, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Post-EU regional development funding: Academics and think tanks
Just about the fact that the WLGA has suggested that the funds have a lighter touch approach to monitoring than the structural funds and whether you would agree with that and whether you think it's a good thing.
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Post-EU regional development funding: Academics and think tanks
Thanks, Chair. Just one final, quick follow-up. So, the WLGA—the Welsh Local Government Association—has suggested that the post-EU funds have a lighter touch approach to monitoring than structural funds did, which allows them to concentrate more on delivery…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Post-EU regional development funding: Academics and think tanks
I'm interested in what you said there, Joe, about local authorities being perhaps less open about their plans. I think you were alluding there not just to the shared prosperity fund, but to the levelling-up fund, if I was reading you correctly. What would you…
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Post-EU regional development funding: Academics and think tanks
Chair, can I just come back in with another quick supplementary to Joe?
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Post-EU regional development funding: Academics and think tanks
Thank you, Chair, and good morning to our witnesses. I've got a set of questions around the design of the fund, and, with the fullness of the answers you've already given, there may be some areas that have already been touched on. So, firstly, I would be…
, Plenary
Debate on the Health and Social Care Committee Report—'Connecting the dots: tackling mental health inequalities in Wales'
I'd like to start by thanking the committee for producing this report. I think it's a really important snapshot of where we are. We know that a substantial number of people in Wales experience mental health challenges. We know wider pressures, like the…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Update on the Six Goals for Emergency Care Programme
Thank you, Minister, for your statement today. This focus on ensuring that people who need urgent or unplanned healthcare can access the very best services is one that is really important to my constituents in Cynon Valley, so it's good to see progress on…
, Plenary
Statement by the Chair of the Standards of Conduct Committee: The rules for the operation of Cross-Party Groups
I'd like to thank Peredur Owen Griffiths for his contribution and echo his thanks also to the clerking team. It has been a pleasure to work as a cross-party committee on this important inquiry. And I agree with you, Pered, that cross-party groups are really…
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Statement by the Chair of the Standards of Conduct Committee: The rules for the operation of Cross-Party Groups
The previous iteration of the rules was drawn up by the fourth Assembly’s Standards of Conduct Committee, after it reviewed the arrangements for cross-party groups as part of an inquiry into lobbying in 2013. Having been in place for almost a decade, it…
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Statement by the Chair of the Standards of Conduct Committee: The rules for the operation of Cross-Party Groups
Good afternoon and thank you, Llywydd, for the opportunity to make this statement today. Today, the committee has laid its report on the revised rules for the operation of cross-party groups. The rules will be published and come into force on 2 May…
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Statement by the Minister for Economy: Shared Prosperity and Levelling Up
Thank you, Minister, for your statement and for your frankness in explaining to the people of Wales how the farcical arrangements of the UK Government's shared prosperity fund and levelling-up fund have let our communities down. As you will know, these are…
, Plenary
90-second Statements
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. The twenty-fourth World Transplant Games will take place next month in Perth, Australia. Since the very first games in Portsmouth in 1978, they've been held all around the world, serving as a celebration of the gift of a second chance…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Tackling the impact of poverty on attainment
Thank you, Minister. I've got two questions today. My first is about initial teacher training. I think it's really important that trainee teachers are allocated a mix of school placements, so that they're able to gain experience in working with pupils from…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Access to Primary Care Services
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd, and thank you, Minister, for your statement. It's so important that people can access primary healthcare in a timely fashion. So, I'd welcome a little more information about the access requirements for general practice as this…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Minister for Health and Social Services
Well, the motion before us today is, in my opinion, a very unnecessary and, I have to say, a vindicative distraction. Yet another manifestation of an opposition whose only interest is unfortunately in grabbing a cheap headline. In the process, what they do is…
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you, Minister. The second anniversary of the regulations introducing Lucy's law—the ban on third-party sales of cats and dogs being brought in here in Wales—is imminent. This was such an important step forward in terms of domestic animal welfare. So…
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
3. Will the Minister outline the Welsh Government's priorities for improving the welfare of domestic animals in Cynon Valley? OQ59286
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Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Thank you, Minister. I was really pleased to see that the budget for the discretionary assistance fund would be increasing by nearly £19 million, and that the cash value of payments would rise in line with inflation by 11 per cent. This news has been very…
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Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
8. What consideration did the Minister give to funding interventions that enable Welsh councils to tackle the impact of poverty in preparing the Government's budget for 2023-24? OQ59287
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Our National Mission
Thank you, Minister, for your statement. There are a couple of things that I'd like to pick up on. Firstly, it was really good to welcome you to Perthcelyn Community Primary School in Mountain Ash a few weeks ago. The school has received just over £66,000 in…
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General Ministerial Scrutiny - Minister for Economy
Thank you, Minister. Thank you, Chair.
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General Ministerial Scrutiny - Minister for Economy
Thank you, and one final question. I know that you've responded to our work on the cost of doing business and in relation to the green business loan scheme itself, you said, and I quote: 'We stand ready to expand or amend the scheme as required based on…
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General Ministerial Scrutiny - Minister for Economy
And to dig deeper into the green business loan scheme there with you, the development bank told the committee that, over the next three years of the £10 million scheme, they expect to support around 170 businesses in total. So, could I ask how you decided on…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny - Minister for Economy
Thank you. Turning to decarbonisation, because support for that, I know, is very welcome for businesses across Wales, Business Wales has been assisting businesses to decarbonise through its specialist resource efficiency advisers and also by encouraging…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny - Minister for Economy
Thank you, Chair, and good afternoon, Minister. I've got some questions around the cost of doing business. Firstly, of course, we saw the UK Government's spring budget announcement yesterday, so, I'd like to ask how you would assess the support available to…
