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Diolch yn fawr. I thank the Member for that supplementary question. She's right to point to the work that is already under way—major work, Llywydd—£13 million of investment in Neath town centre, £5.5 million of that provided by the Welsh Government, and as…
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I thank the Member for that question, Llywydd. Amongst the different sources of support for town centre redevelopment in South Wales West, the Transforming Towns placemaking grant scheme, launched in April this year, will provide benefits for towns in the…
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I'd like to thank Huw Irranca-Davies, Llywydd, and I agree with him; the best way of attracting more children to Welsh-medium education is to start with young children in receipt of care. So, anything that we can do to provide enhanced facilities to welcome…
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I'm aware that across the whole of Wales, there are a number of children from non-Welsh-speaking households who do undertake Welsh-medium education, and I welcome that. It's an important part of the plans that we have. Here in Cardiff, eight out of 10…
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Thank you for the question. I am aware of the issues that the Member has raised, because I've had an opportunity to talk to the local Member in Bridgend about the future of Welsh-medium education in that area. In all parts of Wales, I'm sure every Member here…
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Thank you for the question. All local authorities in Wales provide Welsh-medium education. However, laying the foundations for expanding Welsh-medium education is a long-term campaign. We are breaking new ground with the 10-year Welsh in education strategic…
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I thank Ken Skates for that, and for drawing attention to the strengths of the economy in north Wales, with its record high levels of employment, and with, as Members will have seen, the direct inward investment figures published today showing the ongoing…
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Now is the time for the Government that was elected by the people of Wales to fulfil the manifesto on which we were elected. The proposal to explore a tourism tax was absolutely and explicitly there in our manifesto and discussed during the election campaign…
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Our economic priorities for all parts of Wales, including those, of course, for north Wales, are as set out in our newly published programme for government.
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I thank Mike Hedges for that. The tradition in Glyncollen school of campaigning on these matters is a very real one. I remember a question on the floor of the Senedd here about the work that pupils in the school were doing to make sure that milk was supplied…
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I thank the Member very much for that question and for highlighting the pilot that is going on in around 500 homes in her own constituency, which is going to make a genuine contribution to our understanding of how a DRS could be taken forward. Ministers…
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I thank the Member for that question, Llywydd. The Welsh Government is committed to bringing forward a deposit-return scheme for drink containers, and our preferred model was set out in the recent consultation. Alongside the work to review the consultation…
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Well, Llywydd, I'm glad to hear that referrals have recovered. That's good news, and it's part of the general recovery of referrals to health services in Wales in the first months of this year, compared to the immediate post-crisis period in March and April…
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I do think, Llywydd, that the Member doesn't give proper credit to the advances that were made in the CAMHS service in the two years prior to the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, because the figures did improve, and they improved significantly across Wales…
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Well, first of all, I do recognise the impact that coronavirus has had on the health and well-being of young people. Every time I meet young people, through the Youth Parliament, for example, that is an issue that they raise with me. Generally speaking, they…
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Llywydd, well, first of all, of course, to congratulate the Welsh team on proceeding to the knock-out parts of the tournament and to wish them every success on Saturday when they face Denmark in Holland. The advice of the Welsh Government has not changed…
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Well, I certainly agree with Andrew R.T. Davies, Llywydd, about the important work that the third sector has carried out in Wales during the pandemic. It's been strongly supported by a specific fund that the Welsh Government has made available and which has…
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Wel, Llywydd, I too have had the privilege—and it is a privilege—in the past to visit both Tŷ Hafan and Tŷ Gobaith, and to see for myself the astonishing work they do and the commitment of the people who work there. The formula that we use to provide the help…
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Well, Llywydd, I thank Joyce Watson for both of those important points. And she is right, of course, that an enormous amount of help has already been provided to businesses here in Wales. In Pembrokeshire alone, nearly 7,000 grants have been paid out at many…
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Thank you very much to Paul Davies for that question. I agree that the coronavirus crisis has had a major impact on small businesses in the travel industry, and that is going to continue over the coming months. So, the Minister for Economy has announced a…
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Thank you very much to Paul Davies for the question. Dealing effectively with the threat of coronavirus remains the single greatest form of support to the economy of Preseli Pembrokeshire. That will allow businesses in the constituency to take advantage of…
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Llywydd, Delyth Jewell is right that loneliness is regularly reported by populations across the United Kingdom as one of the impacts of coronavirus, not simply in the Red Cross survey but in the fortnightly surveys that we participate in as a Welsh…
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Yes, Llywydd. It remains the policy of the Welsh Government that Welsh solutions that apply in all parts of Wales is the preferable way of dealing with the current state of the virus. The Member is correct, however, to point to those regional disparities…
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Thank you, Llywydd. Well, it is true that, for technical reasons largely connected to the reconfiguration of the English solution to meet Welsh requirements, it was not possible to launch the app in Wales at the same time as it was launched in NHS England. I…
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I thank the Member, Llywydd, for that question. Restrictions in south-east Wales continue to reflect the state of the public health challenge provided by coronavirus. The delta variant is now the dominant form across south-east Wales. Prioritising the…
