, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Thank you very much. Anyone else? No.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Good morning. Welcome, everyone, to this meeting of the Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee. Hefin David has sent his apologies, and Jack Sargeant is present as a substitute. A warm welcome to you, Jack; we're looking forward to having you here today…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Economy
Minister, the reality is that, with one hand, you're trying to offer an olive branch to some businesses via additional rate relief, and, with the other hand, you're implementing policies that could be fatal for hundreds of Welsh businesses. I guess the Deputy…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Economy
Well, Minister, the Confederation of British Industry have said that their recent employment trends survey found fewer than half of businesses expect to grow their workforce in the next 12 months, and they do rank access to labour and skills, followed by the…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Economy
Diolch, Llywydd. Minister, it goes without saying that 2022 has been a particularly difficult year for Welsh businesses. We know that businesses are facing continued challenges in terms of cost pressures, high interest rates and global economic weaknesses…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Economy: Young Person’s Guarantee
Can I thank the Minister for his update on the young person's guarantee this afternoon? There has been some progress in securing opportunities for young people, either through education, training, employment or self-employment, and the Minister has…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public for the remainder of the meeting and for the whole meeting on 14 December 2022
We will move on now to item 5, which is a motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public for the remainder of the meeting and for the whole meeting on 14 December, that is, the meeting next week. Are Members all content? Yes, I see that…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of doing business
Thank you, Sam. Yes, I'm afraid time has beaten us. But, can I just take this opportunity to thank you for giving up your time today? It's been a very informative, useful and helpful session for us in scrutinising the Welsh Government's policies going…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of doing business
Thank you, Hefin. I'll now bring in Sam Kurtz. Sam.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of doing business
Sorry, Gwyneth, you just wanted to come in on that.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of doing business
Absolutely. Gwyneth.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of doing business
Thank you, Vikki. I'll now bring in Hefin David.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of doing business
Thank you, Sara. I'll now bring in Vikki Howells.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of doing business
Thank you, Luke. I'll now bring in Sarah Murphy. Sarah.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of doing business
Thank you. I'll now bring in Luke Fletcher. Luke.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of doing business
Sara. Yes, of course.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of doing business
Anyone else on this? No. Obviously, we've heard also considerable evidence about the impact of the rising cost of living on workers and I'm just interested to know to what extent have businesses been able to support their workers and respond to these…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of doing business
Anyone else on this? David.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of doing business
Okay. Thank you for that. Now, as someone who represents a rural constituency, I'm just interested to know from you how rural businesses have been affected by developments over recent months, because, as a committee, we did hear that rising costs have been…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of doing business
Okay, thanks for that. I'll now bring in Sara Jones. Sara.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of doing business
Yes, by all means, please carry on and then I can bring Sara in afterwards.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of doing business
Ah, yes, she is.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of doing business
Unfortunately, we've just lost Sara for technical reasons. Leighton, would you like to come in?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of doing business
Okay, thanks. Sam, you wanted just to pick up on a point that Gwyneth mentioned.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of doing business
Yes, okay. Gwyneth.
