with the UK and Scottish Governments, which concluded on 23 November 2022…
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Statement by the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd: The Refreshed TB Eradication Programme
Thank you. Well, I would hope that the whole of the programme will. I think it's really important. You can't just take one piece of the jigsaw, and it is indeed a jigsaw, and I go back to what I was saying about everyone having their part to play. So…
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Statement by the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd: The Refreshed TB Eradication Programme
Diolch, Mabon, for those questions and points. I absolutely understand your opening remarks around the distress and stress caused, and I think you've just explained very clearly why we really all need to work together to ensure that we do realise our…
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Statement by the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd: The Refreshed TB Eradication Programme
Thank you very much, Sam Kurtz, for your welcoming of the statement and the delivery plan, and, also, for your words of support, and I'm grateful for the work you did in Pembrokeshire on our behalf. Just to reassure Sam Kurtz and every other Member, and…
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Statement by the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd: The Refreshed TB Eradication Programme
The picture of bovine TB in Wales is ever changing, but the important long-term trends show good progress. Between 2009 and December 2022, new TB incidents fell by 49 per cent in Welsh herds while prevalence decreased by 32 per cent. Regionally, there is…
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Statement by the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd: The Refreshed TB Eradication Programme
Diolch, Llywydd. I last provided Senedd Members with an update on the TB eradication programme in July 2022, setting out our direction of travel and progress after consulting on an enhanced approach in late 2021. I outlined my intent to commence action in…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Thank you. The Member raises a very important point and something that concerns me greatly, and we have done some significant work in relation to it. You mentioned the north Wales rural crime team, and I absolutely agree, along with the other two across the…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Thank you. Well, as you know, the Welsh Government continues to press for the UK Government to call Northern Powerhouse rail exactly what it is, and that's an England-only project, and the same with HS2. I think it would be interesting for Members to see the…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Well, I don't read The Daily Telegraph, and I'd advise the Member not to either. I think you make a serious point about Rhyl and, as somebody from north-east Wales, I know Rhyl very well. And you're quite right—some significant funding has gone into the…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Thank you. In relation to the additional funding for swimming pools, as you say, the UK Government budget did announce further funding for that. As a Cabinet, we are looking at the additional funding that came forward from the spring budget, and obviously…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Thank you. Welsh Ministers do not have a formal role in determining executive pay for Wales's water companies, but the Welsh Government does monitor pay and performance, and we do expect relevant remuneration committees to reflect very carefully on…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Thank you. You raise a very important point. Obviously, while we want to see tourism absolutely boom here in Wales, unfortunately, as is often the case, the minority spoil it for the majority. I know the Deputy Minister has recently taken tourism into her…
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Business Statement and Announcement
The Welsh Government allocates a great deal of funding to local authorities, on a great number of schemes, so I'm not aware of the particular grant that you refer to. But I'm sure the Member would expect—and it is, indeed, the case—that there are very strict…
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Business Statement and Announcement
The Deputy Minister for Climate Change recently issued a written statement on the Welsh Government's plans for improving rural transport. This confirmed that we would be submitting a proposal shortly to the UK Government's union connectivity fund to develop…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Thank you. We know, not just in our community hospitals, but in our district general hospitals as well, that delayed transfers of care are causing a great deal of consternation with bed capacity. Obviously, this is something that the Minister for Health and…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Thank you. In relation to your second point, the Deputy Minister is in her seat and has heard your questions. I'm sure she is, and will continue to be, committed to working both with the third sector and any other service provider or organisation in…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Diolch, Llywydd. There are three changes to this week's business. Firstly, the Minister for Economy will make a statement on the free-port programme in Wales. To accommodate this, the statement on the taxi and private hire vehicle White Paper has been…
