, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
We're looking to publish those over this autumn, so there’s work ongoing both within the Government and with people outside Government about what those action plans will look like, to try to give us some more detail around each of the mission areas…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
Again, it's set out in your report, so it is one of the things we're directly looking at. And I think that the rail degree apprenticeship—we're going to make a start on the delivery of that at the start of the next year—is helpful for us. So, this isn't…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
Having had your name taken in vain, yes, we are looking at the realities of where things are, because there are different expectations in some of these routes as well. Most apprentices are going in by a different route, and they start off combining work, and…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
We've had the report from Dr David, on the screen, and we're going to discuss that in Plenary in the near future. So, actually, I'm interested in a discussion and generally listening and taking some interest in the debate and the report, and to then see…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
Well, I always expect the question on degree apprentices, and it's interesting that it's not Hefin David asking the question. But it is an area that we continue to take an interest in. We're looking at construction, digital and rail to develop new pathways…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
And on the screen—
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
And to my left—
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
Okay. I'm Vaughan Gething, I'm the Minister for Economy. To my right—
, Plenary
Topical Questions
I thank the Member for his question, but also for his engagement this morning around the future of members of his community in Abertillery and the work we’re doing, both with Avara, where lots of the workforce are indeed from Blaenau Gwent, as well as Tillery…
, Plenary
Topical Questions
Well, again, I understand the point that the Member makes given that he's a Conservative Member and the avoidance of some of the facts. When you look at the period of devolution, productivity has increased in Wales over the period of devolution. We started…
, Plenary
Topical Questions
No, I think that is not a fair reflection on the action of the Government or on the series of statements that I've made about the current position of the economy and the prospects for the future. We are certainly not sitting on our hands and acting…
, Plenary
Topical Questions
Thank you for the question. Labour market data should be interpreted in the round and draw on a range of sources, including those looking at longer term trends. The labour force survey results that the Office for National Statistics published are in…
, Plenary
Topical Questions
Well, with respect, I won't answer the last part of that, because I there's a further topical question from one of your colleagues on the figures that came out yesterday. When it comes to the potential to support and challenge that is available here, part of…
, Plenary
Topical Questions
Thank you for the question. There's a number of really important practical points there, and I recognise that one of the Tuffnells depots is indeed in her constituency in Rogerstone. The difficulty we have in the Welsh Government is that there was no contact…
, Plenary
Topical Questions
Thank you. It is sad news that Tuffnells parcels has entered into administration. This took place yesterday, and I know this will be devastating for management and staff. Our focus now will be on supporting those affected workers here in Wales.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Manufacturing in Wales: Evidence session 1 - Minister for Economy
It's very good to see you back, Paul.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Manufacturing in Wales: Evidence session 1 - Minister for Economy
I always look forward to your follow-up correspondence. I assumed there would be.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Manufacturing in Wales: Evidence session 1 - Minister for Economy
Happy to write to the committee with that, if that's helpful.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Manufacturing in Wales: Evidence session 1 - Minister for Economy
Aine, do you want to run through this, then I might come back to Duncan?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Manufacturing in Wales: Evidence session 1 - Minister for Economy
Yes, but if we try to say that creating 100 extra jobs is successful, I don't think anyone would take that seriously. So, it's about the scale of what we're able to do. So, manufacturing, about 150,000 jobs, about 16 per cent of economic activity here in…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Manufacturing in Wales: Evidence session 1 - Minister for Economy
I think success looks like whether we can describe the health of the sector, not just in terms of the number of jobs but the value of those jobs as well, and whether we still have a sector that has a strong future. The challenge, I think, is that if I…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Manufacturing in Wales: Evidence session 1 - Minister for Economy
Well, we don't have a specific budget that is only for the manufacturing sector. Our economic future fund support doesn't just say, 'It's only one sector of the economy we're interested in'. It's the challenge, though, of our budgets and what we're able to do…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Manufacturing in Wales: Evidence session 1 - Minister for Economy
In the refreshed plan, I would say that, rather than setting a 10-year time frame—because some of those things we may want to refresh before 10 years. I would, for example, be relatively surprised if someone sat in my position today didn't want to look at the…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Manufacturing in Wales: Evidence session 1 - Minister for Economy
We should talk about—. The Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre is a really big player, and actually they could still do something, for example, with the cricket bat manufacturing. Some of that will be handcrafted. Some of that, actually, you could do it on…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Manufacturing in Wales: Evidence session 1 - Minister for Economy
Duncan, do you want to talk about our entrepreneurship and the link to Business Wales and the support they provide, and more about how the innovation strategy links into those as well?
