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The question does indeed come at an opportune time. A review has been commissioned, looking at how to deliver the best outcome at the Nant Helen site. We are keen now to develop a clear direction of travel with GCRE Ltd.
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Llywydd, the Member makes very important points. Significant amounts of public funding have gone into the site already. I'm not going to criticise the concept that came from the current leader of the Labour Party, but we have to understand what has happened as those tens of millions of pounds have been spent on the site, and what maybe hasn't happened to enable us to be at a place where there is private funding willing and able and keen to come in. As I say, my Minister has commissioned that work now because I agree that we need to come to a decision soon in order to make the most of the opportunities for what is still a very important site.
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Again, perfectly appropriate questions to ask. It is not just about making it a credible commercial proposition, it's making sure that the public money that has gone into it has been put to good use, and, as we consider the future, that we look at that balance of where Government works potentially with the private sector on what could be a whole host of different propositions. As I say, the fact that we understand the need to move quickly on this is why that review has been commissioned. Whatever the project, you cannot continue to move forward in an aimless way. This started from a point where there was a real belief in a particular project. Time has moved on. We need to make sure that, in 2026, we understand what the best project is now for that site.
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The Member again points to that original concept around rail. A lot has happened in rail since those times, not least the changes in direction around HS2 and so on. We need to understand where we are now, rather than where we were. We need to understand the significance of decisions that have been made to date. The Member will want to ensure that what we achieve there is something that is of value to the locality, to the constituency that she and others represent, and to the Welsh economy. And those are the principles that will be guiding my Cabinet Minister for enterprise as he now works with the review and looks forward to seeing the results of that review pretty soon.
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Dwi'n meddwl fy mod i wedi bod mor agored ag y gallaf ynglŷn â'r dewis rydyn ni'n gorfod ei wneud fel Llywodraeth rŵan. A'r dewis hwnnw ydy asesu beth ydy'r defnydd gorau ar gyfer, ie, arian cyhoeddus, ond hefyd y modd gorau o ddenu arian preifat i mewn. A'r broblem efo'r cynllun rheilffordd, fel ag y mae o, ydy ei fod o wedi methu—wedi methu—â denu arian preifat i mewn. Dyna pam yr ydym ni yn y sefyllfa yr ydym ni ynddi heddiw. Mae'r Aelod yn iawn, Lywydd, i ddweud mai beth sydd angen ydy ystyried potensial y safle. Gallaf i ddwyn cymhariaeth efo safle Alwminiwm Môn yn fy etholaeth i. Pan ddaeth y gwaith hwnnw i ben, beth oedd gennym ni oedd safle. A beth sydd angen ei wneud mewn sefyllfa fel yna ydy meddwl 'Ocê, beth ydy'r defnydd gorau ar gyfer y safle hwnnw?', a pheidio bod yn rhy briod i un elfen bosib. Ac ydy, wrth gwrs bod yr opsiwn rheilffyrdd yn dal ar y bwrdd. Beth rydyn ni'n mynd i wneud ydy edrych ar y sefyllfa lle rydym ni rŵan a gwneud y penderfyniadau gorau ar gyfer pobl yr ardal yna a dyfodol economi Cymru.
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I think that I've been as open as I can be about the choice that we have to make as a Government now. And that choice is to assess what the best use is for, yes, public money but also the best way of attracting private investment in. And the problem with the railway plan as it is is that it has failed. It has failed to attract private investment and that's why we're in the situation that we're in today. The Member is correct, Llywydd, to say that what is needed is to consider the potential of the site. I could compare this with the Anglesey Aluminium site. When the work there came to an end, what we had there was a site. And what needs to be done in that kind of situation is to think, 'Right, what's the best use for this site?', and not being too tied to one possible element. And, of course, the railway option is still on the table, but what we are going to do is to look at where we are now and to make the best decisions for the people of that area and the future of Wales's economy.
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Improving health outcomes, ensuring timely access to care, supporting sustainable NHS services for communities across Ceredigion Penfro are clearly major priorities for this new Government. As part of our vision to strengthen healthcare in rural and coastal areas in particular, we will engage closely with the local health board and partners to ensure high-quality, patient-centred services that genuinely do meet the needs of local people. We want to make sure they're delivered now and into the future.
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Llywydd, the Member is absolutely right that we want to protect essential services, and most of us at one time or another have been involved in various campaigns around particular services in different places. I think the principles that we need to bear in mind always are that we provide timely services in the appropriate location. There will be different stories in different parts of Wales, but those are the principles that tie us together. Decisions on clinical services are taken by the health boards themselves. I know that the health board in this particular instance has looked at eight out of nine of the services that it provides and consulted on them, and put in place changes that it believes would provide better services to be delivered over the best part of a decade. These aren't overnight changes. And it's important to remember that these are changes that can take time. But my appeal always is for health boards, when they make those changes, when they consult, and afterwards, to ensure that people feel that they are engaged properly on those decisions. But there will be, clearly, different applications of different services in different parts of Wales. It's about getting that balance of appropriate services that will always put the patient first.
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I will accept that there is a healthcare link there, Llywydd, and I'm being very, very generous. We know that a healthy home, a healthy environment, is important for people's health, so the Member is absolutely right in that respect. On oil heating in particular, of course, these are measures that are reserved. We have consistently appealed to the UK Government to make the right decisions when it comes to the options that it has at its disposal, but that we haven't as a Welsh Government, to relieve the pressure on households in rural Wales in particular that are particularly dependent on off-grid oil. It is a principle that ties this Government together, that we think cross-departmentally, and the Member is right: we need to think housing, we need to think energy, we need to think health when it comes to the well-being of the people that we represent.
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Many of us represent rural areas here, and the health of somebody in a rural part of Wales is as important as somebody in an urban part of Wales. We need to make sure that we have equitable healthcare, but it does mean that a different approach is needed. I'm really interested in the work that is developing—already has begun—into creating a centre of excellence on the delivery of rural healthcare in Bronglais Hospital, which could benefit all parts of Wales, not just Ceredigion Penfro. The programme for government commitment is clear. We want to ensure that integrated care is delivered closer to home, with prevention in particular at its core, to support earlier diagnosis, reduce admissions and delays in discharge. We have many ideas on how, in general, the delivery can be improved in rural areas, but health officials, I know, are engaging with the health board and Pembrokeshire County Council specifically on the development of that integrated centre in Fishguard.
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Let me take this opportunity to congratulate the new leader of Reform in Wales on her election to the role. She is certainly a bold politician. Anybody who says she came into politics because she was impressed by the principles of Nigel Farage certainly has to be seen as bold. There is nothing that is more important to any of us, hopefully, than safeguarding people that we have a duty of care for. That is why my Government at this moment is working on strengthening safeguarding and how it protects vulnerable people, including women and girls, potentially trafficked people, in all parts of Wales. That is something my Government is actively getting on with.
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I can look you in the eye every single day of the week and tell you that we have a Government that isn't interested in scoring political points about what is a very, very sensitive issue, and is interested in getting on with finding solutions. Now, we said that we needed to understand the scale of the problem in Wales. Work was done to understand the scale of the problem in Wales, and it is apparent, obviously, that we have issues here that we need to get to grips with in order to safeguard people, which is why my Government is giving all support to the inquiry that is currently looking at the lessons that can be learnt. She may want to make this a constitutional issue; I make this about the safety of people in Wales, and that is the difference between her and me.
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What I admire is that somebody would have the bravery to stand up to this Reform group in the Senedd and say, 'I now can see you for what you are.' That is precisely what Sarah Cooper-Lesadd did last week. I firmly believe that, in politics, it is up to all of us to show that we are able to change, that we are able to see the light, politically, if you like, and so many other people are doing the same. We have now a scandal-ridden Reform party that is collapsing in chaos around the new Reform leader in Wales. The Member said yesterday that she is all for unity and continuity, but her party is incapable of showing either. Perhaps she can tell us how much of the £72 million arising from the latest Reform scandal she hopes will come to Wales. Maybe she hopes it will be Barnettised.
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Let me, firstly, associate myself very much with the comments as we remember the Gresford disaster, and we send our thoughts to the community, for whom the pain of that day is still felt in many ways. On additional learning needs, I remind the Labour leader that he was intending to spend £9 million, had they won the election. My party's manifesto made it a pledge to put ALN on a sustainable footing. We had a discussion, running up to the supplementary budget, where we were putting £100 million plus on the table, including £40 million for this year—for this year—which is what we gauged, working with officials and others, could actually be spent to take the pressure. That money is still on the table, and I appeal to the Member again: help us to get it out of the door to help those families and the schools and local authorities who need that money spent.
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I ask the Member to look again at when they were promising £9 million, and it was very much after that money was made available. And there are principles here about the ability for us to set directions here in Wales. I am familiar with Clwb Cwtsh. I don't know why the previous Labour administration didn't put its funding on a permanent basis. The Member might be able to shed some light on that. I do understand also that it fills an ALN gap. The Member is asking for £30,000 for that; I have £40 million on the table that I have sought, and continue to seek, agreement with the Member on. That money includes money that would directly go to Flintshire council, so I'm imagining that the leader of Flintshire council would be keen for the Labour leader here to help us get that money out of the door.
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I understand that the leader of the Conservatives wants to replicate policy in England. I'm interested in what works for Wales and it's about what works for council tax payers, Llywydd, and it's what works within the bounds of the finances of Welsh Government. And I remind the Senedd that we will be facing a real-terms cut in the day-to-day spending that we have available in the next financial year. Council tax is set, of course, by local authorities and it's important that it is. I would remind the Member that, in a recent budget deal before we came into power, we made sure that there was a baseline for an increase in funding for councils, and a big part of that was to protect council tax payers, which I agree is something that's very, very important indeed.
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Let's be positive and concentrate on the things that we agree on. Absolutely, we want to review, and looking at my local government Cabinet Minister, that is something that is happening under this Government, because it's important that people understand and feel that the decisions taken by Wales are equitable. The other element that I agree with him on is that we need fair funding for Wales. We have lived under successive Conservative Governments and now Labour Governments that are still not engaging on that need to get the fundamentals right when it comes to fair funding for Wales. And you can't separate the two. It is an absolute truism that a lack of fair funding at the top will come down in the end to the money in the pockets of people the length and breadth of Wales, including through pressures on council tax. We want to be able to help in many ways that we can. And on the rather glib start, if you're going to say it's a bad week for nats, actually choose a week that is a bad week for this Government. We're about to publish our programme for government, which is about transforming Wales, putting the health service on a firmer footing, raising education standards, halving that productivity gap with the rest of the UK, creating great job opportunities, the most generous childcare offer anywhere in the UK in dealing with child poverty, and standing up for Wales, always, which is something I'm not hearing from any other party in this Chamber.
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I know the Member agrees with me that the evidence is clear: climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of extreme weather. We are committed to building stronger, more resilient communities across Wales in that changing context. We're working closely with partners, including through the Wales resilience forum and local resilience forums to prepare for winter risks, to strengthen response arrangements and learn from recent extreme weather events. We're also making communities more resilient to flooding through continued investment in infrastructure and nature-based solutions.
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Thank you for the question. I think the world is largely unprepared for the challenges that we face. The question is how can we accelerate our preparedness. You will see in the programme for government today that climate change isn't seen as a priority in and of itself; it's one of the priorities that binds us all together as Government Ministers, because this has to be addressed across all portfolios. Resilience—I talked about this last week—is an issue that I have tried to focus a great deal on since I came into the role of First Minister, understanding the various elements that contribute to the resilience, or lack of, in some ways, that we have as a society. Wildfires happen to be the one that has grabbed our attention, which is why we need to make sure that we're tightening up those resilience elements around that in the summit on 22 October. But the Member is right; flooding is something that many communities will be concerned about. There are other concerns too—the effects of heat, the effects of cold and so on. It is something that we work across the UK on. I want to ensure (a) that Wales gets its fair share of resilience funding, civil contingency funding, across the UK, and that's something I'm eager to pursue. But the Member has my word that I will absolutely be looking at how we work between Welsh Government and UK Government to get the support that Wales needs to prepare for this wide range of threats that we face in future.
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There is, of course, an ongoing programme of works that need to happen, some of them under the auspices of Welsh Government or its agencies, Natural Resources Wales, some that are the responsibility of local authorities. I have no doubt that, as we face the challenges of the winter, there needs to be just a double-checking of the robustness of those measures being put in place. I would say that, as well as making sure that your culverts are able to deal with run-off, there are other questions and innovations that we need to be looking at in how you slow down that run-off. Clearly, hot weather—hard ground—makes the situation more difficult. I'm really interested in how we manage the land, working with farmers to try to limit run-off, and so on. We have to be aware that there are no silver bullets, there are no single measures that can be taken as we face these threats. They are multiple, and the need to be strategic in the way that we approach this is important, which is why the wildfire summit, in particular, looking at that threat, brings in so many different partners who will be able to contribute to making our resilience that much stronger. But I'm sure that your message will have been heard by the local authorities and others today.
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I was pleased, along with the Member, to speak with some of the individuals who were affected by the pretty devasting flooding that they experienced in Monmouth. The Member's right that it is about learning lessons. It's not just about cleaning up; that's the first step. It's about trying to make sure that lessons are learnt for those localities in order to avoid and avert flooding, but lessons for elsewhere too, and I know that Monmouthshire County Council is preparing its section 19 flood investigation report following the devastation of storm Claudia, and the flood investigation report is almost complete, I understand, and will be published in October. But, wherever those floods are, the learnings are ones that we can try to make sure that they are applicable in other parts of Wales too.
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No attempt to avoid the question. There are, in effect, a number of funds, aren't there, on which a Government can draw to deal with emergencies. What you want to make sure is that those funds themselves are resilient. I absolutely am ready to consider whether we can bring together funds in one place, in the same way as the Government is looking at how we can put preventative health funds under one banner, so that we can measure better what the various elements of those funding capacities are. So, absolutely willing to consider that. At the end of the day, it's making sure that we have the tools to do the job that we need. There's more than one way of doing that, but let's put that in the mix too.
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Dwi yn falch iawn bod cynnydd sylweddol a chynnar wedi cael ei wneud ar ddatblygu ein strategaeth fwyd genedlaethol newydd ni. Mae gweithgor arbenigol wedi cael ei ffurfio yn barod, a chylch gorchwyl wedi’i gyhoeddi. Mae yna gynlluniau ar waith hefyd i fwrw ati i gynnal trafodaethau ar unwaith ar fwyd mewn ysgolion, sydd yn bwysig, cynnyrch garddwriaethol bwytadwy, a'r gadwyn gyflenwi cig. Mi fydd yna ddau adroddiad interim yn cael eu cyhoeddi cyn yr adroddiad terfynol erbyn hydref y flwyddyn nesaf.
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I am very pleased that significant and early progress has been made on developing our new national food strategy. An expert working group has been formed already, and terms of reference have been published. Plans are also in place to fast-track immediate discussions on food in schools, which is important, and edible horticulture as well, and the meat supply chain. There will be two interim reports that will be published before the final report by autumn next year.
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Dwi'n falch iawn o gael y cwestiwn yna. Mae’n fodd i egluro mymryn am sut mae’r grŵp yn mynd i fod yn gweithredu. Mae pedwar piler i'r gwaith: un ohonyn nhw yr amgylchedd, un ohonyn nhw yr economi a datblygu gwledig, mae yna elfen diogelwch bwyd, a'r elfen arall ydy iechyd a llesiant. Rydym ni'n gallu gweld yn fanna, onid ydyn, lle mae angen gwneud yn siŵr bod grwpiau lleol yn gallu bwydo i mewn i hyn. Mae'r grŵp gweithredu'n cynnwys partneriaeth fwyd leol er mwyn gwneud yn siŵr bod llais sefydliadau cymunedol yn cael ei glywed. Felly, mae o'n rhywbeth roedden ni'n benderfynol o adeiladu i mewn i'r gwaith yma o'r dechrau, am rai o'r rhesymau roedd yr Aelod yn cyfeirio atyn nhw.
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I'm very pleased to have that question. It gives me a chance to explain a little bit about how the group is going to be operating. There are four pillars to that piece of work: one of them is the environment, one is the economy and rural development, there is a food security element, and then the other element is health and well-being. We can see there, can't we, where we need to make sure that local groups can feed into this. The working group does include a local food partnership in order to make sure that the voice of community organisations is heard. So, it is something that we were determined to build into this piece of work from the beginning, for the reasons that the Member referred to.
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I haven't heard anybody accusing this agriculture Minister, this rural resilience Minister, of kicking any can down the road when it comes to supporting the agriculture sector. I heard nothing but a sigh of relief from a sector that believe that they have a Government that's willing to engage with it in a positive way, that security of that over £1 billion over the course of this Senedd in order to give assurances and confidence to the sector. And on where they fit into the food strategy, they are members of the working group that is bringing together this food strategy, and as I said, rural development and the economy, which includes agriculture, is one of the core pillars of this work that we're undertaking.
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Can I pay tribute, Llywydd, to the work that the Member has done in this field in trying to bring in a piece of legislation that would underpin a robust food sector and protect issues relating to food production and nutrition and so on in Wales? We haven't lost four months, of course, because this work is already under way. This was one of the early actions of the Minister, to appoint a chair. The work is ongoing. I'm not going to be prescriptive in telling a chair who is much more of an expert in this field than I am of the approach that he should take. You know me: I tend to take the approach of, 'Let's see what the evidence tells us.' If there's a suggestion that legislation could be a part of the approach on one particular element of what we're trying to do, well, let's have a sit down and see how we could formulate that legislation. But it's also true, we know, that you can act without legislation. I'm about outcomes, at the end of the day: let's progress in the way that gives us the best result.
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Supporting people with the cost of living, as we know, is a real priority for this Government. We're ensuring that measures to tackle poverty reflect older people's needs and make support for older people simpler, fairer and also more accessible. Through our £4.84 million tackling poverty support fund, local authorities will provide crisis support, including emergency food aid, alongside preventative help also tailored to local communities, to stop people, including older people, from falling into poverty where we can avoid that.
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The Member is quite right. I have the results here of Age Cymru's 2026 annual survey, and more than half of respondents identified cost-of-living pressures as being the biggest challenge that they face—and for some, it will be a significant challenge. There are things that we can do. The nearly £5 million that was announced in the past few days can really help people who are particularly vulnerable. There are a host of issues around travel and the continuation of bus travel and so on that we can wrap together as support for older people. But also we have to, when it comes to the main pressures, recognise that there is a need for all of us to put pressure on the UK Government here, especially on fuel. We've had a question already on the pressure of the cost of fuel in rural areas in particular. There has to be a coming together of all the potential levers—some of which are in our hands, but not all of them. And, at the end of the day, we also need a fresh approach on the question of public service funding because it is the most vulnerable people, including older people, who bear the brunt of it.
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We all have worked with Citizens Advice, with CAB, haven't we, and appreciate the work that they do on the ground in all parts of Wales in helping vulnerable people? I advise people to turn to your friends in CAB. Part of the funding that was announced in the past few days was specifically around advice; I think that's important to note. There is £36 million grant funding in place for the single advice fund for the period from April last year and for three years from then. That's about providing integrated advice services. I would hope that those providing services under that grant are able to reach as many people as they can. But the Member's right: reaching out with advice to people is key. We've made some funding available now and we are so lucky in Wales that we have those partners, and in local government too, who work so hard on this front.
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In line with the polluter-pays principle, those responsible for illegal activity should bear the costs of the clean-up. That's true for illegal dumping today, as it should be for historic contamination, if I could add, too. We are committed, as a Government, to reducing the burden of illegal dumping on taxpayers and on landowners, and landfill disposals tax ensures that those responsible for unauthorised disposals pay 150 per cent of the standard tax rate.
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It is an issue that blights many communities and, as I say, communities should not have to bear the consequences of waste crime, and neither should the taxpayer, and we're committed to supporting regulators to pursue those who are responsible: funding Natural Resources Wales's waste crime work is important; supporting multi-agency work to tackle organised criminality, because this is criminality; sharing intelligence where we can; and co-ordinating enforcement action. This is also an issue on which we are eager to work with UK Government and, indeed, Governments across the UK. The Welsh Revenue Authority wants to build those links with His Majesty's Revenue and Customs and so on, to strengthen the system, to close loopholes and ensure waste crime does not pay. Of course, when it comes to historic contamination, something that has received significant publicity recently, we have to make sure that every avenue is pursued to deal with this, as one of our lasting post-industrial legacies.
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My Government's determined to improve the health of our rivers. We're funding the west Wales nutrient management boards, which deliver targeted action across the Tywi, Teifi and Cleddau catchments. We're also establishing a new nutrient efficiency and resilience group to strengthen national leadership on nutrient pollution and co-ordinate action across sectors. Together, we believe these measures will support river restoration, improve water quality and build long-term environmental resilience.
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This is work that is under way, and it's very important that it is. We know that river pollution, sea pollution, is something that is of real concern to people the length and breadth of Wales, and it certainly is to me. The vision for a reformed Welsh water sector will be published later this autumn, so we're nearing that point where we have a point to move forward from. We know that river pollution has multiple causes. It requires action across all sectors. It involves industry, it involves agriculture, it involves the water companies themselves. It's about making sure that we have good, solid regulation, made in Wales—that's what I want. It's by having that attitude that we can move forward to having cleaner rivers in Wales.
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The Welsh Government is investing £145 million to help health boards reduce waiting times and improve access to treatment. This supports delivery of our planned care plan, which sets out a clinically led approach to eliminating the longest waits, increasing capacity and improving outcomes. An expert group is also advising on the development of up to 10 surgical and diagnostic hubs to provide faster, more efficient care for patients, including those in Blaenau Gwent Caerffili Rhymni.
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That's exactly what I've said throughout. This is an issue of seriousness that means we put it at No.1 on the list of our priorities coming into Government. It was somewhat missing in Reform's pledges for Government, were they to be in this position. I have said about the most extreme over-two-year waits that they have to go. They have to be eliminated. I said they'll go in months. That goes, a year from coming into Government they are gone. That's months. Well, months is not more than a year. So, a year after we come into Government, I expect them to have gone. I stick to what I have said throughout, okay? I consider us right now to be beginning the work. We came into Government in May. We've had two months of figures. It's during that time that we have started putting money in that will, in months, bring us the benefits, not for us as Senedd Members, but for the people that we serve: people who are on long waiting lists who shouldn't be, staff across the health boards who want to be able to care and not have to have those that they're concerned about waiting two years or more. We stick to what we said. I've said it throughout. I say it again today.
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Our productivity mission, as a Government, is about unlocking the talents of the whole workforce, and ensuring economic opportunity is everywhere and open to everyone. We aim to work with employers, education and training providers, and others, to ensure women can enter and progress in sectors such as advanced manufacturing, clean energy and digital technology where, of course, many women are already having a huge impact.
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It absolutely is about partnership working, and we will continue absolutely to work with employers, local authorities, training providers and others to make sure that those opportunities are there for women in these sectors. We want more women to access apprenticeships, to develop higher level skills and progress into well-paid careers that many women thought were closed to them not that long ago. Well, they are not closed to any women, and through apprenticeships, Careers Wales, Working Wales, we're helping women in communities like Blaenau Gwent Caerffili Rhymni to identify those opportunities and ambition to increase female participation in advanced manufacturing, digital and clean energy. That's the kind of Wales we want, where opportunity genuinely is open to all. There have been some positive signs, but we've got more to do.
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The Welsh Government is working closely with the Standards of Conduct Committee and the Business Committee to ensure that Members whose conduct falls far below that which is expected of elected representatives can be robustly held to account.
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This is a sour grapes question, Llywydd, I believe. I think it references a decision taken by a Member of this Senedd who has seen a new approach to politics. This is a party that misled people in the Brexit vote. It knows all about misleading people. I and my Government stand by the determination to make sure that we have in Wales an honest politics, the kind that seems alien to many on his benches.
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In May, the people of Wales said clearly that they wanted a new level of ambition for our nation. Acting on the mandate to set our sights higher than previous Governments have done and forge a more hopeful future for Wales, I am today proud to publish our programme for government. 'New Ambition for Wales' builds on the foundations established during the Government’s first 100 days and sets out how we will deliver the priorities identified in our manifesto over the Senedd term. This programme is built around the issues that matter most to people’s everyday lives: the sustainability of the health and care service; the cost of living; high-skilled, well-paid jobs; driving up standards in education; tackling child poverty and opening doors for young people; and standing up for Wales at every turn.
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Am gyfnod rhy hir, mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi cael ei mesur yn ôl nifer y camau gweithredu, nid y canlyniadau. Mae hynny'n newid rŵan. O hyn ymlaen, mi fydd gan bob cam gweithredu bwrpas clir, sef gwella bywydau pobl. Mi fydd blaenoriaethu yn ganolog i'n dull gweithredu. Mae llywodraeth effeithiol yn golygu canolbwyntio ein hymdrechion a'n hadnoddau ar y meysydd lle gallan nhw wneud y gwahaniaeth mwyaf, bod yn glir ynghylch y canlyniadau rydyn ni am eu sicrhau, a bod yn atebol am eu cyflawni nhw. Mi ddylai hynny fod yn wir bob amser, ond mae'n bwysicach nag erioed ar adeg pan fo adnoddau'n brin.
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For too long, the Welsh Government has been measured on the number of actions it takes and not the outcomes it delivers. That changes now. From now on, every action will have a clear purpose, namely to improve people’s lives. Prioritisation will be central to our approach. Effective government means focusing our efforts and resources on the areas where they can have the greatest impact, being clear about the outcomes that we want to achieve and being accountable for delivering them. That must always be the case, but it’s especially true at a time like this when resource is limited.
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Dirprwy Lywydd, for too long, silo working has stood in the way of progress. This new Government will work across traditional boundaries to address the greatest challenges facing our society. That is why prevention, productivity, the climate and nature emergency and the Welsh Language—Cymraeg—are embedded throughout every aspect of our programme. They are not separate priorities, they underpin every aspect of how we will deliver change and improve outcomes across Wales. They will shape the work of every Minister and every part of Government.
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Yn ei hanfod, nod y rhaglen yma ydy creu dyfodol gwell i Gymru. Gan ddilyn egwyddorion Deddf Llesiant Cenedlaethau’r Dyfodol (Cymru) 2015, rydym ni wedi dod â'n hamcanion llesiant a'n rhaglen lywodraethu ynghyd mewn un fframwaith—fframwaith sy'n nodi'r dyfodol rydyn ni am ei greu a'r camau fyddwn ni'n eu cymryd i gyflawni hynny. Felly, beth mae hyn yn ei olygu'n ymarferol? Mae'n golygu blaenoriaethu'r meysydd lle gallwn ni gael yr effaith fwyaf. Mae gwasanaeth iechyd a gofal sy'n ffit ar gyfer y dyfodol yn rhywbeth y mae pob dinesydd Cymreig ei angen ac yn ei haeddu. Mae hyn nid yn unig yn golygu cymryd camau ar unwaith i leihau'r rhestrau aros sy'n parhau'n annerbyniol o hir, ond hefyd sicrhau bod ein gwasanaethau cyhoeddus mwyaf gwerthfawr yn gynaliadwy ac yn wydn ar gyfer y dyfodol.
Official English translation
At its heart, the aim of this programme is building a better future for Wales. Guided by the principles of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015, we have brought together our well-being objectives and our programme for government into one single framework—a framework that sets out the future that we want to build and the actions that we will take to deliver it. So, what does this mean in practice? It means prioritising the areas where we can have the greatest impact. A health and care service that is fit for the future is something that every Welsh citizen needs and deserves. This not only means taking immediate action to bring down waiting lists, which remain unacceptably high, but also ensuring that our most precious public service is sustainable and resilient for the future.
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We'll rebalance resources towards the prevention of ill health, better access to services and improved social care. We want a future where preventing ill health is given the same priority as treating illness, where services are designed around people and communities, and where every part of Government works together to improve health and well-being. And as the cost-of-living crisis continues to bite and global headwinds threaten further volatility in coming months, my Government will help households make ends meet. At a time when many families are facing significant financial pressures, we will take action to make everyday life more affordable. Central to that effort is our transformative new childcare offer, which will help families with the cost of living, support parents into work and training and make a significant contribution to tackling child poverty. We will also tackle one of the biggest pressures on household budgets by improving access to affordable and secure housing, including through our commitment to deliver at least 20,000 additional social homes by 2030.
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Yr wythnos diwethaf, mi wnaeth y Gweinidog Cabinet dros Gyllid gyhoeddi gostyngiad o 30 y cant yn yr ardrethi busnes ar gyfer y sectorau hamdden a lletygarwch. Mae'r penderfyniad yma wedi cael ei groesawu yn eang gan y diwydiant, ac mae e'n adlewyrchu ymrwymiad y Llywodraeth hon i roi cymorth ymarferol i bobl ar adegau heriol. Mae hyn, wrth gwrs, yn rhan annatod o'n bwriad i ryddhau potensial economi Cymru a chreu swyddi sgiliau uchel sy'n talu'n dda.
Official English translation
Last week, my colleague the Cabinet Minister for Finance announced a 30 per cent cut to business rates for the leisure and hospitality sectors. This decision was widely welcomed by the industry, and it reflects this Government's determination to give people practical support in challenging times. This, of course, is inherently linked to our aim to unleash the potential of Wales's economy and to create high-skilled jobs that pay well.
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Our ambition for Wales rests on a flourishing economy that fuels our public services, creates fulfilling and rewarding jobs, and provides the foundation for a stronger future. Through our productivity mission, we'll work to halve the productivity gap with the rest of the UK within 10 years. We'll also establish a new national development agency to help Welsh businesses to grow, innovate and create good jobs. Every part of the Government has a role to play in growing the Welsh economy. Dirprwy Lywydd, every child and young person deserves the opportunity to fulfil their potential and succeed in the future. But they've been failed by previous administrations whose lack of ambition has left Wales languishing at the bottom of league tables.
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Dyna pam mae'r Gweinidog Cabinet dros Addysg a'r Gymraeg eisoes wedi cyhoeddi cynllun llythrennedd a rhifedd newydd ac wedi gosod disgwyliadau cenedlaethol clir i godi safonau a helpu pob dysgwr i lwyddo.
Official English translation
That is why the Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language has already published a new literacy and numeracy plan and has set clear national expectations to raise standards and help every learner to succeed.
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We cannot and will not accept that this is as good as it gets for our education system. We owe it to the next generation to match their hopes and aspirations for the future with a new level of ambition never before determined by any Welsh Government. That commitment to improving the lives of our young people is just as relevant to their formative years. Years of flawed strategies and unfocused spending by previous administrations, compounded by destructive austerity policies pursued by Westminster, have left child poverty levels stubbornly high. Getting to grips with this is both a moral imperative and a defining mission of this Government.
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Ni ddylai incwm teulu nac amgylchiadau geni plentyn byth bennu ei ddyfodol. Mae Cymru lle y gall pob plentyn ffynnu yn Gymru lle mae cyfleodd ar gael i bawb, a lle mae pob cymuned yn gryfach. Dyna pam, drwy'r rhaglen hon, y byddwn ni'n gweithredu ar draws y Llywodraeth i dorri'r cylch tlodi a chreu cyfleoedd i bob plentyn yng Nghymru.
Official English translation
Neither family income nor the circumstances of a child's birth should ever determine their future. A Wales where every child can thrive is a Wales where opportunities are available for all, and where every community is stronger. That's why, through this programme, we will act across Government to break the cycle of poverty and create opportunities for every child in Wales.
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Finally, my Government will be unwavering and unapologetic in standing up for Wales and demanding fairness from Westminster at every turn.
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Rydym ni'n credu yn ein cenedl, ac mi fyddwn ni'n cymryd pob cam posibl i ddatgloi ei photensial ac i adeiladu Cymru decach, gryfach a mwy gwydn. Mi fyddwn ni'n parhau i gyflwyno'r achos i Lywodraeth y Deyrnas Unedig dros y cyllid, y buddsoddiad a'r pwerau sydd eu hangen ar Gymru i ffynnu. Yn hynny o beth, dwi'n edrych ymlaen at gyfarfod â'r Prif Weinidog yng nghyfarfod y Cyngor Economaidd Cenedlaethol fis nesaf.
Official English translation
We believe in our nation, and we will take every step possible to unlock its potential and build a stronger, fairer and more resilient Wales. We will continue to make the case to the UK Government for the funding, the investment and the powers that Wales needs to thrive. As such, I look forward to meeting with the Prime Minister at the National Economic Council next month.
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