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: 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
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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: 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: Move.
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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Leader of the house, could I seek two statements, please? Yesterday, the health Minister wrote off the deficits of the health boards. I am amazed, unless it has come in the last hour, that we, as Members, haven't had a statement on this—it was announced in the press conference yesterday. That surely cannot be right. I make no judgment call on the write-down, but £0.5 billion-worth of debt...
Andrew RT Davies: Could I put on record my thanks as well to the Commission staff and to yourself as Presiding Officer for making these facilities available today for the first hybrid Assembly? First Minister, the economies of south Wales are very intertwined, and the news yesterday about the the Ineos reconsideration—shall we call it—of their proposals in Bridgend affects South Wales Central and, in...
Andrew RT Davies: 4. Will the Minister make a statement on the Welsh Government's plans for the resumption of full-time education in September? OQ55397
Andrew RT Davies: Thank you, Minister, for your statement this afternoon on this very important subject, obviously building on the announcement that you as a Government made last year, supported, I believe, by all the parties in the Assembly at that time. I'd like to touch on, first of all, your point in your statement around resilience, and, obviously, with the COVID crisis, you've had to make some...
