, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
You say that stakeholders want the Government to be straight with them, but the Government wasn't straight with them around the cuts to apprenticeships, though—funding—was it?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
And you've already admitted you're not going to reach that, are you?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
You reminded me of my neighbour's pledge around apprenticeships; can you remind me what the Welsh Government's pledge around apprenticeships was?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
Diolch, Gadeirydd. You understand how this looks, though, Minister, right? I mean, you set out your economic priorities. Apprenticeships, as part of that, are part of priority 2, and then within the month, then, we're seeing the 24 per cent cut being…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Transport scrutiny with the Minister for Climate Change
Generally speaking, then, in terms of commercial revenues, how are TfW then looking to increase commercial revenues across—well, not just in the farebox?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Transport scrutiny with the Minister for Climate Change
Diolch, Gadeirydd. Just one quick one from me, really. James Price mentioned to the committee in his session that one of the reasons that extra funding is needed is because revenue hasn't been in line with the original forecast, and at the same time then…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Transport scrutiny with the Minister for Climate Change
And, fairly briefly, how will the plans around cancelling the major-events stabling line at Llanwern affect some of that provision and planning around major events?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Transport scrutiny with the Minister for Climate Change
I think that candid honesty will be appreciated by a lot of people. I'm just thinking now of the train that both Huw and I are normally on, which is the Maesteg train. A lot of the time, it gets terminated at Tondu, leaving the Llynfi valley completely cut…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Transport scrutiny with the Minister for Climate Change
I think it's true that when they are running, there's nothing better. Like I said, I catch them every single day and, actually, it's really handy when I'm coming to the Senedd, especially for committee, to be able to have a quick peruse through the committee…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Transport scrutiny with the Minister for Climate Change
Diolch, Cadeirydd. I've sat here listening to how things are going to get better, and I've heard the same since my election in 2021, and I heard that prior to my election in 2021 as well. With all due respect, I think the Government's starting to sound a bit…
, Plenary
Short Debate: Increasing the use of public transport: Why young people should travel for free
Thank you to Heledd Fychan for giving me a minute of time in this debate. I wanted to touch on two particular points, which are school attendance and education maintenance allowance, which are, actually, quite viciously linked in the sense that, if a student…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Road freight transport strategy
Well, it's not just me saying this as well. The UK Government itself acknowledged the shortage of HGV drivers and the link to Brexit when it launched the temporary visa scheme in the autumn of 2021, to specifically target EU HGV drivers. So, it's not just me…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Road freight transport strategy
Yes, of course.
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Road freight transport strategy
Diolch, Llywydd, and I move the amendments in the name of Heledd Fychan. And I'm glad that this debate was put forward, and in thinking about this debate and in preparation for the debate I thought back to one of the first inquiries I was involved in, shortly…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: PISA Results 2022
If I'm going to be totally honest here, I don't think PISA is the best way of assessing education within Wales. I think Jenny Rathbone made an important contribution as to why I think that. There are a number of other reasons as well. But I do think that this…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Economy: Foundational Economy
At its most fundamental level, the economy is about people, isn't it? So, the foundational economy lines up with this principle pretty neatly. I welcome the fact that the Welsh Government has outlined a series of priorities for strengthening the foundational…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Economy: Foundational Economy
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd, and I thank the Minister for his statement.
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Last week, the Minister for Economy launched the Welsh Government's economic missions. Priority area 2 emphasises the need to support young people and their access to training and employment opportunities, and yet we're expecting the number of new entrants…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Thank you for the response, First Minister.
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
8. What is the Welsh Government doing to increase the provision of apprenticeships? OQ60400
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
The Future of Welsh Steel: Trade Unions
Thank you, Gadeirydd.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
The Future of Welsh Steel: Trade Unions
Before I hand back to the Chair, did anyone else want to come back in? Charlotte.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
The Future of Welsh Steel: Trade Unions
On Llanwern and Trostre, I think all three unions, as well as industry experts, have raised concerns around the impact that this proposal will have on those two sites. Could you just explain a bit more for the committee what that impact will be?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
The Future of Welsh Steel: Trade Unions
The proposal, sorry, yes; fair point, we've got to correct the terminology there. But, in terms of the proposal that's on the table, are you confident that there's enough flexibility in that proposal to make the changes that you might want to see from the…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
The Future of Welsh Steel: Trade Unions
I think that's particularly why it's disappointing that the UK Government haven't engaged at all. So, in terms of the deal that has been struck, then, I take it—
