David Melding: Thank you. And I call on Suzy Davies to move amendment 2, tabled in the name of Darren Millar.
David Melding: I call the education Minister, Kirsty Williams.
David Melding: I have no Member wishing to make an intervention, so I call on Helen Mary Jones to reply to the debate.
David Melding: The proposal to agree the motion without amendment, does any Member object? [Objection.] I defer voting under this item until voting time.
David Melding: There is now a motion to suspend Standing Orders to allow the next item of business to be debated, and I call on the Counsel General to move the motion—Jeremy Miles.
David Melding: The proposal is to suspend Standing Orders. Does any Member object? I see no objection. The motion is therefore agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
David Melding: Item 8 is the legislative consent motion on the Trade (Disclosure of Information) Bill, and I call on the Counsel General and Minister for European Transition to move the motion—Jeremy Miles.
David Melding: Andrew, did you yield any of your time?
David Melding: Thank you. I call the Deputy Minister for Culture, Sport and Tourism to reply. Dafydd Elis-Thomas.
David Melding: Thank you. We now move to item 11, which is today's scheduled short debate, and I call on Neil Hamilton to speak to the topic he has chosen.
David Melding: Your time's nearly up now.
David Melding: I call the Deputy Minister for Culture, Sport and Tourism to reply to the debate—Dafydd Elis-Thomas.
David Melding: Thank you very much, Minister. And that concludes today's proceedings.
David Melding: What plans are in place to provide additional career advice to Welsh graduates in response to the labour market contraction caused by the COVID-19 pandemic?
David Melding: 7. What measures are in place to improve the transparency of the Welsh Government's budget process? OQ56082
David Melding: I'm particularly concerned about the SME sector, which has been very badly hit by the COVID crisis, which has closed up high streets and imposed—necessarily, of course—very different working methods. For the health of our high streets, for the health of the foundational economy—and much of our economic strategy is on building up the SME sector—can you assure us that it will receive a...
David Melding: I thank the Minister for that answer, but the public interest is definitely served by more transparency, and this has been a long journey, and there's still a long way to go. We are, quite properly, demanding of local government in their financial statements and the information, indeed, they send to their council tax payers, and I think a similar process of public engagement is required so...
David Melding: Minister, may I take this opportunity to invite you to congratulate Headlands special school in Penarth, which has recently received a recognition of excellence award from the High Sheriff of South Glamorgan because of the innovative way it has responded to the pandemic, particularly in distance and blended learning? One of the key things has been active outreach, whether this be telephone...
David Melding: Minister, I also want to speak for the leaseholders. They applied due diligence, and, because of catastrophic building regulation failure, inspection and, it has to be said, quality of build, they are now in blighted properties. Many of them are young, they want to start families, they cannot move, and they are in properties that are unsuitable to raise children. Now, there's only one way out...
David Melding: 6. What measures are in place to ensure that hospitals can continue to provide acute care not related to COVID-19? OQ56140
