, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Economic strategy for coastal and rural communities
Obviously, Lesley Griffiths has responsibility for rural affairs and she also has responsibility for north Wales, so she has a particular geographical component to that as well. Lesley does have that pan-Government set of responsibilities. In other areas, I…
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Economic strategy for coastal and rural communities
There isn't one single strategy, because the issues vary across portfolios, but every portfolio has a focus on rural communities in particular, and many portfolios will have a direct interest in coastal communities as well. So, there's a range of strategies…
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Economic strategy for coastal and rural communities
Thank you very much, Chair. Joining me in the room is Gian Marco Currado, director of environment and marine, and joining us on the screen we have Duncan Hamer, director of business operations and the regions.
, Plenary
Debate: Welsh Government Annual Report—Delivering our well-being objectives
I thank Peter Fox for what he said. I'll think carefully about what he said. I have to say, Llywydd, we are awash with data. We publish a mountain of data as a Government. It's not a problem of having insufficient data, what we don't always do as much as we…
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Debate: Welsh Government Annual Report—Delivering our well-being objectives
I thank Rhun ap Iorwerth. Of course, we want to co-operate with Plaid Cymru on everything that's in our agreement. As he said, we have started on that work quickly already, and I'm looking forward to December when we will have an opportunity to report on…
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Debate: Welsh Government Annual Report—Delivering our well-being objectives
Llywydd, diolch yn fawr. Can I thank Andrew R.T. Davies for what he said about the ability to work together when the circumstances allow for that? There will be opportunities in the coming year as well to continue to do that where we have some shared agendas…
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Debate: Welsh Government Annual Report—Delivering our well-being objectives
In that context, Llywydd, we will do everything that we can to support people through this crisis. Policies across the 20 years of devolution have put money back in people's pockets: free bus travel for an increasing number of Welsh citizens; free…
, Plenary
Debate: Welsh Government Annual Report—Delivering our well-being objectives
Deputy Presiding Officer, last week, the first annual report of this Senedd term was published. It notes the work that we've done towards delivering our well-being objectives. The programme for government of this Government was published less than six weeks…
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Questions to the First Minister
I thank the Member for that, Llywydd, and acknowledge the work that was done by the previous Conservative administration of Monmouth council, which brought forward three possible solutions to the acknowledged difficulties that are faced in parts of Chepstow…
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Questions to the First Minister
Llywydd, studies in Chepstow and the surrounding area have been undertaken, and consideration is being given by Monmouthshire council to sustainable transport opportunities. The forthcoming clean air Bill will include proposals to improve air quality across…
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Questions to the First Minister
Well, Llywydd, we were glad to have the report, of course, having commissioned it, and we will want to consider very carefully its recommendations. There's to be an orthopaedic summit in August that the Minister will lead, and that will bring people, not just…
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Questions to the First Minister
Llywydd, the national orthopaedic board has undertaken a review of the orthopaedic services across Wales. The board has used the information from this review to propose a blueprint for the future of orthopaedic services. The strategy and the blueprint were…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Well, I have not heard that, Llywydd. I do acknowledge the fact that, in the past, there have been problems that have arisen, but now we have a new system in place and senior officials in the NHS in Wales and across the border in England come together. They…
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Questions to the First Minister
Llywydd, patient flows between north Wales and England are managed between the health bodies on either side of the border. The principles for providing cross-border health care provision are set out in the cross-border statement of values and principles…
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Questions to the First Minister
Well, Llywydd, there are 10 different strands in the package of measures that we announced together on 4 July, and those are measures that we will be taking forward with the urgency that is required in order to make a difference in rebalancing, as I said, the…
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Questions to the First Minister
Llywydd, we are ensuring that there are strong mechanisms for the long-term and short-term rental sectors. The measures include introducing a statutory licensing scheme for all holiday lets and ensuring that business rate relief is focused on those holiday…
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Questions to the First Minister
I thank the Member for those questions, Llywydd. We are indeed proposing measures to limit the impact on smaller businesses, and that does include the annual registration fee. We will look at mandatory labelling requirements, we will look at how online…
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Questions to the First Minister
Llywydd, our aim has been to develop the scheme as a partnership with the UK and Northern Ireland Governments. The absence of an Executive in Northern Ireland and the turmoil in Westminster are both affecting the timetable for publication of the final scheme…
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Questions to the First Minister
Well, Llywydd, I think I said in my last answer that we already have, through Business Wales, which is a Welsh Government-funded source of impartial advice to businesses here in Wales, specialist resource efficiency advisers. They already do the things that…
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Questions to the First Minister
I thank Hefin David for that question. I'm aware of the company that he mentioned and the work that they do. Companies like that, Llywydd, faced with the astonishing rise in energy prices, will be following what is going on in Westminster very carefully and…
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Questions to the First Minister
Llywydd, I had very deliberately not referred to the Member for Ynys Môn's own plans to be part of a brain drain. So—[Laughter.] Just to be sure; I had made sure that I didn't do that. Businesses in Wales are facing extremely high energy prices, which, unlike…
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Questions to the First Minister
Well, Llywydd, I'll try to be consensual as well, because, of course, I completely agree with him that selling Wales as a low-wage economy was a failed policy of the Thatcher era, and we don't look to recreate that today. The Cardiff capital region actually…
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Questions to the First Minister
Well, Llywydd, Wales has the most generous form of student support anywhere in the United Kingdom, and I didn't hear any recognition of that in what the Member just had to say. Of course the current crisis in the cost of living affects young people and people…
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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you for that question, of course, and I have seen the census results that have been published. There is a lot more information to draw out of those figures over the coming months. One of the reasons why I and Adam Price stood together in a press…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Let me just tell the Member again: if he hasn’t had the chance to read it because he’s been too busy reading manifestos of people seeking to lead his party, we can supply him with a copy. It sets out a year-by-year sequence of ways in which waiting times in…
