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Questions to the First Minister
Well, there are a whole string of points to be corrected there, Llywydd. We will continue with the policy because the policy was voted for by people in Wales in an election, and I can tell you that any change—any change—in this area is often opposed by people…
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Questions to the First Minister
Llywydd, we have those conversations all the time. I don't think that those anxieties are shared by the services either. I think that those anxieties will not be borne out in practice. All our blue-light services are used in Wales to dealing with 20 mph, 30…
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Questions to the First Minister
Well, Llywydd, the leader of the opposition is right—this was a manifesto commitment of my party. It's been in the programme for government ever since the new Senedd term began, and this Government will keep its promise to people in Wales to bring about this…
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Questions to the First Minister
I agree with Darren Millar that it is completely unacceptable that the previous board should have overseen the overpayment to one of its executive members on the scale that Darren Millar just outlined, breaching not only the board's own instructions, but the…
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Questions to the First Minister
Llywydd, the Welsh Government is not making any requests of the health boards to cut down on the budgets that were made available to them by this Senedd in our vote on the final budget. We are having to ask boards to reduce the level of over-expenditure that…
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Questions to the First Minister
Llywydd, thank you. After more than a decade of austerity, the impact of rampant inflation has reduced the value of the budget available to Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, as with all other public bodies in Wales. In this financial year, the board…
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Questions to the First Minister
Well, Llywydd, I'm glad to hear Russell George say that he hopes the policy will succeed, because I think the evidence of the World Health Organization is that the policy does have its impact on those drinkers who are at the most hazardous end of alcohol…
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Questions to the First Minister
Llywydd, last year, the British Liver Trust, drawing on authoritative advice from the World Health Organization, concluded that minimum unit pricing is amongst the most effective measures that can be taken to reduce alcohol-induced harm. As the policy is…
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Debate: Welsh Government Annual Report—Delivering the Government’s priorities and legislative programme
No. I'm saying let the people of the United Kingdom elect that next Labour Government and the people of Wales will make the greatest contribution to that Government of any part of the United Kingdom. That's why we're proud to be in the party we're in and to…
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Debate: Welsh Government Annual Report—Delivering the Government’s priorities and legislative programme
So, the firepower of the UK, Llywydd, exists in the potential for that next Labour Government. That's where I so much disagreed with him. He has written off the next Labour Government before it's even been elected. He's already disappointed in it before it's…
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Debate: Welsh Government Annual Report—Delivering the Government’s priorities and legislative programme
Oh, I'll take an intervention, of course. [Laughter.]
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Debate: Welsh Government Annual Report—Delivering the Government’s priorities and legislative programme
The Government will accept the first amendment proposed in the name of Heledd Fychan this afternoon, Llywydd. It sets out the progress we've made in the co-operation agreement, and we're pleased to support it. The second amendment got off to such a good start…
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Debate: Welsh Government Annual Report—Delivering the Government’s priorities and legislative programme
May I also thank Rhun ap Iorwerth for his comments and the positive note that he began his contribution with on those things that we are developing together in the co-operation agreement?
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Debate: Welsh Government Annual Report—Delivering the Government’s priorities and legislative programme
Dirprwy Lywydd, diolch yn fawr. Can I thank my Labour colleagues John Griffiths and Rhianon Passmore for the way they put on the record the achievements of this Labour Government, in transport, in recycling, in housing, in health, in coal tip safety and all…
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Debate: Welsh Government Annual Report—Delivering the Government’s priorities and legislative programme
Dirprwy Lywydd, the future looks difficult for families and for this Government too, but we will continue to do everything within our ability to deliver the pledges that we made to the people of Wales and to create a stronger, fairer and greener Wales for the…
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Debate: Welsh Government Annual Report—Delivering the Government’s priorities and legislative programme
Our flagship young person's guarantee is helping people under 25 secure a better future, supporting more than 20,000 people since its launch in 2021, and delivering more than 28,000 all-age apprenticeships since the last Senedd election. Dirprwy Lywydd, let…
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Debate: Welsh Government Annual Report—Delivering the Government’s priorities and legislative programme
We have developed and funded free Welsh lessons for young people between the ages of 16 and 25, as we continue to work towards our target of a million Welsh speakers by 2050.
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Debate: Welsh Government Annual Report—Delivering the Government’s priorities and legislative programme
Dirprwy Lywydd, against this backdrop of renewed austerity, I'm proud of what we have delivered in this second year of our programme. We continue to progress the co-operation agreement with Plaid Cymru, and we will publish the second annual report in…
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Debate: Welsh Government Annual Report—Delivering the Government’s priorities and legislative programme
All that means, Dirprwy Lywydd, that I have to begin this afternoon by saying that while progress in the second year of our programme has been significant, the current year is already much more difficult, and the next financial year is set to be more…
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Debate: Welsh Government Annual Report—Delivering the Government’s priorities and legislative programme
Dirprwy Lywydd, last week the second annual report of this Senedd term was published, marking the progress that we continue to make towards the commitments of the programme for government. The challenges faced during the past 12 months were unprecedented—a…
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Questions to the First Minister
Well, Dirprwy Lywydd, as I explained earlier, the food and fun scheme will reach more children this summer than last summer by thousands. The food and fun scheme only operates because of local authorities. The Welsh Local Government Association has been the…
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Questions to the First Minister
Dirprwy Lywydd, this summer, a wide range of holiday projects will be available for children across Wales. We are providing nearly £6 million in funding to deliver the food and fun scheme, and the Playworks holiday project will be available in all 22 local…
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Questions to the First Minister
Dirprwy Lywydd, this year, we celebrate the twentieth year of free swimming for children here in Wales, and hundreds of thousands of young people will have benefited from that over the 20-year period. I too am very pleased to see that, across those six…
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Questions to the First Minister
Dirprwy Lywydd, as with the other 21 local authorities across Wales, Cardiff Council will be offering free swimming sessions to children and young people throughout the school summer holidays.
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Questions to the First Minister
I thank Hefin David for those further questions. As I said, I think Caerphilly council does an excellent job in making sure that those young people within the borough who qualify for free school meals get that entitlement as automatically as possible. It's a…
