Questions Without Notice from Party Spokespeople

Part of 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Local Government and Public Services – in the Senedd at 2:46 pm on 29 November 2017.

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Photo of Alun Davies Alun Davies Labour 2:46, 29 November 2017

Yes. One of the most important pieces of work that has been driven by the former Minister for skills and now leader of the house, who is in her place today, has been to drive forward an employability programme and an all-age apprenticeship programme that will deliver skills for the twenty-first century, skills that will be required in the future and may not be available in the workforce of today. That will continue to be as important in the Valleys as it is elsewhere. How we deliver that programme in the Valleys, of course, may well be different, depending on local circumstances.

In answer to the questions from the Plaid Cymru spokesperson this afternoon, I tried to outline that we do have a number of different targets that will drive forward the creation of 7,000 new jobs in the Valleys. They will be jobs that will require skill levels that, perhaps, we don't have in the population at the moment, and we will be ensuring that we're able to deliver exactly those skills for the future.