, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Finance: Rebalancing the non-domestic rates system
As we know, high streets are at the heart of our communities, and the Cabinet Minister's announcement today to cut business rates by 30 per cent for hospitality and leisure businesses across Wales is a very welcome step to rebalance the non-domestic rate…
, Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session
Diolch.
, Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session
Only one quick question—whether there was an update on where we are with the amgueddfa genedlaethol in Cardiff. I'm just wondering if—. I know they've got the one-hundredth year anniversary next year, and I went there, and there's obviously—. We talked…
, Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session
Diolch. I just think it's really important to use all the leverage we can, to not just show Wales as a backdrop and mountains and coastline that is never identified as Wales, and rather have the stories being set in Wales, and people will then want to come…
, Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session
Just on Creative Wales, how much of Creative Wales's funding is directed towards productions that directly portray Wales and Welsh stories and Welsh people on screen, rather than simply use Wales as a backdrop, and how much of the money is invested in…
, Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session
Thank you.
, Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session
I've got a question on that.
, Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session
But, in general, do we have an ambition to try to get the funding streams on a firmer footing and on a longer period of time to give people more time to adjust and, basically, not waste money so much, I suppose?
, Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session
Just one quick question—[Inaudible.] I know you've been around to see all the bodies that are getting funding from you in the 100 days. I just wondered: do you have an idea of how many of those still get funding annually, or whether they are now getting more…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
For nearly 50 years, successive UK Governments, Conservative and Labour, have followed Margaret Thatcher's broken neoliberal ideology that puts profit before people. Our national utilities have been sold off at a fraction of their value, and tens of billions…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
For nearly 50 years, successive UK Governments, Conservatives and Labour, have followed Margaret Thatcher's broken neoliberal ideology—[Interruption.]—which puts profit before people. Our national utilities have been sold off at a fraction of their…
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Local Government, Housing and Planning: Priorities for Local Government, Housing and Planning
Diolch, Ddirprwy Lywydd. Private renters are under growing pressure, with rents in Wales rising faster than anywhere else in the UK, up nearly 9 per cent in the past year, and even higher in parts of Cardiff. Rent is expected to be around 30 per cent of…
, Plenary
Nomination of the First Minister under Standing Order 8
Rhun ap Iorwerth.