Questions Without Notice from the Party Leaders

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:03 pm on 6 October 2020.

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Photo of Mark Reckless Mark Reckless Conservative 2:03, 6 October 2020

First Minister, could I caution you against describing people as disgraceful just because they—in this case, Conservative Members in north Wales—take a different view on coronavirus restrictions to that you have and ask questions about it?

Your Government has a stated long-term ambition for 30 per cent homeworking in Wales, even post pandemic. You say you'd achieve this by driving changes to Wales's working culture. First Minister, your deputy transport Minister says that we have an opportunity to push homeworking—others might call it exploiting the pandemic to push his own prior political agenda. What will the impact of this be on our city centres and the shops and offices there, particularly on independent businesses that can no longer serve commuters? Won't your target for homeworking be the final nail in the coffin for many of them? And why do you think Welsh Government can plan our society from the centre, as if you were all-seeing and all-knowing? Why is 30 per cent the right number?