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Questions to the First Minister
Of course there is failure in the system, and it comes from a decade of failure to invest in these matters by your Government—people who supported them over that period. But the idea that there is a large and easily accessible stock of housing just waiting to…
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Questions to the First Minister
Llywydd, of course we want people to move on from the welcome centres as soon as it is safe for them to do so. There will be a variety of destinations for people leaving those centres. The bulk of them, I believe, will go to those families who have so…
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Questions to the First Minister
I thank Andrew Davies for that question, Llywydd, and he's right to point to the continuing horrors of events in Ukraine. The Welsh Government has had to suspend temporarily our supersponsorship platform because of the outstanding success that the platform…
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Questions to the First Minister
I thank Joel James for those questions. The more detailed review of the learner travel Measure is happening at the moment, in the sense that the detailed planning for the review is being carried out over the next few weeks, and we've agreed with our local…
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Questions to the First Minister
Well, I thank Heledd Fychan for those important points. As she herself said, we can see the cost of living increasing almost every week. Last week, the Office for National Statistics published their monthly figures, which demonstrated that the cost of living…
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Questions to the First Minister
I thank Heledd Fychan. Llywydd, primary pupils who live further than 2 miles from school and secondary pupils under the age of 16 who live further than 3 miles from school receive free school transport. An initial review of the learner travel Measure was…
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Questions to the First Minister
I think the point that Jane Dodds made is an important one, Llywydd. This is the responsibility of all public servants who come into contact with children who show evidence of themselves having been affected by the experience of domestic violence. On the…
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Questions to the First Minister
Llywydd, I thank Jane Dodds. Of course, I agree with everything that she said about the work that people do on the front line, particularly those working in the challenging and difficult area of looking after children.
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Questions to the First Minister
Llywydd, as a Government, we've worked closely with the victims commissioner, Vera Baird QC. I think she has done a very effective job. She has shown a real interest in what happens in Wales. And I think that that system has so far served us well. Of course…
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Questions to the First Minister
Llywydd, I think the Member makes some important points, and he's right to say that the renewed strategy seeks to build on the progress that has already been made; it would not be possible to build on progress if progress had not already happened during the…
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Questions to the First Minister
Well, Llywydd, I congratulate Joyce Watson on her use of the facility that the Commission makes available to Members to be able to carry out research in issues of local and, in her case, of national significance. I have my copy of the report with me, so, of…
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Questions to the First Minister
Llywydd, I thank the Member for that question. Our five-year national strategy, published last month, sets out the Welsh Government's commitments for supporting victims of domestic abuse and other forms of violence. Its six objectives aim to ensure…
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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you very much, Presiding Officer. During First Minister's questions last week, I answered a question on the rail strikes. Network Rail has since shared further details about their actions during the strike. They confirmed that no staff had been…
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Thank you.
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It was a fascinating chance to meet them, so very happy to share that.
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There's a note of the meeting and so on, so we could turn that into some information for the committee.
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Surely.
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I'm very happy to make sure that we take up that offer.
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Well, Chair, I think those are some of the most important questions we'll have had this morning, because Alun Davies is absolutely right: the pall that there is over our relations with the European Union has a greater impact on Wales because of the nature…
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Thank you, Chair. I think the only characterisation I could offer you of the state of play with the UK Government is that it is mixed. I can't give you a more precise answer, really. Our relations with the Department for International Trade have been amongst…
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I know—a promotion. So, Cadeirydd, I was glad to provide the committee with the additional information, following the last time I was here with you. The budget that is not allocated directly to action plans is used to promote those cross-cutting further…
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Thanks to Altaf Hussain for that question. Llywydd, I was—
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Thank you, Chair. So, one of the things that I have been talking to the team about over the last 12 months is that I don't think the focus of our actions on the MoU front should be on collecting bits of paper. There's more than one approach to MoUs. I think…
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There is a photograph.
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Chair, there is a list of the extant MOUs in an annex to the annual report [correction: international strategy] but it's always in the business of being redeveloped. So, I referred to the Ōita MOU as a very recent example. As part of Wales in Canada Year, we…
