, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of Living - Businesses
And then Chris Noice.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of Living - Businesses
Welcome back to this meeting of the Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee. We'll move on now to item 4 on our agenda. This is our second panel session today, looking at cost-of-living pressures and the impact on businesses. May I welcome the witnesses…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of Living - Workforce
Thank you, Sam. As we've discussed, the UK Government could be making further announcements today to alleviate the cost-of-living pressures. So, we will probably write to you as a committee asking you for your views on that announcement, should it be made…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of Living - Workforce
Diolch, Hefin. If I can now bring in Sam Kurtz to ask a few questions. Sam.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of Living - Workforce
Thank you, Sarah. I'll now bring in Hefin David to ask a few questions. Hefin.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of Living - Workforce
Thank you, Luke. I'll now bring in Sarah Murphy to ask a few questions. Sarah.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of Living - Workforce
Thank you, Vikki, and before I bring in Luke Fletcher, just to clarify, Deborah, you mentioned, obviously, that you've forwarded graphics on to the committee. They will be published on the committee's website as well in due course. If I can now bring in Luke…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of Living - Workforce
Okay, thank you for that. If I now bring in Vikki Howells to ask a few questions. Vikki.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of Living - Workforce
Thank you. And Shavanah Taj.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of Living - Workforce
Steffan Evans.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of Living - Workforce
Thank you very much indeed for those introductions, and thank you for being with us this morning. Perhaps I can just kick off this session with just a general question. Perhaps you could outline to us the key economic and social impacts of the cost-of-living…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of Living - Workforce
Thank you very much. And Shavanah Taj.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of Living - Workforce
Thank you. And Steffan Evans.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of Living - Workforce
We'll move on, therefore, to item 3 on our agenda. This is the first of three panel sessions today to take evidence for our inquiry into cost-of-living pressures. A number of the Senedd committees have been prioritising scrutiny of cost-of-living issues, and…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Paper(s) to note
We'll move on, therefore, to item 2 on our agenda, namely papers to note. I'm not going to go through each paper, but are there any issues that Members would like to raise from these papers at all? No.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Anything else? No.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Okay. Thanks very much for all that.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Okay. Thank you very much.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
There we are. Thank you, Hefin.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
No, that's fine. As long as you refer yourself to your register of Members' interests, that's fine. Thank you very much.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Thank you very much. And Sarah Murphy.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Welcome, all, to this meeting of the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee. I haven't received any apologies this morning. Are there any interests to declare? Sam Kurtz.
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Post-Brexit funding
I've said before in this Chamber that it is important that Governments at all levels actually work together, but this is about real devolution, isn't it? It's devolving these matters to local authorities, and that is hugely important, because local…
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Post-Brexit funding
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. I move the amendment tabled in the name of my colleague Darren Millar. Members will be aware that the Finance Committee is looking at post-EU funding and, as I've said before, the Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee will…
, Plenary
Debate on petition P-06-1249: Provide a clinical pathway, medical care, and specialists for people with Tourette’s syndrome in Wales
It gives me great pleasure to speak in support of this particular petition. Now, the organiser of this petition is Helen Reeves-Graham, who is a constituent of mine and is a formidable campaigner for improving services for people with Tourette's syndrome in…
