, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget - Minister for Economy
Thank you. That ties in, really, with the figures from Cardiff Business School's research on the economic impact of Business Wales, where they found that every £1 invested in the core service can be linked to around £10 of net gross value added uplift per…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget - Minister for Economy
Thank you. You mentioned Business Wales there. Certainly, with a recession, the role of Business Wales is probably needed now more than ever. Your paper to us notes that, as a result of the end of the structural funds, Business Wales will have no ability to…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget - Minister for Economy
Thank you, Chair, and good morning, Minister. Thinking about support for business, I know that in December, as a result of the current economic challenges, the Minister for Finance and Local Government announced a £460 million package of business rate support…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget - Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you, Chair. Thank you, Minister.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget - Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
And would they share best practice with each other about how the challenges around funding could be overcome to ensure that the commitments are still enforced?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget - Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
In terms of the role played by local authorities with enforcement, do they provide feedback to you as to whether the resources that they've been allocated are sufficient, or if they feel that there's any need for any changes there?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget - Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you. And were the Wales animal health and welfare framework group consulted? Did they feed into the decisions on the budget allocations to ensure implementation of the animal welfare plan?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget - Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you, Chair. I’ve got some questions on the animal welfare plan. I know that we’ve got a good track record in Wales with animal welfare, and it’s certainly something that constituents are always keen to discuss with me, but none of the commitments that…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget - Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you, Chair. Thank you, Minister.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget - Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you. And one final question from me then. You talked about those three Fs there at the start, Minister, so, if you take fuel out of the equation, because maybe that's far too difficult to try and control, but I know that several EU countries have…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget - Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you. And you mentioned the BPS there, the Farmers Union of Wales has obviously called for allocations not only to be maintained, as the Welsh Government is doing, but to be increased in light of the current financial pressures and the inflation rate and…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget - Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you. And how would you consider equality, then, when you are examining the impact of the pressures on our rural communities?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget - Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
We're obviously living through times where costs of raw materials and inputs are changing really rapidly, and that will be affecting our farmers in Wales. So, given those changes in costs and the other challenges of the cost-of-living crisis, how is the Welsh…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget - Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Diolch. Thank you, Chair. Good morning, Minister.
, Plenary
Debate on the Local Government and Housing Committee Report: 'Community Assets'
Thanks to the committee, its members, the clerking team and witnesses for this very important report. I've really enjoyed following the inquiry, and I agree with many of the points that it contains. As today's report reminds us, the purpose of asset transfers…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Diversity in Democracy—Survey Results
My first question, Minister: the move to a leader and cabinet model has led to more strategic decision making, however, it can also locate that decision making within a smaller group. So, what assessment has the Welsh Government made of this top tier of local…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, credit unions have a vital role to play in supporting people in our communities, a role that is of course all the more critical during the cost-of-living crisis. At the last meeting of the cross-party group on co-operatives and mutuals, we had…
