Rhianon Passmore: 8. Will the Leader of the House provide an update on the number of premises that have benefited from the Superfast Cymru project in Islwyn? OAQ51803
Rhianon Passmore: Diolch. Leader of the house, David Lidington, UK Tory Government Minister for the Cabinet Office, speaking at Airbus in north Wales, offered to rewrite the alleged flagship Brexit Bill to address the concerns of the devolved administrations in Wales and Scotland. The First Minister of Wales in reply has stated that, as currently drafted, the EU withdrawal Bill allows the UK Government to...
Rhianon Passmore: 8. Will the First Minister provide an update on the Welsh Government's assessment of the impact of leaving the European Union on Islwyn? OAQ51805
Rhianon Passmore: Thank you. The Welsh Government also has announced an extra £73 million allocated to the twenty-first century schools education programme. This brings the total amount invested to £3.8 billion. First Minister, as you witnessed yourself when you formally opened Islwyn High School, the infrastructure of Welsh schools is being reimagined and rebuilt to serve future generations. How then can...
Rhianon Passmore: 8. Will the First Minister provide an update on Welsh Government plans to enhance educational facilities in Islwyn? OAQ51782
Rhianon Passmore: Thank you, Cabinet Secretary. Thank you for that reply. An independent report released just last week that evaluated the Valleys rail strengthening project noted—and it was a groundbreaking project—that it improved air quality, it delivered a 19 per cent increase in capacity on the Valleys rail network, and also generated evidenced access to the jobs market. Indeed, the Ebbw Vale to...
Rhianon Passmore: 6. Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on how the Welsh Government invests in transport in Islwyn? OAQ51703
Rhianon Passmore: Diolch. First Minister, on 15 January, the Cardiff capital region cabinet unanimously agreed to support, in principle, the £180 million redevelopment of Wales's capital city's main transport hub, with £40 million of city deal funding. The money from the city deal investment fund will aim to assist with securing match funding from the UK Government and Welsh Government, as well as the...
Rhianon Passmore: 7. How is the Welsh Government working to increase economic output for the communities of Islwyn? OAQ51685
Rhianon Passmore: Diolch. First Minister, following the Tory UK Government's hollowed budget at the end of last year, the Welsh Government's budget will be once again lower, in real terms, in 2019-20 than it was in 2010-11. The Welsh Labour Government has repeatedly asserted that, for the Welsh economy to grow, which will consequently improve the financial security for the Welsh people, it is critically...
Rhianon Passmore: Diolch, Deputy Llywydd. As the Assembly Member for Islwyn, one of the key areas covered by the ministerial taskforce for the south Wales Valleys, may I place on the record my categorical support for the proactive approach of the Welsh Labour Government in supporting the economic development of communities in Islwyn and beyond? It is right that a Labour Government does this. My constituents...
Rhianon Passmore: Will the First Minister make a statement on how the Welsh Government is supporting local communities in Islwyn through capital investment projects?
Rhianon Passmore: Diolch, Llywydd. Now, you extended me best wishes for the Christmas season yesterday, and I extend my good wishes to you and your family today. Nadolig llawen i chi i gyd. Cabinet Secretary, addressing the Learning and Work Institute's Welsh Employability and Skills Convention last week, the new Minister for Welsh Language and Lifelong Learning, Eluned Morgan, stated employability is not just...
Rhianon Passmore: Thank you. I would like to obviously, though, welcome this particularly important and innovative document, and also the innovation around the new economic contracts. My question really is around the potential for the communities of Islwyn around tourism. I wonder how the Cabinet Secretary foresees the future of the Cwmcarn forest scenic drive—it is an area of stunning Welsh landscape,...
Rhianon Passmore: First Minister, the Welsh Government is committed to ensuring that the service from Ebbw Vale to Cardiff is doubled from one train an hour to two. Can the First Minister update—
Rhianon Passmore: I can try and link it, Llywydd.
Rhianon Passmore: Do you want me to continue?
Rhianon Passmore: Thank you. Can the First Minister update the people of Islwyn on how the work being carried out by Network Rail is progressing and when the scheduled work is due for completion? [Laughter.]
Rhianon Passmore: Will you take an intervention?
Rhianon Passmore: Thank you. Would you acknowledge that the reason why universal credit has been piloted across the UK is because of the scale of the issues that are attached to it? Would you also acknowledge it would be a double whammy for those claimants in Wales if we didn't get the amount of money that would be needed to fund this properly? That is the concern; it is the claimants that are at the heart...
