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Cost of doing business
Thank you very much indeed for those introductions. Perhaps I can kick off this session by just asking you to give us an overview of the pressures businesses are currently facing from rising costs and, indeed, other challenges such as labour shortages and…
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Cost of doing business
Sara Jones.
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Cost of doing business
Welcome back to this meeting of the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee. We will move on now to item 4, the cost of doing business, and today we are building on our previous work on the cost of living by hearing from business representatives about the…
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General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
Okay. Thank you, Sam. I'm afraid time has beaten us. We did have some questions around research and innovation, but we'll forward you those questions, and so I'd be grateful if you'd respond to those questions once you receive them. But, thank you, Minister…
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General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
Thank you, Hefin. And, finally, one more question from Sam.
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General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
Thank you, Vikki. I'll now bring in Hefin David. Hefin.
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General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
Okay. Thank you, Luke. I'll now bring in Vikki Howells. Vikki.
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General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
I'll bring back Luke Fletcher. Luke.
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General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
There we are. Thank you, Sam.
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General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
Okay. Sam.
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General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
Sorry, before you go on, Sam, I think Luke just wanted to come in on this specific point.
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General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
Thank you, Sarah. I'll now bring in Sam Kurtz. Sam.
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General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
Diolch, Luke. I now bring in Sarah Murphy.
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General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
Thank you, Hefin. Luke Fletcher would like to come in on this point as well.
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General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
Yes, that would be very useful, Minister. On this point, Hefin David would like to come in.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
In the paper you submitted to us as a committee, you state that the Welsh Government has established a Cabinet sub-committee to discuss cost-of-living pressures. Can you tell us who is on that sub-committee? Does this work include specific support for young…
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General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
You referred to schools. The young person's guarantee impact assessment says that a stakeholder advisory group has brought together a wide range of partners and employers to work on the guarantee. What role did schools have in this advisory group and how are…
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General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
Obviously, you referred to some evidence there. Now, according to your young person's guarantee impact assessment in September, there's a new team to track the data to understand how Working Wales is being used, and, presumably, the effect it's having. What…
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General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
Thank you very much indeed for those introductions. Perhaps I can just kick off this general scrutiny session, Minister, by asking you to obviously look at the—. When you look at the young person's guarantee, there are a variety of support schemes when it…
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General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
We'll move on, therefore, to item 3, which is general ministerial scrutiny on the work of the Minister for Economy. Today we have a general scrutiny session with the Minister for Economy. This is our opportunity to scrutinise any elements of his…
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Papers to note
We'll move on, therefore, to item 2, which is papers to note. There are a number of papers to note. Are there any issues that Members would like to raise in relation to these papers? No.
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Welcome, everyone, to this meeting of the Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee. I haven't received any apologies this morning. Are there any declarations of interest that Members would like to make at all? No.
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Trefnydd, I'd be grateful if we could have a statement from the Deputy Minister for Social Partnership on action that the Welsh Government is taking to recruit and keep retained firefighters in the workforce in Wales. You may be aware that there are 125…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Small businesses
Diolch, Llywydd. I'm pleased to move the motion, tabled in the name of my colleague Darren Millar. As Members will be aware, next Saturday is Small Business Saturday, and it gives me great pleasure to open a debate on the importance of small businesses to…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Diolch, Llywydd. Trefnydd, can I just echo the comments of the Member for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire and also call for a statement from the climate change Minister on the support offered to energy-intensive industries to help businesses reduce…
