, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of doing business
Thank you. And then my last question is around, again, what more can be done, what further support. The Welsh Government, as you've mentioned, provides 50 per cent business rate relief for the retail, leisure and hospitality sectors and provides Business…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of doing business
Of course. Thank you. Did you want to come in, anybody online?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of doing business
Thank you very much. As you said, you mentioned that the UK Government has said that it will review the scheme within three months, but, unfortunately, that's not going to be this side of Christmas, and decisions then will be made on the future of the…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of doing business
Yes, of course.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of doing business
Okay. Thank you.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of doing business
Okay. Thank you very much. Who wanted to come in next? Anybody else? No.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of doing business
Okay. Just to clarify, then, with the household version, there was a lump sum, and people knew, then, how much was coming up, but that's not the same, then, for the businesses.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of doing business
Thank you, Chair. Thank you all for being here today. We've already touched on it a bit, but I'm just going to drill down a little bit more into the UK Government's energy bill relief scheme. This is for six months and it's for non-domestic energy customers…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
Thank you very much, Minister. Thank you, Chair.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
Thank you. Just my last question, then: obviously, the deadline has been removed now, so do you have any idea of the time frame for this now, going forward?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
I'd love that.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
My last area of questioning is going to be around India. So, the UK started negotiations for the free trade agreement with India in January of this year and, as we know, it is an extremely important trading partner for Wales, with value of goods/trade at…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
Brilliant, thank you.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
That brings me on nicely to: the Welsh Government has previously stated that it was interested in engaging in the governance arrangements for the UK-Australia free trade agreement, but it wasn't clear at the time what the involvement would be. The committee…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
Good. Okay.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
Okay.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
And, also, in the correspondence that we've had, it said that, previously, with UK Government, it felt as though they were only willing to talk to Welsh Government about areas that were devolved and nothing else. So, have you felt in relation to this trade…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
Okay.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
Okay. But just to ask the Welsh Government: you have outlined concerns regarding the cumulative impact of granting increased market access to the UK, especially for the red meat sector. So, can I ask if that is one of the things that you're talking about?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Minister for Economy
Thank you, Chair. Thank you for being here this morning, Minister. I'm going to ask some questions on trade. The UK Government has undertaken a series of trade negotiations since the UK's exit from the European Union. This has included, obviously, Australia…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Experiences of young people with speech, language and communication needs in the criminal justice system—panel two
—as a result. That's great. That's great. I guess, again—. Darren, maybe this would be for you, then, because we did hear in our previous evidence session that this is not the case all across Wales. Are you aware of some areas where maybe this isn't available…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Experiences of young people with speech, language and communication needs in the criminal justice system—panel two
That's fantastic. So, I suppose, then, you would say that they are pretty good at identifying these needs when they first come into contact—
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Experiences of young people with speech, language and communication needs in the criminal justice system—panel two
Okay, thank you. How effectively do you think our youth offending team practitioners and solicitors are working together to ensure that young people with speech, language, communication needs are identified when they first come into contact with them?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Experiences of young people with speech, language and communication needs in the criminal justice system—panel two
Thank you. And in the room as well. Sorry, I can't see you on the screen.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Experiences of young people with speech, language and communication needs in the criminal justice system—panel two
That would be very helpful, thank you. If I can come to you, then, Darren.
