Andrew RT Davies: Thank you, Minister, for that answer, and I appreciate you've answered other questions on this particular area, but I think it shows the sign of correspondence we're all getting from worried parents, teachers and also children who want to understand what the position will be in September. I know you are engaged in that process, Minister, but given the confusion around the previous...
Andrew RT Davies: Minister, I am disappointed with your reaction today, trying to blame Brexit for the position that we find ourselves in, and I'd encourage you to listen to the First Minister's response to me in First Minister's questions about adopting a more positive approach to engage with the company. If I was the company's managing director and I listened to your responses today, I would realise that...
Andrew RT Davies: Minister, thank you for your statement. Today I started my day about half-past four this morning, loading lambs and ewes to go up to Raglan market. And when I was reading your statement, I have to say that, if I was talking to farmers in Raglan market today, I'm not sure I'd feel any more confidence in what might be coming down the tracks to take the place of what is currently the support...
Andrew RT Davies: I welcome the opportunity to move the amendment in my name in this group, amendment 3. We'll also be supporting the first amendment Plaid Cymru have tabled today, but not supporting the second amendment that Plaid have, and I'll go on to explain why that's the case. I could be really Churchillian and try and appeal to the Government benches to support us in our amendments before the Chamber...
Andrew RT Davies: Thank you. I wasn't sure whether interventions were permitted.
Andrew RT Davies: I just want to seek a point of clarification on the amendment that I put in about training. You did say, in your opening remarks, that circus owners have indicated that they will use the animals in a different way. You said that in your opening remarks, Minister. So surely amendment 3, which seeks to, obviously, stop that happening in training exercises, should the amendment that is accepted...
Andrew RT Davies: Move.
Andrew RT Davies: Thank you, Presiding Officer. It's my pleasure to move the amendments in group 2 standing in my name, and I hope they'll find support in the Assembly, but, again, I don't think I'll have much luck there, to be honest, but there you go, it's worth a try, because it is an important area. It is about powers of inspection and the person who will be delegated to undertake that inspection. At the...
Andrew RT Davies: If I could respond to the Minister there, Minister, you were responsible for the bovine TB strategy here in Wales, and obviously the testers there have to be either a veterinary surgeon or someone who's suitably qualified—it's specified in the rules and regulations. Surely the same logic is here when you're talking about wild animals, and exotic animals even, where there might be an area of...
Andrew RT Davies: Move.
Andrew RT Davies: Move.
Andrew RT Davies: Move.
Andrew RT Davies: Move.
Andrew RT Davies: Move.
Andrew RT Davies: First Minister, what would be devastating economically would be the need for either a second lockdown or a localised lockdown, and one of the key measures that you've put in place is test and tracing. Your figures for returning the results from test and tracing are getting worse. The figures for 24-hour delivery are under a 50 per cent response rate, and for 48 hours only 66 per cent of tests...
Andrew RT Davies: Business manager, I would like to understand why the Government haven't tabled a statement today from the health Minister, who will be making, as I understand it, through the Government press conference, an announcement on the new testing regime that the Government are bringing forward. I did raise it with the First Minister, but it should be on the floor of the Chamber that the health...
Andrew RT Davies: 7. In light of COVID-19, will the Minister make a statement on the impact of social-distancing guidelines on businesses in South Wales Central? OQ55442
Andrew RT Davies: Thank you, Minister, for that answer. I appreciate public health needs to always come first and people's well-being safeguarded, but many businesses have come to me pointing out other countries' experiences and the World Health Organization's advice that 1m is an acceptable social distance. Here in Wales, we have 2m. What discussions within Government have now being undertaken to see where...
Andrew RT Davies: 4. What assessment has the Counsel General made of the number of jobs and businesses that will be lost in Wales due to the coronavirus crisis? OQ55443
Andrew RT Davies: Thank you, Minister, for that answer. We saw last week many jobs, regrettably, being lost across the length and breadth of Wales. What I'm trying to understand is how your role in Government will assist the economic Minister, Ken Skates, in delivering support to make sure that we can retain as many jobs as possible, but also create new jobs across Wales. Can you enlighten me as to exactly how...
