Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:30 pm on 29 September 2020.
Thank you, Minister, for your statement and for the details on this funding. Can I ask very crisply in respect of the coach and tour industry—? I have hundreds of people employed in my constituency who work in this industry, and I know you're familiar with it—can you consider whether it is appropriate for some of these companies to actually be categorised as transport as opposed to tourism and hospitality, which is as much a part of their business, because not being categorised as such disqualifies them from certain benefits in terms of VAT, in terms of council tax and so on? It seems to me that that would be of considerable assistance, particularly to coach companies in my constituency.
I very much welcome the statement in respect of aviation and your comments there. Keir Starmer, the Labour leader, has called for changing the law to make it unlawful for companies to fire and then rehire on lower terms and conditions. Would you support a call for that law change? And also, in terms of grants, can you ensure that companies that adopt that course of action would not qualify ethically for Welsh Government support?