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Sustainable Farming Scheme - Farming Unions
Thank you, Chair.
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Sustainable Farming Scheme - Farming Unions
Okay. So, if I can just check, then—? Dennis favours a separate approach for common land farmers. Could I just check with the rest of the panel whether they agree with that? My feeling was that both previous speakers were alluding to a universal system that…
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Sustainable Farming Scheme - Farming Unions
Diolch, Cadeirydd, and good morning, panel. I'd like to go a little further on this issue of common land, which some of you have already started to address, because there are 175,000 hectares of common land in Wales—it's about 8.5 per cent of our total land…
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Debate on petition P-06-1392, 'Reform of the additional learning needs Code of Wales 2021'
At the start of my contribution, I'd like to also offer my thanks to the petitioner, Victoria Lightbown, and everyone who signed up in support of it. This is such an important subject, and I'd like to thank them and the committee for giving us the opportunity…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing, Local Government and Planning
Thank you for your answer, Cabinet Secretary, and for your ongoing correspondence with me regarding the 77 homes on the Gower estate in Hirwaun in which RAAC has been found. As you know, 60 of these are owned by the social housing provider Trivallis, but 17…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing, Local Government and Planning
5. What assessment has the Welsh Government made of the amount of housing stock in Wales affected by RAAC? OQ61041
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Priorities for climate change and rural affairs
Thank you, Cabinet Secretary, for your statement here today setting out some of your key priorities for your portfolio. I want to focus today on how we can support people affected by one of those consequences of climate change, namely flooding, with…
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Statement by the First Minister: Senedd at 25
Thank you, Prif Weinidog, for this important statement today. As we look back over the past 25 years, it should be a matter of pride to all of us that our Senedd has not only endured, but has matured during that time. It's not always been an easy journey, but…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Cap on political donations
I want to make it clear that I'll be speaking this afternoon in my capacity, and solely in my capacity, as Chair of the Standards of Conduct Committee, and I will be addressing the points in the motion, which refer specifically to that committee. As Chair of…
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Group 6: Recall of Members of the Senedd (Amendments 40, 42)
I'm contributing today in my capacity as Chair of the Senedd Standards of Conduct Committee. As Members will be aware, the Reform Bill Committee recommended that the issue of recall was consulted on by the Standards of Conduct Committee as part of a wider…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice
Thank you, Cabinet Secretary, for your answer. I welcome the focus in the First Minister’s statement last week on lifting children out of poverty. It’s undoubtedly one of the most important issues for our Welsh Labour Government to address. But with some of…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice
2. How is the Welsh Government working to mitigate the impact of child poverty in Cynon Valley? OQ60944
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Development Bank of Wales inquiry: Panel 5 - Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Welsh Language
Thank you, Cabinet Secretary. Thank you, Chair.
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Development Bank of Wales inquiry: Panel 5 - Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Welsh Language
Thank you. And one final question from me. Professor Dylan Jones-Evans has suggested that increasing the support to start-ups, which of course create jobs, develop innovation, disrupt markets and support communities, should be a key objective for the…
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Development Bank of Wales inquiry: Panel 5 - Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Welsh Language
Thank you. We've taken some other evidence that suggested that the bank isn't big enough and that a lot of its £2 billion-worth of assets are tied up in real estate and aren't active in the Welsh economy. So, could I ask what your view is on the scale of…
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Development Bank of Wales inquiry: Panel 5 - Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Welsh Language
Okay. Thank you. And how would you respond to the assertion from FinTech Wales who say that the development bank's 'overall approach is risk averse which stifles innovation and the true potential of Welsh startups'?
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Development Bank of Wales inquiry: Panel 5 - Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Welsh Language
Thank you. That leads me really nicely into my second question, actually, Chair, which I think you've just started answering. So, we took some really interesting evidence from the Business Development Bank of Canada recently, and they told us in quite good…
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Development Bank of Wales inquiry: Panel 5 - Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Welsh Language
Good morning, Minister. I've got some questions on the business support landscape quite generally. Firstly, I'd like to ask where you see the development bank's role within that business support landscape, and to what extent you might agree with the FSB's…
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Development Bank of Wales inquiry: Panel 4 - Development Bank of Wales
Thank you, Chair, and thank you, Rhian.
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Development Bank of Wales inquiry: Panel 4 - Development Bank of Wales
A final question from me, then. The FSB, when they came before the committee, told us that one of the challenges that they perceive for the development bank is that it sits within a massively fragmented landscape of business support, and there is now a need…
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Development Bank of Wales inquiry: Panel 4 - Development Bank of Wales
I'm really pleased to see that it's been extended. We referred earlier to the evidence we took from the Business Development Bank of Canada. One of the things that they raised with us is that they believe that businesses receiving advisory services alongside…
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Development Bank of Wales inquiry: Panel 4 - Development Bank of Wales
Thank you. I've been following the green business loan scheme, actually.
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Development Bank of Wales inquiry: Panel 4 - Development Bank of Wales
Thank you, Rhian, for that clarification. That was really helpful. Can I ask, then, if DBW could set out the relationship that you have with Business Wales, and in particular how the process operates for referring businesses between the two organisations?
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Development Bank of Wales inquiry: Panel 4 - Development Bank of Wales
Thank you, Chair, and good morning to our panel. I've got some general questions around the business support landscape. Firstly, if I can quote FinTech Wales, they said that the development bank's 'overall approach is risk averse which stifles innovation and…
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Welsh Language: Our economic future
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd, and thank you, Cabinet Secretary, for your statement today, which touches on many issues that are key to driving our economy forwards. I note your reference to the need to provide more opportunities for well-paid work, and this chimes…
