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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy: Welsh Defence Ethical Framework
I thank the spokesperson for his contribution and his questions. First of all, I'd just like to point out that it is normal, given the specifics and nature of this sector; most democratic Governments around the world recognise that through having a specific…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy: Welsh Defence Ethical Framework
Wales has a proud tradition of championing human rights, international solidarity and the rule of law. We recognise and value the contribution of the workers, businesses, researchers and apprentices across Wales whose skills, expertise and innovation…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy: Welsh Defence Ethical Framework
However, public support for the sector cannot be unconditional. Where the Welsh Government provides support through grants, investment assistance, trade promotion or wider economic development activity, people in Wales rightly expect that support to reflect…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy: Welsh Defence Ethical Framework
Thank you, Llywydd. Today I'm updating Members on the Welsh Government's work to develop an ethical defence investment framework for Wales. This Government is committed to international solidarity, respect for human rights and the rule of international law…
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Legislative Consent Motion: Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill
Diolch, Lywydd. I'd like to thank all the Members who contributed to this evening's debate. Let me begin with a concern that is widely shared across the Siambr: the way that this Bill was handled, which did curtail our ability to scrutinise it. The preceding…
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Legislative Consent Motion: Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill
Lywydd, diolch yn fawr. I move the motion and recommend that the Senedd gives its consent to the relevant provisions in the Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill as set out in the legislative consent memorandum. Steel is no abstraction to Wales, it is in our…
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Reform UK Debate: The tourism sector
'Welcome' is the first word that Wales says to the world; let's make sure that we always say it from the bottom of our hearts. Thank you.
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Reform UK Debate: The tourism sector
Llywydd, next year, that international profile takes on a new dimension. Wales steps on to one of the biggest sporting stages on earth as we welcome hundreds of thousands of Tour de France fans, and there's a certain justice in it—for decades we've been…
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Reform UK Debate: The tourism sector
Thank you, Llywydd. I'd first of all like to thank Llŷr Powell for tabling this debate, and to Louise Emery for opening the debate and doing so in a balanced way that included some sincerely held disagreements and scrutiny, but also offered constructive…
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Reform UK Debate: The tourism sector
Formally.
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy: New Development Agency for Wales
I'm very grateful to the Member. We were looking, really, for a very senior business leader with experience, really, of running large commercial organisations, somebody that had strong Welsh links and a shrewd understanding of the interrelationship between…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy: New Development Agency for Wales
Well, those are exactly the questions that we have some answers to ourselves, but we're testing them against the best in the world. So, we are talking to people about which are the best start-up and scale-up ecosystems in the world—what can we learn from…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy: New Development Agency for Wales
Well, I think that it certainly would help us greatly as a nation, I think, if we were able to achieve multi-year budgetary cycles, and that is something that the Westminster Government, I think, should agree to. Because in all of the many important things…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy: New Development Agency for Wales
It's certainly absolutely key that our national productivity mission and closing the productivity gap is translated into real outcomes in terms of people's lives, which is why, as I set out in my statement, this ultimately is about raising living standards…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy: New Development Agency for Wales
When the Labour Government was elected in 1974 with the promise to create a development agency, when did they create the development agency? In 1977—three years. Here I am, six weeks in. Maybe I could be accused of being too open. I'm telling you about every…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy: New Development Agency for Wales
I was pleased to be able to address the board of the development bank last week, and we had an extensive discussion as well with senior executives prior to that meeting. I think that the development bank is an important element within our economic landscape…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy: New Development Agency for Wales
I'm extremely grateful to the Member for that question. Very broadly, we've already identified that the main focus of the agency will be to enable businesses that have the potential to scale up to do that. That means tailored support, identifying the exact…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy: New Development Agency for Wales
I am trying to keep my answers short, but let me answer one of the questions. In terms of governance, yes, we do think this should be a statutory body, so our plan is to bring forward legislation fairly soon, as soon as we can. I can't give you a specific…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy: New Development Agency for Wales
I'm very grateful to the Member for the spirit of her remarks and the way in which she's engaged as well with me outside of the Siambr. I think these are good questions to ask, and some of them are very much at the core of the process that we're going to go…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy: New Development Agency for Wales
I thank the Member for his response. I'd just like to focus a little bit on some of the areas where I think there is common ground between us. In 'Making Wales Work', which was the larger policy document that was the basis for our economic policy set out in…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy: New Development Agency for Wales
The knowledge that we need to inform the design phase of the agency already exists in businesses right across Wales and in the strong connections that Wales has further afield. That's why the advisory panel will be comprised of a core group of individuals…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy: New Development Agency for Wales
I want the new agency to lead a proactive and highly targeted approach to attracting inward investment into Wales, building on established strengths while sharpening focus and promoting Wales's competitive strengths internationally. Innovation is central to…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy: New Development Agency for Wales
Thank you very much, Dirprwy Lywydd. When I stood in the Siambr to set out our national productivity mission, I committed to updating the Senedd on next steps in establishing a new national development agency for Wales. Less than three weeks into this…
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Topical Questions
I thank the Member. She raised a number of issues, which I think, in order to respond fully and accurately to, I will have to write to her, because, as I said earlier, I think it's important, as she will fully understand, in terms of the reassurance that we…
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Topical Questions
I thank the Member for her contribution. I think it's important that we provide reassurance and we don't add to any uncertainty in this regard. What she's referring to there simply isn't relevant in this case, because the voltage involved is at the extra high…
