David Lloyd: Thank you very much for that response. Clearly, we received the statement after I’d tabled the question; it’s the nature of things. But, in your written statement back in the autumn, you’d said that you were going to hold discussions with Newport and Cardiff councils on the benefits of running local bus companies through the public sector. Can I ask you—? [Interruption.]
David Lloyd: Should I carry on or start again?
David Lloyd: Ailadrodd? Ie. Datganiad ysgrifenedig yn ôl yn yr hydref—roeddech chi’n sôn am waith efo cynghorau Caerdydd a Chasnewydd ynglŷn â manteision rhedeg cwmnïau bysus lleol drwy’r sector gyhoeddus. Byddwch chi’n cofio hynny. A allaf i ofyn beth ydy ffrwyth y trafodaethau yna, ac a ydych chi wedi dechrau trafod gydag awdurdodau eraill, megis Abertawe, er enghraifft, y posibilrwydd o...
David Lloyd: 1. Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on his plans for developing bus services? OAQ(5)0124(EI)
David Lloyd: Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on the south-west Wales ARCH programme?
David Lloyd: Thank you very much, Deputy Presiding Officer. I’m very pleased to contribute to this debate today as Chair of the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee. I’d like to start by thanking my fellow members of the committee. The collegiate way in which we work has enabled robust scrutiny and, I believe, has led us to develop clear conclusions and recommendations for the Minister. I should...
David Lloyd: Thank you, Presiding Officer. I’d better make the most of my opportunity then. Could I welcome the statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure on the future of bus services, and also welcome his vision that there is a future for bus services, along the lines that he suggests? Because, of course, naturally, local bus services are the foundation of our public transport...
David Lloyd: Thank you for that response, and, further to that, naturally, there has been some concern, particularly among young people across Wales, following that uncertainty that you’ve already mentioned surrounding the mytravelpass scheme, so I was pleased to hear the statement by the Cabinet Secretary for infrastructure last week, saying that the Government were committed to establishing a similar...
David Lloyd: 7. Will the First Minister make a statement on concessionary travel schemes? OAQ(5)0463(FM)
David Lloyd: May I congratulate Bethan Jenkins, first of all, on her robust chairing of the committee and a clear leadership on a way forward? I recall, because I’m an old man now, in previous Assemblies, trying to get to grips with this whole issue of discussing broadcasting and the press and so on and their portrayal of Wales generally, and it was very difficult to get a debate of any kind at one...
David Lloyd: In terms of capital spend, Cabinet Secretary, representatives from local authorities in England that have a border with Wales have mentioned that there is a lack of communication between the Welsh Government and public bodies in England in terms of the details of projects and infrastructure spend that is currently in the pipeline. Given that, what steps are you taking to ensure that more...
David Lloyd: Diolch yn fawr, Lywydd. Can I commend Suzy Davies for her initiative, and I wholeheartedly support the intention of getting cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the school curriculum and to be more widely acknowledged and trained for the general population. Also, we need defibrillators everywhere and people confident and not afraid to use them. Because that’s what I find, as a general...
David Lloyd: I didn’t intend following that, I have to say, but as one who preaches on a Sunday in non-conformist chapels, I was also going to pay tribute to William Williams Pantycelyn from Llandovery in Carmarthenshire. One of our main hymn writers, he was born 300 years ago to this coming Saturday. One of the leaders of the Methodist revival in Wales, he wrote some 820 Welsh hymns when the vast...
David Lloyd: Following on the same theme, really, what discussions have you specifically had with the City and County of Swansea to try and ensure that the current education planning requirements are not unreasonably delayed or vague as a result of these delays in the local development plan?
David Lloyd: Rhun.
David Lloyd: Exactly, and well said. Wales needs a detailed plan—[Interruption.] I haven’t got time, team, especially for Andrew R.T. Davies. Wales needs a plan—a detailed plan—to leave the European Union. Labour and Plaid here have produced one. Worth a read, including the annexes—‘Securing Wales’ Future’. Because—and just ending now—talking to many people, especially our young...
David Lloyd: I’m glad of your reminder of one of my old oaths there, Huw. Making the best of a bad job in this current situation, while exiting the EU, means actually trying to stay in the single European market, like prosperous Norway— outside the EU but in the single market. Because the single market, as we’ve heard, is vital to Wales. Sixty-eight per cent of Welsh exports are to the EU; 200,000...
David Lloyd: I’m very pleased to have an opportunity to take part in this very important debate and to congratulate those who have brought this White Paper, ‘Securing Wales’ Future: Transition from the European Union to a new relationship with Europe’, into existence, on both sides: in Labour and Plaid Cymru. Also, I’d like to congratulate several contributors this afternoon on the maturity of...
David Lloyd: Leader of the house, can I thank you for your statement? Further to that, the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure issued a written statement last Friday, ‘setting out a roadmap towards success, resilience and sustainability for the heritage of Wales’, it says here. Obviously, the recommendations of the review group that have been looking into the future of so-called Historic...
David Lloyd: Thank you, Cabinet Secretary, for the answers thus far. Obviously, a key issue seems to be uncertainty around the UK’s membership of the single market and it is a clear signal of the pressure that Wales faces and will continue to face if the hard Brexit position being taken by the UK Government continues during the Brexit negotiations. We’re all aware, obviously, that you and officials...
