Darren Millar: You promised improvements.
Darren Millar: Since Transport for Wales took over the rail service, have you seen the state of it?
Darren Millar: What about the M4?
Darren Millar: What about roads?
Darren Millar: 7. Will the Minister make a statement on transport infrastructure in north Wales? OAQ54636
Darren Millar: Can I call for two statements, one from you in your capacity, Trefnydd, as the Minister for finance, in relation to support for the armed forces community? The Army Families Federation has raised concerns about what appears to be a trend of some local authorities not giving the appropriate discount for armed forces families in terms of their council tax. You will be aware that this is...
Darren Millar: Reference has already been made in this Chamber, First Minister, to the outrage that is taking place across north Wales as a result of this £2,000 per day that is being paid to the recovery director at the Betsi Cadwaladr health board. You will know that the Public Accounts Committee has previously reported on senior management pay in the public sector and made clear recommendations about...
Darren Millar: Dear, dear, dear. That's a pathetic excuse.
Darren Millar: 9. What guidance has the Welsh Government issued regarding public sector pay in Wales? OAQ54614
Darren Millar: Absolutely true.
Darren Millar: Will you take an intervention?
Darren Millar: I'm very grateful for you taking the intervention. The reality is that there is a combination of factors that deal with school funding, not only the cash that is coming from Westminster, which you've already heard is going up by hundreds of millions of pounds from next year, but also it's affected by the way that you carve up that cash here as a Welsh Government, and the way that you...
Darren Millar: Unfortunately, that's the way that the EU decided it wanted to conduct this exit from the European Union. They said it had to be done via a withdrawal agreement and then, following the agreement of that withdrawal agreement, the discussions on the future trade relationship with the EU could take place. So do you accept that that's not actually a problem of the UK Government's making, it's a...
Darren Millar: Will you take an intervention? Thank you for taking the intervention. It's just on that particular point. This is not a permanent arrangement, is it? It will be superseded should there be a free trade agreement with the European Union and, indeed, there's an opportunity for the Northern Ireland Assembly to vote on this matter on a regular basis in order to bring it to an end. So, why do you...
Darren Millar: Will you take an intervention?
Darren Millar: I appreciate what you're saying and I think there's some merit in having a discussion about how to take that forward. The one other category of accommodation that we haven't yet introduced into this debate, of course, is holiday caravan accommodation. I live in an area where holiday caravan tourism is a very important part of the economy. One of the problems and challenges we have there is...
Darren Millar: Will you take an intervention?
Darren Millar: It's a question about the international relations strategy, with respect.
Darren Millar: Precisely, and that is why I'm referring to other communities that also live in Wales and want to have a contribution to the international relations strategy. So, of the—[Interruption.] Of the 3 million—[Interruption.] Of the 3 million EU citizens that live in the United Kingdom, a million of those are Poles, tens of thousands of which are here in Wales and want to help shape the...
Darren Millar: It's not just the Kurdish community, of course, who are living here in Wales; we also have a significant Polish community. I met with the Polish ambassador in London last week, and I know that the number of Poles here in Wales is significant. In fact, of the 3 million EU citizens—
