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Questions to the First Minister
Llywydd, I thank the Member for that. I entirely agree with what he said about the amazing job that local authorities in all parts of Wales have done, suddenly having to gear themselves up to provide a service that they had never hitherto had to provide. I…
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Questions to the First Minister
Well, Llywydd, I thank Siân Gwenllian very much for those supplementary points. They're important, and I've heard myself that people working in the field feel the same way. But throughout the pandemic, the nature of the PPE that has been provided to social…
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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you very much to Siân Gwenllian for that question. Care home staff will still need to wear personal protective equipment to protect residents and themselves from the risk of COVID‑19. This includes staff in Arfon care homes. We continue to provide free…
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Questions to the First Minister
Llywydd, I'm absolutely happy for Members who wish to have a further briefing on this to have it. Important, just to be clear, we are not proposing vaccine certification. You can get a COVID pass without a vaccine certificate. This is a very, very difficult…
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Questions to the First Minister
I've been reminded of it. Yes, it's an important point. At large-scale events—let's take the obvious example of a rugby international in Cardiff—the public health adverse impacts of checking everybody's pass would outweigh the advantages of the pass itself…
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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you again for those questions. A COVID pass system is a compromise. If you had vaccine passport certification, then some of the points that the Member makes about the limitations of lateral flow tests wouldn't arise, but as we know, vaccine passports…
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Questions to the First Minister
I thank Adam Price for that. He's right, of course, Llywydd; we do share the advice that we get on the modelling and the advice we receive from the chief medical officer and others as we go into the final decision-making phase of the three-week review. I…
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Questions to the First Minister
The people's priorities in Wales are the priorities that they voted for in May. If ever there was a party that had ran out of ideas—. The Conservative Party in Wales is never going to succeed in persuading people if all they do is to criticise the Government…
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Questions to the First Minister
Llywydd, let me try to respond to the serious point in the Member's question, because somewhere in there there was something of that sort. The NHS in Wales is under huge pressure—huge pressure in everything that it is trying to do to provide a service for…
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Questions to the First Minister
Well, as usual, I thank the Member for his close interest in the workings of the Labour Party. [Laughter.] It's good to know that he was following that carefully at the weekend. Let me be clear here, Llywydd, there is no absence of radical policies in Wales…
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Questions to the First Minister
Llywydd, I think the Member has picked up the wrong supplementary, because, as far as I am aware, business rates are not a responsibility of the mid Wales growth deal, which is the question on the order paper. So, I am struggling to understand the relevance…
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Questions to the First Minister
I thank the Member for that, Llywydd. The region’s joint committee approved the portfolio business case on 21 September. Subject to confirmation by both local authority cabinets, we expect it to be submitted to both Governments in early October, and if all…
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Questions to the First Minister
Well, Llywydd, I am in a position to respond to the general point that the Member makes. As I tried to explain to him gently last week, questions for Caerphilly County Borough Council are best placed to Caerphilly County Borough Council. The Welsh…
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Questions to the First Minister
Llywydd, of course, every time I have this question asked of me, I do say that the UK Government acted on a considerable scale to help protect the economy from the impact of coronavirus. I am fearful of the end of the furlough scheme on Thursday of this week…
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Questions to the First Minister
I thank the Member for that question. She's absolutely right to point to the very long history of the Hawker Siddeley Switchgear company in her constituency. And the Welsh Government was indeed very pleased to be able to support its relocation, because that…
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Questions to the First Minister
I thank the Member for that question. Llywydd, the Welsh Government invests in the Cardiff capital city deal, provides new powers to local authorities, supports our ambitious apprenticeship programme, and works directly with businesses in Islwyn. All these…
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Questions to the First Minister
I thank Laura Anne Jones for that and congratulate her, of course, on her appointment as an ambassador in this very important field. She'll be well aware, I know, of the whole-system approach that we've been developing in schools in Wales, and the…
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Questions to the First Minister
There are many interventions available to schools to meet the well-being needs of learners. We encourage schools to draw on those interventions that best meet the needs of their own staff and students. Public Health Wales published an extensive review of…
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Questions to the First Minister
I thank Hefin David for that, Llywydd. The UK Government's approach to international travel during the pandemic has been amongst the most chaotic parts of its response. It's very hard indeed to follow their thinking in this area. We have, as a Welsh…
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Questions to the First Minister
Llywydd, vaccines remain our strongest defence against coronavirus. The autumn booster programme has already started in Caerphilly. Letters inviting 12 to 15-year-olds to be vaccinated will start arriving this week. In addition to vaccination, we must all…
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Questions to the First Minister
Llywydd, thank you very much to Llyr Huws Gruffydd for the question. The information that I have shows that 14 of the local authorities in Wales pay the living wage. The number has increased over the years, and I look to all public bodies in Wales to plan to…
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Questions to the First Minister
Llywydd, the number of public sector employers paying the living wage continues to increase year by year. Recognition of Cardiff as the first living wage city in the United Kingdom is rooted in the fact that both the local authority and the local health board…
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Questions to the First Minister
Llywydd, I think it is more for the police and their partners on the ground to be able to report on the success of their initiatives in any locality, rather than for me. What I do know is that, ever since May of this year, a weekly meeting has taken place…
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Questions to the First Minister
Llywydd, I was very pleased indeed in August to be able to go to Neath with the local police and crime commissioner and with Jane Hutt to announce that we had already found the money to fulfil that manifesto commitment. So, an extra 100 PCSOs are being…
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Questions to the First Minister
I thank the Member for that, Llywydd. We work closely with the police and other agencies responsible for community safety in Ogmore. Later this week my colleague the Minister for Social Justice, Jane Hutt, will chair the policing partnership board for Wales…
