20 January 2026 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I do take issue with what the First Minister said around if we want to see our pubs survive and thrive, then we need to use them. The reality is that people are using them. People are going to their pubs. They're going to their local restaurants. Just come to…
13 January 2026 , Plenary
& 12. The general principles of the Development of Tourism and Regulation of Visitor Accommodation (Wales) Bill and the financial resolution in respect of the Development of Tourism and Regulation of Visitor Accommodation (Wales) Bill
Like Sam Kurtz and Andrew R.T. Davies, I would thank the clerks on ETRA for their quick turnaround in the evidence sessions in Stage 1 of this Bill. I would also thank as well the Cabinet Secretary for the number of conversations we've had around this Bill…
13 January 2026 , Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning: Progress and future delivery of the Welsh Economy
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. I do think this statement was a missed opportunity. There is a lot of self-congratulation, which is disappointing. It's very rich in rhetoric. It's poor in reflection. I think what we needed today was a genuine assessment, warts and…
29 January 2025 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Brexit and the future relationship with the EU
As Adam has already outlined, you can't credibly argue that Brexit has been a success, no matter how hard the Conservative leader tries. Brexit never needed to mean leaving the single market or the customs union. Delyth is right: throughout the Brexit…
29 January 2025 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Employment
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd, and I move the amendments in the name of Heledd Fychan. I can't promise to use as many puns as the Conservative spokesperson, but the figures do tell a story, and that's a story that isn't just told by members of the opposition but is…
23 January 2025 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Apprenticeship pathways - Panel 3 - Information around Apprenticeships
There's definitely a need to address this, because, again, in the previous panel they were very clear that if you wanted to progress down an academic route it was quite simple to understand, and that could then be a barrier to getting more people on to a…
23 January 2025 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Apprenticeship pathways - Panel 3 - Information around Apprenticeships
Diolch, Cadeirydd. If I could just look at apprenticeship pathways, in our previous panel there was a brief discussion around how it can be difficult to map out progression from lower level to higher level apprenticeships. Is that something that you…
23 January 2025 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Apprenticeship pathways - Panel 2 - Colleges and Apprenticeship Providers
Great. I'm conscious of time, Chair. Diolch.
23 January 2025 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Apprenticeship pathways - Panel 2 - Colleges and Apprenticeship Providers
In collaboration with Medr and stakeholders within the sector. Barry.
23 January 2025 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Apprenticeship pathways - Panel 2 - Colleges and Apprenticeship Providers
Yes. I'm hearing very clearly that it's the Welsh Government that needs to be taking this forward, yes.
23 January 2025 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Apprenticeship pathways - Panel 2 - Colleges and Apprenticeship Providers
Lisa, can I come to you?
23 January 2025 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Apprenticeship pathways - Panel 2 - Colleges and Apprenticeship Providers
I was particularly interested in the statement within the review around Wales not having a strategy for vocational education and training, and that being a bit of a blind spot. So, it's a matter, essentially, with a strategy of waiting for the Welsh…
23 January 2025 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Apprenticeship pathways - Panel 2 - Colleges and Apprenticeship Providers
Grant.
23 January 2025 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Apprenticeship pathways - Panel 2 - Colleges and Apprenticeship Providers
Sorry to put you on the spot there, Lisa. I just thought there was an opportunity there to understand, from your perspective, the Minister’s comments. But if I could come back to, actually, what the main body of my questions will be, and that’s around…
23 January 2025 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Apprenticeship pathways - Panel 2 - Colleges and Apprenticeship Providers
Diolch, Cadeirydd. I’m conscious that there are questions later on about apprenticeship pathways, but, just because Lisa raised a point there, I just wanted to ask one question, if I can, on that. NTFW and Colegau, obviously, jointly produced the report…
23 January 2025 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Apprenticeship pathways - Panel 1 - Strategic Overview
Okay. Great. Diolch yn fawr. Diolch, Cadeirydd.
23 January 2025 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Apprenticeship pathways - Panel 1 - Strategic Overview
Great, thank you. Very helpful. Just one final question from me, Chair, if that's okay. Just to give you an opportunity, Sharron, in terms of the report itself, is there anything that you'd want to draw the committee's attention to in particular, when it…
23 January 2025 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Apprenticeship pathways - Panel 1 - Strategic Overview
So, what would need to be done, then, to make it a bit more consistent?
23 January 2025 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Apprenticeship pathways - Panel 1 - Strategic Overview
That's really helpful, thank you. If I could move to another question that I had, and it links a bit to a report that Hefin David has done. It's about specific access to post-16 learners for providers of education. There were some examples where good practice…
23 January 2025 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Apprenticeship pathways - Panel 1 - Strategic Overview
There is a need for a conversation in Welsh Government to happen before you can progress, essentially.
23 January 2025 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Apprenticeship pathways - Panel 1 - Strategic Overview
I hope we're not being unfair, just coming to Medr for a second, in terms of some of those potential barriers, then, to progressing some of those recommendations—how do you see those barriers? What are those barriers, essentially?
23 January 2025 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Apprenticeship pathways - Panel 1 - Strategic Overview
So, what do you think some of the barriers have been to progress in those areas so far?
23 January 2025 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Apprenticeship pathways - Panel 1 - Strategic Overview
Diolch, Cadeirydd. If I could focus on the vocational qualifications review, which means I might be picking on Sharron a bit, just thinking about the actual steering group report that came out, there were a number of recommendations within that report. So…
22 January 2025 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
The evidence on rent controls is much more nuanced than is often acknowledged. Many critics, yourself included, have cited the Scottish experience as evidence that they don't work. However, Scotland's rent cap was a nominal freeze that had significant…
22 January 2025 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
Thank you for that response, Cabinet Secretary.
