Results 21–40 of 4000 for speaker:Vaughan Gething

1. Questions to the Minister for Economy: High-street Businesses ( 8 Mar 2023)

Vaughan Gething: We have many programmes and initiatives for supporting our high streets, including business support, small business rates relief and non-domestic rates. Our Transforming Towns programme, which is providing £100 million over three years, aims to address some of the decline in our town and city centres.

1. Questions to the Minister for Economy: Unemployment ( 8 Mar 2023)

Vaughan Gething: Well, look, I welcome money that is being spent in any part of Wales to secure a better economic future, but I think the Member needs to look again at the design of the shared prosperity fund and, indeed, the levelling-up fund. Half of local authorities in Wales lost out in their bids—a competitive bidding process that took time, energy and effort. And he might want to talk to other...

1. Questions to the Minister for Economy: Unemployment ( 8 Mar 2023)

Vaughan Gething: Yes. The unemployment rate for Clwyd South in the 12 months to September 2022 was 3.7 per cent. That is down 2.7 percentage points on the same period in 2013.

1. Questions to the Minister for Economy: Unemployment ( 8 Mar 2023)

Vaughan Gething: I'm deeply concerned still about the choices made by the UK Government, not just because they are a breach of successive manifesto promises, but because they leave Wales short of well over £1 billion over three years. In fact, Newsnight recently undertook an investigation where they thought the gap might be as much as £1.4 billion. The gap that that creates for Wales is not just a budget...

1. Questions to the Minister for Economy: Gilestone Farm ( 8 Mar 2023)

Vaughan Gething: Well, the end purpose for the use of that land is economic development. We're interested in how we secure an increase in economic activity within this part of Wales. It aligns with the ambitions that Powys County Council have for events, and the economic benefit that they'll provide for local people as well. When I make a decision, I would expect, in the due diligence, not just the proposal...

1. Questions to the Minister for Economy: Gilestone Farm ( 8 Mar 2023)

Vaughan Gething: I admire the consistent silliness of the Member's response to rabbits, but, look, when it comes to the opportunities around this piece of land, we've been clear about why we've entered into the purchase. We've also been very, very clear about the fact, as I said in my initial answer, that I will expect to receive final advice before the end of March, and I can then make a decision. The Member...

1. Questions to the Minister for Economy: Gilestone Farm ( 8 Mar 2023)

Vaughan Gething: Thank you for the question. Due diligence on the proposal received from representatives of Green Man is in the final stages of assessment. I expect to receive advice from officials with regard to the next steps before the end of March.

1. Questions to the Minister for Economy: Questions Without Notice from Party Spokespeople ( 8 Mar 2023)

Vaughan Gething: Yes, I'm more than happy to update—and actually, when we had a consultation event, which I attended together with the Deputy Minister for Social Partnership, with the British Retail Consortium and the Welsh Retail Consortium, and, indeed, with the trade union side, led by USDAW, it was a deliberate further engagement in our social partnership way of working. So, we looked at what this would...

1. Questions to the Minister for Economy: Questions Without Notice from Party Spokespeople ( 8 Mar 2023)

Vaughan Gething: Well, actually, the pandemic has forced a number of people to think about the way in which they work, and actually, we all know that a number of businesses had to go into the online world when they weren't necessarily there. They then had to think about the customers that will want to use that, because more customers had to use things online. And so, there's a point here about a business need...

1. Questions to the Minister for Economy: Questions Without Notice from Party Spokespeople ( 8 Mar 2023)

Vaughan Gething: Well, I come back to this: this is a reserved responsibility. It is the responsibility of the UK Government. We are acting because we don't think it's acceptable to simply abandon those people. The UK Government's stated ambition is to provide access to 85 per cent of the population. There are a range of people who would be excluded if we did nothing in this reserved area of responsibility....

1. Questions to the Minister for Economy: Questions Without Notice from Party Spokespeople ( 8 Mar 2023)

Vaughan Gething: Look, I don't think it's particularly helpful or sensible to attempt to compare an entirely different issue with how we use Welsh Government budgets. If you want to have a conversation about the size and capability of this place, we could do that. When it comes to the reality of our budget, it's just undeniable—the reality is our budget is worth less in real terms, in cash terms. It's also...

1. Questions to the Minister for Economy: Questions Without Notice from Party Spokespeople ( 8 Mar 2023)

Vaughan Gething: Tackling digital exclusion is one of the key aims of our strategy, and there's a number of different strands. There's our work with the UK Government on the reserved responsibility for infrastructure. I've had a number of meetings with my officials and, indeed, with the current UK Minister—I think it's Minister Lopez, in the newly rebadged DCMS—and we're looking at how they are going to...

1. Questions to the Minister for Economy: Young People in Business ( 8 Mar 2023)

Vaughan Gething: I'd be very happy if the Member were to write to me with the detail of the scheme that he has identified. As I said in my initial answer, we have a range of support services that are available. Business Wales is still the front door, so if anyone is concerned or doesn't understand the individual scheme, they can go to Business Wales and they can help to guide people through, and, also, those...

1. Questions to the Minister for Economy: Young People in Business ( 8 Mar 2023)

Vaughan Gething: Thank you. The Business Wales youth entrepreneurship service encourages the next generation of entrepreneurs in Wales. It supports entrepreneurial ambition, and provides practical advice to take their ideas forward. Since 2016, 5,000 young people have been supported with start-up advice, and almost 700 have started a business. This, of course, is now being enhanced by the young person’s...

QNR: Questions to the Economy Minister ( 8 Mar 2023)

Vaughan Gething: We will be using all possible levers of support for RD&I in South Wales West. The loss of EU funds is challenging, but our new Innovation Strategy makes a commitment to drive up investment from UK government and to be collaborative and competitive in order to access sources of funding.

QNR: Questions to the Economy Minister ( 8 Mar 2023)

Vaughan Gething: We are working with public bodies to embed Foundational Economy approaches in their activity to help retain wealth within our communities and improve their wellbeing; shorten supply chains to reduce carbon emissions; build a strong Welsh supply base; and improve employment conditions and pay for workers.

4. Statement by the Minister for Economy: Net-zero Skills Strategy (28 Feb 2023)

Vaughan Gething: That's a key objective to what we're looking to do and the opportunities the Member highlights. I've said regularly in this Chamber I don't just want to see a decarbonisation of the way that power is produced; I want to see the economic opportunities as locally as possible. I don't want to see those opportunities taken up in France and in Spain in the manufacture of the equipment and in the...

4. Statement by the Minister for Economy: Net-zero Skills Strategy (28 Feb 2023)

Vaughan Gething: It's part of the point about the eight emissions sectors and the action plans for each one of them, making sure they join up with not just the Net Zero Wales plan, but that we actually have some consistency and understanding within those regional skills partnerships, within the growth deal areas as well, where people are collaborating more effectively, so across north Wales as well as the...

4. Statement by the Minister for Economy: Net-zero Skills Strategy (28 Feb 2023)

Vaughan Gething: On the starting point, the strategy has been published, it's available on the Welsh Government website. And it's not just the actions; I think the Member would find some interest in the eight emission sectors, because one of them is residential buildings. We're looking at what happens already as an emissions sector, as well as opportunities to make sure that fewer emissions actually take...

4. Statement by the Minister for Economy: Net-zero Skills Strategy (28 Feb 2023)

Vaughan Gething: The point about the just transition is something that, as I say, is very much in Ministers' minds in the choices we make about the opportunity, but also the disruption, that moving to a different way of working in a whole range of sectors offers. I think, on the point about what are green skills, I covered that in my statement. The Office for National Statistics will be, I think, helpful in...


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