Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:51 pm on 21 March 2023.
Well, the leader of the opposition can sloganise as much as he likes. I've given him the facts; the facts that here in Wales, we have a far more generous childcare offer and a plan to be even more generous, which we will deliver, because we have already found the money. We are already making the investment. And when the leader of the opposition sloganises at me about business rate relief, let me just remind him of what I told him just a few moments ago: if you are running a childcare business in Wales, you have 100 per cent rate relief through decisions made here in Wales—a decision to support the sector—because you will never grow childcare anywhere if you don't have places for children to go and people there to do the job. We are investing in the places and the people. We will deliver an offer in every part of Wales that doesn't simply match what is theoretically on the table in England, but will be seen in every community here in Wales.