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Debate: The Platinum Jubilee
Diolch yn fawr, Llywydd. Well, 70 years ago, 1952 did not begin well in Wales. On 10 January, an Aer Lingus flight going from Dublin to London crashed in Snowdonia, killing its 22 passengers and all three crew. Less than a month later, King George VI was…
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Well, Llywydd, first of all, I'd like to thank John Griffiths for the work that he has done in chairing that group, and the group has achievements already, to its credit, in habitat restoration and management, and particularly in the points that John…
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Llywydd, at the heart of the three-year budget approved by this Senedd there lies £1.8 billion capital investment in creating a national forest, sustaining biodiversity, decarbonising housing, prioritising renewable energy and preventing flooding. These are…
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Well, Llywydd, just to say, I've received advice from our officials in the Government, and what they've told me about the specific example that the Member is talking about, what they've said to me is that the original planning consent was granted specifically…
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I thank Rhun ap Iorwerth for the question, Llywydd. Ensuring that development is based on a plan-led approach leads to communities having the housing, jobs and infrastructure they need. By following such an approach, it's the communities themselves that…
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Well, Llywydd, I think it's important to set out some of the background to the issue that the Member highlights. We had agreed a joint set of proposals for a deposit-return scheme with the UK Government. We took part in a joint consultation on those joint set…
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Small, independent brewers are supported through a wide range of advice and finance available to micro, small and medium-sized businesses in Wales. That help comes, for example, through Business Wales and the Development Bank of Wales.
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The Chancellor of the Exchequer told us that it would be 'silly' of him—that's the word he used—it would be 'silly' of him to offer further help to people facing the cost-of-living crisis. As Carolyn Thomas said, you sometimes think—well, you don't think, you…
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Llywydd, the cost-of-living crisis affects people across north Wales. Surging inflation, tax increases and a failure to protect incomes will result in a fall in living standards and put significant pressure on vulnerable households. We are doing all we can…
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Well, Llywydd, I thank Ken Skates for that question. It does take me back to the terms of the original question, asking us what we do to support the tourism sector, and one of the things that we do is to support the sector in extending the range of things…
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Well, Llywydd, I'll respond to the general point, because I can't be expected to give advice to somebody about their specific circumstances. In general, the position is this: where businesses are businesses, then of course they should be regulated under a…
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I thank Russell George for that, Llywydd. We support the sector through advertising Wales at home and abroad, through revenue support and our £50 million Wales tourism investment fund. Our visitor levy will support the sector by increasing local authorities'…
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That's a really important point that the Member makes. I join with her in congratulating those people who've signed up to the Big Plastic Count. I do remember, Llywydd, myself taking a group of young people across the beach, Tenby North beach, in the year…
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Well, Llywydd, Vikki Howells makes an important point there. In the waste hierarchy set out by the Welsh Government, the first thing we aim to do is to reduce waste in the first place, before we go on to reuse, repair and recycle, and reducing food waste has…
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Llywydd, building on Wales's success to date, our priorities are to deliver the 70 per cent target by 2024-25, to bring forward the regulations to increase business and public sector recycling, to increase the recycling of key materials and to work with…
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Well, I absolutely concur with what the leader of Plaid Cymru has said there, Llywydd. We've had no confirmed cases of monkeypox yet in Wales, but, when I discussed this yesterday with the health Minister and the deputy chief medical officer, he was very…
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Llywydd, I absolutely understand when teachers say that they may lack confidence to know how to respond in what are complex territories, and where you may be anxious that you would inadvertently say the wrong thing and make the wrong response, and that you…
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Llywydd, I agree with Adam Price that the case, as we've heard about it, has been a shocking one, and our thoughts are of course with that young person and his family. No incidents of bullying, whatever their motivation, are acceptable in schools in Wales…
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Well, Llywydd, I've got used, over the many weeks of doing this, to the fact that the leader of the opposition very rarely listens to any answer that is provided, and simply ploughs on with whatever pre-prepared question he has in front of him, because I said…
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Llywydd, of course, Green Man Festival has not got £4.25 million at all. What there is is an asset the Welsh Government holds that is worth more than that sum of money and which is, for the short term, leased back to the original owner in order that they can…
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They're both correct, Llywydd, because they're certainly not polar opposites. There is no plan to move the festival itself from its current successful site, but there is more that those who are responsible for the festival believe that they can do to…
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Llywydd, I'm pleased to be able to say to the Member that just this afternoon my colleague Julie Morgan will be making an oral statement on the learning disability action plan. That plan has been drawn up with the direct and full engagement of those who work…
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Well, I thank the Member for the supplementary question, Llywydd. If she would like to write to me on the particular case that she's raised, then I'd be happy to look into the circumstances there. More generally, I've seen figures that demonstrate that almost…
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I thank Sioned Williams for the question. Llywydd, since the start of devolution, this Senedd has led the way in promoting the rights of all children. We remain committed to the principles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. This…
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Llywydd, I thank Hefin David for raising those points and for the persistence with which he has followed this issue during the previous Senedd term and into this one. He is right to say that unacceptable and unfair practices can be observed in parts of Wales…
