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Questions to the First Minister
Well, the previous Senedd had the opportunity to hear the case for an independent inquiry, and the previous Senedd didn't agree with that and I don't agree with that now either. The local authorities have been focusing on the practical things that they can do…
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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you, Presiding Officer. Since February 2020, the Welsh Government has invested over £12 million in flood risk management across South Wales Central. This includes over £3 million for emergency repairs. The creation of a Minister for Climate Change…
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Motion under Standing Order 9.1 to agree to the First Minister's recommendation to Her Majesty of a person for appointment as Counsel General
Well, it's a pleasure to do so, Llywydd, and I formally move.
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Questions to the First Minister
I thank Jayne Bryant for that and concur with what she said about the investments the Welsh Government has already made—the £70 million to secure additional services, rail services, between Ebbw Vale and Newport. And I'm very pleased to see that agreement has…
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Questions to the First Minister
Llywydd, we have appointed Simon Gibson CBE as chair of the Burns delivery board. It will oversee the progression of the 58 Burns recommendations by the unit set up for that purpose in Transport for Wales. A budget of over £4 million has already been approved…
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Questions to the First Minister
Llywydd, Members in this Chamber will be—. Members who were here in the last Senedd will know that our own staff in constituencies, through the work of the Commission, we were able to claim a homeworking allowance for them during the pandemic. And that matter…
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Questions to the First Minister
I thank Mike Hedges for that, Llywydd. There are economic benefits for businesses and individuals, including reduced costs for travel and overheads. More remote working can also bring more footfall to local town centres. This is why we are trialling local…
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Questions to the First Minister
Llywydd, I thank Alun Davies for that important question. He will know that the Transforming Towns programme of this Government has provided £110 million worth of investment in Welsh towns in the last 12 months alone. That's reinforced by the 'town centre…
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Questions to the First Minister
I thank the Member for the question. We will use all our efforts and energies to create a stronger, fairer and greener Wales, where no-one is held back or left behind. Climate change, green jobs and recovery from the long and terrible pandemic will be at the…
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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you very much to Rhys ab Owen for that first question since he was elected. I'd like to acknowledge as well his specific expertise in this area, following the work that he did to help to put together the Thomas commission report as part of the…
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Questions to the First Minister
Where implementation of the commission’s recommendations does not rely on the UK Government, progress has already been made, for example in the creation of a law council of Wales. The Cabinet’s justice committee will be re-established to pursue the case made…
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Questions to the First Minister
I thank Rhys for the question.
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Questions to the First Minister
I thank Sarah Murphy for that question and congratulate her on her election and for speaking in the Chamber for the first time. I met many businesses with her in the Bridgend area who went out of their way to tell us how much they appreciated the support that…
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Questions to the First Minister
I recognise the points that the Member makes about the challenges that businesses face when they are resuming trading, whether that is the restocking issue, whether it is the weather, but the Welsh Government has provided help to businesses at every step of…
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Questions to the First Minister
I don't dismiss the views of businesses, but I do dismiss the propaganda efforts of the Welsh Conservative Party, and we've just had another effort at it again. I certainly will not—[Interruption.] I certainly will not give you an undertaking that we will…
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Questions to the First Minister
We have committed more than £2 billion in support for businesses, and more than £1.9 billion of that £2 billion has already reached them. The latest package opened on Monday to applications. Further funding will follow to help businesses develop, sustain and…
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Questions to the First Minister
Well, I thank Jack Sargeant for that. He's right, of course: there's more than one sort of pilot going on in north Wales at the moment. And congratulations, of course, to the good people of Connah's Quay on the success that the Nomads have had this season…
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Questions to the First Minister
Well, Llywydd, as I explained in answer to an earlier question, if we are able—and it's an 'if', isn't it—if we are able to move to alert level 1 at the end of this three-week review, then that will come with new possibilities for events to resume indoors and…
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Questions to the First Minister
Well, Llywydd, may I say 'good luck' to Wrexham on Saturday? Hopefully, Wrexham will join Swansea and Newport in the success that they've already had. Now, they were practical considerations when we made the choice of where the pilots could be held. There is…
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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you to Llyr for that question. Good progress is being made with the pilot event programme, and five pilot events have already been held. The emerging findings, for example in relation to COVID testing for events, will be used to prepare for the next…
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Questions to the First Minister
Well, Llywydd, I am looking forward very much to being able to develop plans for that civic conversation. I want to do it with parties right across the Chamber who have a serious interest in the future of the United Kingdom and Wales's place within it. I…
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Questions to the First Minister
Well, Llywydd, I'm going to have to gently suggest to the leader of Plaid Cymru that the election is over, and the idea of independence was very thoroughly tested in this election and people in Wales made their decision on that issue. So, the policy of my…
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Questions to the First Minister
Well, Llywydd, I have to agree with the leader of Plaid Cymru that the charge sheet against the present UK Government is a long and serious one. The so-called plan for Wales—a plan made for Wales without Wales: not a single conversation with the Government of…
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Questions to the First Minister
Llywydd, I'll deal with the very first part of the Member's question first. So, one of the very first decisions I made on resuming this job after the election was to release £66 million from that £200 million to go directly to businesses in Wales. By the end…
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Questions to the First Minister
Well, Llywydd, there's a more sensible question in that contribution, but let me put a few facts on the record first. Here in Wales we have allocated £2.3 billion in coronavirus grants and reliefs to businesses in Wales. What have we received from his…
