Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:23 pm on 26 May 2021.
Diolch, Llywydd, and congratulations to you and David on your election as Llywydd and Deputy Presiding Officer. First Minister, over the election campaign, businesses across Bridgend and Porthcawl got in touch with me to pass on their thanks for the way that you and your Government have handled the coronavirus pandemic throughout the last year, particularly to acknowledge the financial support that has been put in place for businesses that have had to close through the bespoke Wales-only economic resilience fund, which has saved over 160,000 jobs. Do you agree with me that if your Government had followed England's approach throughout the lockdown, as the Conservatives have so often suggested, Welsh businesses would have been left worse off and more jobs would have been lost?