QNR – in the Senedd on 12 July 2016.
The digital industries are one of the most vibrant parts of our economy. Digital apprenticeships will provide an opportunity for the next generation to begin their digital careers. A digital competence framework will be made available from September 2016 and embedded as a cross-curricular theme.
If the Swansea bay tidal lagoon is secured, it will create an estimated 1,900 jobs during construction with significant opportunities to develop supply chains for the wider community, including Neath, and would place Wales at the forefront of the development of a tidal range sector across the UK.
We have regularly expressed concern about significant job losses across Trinity Wales publications in Wales. We will continue to make representations to Trinity about the developing situation with staff in north Wales. We recognise the importance of a healthy media sector as an essential component of a modern democratic society.
We have a comprehensive programme of trade missions to help companies access opportunities across the world. Delegations have recently been to the Gulf and Canada and there are planned visits this year to global destinations, including Germany, India, Japan and the USA. This has been our consistent policy for many years and, in the most recent, years we have posted our best inward investment figures for 30 years.
I have had no such discussions.
The road safety framework for Wales sets out the actions we and our partners will take to achieve our casualty reduction targets. The framework will be reviewed following the release of the 2016 casualty statistics.