We are continuing to work with Arriva Trains Wales to deliver additional capacity on the Valley Lines. We will introduce our own new rail services contract next year which will deliver an increase in the availability of high quality rolling stock and improvements in services for passengers.

The Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government will be announcing the provisional local government settlement for 2018-19 later today. This will include details of the core Welsh Government funding for Monmouthshire County Council.

Wales is seen as a desirable and successful place to do business by companies headquartered overseas and in other regions of the UK. For the last three consecutive years, investment into Wales has been at the highest levels ever recorded, creating and safeguarding tens of thousands of Welsh jobs.

We consult in accordance with legal requirements and the various commitments that we have made, in ways designed to inform Welsh Ministers' decisions.

I am deeply concerned by the impact of universal credit full service on people in Wales. The Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children wrote last week to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions calling for a pause of the universal credit full service roll-out in Wales.

I expect the Betsi Cadwaladr university health board to plan and provide services that meet the needs of their people. This includes the provision of sufficient numbers of hospital beds to meet local expected demand, taking into account fluctuations in demand that occur throughout the year.