Mark Reckless: 6. Will the Minister make a statement on the funding of Transport for Wales now that it has taken control of the Wales and borders rail franchise? OQ56015
Mark Reckless: 6. What assessment has the Counsel General made of the impact of the UK shared prosperity fund on the devolution settlement? OQ55988
Mark Reckless: 7. What discussions has the Counsel General had regarding the impact of the Brexit process on the pace of regulatory approvals for COVID-19 vaccines? OQ56016
Mark Reckless: I'd still like to see the M4 relief road built as promised, but I'll focus my remarks on the report. The UK Government and the Welsh Government have got different responsibilities here through law, but I wonder is a better approach to have a joint project team, where both parties are funding that and working together to deliver an agreed solution, as with Crossrail, where we saw the...
Mark Reckless: What discussions has the First Minister held regarding a future relationship agreement between the EU and the UK?
Mark Reckless: Is there a danger that some of our measures—pubs that can't serve alcohol—and particularly enforcing a border to stop people from England coming to Wales, even when we may have had higher levels of incidence, may have an impact in future years of people who may be less willing or interested in visiting Wales in light of that? And what can we do to try and mitigate any such effect?
Mark Reckless: It's good to hear of the Minister's early start today. Could I feed back to him that a number of my constituents have been in touch to say how pleased they are that there's a UK-wide four-Government approach to the Christmas period for COVID restrictions, and they just wonder why can't that UK-wide response happen more generally?
Mark Reckless: 4. What assessment has the Welsh Government made of the effectiveness of intergovernmental discussions regarding the COVID-19 response? OQ55979
Mark Reckless: 2. What discussions has the Minister had with the tourism industry in Wales regarding COVID-19 regulations? OQ55978
Mark Reckless: And the first sentence of my contribution is, I would have preferred to see the First Minister here physically. That's my own view—[Interruption.] I totally accept—[Interruption.] I have my own view.
Mark Reckless: Good. Now, First Minister, you said, 'If only we do this, we can get through to Christmas', but that's what you said about the firebreak, and it didn't work, did it? And there's been a little too much self-congratulation about that firebreak: bring it in, a stitch in time, comparing Wales to England over the operation of that, but it doesn't quite look like that now, does it? You keep on...
Mark Reckless: First Minister, you attended the Chamber for First Minister's questions earlier. I'm sorry it's not convenient for you to attend now. [Interruption.]
Mark Reckless: Firstly, can I say thank you very much to Sir Wyn Williams as the president of the Welsh Tribunals, both for his annual report but also for everything that he and his judges have been doing? The challenges have been greater because of coronavirus, but even in the normal scheme of things, the day-to-day work is rarely glamorous and I think it is important that we put on record our appreciation...
Mark Reckless: Looking through this framework, I quite enjoy the quality of the document and some of the maps; it's quite interesting to read. But a few things struck me. One thing I'd quote. It says: 'Clear decisions should be made on the scale and location of growth through the preparation of a Strategic Development Plan'. It's a very statist statement. It assumes that what we do, through this plan, is...
Mark Reckless: This motion has three parts. The first noting the national development framework being laid on 21 September 2020. The second notes that section 3 of the Planning (Wales) Act 2015 gives a 60-day period for Senedd consideration. So, today being 25 November, we're presumably outside that statutory period, or that's saying we don't note, or, if haven't wholly understood the situation, I hope Mike...
Mark Reckless: So, Welsh Government is now directly, or at least through its 100 per cent owned Transport for Wales, paying really quite substantial amounts to subsidise services within England, including for stations that, perhaps, a handful of passengers only are using. In addition, Transport for Wales is the station facility owner for quite large stations in England, such as Hereford, Shrewsbury and...
Mark Reckless: 5. What additional budgetary allocations will the Minister provide to support Transport for Wales now that it has taken control of the Wales and borders rail franchise? OQ55928
Mark Reckless: What assessment has the Minister made of the extent to which students may have fallen behind during coronavirus-related lockdowns?
Mark Reckless: Will the Minister make a statement on permitted development rights in Wales in light of the COVID-19 pandemic?
Mark Reckless: Alun Davies made some sensible points about the security of the ballot, but then went into the wider reaches of conspiracy around data and dark money and elections not being under control. Unless he knows the Centre for Welsh Studies and exactly what they're doing with the data, then 'dark forces are risking our democracy'—they're not my accounts. It is frankly ludicrous for the Member to...
