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Questions to the First Minister
I thank Cefin Campbell for that question, Llywydd. All of the funding available through the rural development programme for Wales 2014-20 from the European Union, namely £846 million, was successfully invested in Wales. That achievement shows our commitment…
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Questions to the First Minister
Well, Llywydd, the reason that I can be confident that if I ask for a conversation with Keir Starmer I will get it is because I would never fritter away those opportunities by doing the sort of thing that the leader of Plaid Cymru has just suggested. I know…
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Questions to the First Minister
Well, of course I won't, Llywydd, because the Member's question is a vivid illustration of why that sort of question is not properly put to me before I answer questions in front of the inquiry. He says to me, 'Of course I could craft a careful answer to his…
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Questions to the First Minister
No, Llywydd, I entirely reject that. It's a nonsensical accusation, and the leader of Plaid Cymru ought to know better than to make it. Because I answer questions on the floor of this Senedd every week. I will be here next week, as the Llywydd said, answering…
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Questions to the First Minister
Well, Llywydd, let me respond first of all to the point that the leader of the opposition made. The pandemic touched the lives of everyone who lived in Wales, and many families lost loved ones, and the inquiry is there to shine a spotlight onto the way in…
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Questions to the First Minister
Well, Llywydd, protocols do exist for the way in which Ministers use electronic devices, whether those are Welsh Government devices or the devices that every one of us is supplied with as a result of our membership of the Senedd. Those protocols are to be…
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Questions to the First Minister
Well, Llywydd, my answers to the journalist who interviewed me were very carefully crafted to make sure that I said only things that I have said time and time again already here on the floor of the Senedd and elsewhere. I said nothing in that interview that…
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Questions to the First Minister
Well, Llywydd, Mike Hedges is absolutely right: the electric arc possibilities for Port Talbot are real and important, but they're not sufficient. That is why keeping that second blast furnace going during the coming years is so important, not just to the…
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Questions to the First Minister
Well, Llywydd, the Member is mistaken almost from start to finish in what he said. I have never said that the UK Government had done nothing. I was very glad to have a conversation with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, in the lead-up to the…
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Questions to the First Minister
I thank Adam Price for that, Llywydd. I read his contribution to the debate that resulted in a unanimous resolution passed here on the floor of the Senedd. I know that his contribution is meant seriously as a positive contribution to the debate, but can I…
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Questions to the First Minister
Llywydd, I thank Adam Price for that. Domestic steel production is of strategic importance to Wales and the rest of the United Kingdom. Expert plans, developed and presented by the steel trades unions, provide a credible and immediate plan to retain steel…
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Questions to the First Minister
Well, Llywydd, I thank Alun Davies for that. Some of us think fondly of our sixtieth birthdays—[Laughter.]—and the opportunities that we've had for longer than he has to use the bus pass. Look, the bus pass was a hallmark decision of the Assembly, as it then…
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Questions to the First Minister
Well, Llywydd, let's unpack that figure just for a moment, because just on a half of that million minutes are caused by Network Rail, not by Transport for Wales at all. They are caused by Network Rail cancelling services, carrying out work at the last minute…
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Questions to the First Minister
Well, this is an important question, Llywydd. As people will be aware, the problem is that it is nearly impossible to withdraw funding from rail because there are always costs there. So, we fund the rail services because we want to increase the possibilities…
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Questions to the First Minister
I thank Llyr Gruffydd. Llywydd, significant investment, policy reform and passing radical new legislation will help to improve the network. Long-term sustainability depends upon growing passenger numbers to pre-pandemic levels and beyond.
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Questions to the First Minister
Well, Llywydd, a cyber attack I do not think now could be described as unexpected, because the scale of cyber attacks that we see on public infrastructure and in private companies mean that I believe any public service ought to be preparing for it, because…
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Questions to the First Minister
Llywydd, the Welsh Government's cyber action plan focuses on enhancing cyber resilience and safeguarding our public services so they are able to prepare for, respond to and recover from cyber attacks and disruption.
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Questions to the First Minister
Well, Llywydd, Delyth Jewell is absolutely right about the story that those coal tips tell of Wales's natural resources being exploited, not to the benefit of those communities, as we know, but to the benefit of people far away from where those resources were…
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Questions to the First Minister
I thank Delyth Jewell. Llywydd, there are 2,566 disused coal tips in Wales, and that is approximately 40 per cent of all coal tips in Great Britain; 656 of those are situated in South Wales East. Our coal tip safety programme, including an inspection and…
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Questions to the First Minister
Well, Llywydd, first of all to agree with what Paul Davies said about the distress that the family will be experiencing, and, of course, the circumstances that he reports need to be investigated and answers to the family need to be provided. I'm not myself…
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Questions to the First Minister
Llywydd, last month, the Welsh Government awarded £1.6 million to support plans for a Fishguard health and well-being centre, the latest action to improve health services in the Member's constituency. The centre will bring together organisations to deliver…
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Questions to the First Minister
I thank Natasha Asghar for that supplementary question, Llywydd. I read the article that she'd posted on her website, which provides further detail in addition to the detail that she's provided to the Chamber this afternoon. Afon Technology is very much at…
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Questions to the First Minister
I thank the Member for that question, Llywydd. Actions in Wales focus on diabetes prevention, helping those with diabetes to manage that condition and improve access to diabetes technology such as pumps and blood glucose monitors. Responsibility for…
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Questions to the First Minister
Well, Llywydd, the Prime Minister was doing his best, as he often does, to distract attention from the failure of his own Government. You'll remember the fanfare with which he announced that childcare would be available for younger children in England, only…
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Questions to the First Minister
I thank Vikki Howells, Llywydd. Expanding childcare provision has been a key achievement of the first three years of this Senedd term, accelerated through the co-operation agreement with Plaid Cymru. With the committed help of RCT council, hundreds of new…
