Rebecca Evans: Formally moved.
Rebecca Evans: Formally moved.
Rebecca Evans: Formally moved.
Rebecca Evans: Formally moved.
Rebecca Evans: Formally moved.
Rebecca Evans: Formally moved.
Rebecca Evans: Thank you for the contributions to the debate this afternoon, and the decision that I've taken here in Wales is very much appropriate to the housing market, because the temporary zero rate band is now around £66,000 higher than the average cost of a home here in Wales, which is £184,000. And it's also £70,000 higher than the normal starting threshold, which, of course, is £180,000. And as...
Rebecca Evans: Thank you. I'm pleased to open the debate on the Land Transaction Tax (Temporary Variation of Rates and Bands for Residential Property Transactions) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2021. I thank the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee and the Finance Committee for their reports. Last July, I made regulations to introduce a temporary tax reduction period for LTT. The Senedd...
Rebecca Evans: I'm grateful to Mark Reckless for his contribution to the debate this afternoon, although obviously we come from very different perspectives. I think it's important that we do have robust Wales-level information and statistics and data available to us in order to help the Welsh Government to make good decisions, but then also to allow others, including Mark Reckless, to hold the Welsh...
Rebecca Evans: Diolch, Llywydd. I am pleased to introduce the Official Statistics (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2021. The power for the Welsh Ministers to make the Order is contained in section 6(1)(b) of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007. Section 65(7) of that Act states that the Welsh Ministers may not make the Order without approval by the Senedd. The purpose of the amendment Order is to...
Rebecca Evans: Diolch, Llywydd. I am pleased to introduce—
Rebecca Evans: Thank you for raising both of those important issues this afternoon. The Minister with responsibility for energy, environment and rural affairs will have heard your request for the statement on agricultural shows and the Welsh Government's support for them. I just would join you in recognising the important role that agricultural shows play in our rural community life right across Wales and...
Rebecca Evans: I'd like to begin absolutely by joining you in giving those congratulations to the seven individuals who have been recognised in the High Sheriff of Dyfed awards. People have gone well above and beyond over the past 12 months in order to serve communities and to provide the healthcare and support that people need. So, I'm very happy to say 'congratulations' and extend our thanks there, and...
Rebecca Evans: Thank you for raising both of those issues. On the matter of face coverings in schools in Wales, I will ask the Minister for Education to review your comments this afternoon and to write you with the latest position, especially in respect, as you say, of the fact that lateral flow tests are now available. On the matter of resourcing for NRW to undertake its enforcement work, I will ask you to...
Rebecca Evans: Yes, I'd like to provide that reassurance, and the fact that we've been very clear in our commitment that we would want to legislate to place our approach to environmental principles and governance on a statutory footing here in Wales. But, as Huw Irranca-Davies says, when the First Minister reflected on the legislative programme, he said that the pressures that we faced in terms of the end...
Rebecca Evans: I think that you've given a very unbalanced reflection of the work of the Valleys taskforce, which I think has had some really significant impacts in Rhondda Cynon Taf and elsewhere. Of course, I'm thinking about interventions such as the significant work done in terms of bringing underused and unused housing back into use, which has been particularly important, the important role and...
Rebecca Evans: You were able to hear from the First Minister in response to your question earlier this afternoon, but you did see, at the last three-weekly review, that we did endeavour to provide a greater level of detail as to the steps that might happen in the weeks ahead. Always, we look to give as much certainty and notice as we possibly can, but in this fast-moving situation it can be difficult to...
Rebecca Evans: The women's health implementation group was established to provide that strategic leadership for us here in Wales, to ensure that we have that all-Wales approach to break down barriers and also join up the pathways between primary, secondary and tertiary care, so that women's health can be managed in the community, wherever possible, without the need for more intensive intervention. I'm very...
Rebecca Evans: I don't want to rerun the arguments that we've been having for the past few years in relation to leaving the European Union, but I will respond to the substantive point, just to reflect the fact that, at this point, there is no ban on EU exports of AstraZeneca. I am aware that the Prime Minister is having some direct conversations with the EU on this, and I think that that's the appropriate...
Rebecca Evans: On the first issue, I'm really pleased to say that, this afternoon, we will have a statement from the Deputy Minister and Chief Whip on the Wales race equality action plan. That will be a good opportunity, I think, to hear about the Welsh Government's approach in this area, and also to potentially raise those specific issues that you've just brought to the floor of the Senedd with the...
