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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales
Cabinet Secretary, the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee have not long concluded an inquiry into the green future that is available to us here in Wales and has specifically focused around the community benefit that these opportunities bring. I would…
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The Foundational Economy - Panel 2
Okay, thank you. Thank you, Matthew. Diolch i ti, Ceri. Diolch, Gadeirydd.
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The Foundational Economy - Panel 2
Okay, that's really helpful. And just then sticking with Cwmni Bro Ffestiniog—and you've mentioned this in a previous answer, how we need to flip the narrative around this, and you mentioned in your vision statement the bottom-up entrepreneurial approach and…
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The Foundational Economy - Panel 2
So, that innovative stuff you're doing with the funding, is that what Professor Williams earlier would say—sort of the skunkworks model—is where, actually, it's too prescriptive when organisations like yours are looking for funding from Government, be that…
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The Foundational Economy - Panel 2
Okay. Thank you. That's a really helpful analysis on that. I appreciate that. Coming to you, Ceri, just on that as well, Cwmni Bro Ffestiniog's relationship with Government. Obviously, Matthew, with Preston based in England, one tier of government there. But…
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The Foundational Economy - Panel 2
Fab. Just a bit more of a topical issue, I think, around Preston. Obviously, you hosted Radio 2 in the Park, and I listened to lots of that, and that seemed a success. Is it because of the work that you were doing as a Preston council that you were able to…
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The Foundational Economy - Panel 2
Diolch, Cadeirydd. Thank you both for joining us this morning as well. Matthew, if I could start with you, I just want to delve in to see if you could categorise the relationship between your organisation and the levels of government that you need to work…
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The Foundational Economy - Panel 1
Thank you, Harry.
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The Foundational Economy - Panel 1
Okay, thank you. I'm conscious of time, so I've got a question specifically for Harry here in terms of the Cynnal Cymru-developed community of practice in 2020, as part of Welsh Government's foundational economy challenge fund. I was just wondering what are…
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The Foundational Economy - Panel 1
Okay, that's really interesting. And you mention that it might not be replicable in some of the rural health boards in Wales, but I would argue it could, because there are areas of deprivation within all parts of Wales, regardless of city or urban or rural…
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The Foundational Economy - Panel 1
Thank you. Could I just ask, then, in this 'I Can', what is it that they've changed to enable those from the neighbourhoods that you mention, and to increase their accessibility to these jobs within the NHS trust in Birmingham? What's changed directly? Is…
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The Foundational Economy - Panel 1
Okay. That's helpful analysis. Thank you. Anne, any thoughts on this?
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The Foundational Economy - Panel 1
That's interesting. Thank you. Harry, any thoughts on what Professor Williams has said there so far?
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The Foundational Economy - Panel 1
So, you would say, then, less interventionist and more of a facilitating role—moving out of the way of those who actually know what's going on, and know what they're seeing on the ground, rather than being a direct interventionist Government involved in those.
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The Foundational Economy - Panel 1
Diolch, Gadeirydd. Something that you mentioned earlier, Professor Williams, really resonated with me—we need to be more results orientated. One of the criticisms levied towards the Welsh Government is that they're a Government of announcements rather than…
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Statement by the First Minister: Tata Steel
The future of Tata and steel making in Wales has rightly been a topic discussed in this Chamber on many occasions, especially over the last few months, and the closure of the final blast furnace, the plans for a new electric arc furnace, and the impact on the…
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Statement by the First Minister: Tata Steel
Thank you, First Minister, for the statement.
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Business Statement and Announcement
Trefnydd, can I ask for an urgent statement on bovine TB in Wales? The First Minister and Deputy First Minister attended the Pembrokeshire show this year, where the NFU Cymru highlighted that 40 per cent—40 per cent—of all cattle culled in Wales in the last…
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Nomination of the First Minister under Standing Order 8
Andrew R.T. Davies.
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Nomination of the First Minister under Standing Order 8
As chair of the Welsh Conservative group, I'd like to nominate Andrew R.T. Davies.
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Farming
How can you put the cork back in the bottle, once it's popped? [Laughter.] Llywydd, all I would say is that agriculture and farming needs a friend. This place can be a friend to agriculture. I'm proud of our record on these benches. I'm proud that I was able…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Farming
James Evans, in opening, talked about Welsh agriculture being the key pillar to our national prosperity—absolutely right—highlighting the cultural significance not just only of agriculture but of the Royal Welsh Show as well. Two hundred thousand visitors to…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Farming
Best wishes and congratulations to you and the county too.
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Farming
Diolch yn fawr, Llywydd, and I'd like to, firstly, start by thanking everybody who has contributed to this debate this afternoon. Llywydd, I am fizzing with excitement for next week. It is the Royal Welsh Show—my Glastonbury, as I like to call it. It is the…
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Topical Questions
Cabinet Secretary, I've listened closely to your answers to Luke Fletcher and to David Rees, and I'm seeing the reality here of the difference of having to govern—the UK Labour Government having to govern—and not now be in opposition. And I think, in coming…
