, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
General Scrutiny
Well, you can always require things, and there is always the challenge about wanting to improve things, and how much is voluntary and how much isn't, and we have a disagreement with the current UK Government on how much should and shouldn't be voluntary…
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
General Scrutiny
So, this goes into one of those key areas where you look at the Government needing to do lots of things at the same time. If you asked the public, ‘If you have £1 to spend—community sport or the health service?’, they’ll spend the money on the health service…
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
General Scrutiny
We're still interested in the healthy food environment, and how you make—. This is the point about how you make healthy food easier and more accessible. There are lots of healthy meal deals available—lots of them. The challenge is what you do where there are…
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
General Scrutiny
Yes, and it's also part of the fact that there are different segments of the population making different choices. So, actually, overall, younger people are less likely to drink alcohol. They're more likely to have less meat in their diet. So, actually, there…
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
General Scrutiny
So, you're right, Jenny: diet, exercise, smoking and our relationship with alcohol are the four biggest drivers for ill health, together with some of our environmental challenges. So, not having clean air; there's a range of evidence now about the harm that…
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
General Scrutiny
—not something that I think bears up to much objective scrutiny. When you then look at the point of what the public think, and I know politicians always want to substitute their own view for the view of the public, and, actually, if you look at poll evidence…
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
General Scrutiny
That isn't a point of criticism; it's a point about, 'That's what's happened.' It does not mean that you undermine the legitimacy of the person who's doing that job. That's entirely appropriate for people in their own parties, following their own rules, and…
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
General Scrutiny
I think if we look at what's happened, it's a one member, one vote ballot across the Welsh Labour and trade union co-op movement. I'm very proud to have won. It's a real honour to lead my country and my party. Not everyone gets through a leadership contest…
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
General Scrutiny
No. It's entirely appropriate to say people disagree, and they do sometimes. The question about the ministerial code, I think, is a widespread misunderstanding. The former First Minister looked at whether the donations breached the code. His clear view was…
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
General Scrutiny
Well, where's the question about my integrity?
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
General Scrutiny
I think the challenge here is that we can talk about the issue again and again—and I understand why some people want to—I haven't done anything outside the rules at any point in what I'm supposed to do in making sure those donations are declared to the…
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
General Scrutiny
As you acknowledge, I followed all the rules that I'm required to. It's a business engaged in my constituency that has not just employed current members of my constituency but also has improved what it has done in addressing those regulatory governance issues…
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
General Scrutiny
As you acknowledge, I followed all of the rules and requirements—
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
General Scrutiny
There are lots of conversations that we're having directly with Tata around what the supply looks like for the downstream businesses at Shotton, Llanwern and Trostre. It's part of our concern. It's not just a question about Port Talbot. In seeing the…
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
General Scrutiny
It's part of what we've been doing through the revised manufacturing action plan, understanding where people have their supply chains, what they're looking for, the types of steel that are required for some of that. In some forms of manufacturing it is highly…
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
General Scrutiny
That's exactly what we’re looking to do. Our challenge is making sure there’s not a sense of helplessness that the future that Tata have set out is inevitable. That is one of the things we do need to guard against, whilst recognising that there are businesses…
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
General Scrutiny
There's more than one thing at play. There's an unfinished industrial action ballot from two of the trade unions, there's the negotiation around the package that we've made available to direct employees, there's whether there are voluntary or compulsory…
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
General Scrutiny
I'm happy to restate the commitment and the understanding that the steelworking community around Llanwern is very much part of our consideration. If you think about the initial proposal that was made, they talked about the loss of 300 direct employees around…
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
General Scrutiny
The timing of all of this really, really matters—it really does. That's a point that is well understood within the Welsh Government, and certainly within the workforce. They are the real experts in understanding how that plant works and doesn't work.
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
General Scrutiny
Both of the main parties in the UK general election will talk about wanting to invest in the future of the economy. People will make their choice about who they believe, but that investment in the future and in infrastructure will require steel in lots of…
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
General Scrutiny
So, yesterday's news crystallises the outline proposals that Tata made at the start of this calendar year. It's a really difficult day for workers. Workers hearing rumours, and then there is some finality about Tata's proposal. And that's the other point in…
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
General Scrutiny
Rachel has a brief that is beyond the co-operation agreement; it's part of her responsibilities.
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
General Scrutiny
I'd like to introduce Dr Rachel Garside-Jones.
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Care-experienced children
We're looking at the Cabinet Office function and how it improves delivery right across the Government. I'm sure there may be questions, if not in the next session, then in the future about how that's making a difference.
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Care-experienced children
We're not going to write a new strategy. I don't want to set that hare running. This is about what we do to deliver against what we've committed to doing. It's how we do that, the partners we have. When I set out a set of priorities for the Government, it was…
