15 January 2025 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs and the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning
Okay. Sorry, Chair, just one final point. My point in bringing this forward is that, in the Wales on Sunday newspaper, there was no comment from the Welsh Government as to the reopening of terminal 5 on Thursday; it was from the Irish Taoiseach and it was…
15 January 2025 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs and the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning
Yes, I've commended that in the Chamber last week to the Cabinet Secretary for transport. But, on the element of trade and the goods flowing through Holyhead, obviously, the closure of that port would have had an impact on trade goods coming into Wales from…
15 January 2025 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs and the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning
Because of the Holyhead specific issue, given that, tomorrow, terminal 5 will reopen and sailings will start again for the first time since the closure. Has any economic impact assessment been made on the reduction of trade due to the closure of Holyhead?
15 January 2025 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs and the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning
Thank you very much, Chair. Focused around predominantly the economy brief and following the closure of Holyhead and the impact on trade, a lot of the focus has been the impact on trade into Ireland and goods and passengers into Ireland. Has any economic…
15 January 2025 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning and the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership
I’m conscious of time, Chair, so I’ll—
15 January 2025 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning and the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership
Sorry to cut across. I appreciate that there's spend, but has that spend increased because of the impact or the potential impact of these other policies coming forward? Or is that proportionality spend exactly the same as it was last year, the year before…
15 January 2025 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning and the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership
Okay. Cabinet Secretary, you mentioned in a previous answer to the Chair how discretionary the economy budget is, where you don't have core services that you need to satisfy, but you can spend the money where you like. But, given the amount of policy changes…
15 January 2025 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning and the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership
Okay, thank you. Views—. Talking there of the views of the tourism sector and operators. How else have those views been highlighted and addressed within the draft budget?
15 January 2025 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning and the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership
Because it's not just the tourism operators. On a previous piece of work this committee's done around the foundational economy, that open-endedness of Government financial support was advocated for there; being too prescriptive is a constraint on businesses…
15 January 2025 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning and the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership
So, you mentioned there the survey, where tourism operators provided their feedback. One of the pieces of feedback I've had from tourist operators, when they're looking at grants and grant support, financial support, is how prescriptive these grants are…
15 January 2025 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning and the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership
Thank you very much, Chair. Tourism: one of the gems that we have here in Wales is our tourism offer, but the tourism capital BEL increased by £1 million to £6 million in total, so I'm just wondering how that increase will go, and how much of it will go…
15 January 2025 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning and the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership
No, Chair.
15 January 2025 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Papers to note
Thank you, Chair. I'm an honorary member of the British Veterinary Association.
7 January 2025 , Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning: Offshore Wind Task and Finish Group
Thank you, Cabinet Secretary, for your comprehensive statement this afternoon, because it serves as a timely reminder of both the immense potential and the pressing challenges facing Wales's renewable energy sector. The announcement of the task and finish…
7 January 2025 , Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales: Port of Holyhead
Thank you very much, Cabinet Secretary, for your statement. The closure of the port of Holyhead following the damage caused by storm Darragh has placed immense strain on the economy of north Wales, businesses reliant on trade across the Irish sea, and the…
13 November 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Thank you, Deputy First Minister. One thing that went under the radar slightly at the budget was the fact that, unnecessarily and without need, the Chancellor decided to redefine agricultural funding for the devolved nations through the Barnett formula, which…
13 November 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
6. How is the Welsh Government supporting the agricultural industry in Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire? OQ61846
12 November 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Prif Weinidog, it's quickly becoming apparent that Labour's general election manifesto was not worth the paper it was written on. We were promised cheaper bills, but the energy price cap went up by 10 per cent last month. The £300 a month cheaper bills claim…
6 November 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
I met with SPARC at Pembrokeshire College recently, at the launch of the skills transition hub, which has been part funded by Shell. On Friday, in Pembroke Dock, I'm meeting with Cymbrogi as they're doing an event with four schools in the area, advocating for…
6 November 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
Thank you, Cabinet Secretary. Recently, I had—well, I can’t call it an honour—I visited some housing stock in my constituency, which is owned by a private landlord, and the conditions, which the tenants live in, I can only describe as squalid. And I’m…
6 November 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
1. How is the Welsh Government supporting the private rented sector? OQ61803
5 November 2024 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Diolch, Llywydd dros dro. Trefnydd, could I please request an urgent statement and intervention from the Cabinet Secretary for health on approving two drugs to treat Burkitt lymphoma? Joshua Carter-Hewins, a 25-year-old constituent of mine, is currently…
23 October 2024 , Plenary
Joint Debate on Committee Reports: The Sustainable Farming Scheme and Farming Connect
Thank you. The delay in rolling out the SFS after six years of consultation and five consultations within those six years, and the delay to implementing the SFS, is welcome, but why did it take so damn long to get the scheme into the position that it is…
23 October 2024 , Plenary
Joint Debate on Committee Reports: The Sustainable Farming Scheme and Farming Connect
Thank you, Joyce. I appreciate that you've given way. On your point about intensification, that is a direct result of following the common agricultural policy. We're trying to handbrake-turn on 40 years of European policy in this swoop. But the other point is…
23 October 2024 , Plenary
Joint Debate on Committee Reports: The Sustainable Farming Scheme and Farming Connect
Would the Member give way on that?
