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Finance Committee Debate—The Welsh Government’s spending priorities for the 2024-25 budget
Before I move on to item 9, the result of the election of a committee Chair for the Reform Bill Committee is now available, and I can give you that result. In favour of the election of David Rees as Chair of the committee 37, against 14, and there was 1…
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Finance Committee Debate—The Welsh Government’s spending priorities for the 2024-25 budget
The proposal is to agree the motion. Does any Member object? No, there are no objections, and the motion is therefore agreed.
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Topical Questions
I thank the Minister for those answers. The next question, again to be answered by the Minister for Economy, and asked by Natasha Asghar.
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Topical Questions
I thank the Minister. The next question is to be answered by the Minister for Economy and it's to be asked by Jack Sargeant.
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Topical Questions
Darren Millar, this is not your question. You're seeking to intervene on your own Member here. It is James Evans's question, and the Minister is trying to respond to it.
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Topical Questions
I thank the Minister. The next question is to be answered by the Minister for Climate Change and is to be asked by James Evans.
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Topical Questions
We move now to item 6, the topical questions, and the first question is to be answered by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language, and to be asked by Sioned Williams.
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
I thank the Minister for that session.
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Finally, question 10, Cefin Campbell.
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
There we go. We'll assume that it did, and that I agreed to it, and Luke Fletcher can ask his supplementary question to question 8.
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Well, I thought the request had come from you, Minister. But, there we go.
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
I had agreed to a grouping request for questions 7 and 8—
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
I still remember it vividly, and it's been brought back to my mind as you were discussing this. Janet Finch-Saunders, any goldfish memories?
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
I'm still tortured by the fact that my goldfish lasted a matter of hours only, as I transferred it from the little plastic bag to the bowl in the sink, and it disappeared down the sink hole. I was seven years old when that happened, by the way, and I can—
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
The Plaid Cymru spokesperson, Llyr Gruffydd.
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Questions now form the party spokespeople. The Welsh Conservatives' spokesperson—Samuel Kurtz.
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
The next item, therefore, will be the questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd. The first question is from Ken Skates.
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Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
I thank the Minister.
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Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Finally, question 11, Gareth Davies.
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Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Andrew R.T. Davies is not in the Chamber to ask question 9 [OQ59842], and therefore we move to question 10—Jack Sargeant.
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Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Question 4 [OQ59831] has been withdrawn. Question 5—Mark Isherwood.
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Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Plaid Cymru spokesperson, Peredur Owen Griffiths.
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Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Questions now from the party spokespeople. Conservative spokesperson, Peter Fox.
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Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Sorry, I must stop laughing. I'm not laughing at either you, Mark Isherwood, nor you, Rebecca, but at—. Yes. [Laughter.] Minister, to respond.
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Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
The next item on our agenda is questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government, and the first question is from Ken Skates.