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Questions to the First Minister
Well, Llywydd, I think that the rushed announcement by Twitter of the fate of the BBC is exactly motivated in the way that the leader of Plaid Cymru has said. It is part of a 'dead meat' strategy that this Government has embarked upon. If anybody thinks that…
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Questions to the First Minister
Well, Llywydd, I set out on Friday last week a timetable stretching to the middle of next month for decision making, provided that the public health situation in Wales would mean that it would be safe to lift further protections. That timetable is well known…
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Questions to the First Minister
Well, I have absolutely nothing to apologise for, Llywydd. The Conservative Party in Wales has a great deal to apologise for in the way that it has time after time after time sought to deny people in Wales and businesses in Wales the protections that are…
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Questions to the First Minister
Llywydd, the impact on Welsh businesses was caused by coronavirus. That is the point that I was making, as I'm quite sure the leader of the opposition knows. Businesses in Wales were seeing the impact of the omicron variant well before there was any change in…
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Questions to the First Minister
Well, diolch yn fawr, Llywydd. Those are all important points. This Government opposes the UK Government's importation of techniques from the United States to suppress voting amongst populations who it thinks who may not be supportive of their political…
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Questions to the First Minister
Llywydd, I did welcome the outcome of the IGR. I was there in 2018 when it was initiated by Theresa May and the First Ministers of the time, and the Welsh Government and Welsh civil servants in particular have invested many, many hours in trying to make sure…
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Questions to the First Minister
Llywydd, I'm afraid I don't think I can offer such a reassurance. The UK Government, it seems to me, is trapped in the headlights of the events that it has brought upon itself by its utter disregard for the rules that the rest of us are bound by. And in an…
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Questions to the First Minister
I thank Ken Skates, Llywydd, for that question. We welcome the final agreement of the inter-governmental review in the fourth calendar year of that process. We now need a UK Government capable of discharging its responsibilities rather than one paralysed by…
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Questions to the First Minister
I think one of the ways in which the funding that we provide to local authorities has been developed in recent years is that we now provide a core allocation to local authorities, as well as the project money that they can bid in for. And because there has…
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Questions to the First Minister
Llywydd, I'd like to thank Huw Irranca-Davies for those questions.
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Questions to the First Minister
Llywydd, I thank Joel James for identifying an important issue, but an issue very well known to the Welsh Government. Shared use of space on the highway, on the pavement, is a matter that has been raised and discussed in our own engagement with groups…
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Questions to the First Minister
Llywydd, in our assessment, the positive gains of the active travel action plan far outweigh any negative repercussions. It's a requirement of the Active Travel (Wales) Act 2013 that it be reviewed by the end of 2022. That review will identify any…
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Questions to the First Minister
First of all, I do have to say that, back in September, the Member was asking me questions suggesting that the ambulance service in Hywel Dda was to be reduced. He was wrong then and he is wrong now. Indeed, on that issue, there will be more rather than fewer…
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Questions to the First Minister
I thank Paul Davies for that question. Alongside all its other services, the health board has delivered a successful booster vaccination programme during a very challenging Christmas and new year period. It continues to provide the most clinically urgent…
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Questions to the First Minister
I heard Llyr Huws Gruffydd's comments on the situation with Chester Football Club, and I agree with what he said. It is important that we find a pragmatic solution that is clear on the law in Wales—and the law is the same for all clubs in Wales—but also…
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Questions to the First Minister
A series of discussions have taken place, primarily involving Chester Football Club and the enforcement authorities of Flintshire County Council and North Wales Police. A constructive dialogue is focused on ensuring that the law is upheld here in Wales, and…
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Questions to the First Minister
Jenny Rathbone makes a series of really important points there. I fully understand the anxiety that young people feel faced with examinations and feeling that the experience they've had doesn't prepare them in the way that they would have wanted. But when we…
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Questions to the First Minister
I thank Jenny Rathbone. Llywydd, Qualifications Wales has decided to hold examinations in 2022, consistent with the approach taken in other parts of the UK, and adaptations have been made to assessment content so that learners are not disadvantaged. On 16…
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Questions to the First Minister
Llywydd, I absolutely agree with what the Member has said. I was very struck, myself, back in April of last year, by the way that the young person's guarantee had communicated itself, not simply to young people, but to the parents and grandparents of those…
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Questions to the First Minister
I thank Huw Irranca-Davies, Llywydd. The youth guarantee scheme is already up and running in Wales, with the Working Wales service providing a gateway to the extended opportunities available across education, training, apprenticeships, employment and…
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Questions to the First Minister
I thank her for drawing attention to the Robin Hood tax—the Tobin tax, as it was sometimes called—to which I have always, myself, been attracted; a very small tax on a very large number of transactions, which would result in a very significant additional…
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Questions to the First Minister
I thank Jane Dodds for the question and for her good wishes.
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Questions to the First Minister
I thank Peter Fox for that. I think the single advice fund does, in many ways, address some of the issues that Peter Fox has raised, because it is a single service and people get the advice they need across a whole range of different issues, whether it's fuel…
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Questions to the First Minister
Llywydd, I can absolutely assure Joyce Watson that time after time after time, Welsh Ministers, together with their counterparts in Scotland and Northern Ireland, lobbied UK Ministers against their plans to take that £20 every week away from poorest families…
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Questions to the First Minister
I thank Joyce Watson for that, Llywydd. The Tory cost of living crisis is already a reality for thousands of Welsh families. As I said earlier, Llywydd, the UK Conservative Government has chosen to take £20 each week away from the poorest families in the land…
