David Lloyd: 4. Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on Welsh Government plans for regeneration in South Wales West? OAQ(5)0137(CC)
David Lloyd: May I thank the Cabinet Secretary for his statement here today, which follows a previous statement on this issue, of course, as we all know? Following publication of the recommendations made by the steering group in early February, I asked the Cabinet Secretary to respond to the recommendations fairly quickly, and the reason for that was that I felt the sector needed assurances going forward....
David Lloyd: Thank you very much, Llywydd, and I was going to pursue—[Interruption.] Thank you very much, Lee.
David Lloyd: Thank you very much. I’m pleased to have an intervention before I open my mouth, but I was going to outline the historical context of the Welsh language, while supporting entirely the intention of the Government here to have a million Welsh speakers by halfway through this century. To go back in history in order to set the context, because some are new to the history of Wales and its...
David Lloyd: On the back of that question, of course, naturally, we still have to have GPs to deal with those problems that only a doctor can deal with. And this week we’ve heard that the Coelbren surgery in my region is going to close because the Abertawe Bro Morgannwg health board has failed to find general practitioners to work there, even though they’ve been trying for some months to do that. In...
David Lloyd: In the context of the Swansea bay city deal, and as that deal is now progressing, can I ask you what steps you as a Government are taking to assist those local councils in south-west Wales to deliver the private investment from IT companies that is crucially important to the success of the deal in trying to create quality jobs?
David Lloyd: Can I thank the Cabinet Secretary for his answers so far? I’m still a bit unclear on a couple of points. The first fundamental issue is: how did we get here? I wake up this morning to breakfast television news: ‘Prison in Baglan’. Okay, as a lowly Member of the opposition, I wouldn’t expect to be involved in any consultation with UK Government, but I expect somebody to have been...
David Lloyd: It’s not about protecting one place name vis-à-vis another form of it. If it’s historic and on that list, they’re all protected, regardless of language—Trellech, Treleck, whatever. I’m reminded there’s a village also in Monmouthshire, ‘point of Scotland’ and people say, ‘Well, Duw, where do we get “point of Scotland” from?’ From the old Welsh ‘pysgotlyn’, a pool...
David Lloyd: I beg to differ with the Cabinet Secretary there. There have been countless representations. That’s why we had the original historic environment Act and the Plaid Cymru amendments that have got you to the position of having the register that you have today. The fact is that there is no statutory protection for our historic place names, be they of any language—English, Anglo-Saxon, Viking,...
David Lloyd: Thank you very much, Llywydd. May I start by thanking all contributors to today’s debate and those Members who are supportive of the principle and main objective of the Bill, namely safeguarding historic place names in Wales and putting that in law? Now, I can say ‘yes’ to virtually all of Suzy Davies’s questions, but I can expand upon that again outside the Chamber, perhaps, because...
David Lloyd: Thank you, Llywydd, for the opportunity to explain the rationale for proposing this Billon protecting historical place names, and for giving Members an opportunity to discuss the means by which the Bill may develop. Essentially, there is no protection now. I hope to use this debate to explain to members the very clear policy objective that I have in mind, to show that I have undertaken...
David Lloyd: Thank you very much for that response, Cabinet Secretary. Over the past few weeks, people from across Swansea have been in touch with concerns about the future of the Swansea Community Farm, which has done excellent work over a period of more than 20 years in providing learning opportunities for people of all ages. Unfortunately, it is now facing closure at the end of this month unless they...
David Lloyd: 1. Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on Welsh Government funding for public service projects within the City and County of Swansea? OAQ(5)0104(FLG)
David Lloyd: What assessment has the Cabinet Secretary made of the ability of local authority trading standards departments to tackle rogue international product suppliers?
David Lloyd: Can I thank the Cabinet Secretary for his opening to this debate, and also for the conversation that we’ve had on this measure recently? As the Cabinet Secretary has outlined, we are today requested to provide our consent to Part 5 of the UK Government’s Digital Economy Bill. As the Cabinet Secretary alluded to, at times, that section has proved highly controversial as the Bill proceeded...
David Lloyd: It’s a pleasure to take part in this very important debate on the Family Fund. Of course, as we’ve heard, this is not the biggest fund ever, but it’s important because it provides direct funding to poor families who have children with serious illness and serious disabilities. The funding goes directly. It isn’t redirected through alternative sources that tend to suck some of the money...
David Lloyd: First Minister, I have received complaints from representatives of the business community on the quality of Wi-Fi services on trains running between Swansea and Paddington. This is often because of poor signal on the route. As this is a crucially important service for us here in Wales, what is your Government doing in collaboration with the Westminster Government and the private companies...
David Lloyd: It is also a pleasure for me to participate in this debate on St David’s Day, reflecting the fact that we’re commemorating the death of Dewi on this day in the year 589—some 1,500 years ago. This nation’s history goes back a long way and it’s still reflected in our language, our art and our faith. And, yes, it is a day of national pride and I’m going to follow the same route. I...
David Lloyd: I thank the Chair of the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee for his statement, and also welcome the way ahead. I also thank my fellow committee member, David Melding, for his kind words. Naturally, we are celebrating today St David’s Day and doing the little things, and we do do some little things such as scrutinising subordinate legislation—quite often that’s quite small....
David Lloyd: What additional support are you offering to the administration of the hospital in Morriston to improve arrangements to deal with the number of patients who attend the emergency department there?
