2. Business Statement and Announcement

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 2:35 pm on 18 October 2022.

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Photo of Lesley Griffiths Lesley Griffiths Labour 2:35, 18 October 2022

Well, as with any new scheme, I think you do have teething issues and things can always be improved. I certainly shared a very pleasant train journey home to Wrexham a couple of months ago with a refugee who was very, very grateful for the scheme and was simply travelling to Holyhead and back, just to leave Cardiff and sample the scenery across our beautiful country. Obviously, asylum seekers and asylum is a reserved matter, and I think it's fair to say that the Welsh Government, in providing this scheme, has done something that I think is very much appreciated. I don't think it's worthy of a statement at the moment, but I do take on board the issues that you've raised that could improve the scheme, and I'll certainly make sure the Minister for Social Justice hears what you said.