:00:25. > :00:31.Hello again. Welcome to the programme and our weekly coverage of
:00:32. > :00:39.questions to the First Minister. AMs are here for the recession to ask
:00:40. > :00:43.Carwyn Jones about help for farmers and GP facilities in Wales. You can
:00:44. > :00:50.follow all the latest on our Twitter feed and find us at wales politics.
:00:51. > :00:57.Let us cross to the chamber for questions for the First Minister. I
:00:58. > :01:01.call the National Assembly to order and the first item on the agenda is
:01:02. > :01:07.questions to the First Minister and the first question is for Paul
:01:08. > :01:12.Davies. What is the Welsh Government doing to support farmers and
:01:13. > :01:17.Pembrokeshire? The Welsh Government is working to support the industry
:01:18. > :01:22.so that it becomes more profitable, sustainable, resilient and ensuring
:01:23. > :01:29.that farmers make a profit ultimately. Thank you, the decision
:01:30. > :01:32.to axe of the European Union is going to have a major impact on the
:01:33. > :01:37.agricultural industry and it is important that governments work
:01:38. > :01:41.together to support our farmers in the future, but there is huge
:01:42. > :01:45.concern among farmers and Pembrokeshire about the possibility
:01:46. > :01:51.of introducing a nitrate vulnerable zone, because of a decision taken by
:01:52. > :01:57.people to leave the European Union can you tell us where this leaves
:01:58. > :02:00.the consultation that your government intended to introduce on
:02:01. > :02:07.these films and whether these plans are to proceed? That is ongoing,
:02:08. > :02:10.bearing in mind that the environmental law which has been
:02:11. > :02:15.transposed into Welsh law will remain in place although the UK is
:02:16. > :02:19.to leave the European Union and that will be an issue for the Welsh
:02:20. > :02:29.Government to decide which laws should be retained ultimately and
:02:30. > :02:33.which laws would not be retained. Many farmers in Pembrokeshire and
:02:34. > :02:40.elsewhere in Wales have already diversify it into tourism. Given
:02:41. > :02:44.this vote taken on the referendum and Paul has already mentioned the
:02:45. > :02:48.fact that there is so much uncertainty among farmers now, will
:02:49. > :02:52.the Welsh Government do more to promote tourism and encourage more
:02:53. > :02:57.farmers to go down that particular route? It is true to say that we
:02:58. > :03:01.have supported farmers in doing that through schemes such as farming
:03:02. > :03:07.connect, through the raw role development plan, it is important
:03:08. > :03:14.that we ensure that all means of making a profit are presented to
:03:15. > :03:21.farmers in order to ensure that forms a more sustainable. Simon
:03:22. > :03:29.Thomas. Thank you Presiding Officer, one of our best-known agricultural
:03:30. > :03:33.produce from the zones is potatoes and Pembrokeshire have PGI status
:03:34. > :03:40.and the current regime which allows farmers and producers to sell their
:03:41. > :03:47.produce as something which is unique from a particular area. PGI goes
:03:48. > :03:50.along with members of of the European Union, does the government
:03:51. > :03:56.have any plans or intention to introduce something similar for
:03:57. > :04:00.Wales as we exit the European Union? It will be crucially important, it
:04:01. > :04:06.is uncertain as to what the situation is but if that were to be
:04:07. > :04:09.lost, it would not only be a blow to Pembrokeshire potatoes but also to
:04:10. > :04:16.the Lamb export market which is important. One of the things that we
:04:17. > :04:19.can ensure that we sell, we can give a guarantee to purchasers that the
:04:20. > :04:25.lamb is from Wales and of the highest quality and the same is true
:04:26. > :04:31.with potatoes. If we were to lose those statuses, we would have to
:04:32. > :04:37.ensure that we have equal status in Wales and that buyers could have the
:04:38. > :04:41.same confidence. Julie Morgan. While the First Minister could choose
:04:42. > :04:48.information about the Cardiff City deal? We are committed to this. We
:04:49. > :04:51.have not yet have the response from the UK Government. In terms of them
:04:52. > :04:56.guaranteeing that the funding element of that deal that comes from
:04:57. > :05:02.European funds would be honoured by them and that is a direct impact.
:05:03. > :05:07.One of the key planks of the city deal is the Metro which could
:05:08. > :05:12.transform transport services in South Wales and the valleys and as
:05:13. > :05:18.the First Minister has said, a sizeable amount of the project money
:05:19. > :05:23.has not yet been signed off. What opportunity with the First Minister
:05:24. > :05:27.have to negotiate directly with Europe about continuation or
:05:28. > :05:33.obtaining the rest of that money? As things stand, as soon as the Kingdom
:05:34. > :05:41.leaves the European Union, then axis to that funding will end. I put in
:05:42. > :05:47.place a team in Brussels to look at negotiating on the behalf of Wales,
:05:48. > :05:51.in parallel with the UK, but if the European funding is not made up by
:05:52. > :05:55.the UK Government and clearly that leaves a hole in funding and we will
:05:56. > :06:05.have to revise the plans that we currently have. Neil McEvoy. Before
:06:06. > :06:10.I come to a question, I was heckled last week and you called me a
:06:11. > :06:16.coward. I would suggest that you behave... This is a question. Ask
:06:17. > :06:21.the question. I will ask the First Minister to behave more like a First
:06:22. > :06:28.Minister. My question is coming now. My statement remains. I have just
:06:29. > :06:35.shared a conference on the city deal... Ask your question. I am
:06:36. > :06:46.asking my question. I have just shared a conference on the city
:06:47. > :06:50.deal. Ask your question. I think we know by now that you have just
:06:51. > :06:56.shared something, tell us what it is then ask your question. There were
:06:57. > :07:02.hundreds of delegates from the food sector, from government, yet there
:07:03. > :07:07.was only one person from a local business, my question is, why our
:07:08. > :07:12.local communities, why our local businesses not being included in the
:07:13. > :07:15.city deal? The small businesses are the backbone of this economy and yet
:07:16. > :07:21.their voices hardly heard, why is that? If he chaired it, I am not
:07:22. > :07:24.surprised that few businesses were there. The reality is that
:07:25. > :07:27.businesses will be a hugely important part of the deal and we
:07:28. > :07:31.will work with local authorities and businesses to make sure that the
:07:32. > :07:37.benefits of the deal can be maximised. We heard that the
:07:38. > :07:42.Metrodome is central to this concept and unfortunately two weeks ago I
:07:43. > :07:46.think we realise, there is a great golf between areas like Cardiff and
:07:47. > :07:51.the valleys areas to the north and this was reflected in the voting
:07:52. > :07:54.pattern. The Metro does give us a chance to integrate the economic
:07:55. > :07:59.future of these important parts of the South Wales economy. I agree
:08:00. > :08:05.with that, the concept of the Metro is designed to make it easier for
:08:06. > :08:08.those who have jobs in Cardiff to travel quickly into Cardiff but also
:08:09. > :08:15.to attract investment away from the coast and further up the valleys. To
:08:16. > :08:19.get rid of that perception that our northern valley communities are hard
:08:20. > :08:23.to reach. That is not true. We know with the road schemes put in place
:08:24. > :08:27.already, we know that with the Metro scheme, that we would be able to say
:08:28. > :08:31.to investors that our valley communities are connected to the
:08:32. > :08:35.wider economy of south-east Wales and therefore it is a community that
:08:36. > :08:42.should be invested in and we are beginning to see that the fruits of
:08:43. > :08:47.that are in place. Questions from the party leaders and first of all
:08:48. > :08:52.this way, the Leader of the Opposition, Leanne Wood. The
:08:53. > :08:56.Westminster political system is in crisis with skulduggery and
:08:57. > :09:02.backstabbing in the Conservative and your own party in London and this
:09:03. > :09:06.has had a major effect on Wales and on our country's future. With the
:09:07. > :09:12.First Minister be prepared to have a word with Welsh MPs to tell them to
:09:13. > :09:15.get a grip and do their job, which is to hold the Conservative
:09:16. > :09:18.government to account and make sure that Wales gets every single penny
:09:19. > :09:26.of the funds that we were promised in the event of the vote to leave
:09:27. > :09:28.the European Union? I will not pretend that the Leader of the
:09:29. > :09:32.Opposition that things are stable, it is therefore all to see. We will
:09:33. > :09:36.fight for every single penny that Wales is old and I am confident that
:09:37. > :09:42.all those who represent my party will do the same. I am disappointed
:09:43. > :09:47.that you are not prepared to show some leadership on this question. If
:09:48. > :09:51.you were not prepared to have a word with your own MPs, perhaps they are
:09:52. > :09:58.prepared to listen to this passage from me, voters in our
:09:59. > :10:02.constituencies want us to be their voice in this difficult time and
:10:03. > :10:07.they want us to tackle the racism that has arisen in our communities,
:10:08. > :10:12.they want to get back to work and they want to see us take our country
:10:13. > :10:18.forward. The last thing they need right now is more division and more
:10:19. > :10:25.infighting. In the public meeting I did last night, I heard from a young
:10:26. > :10:29.man whose family has a German background and they are concerned
:10:30. > :10:33.about their future. They do not know what rights they will have, they are
:10:34. > :10:39.worried about reports in the press that there's status might well be on
:10:40. > :10:43.the in negotiations. Many children have been asking questions of their
:10:44. > :10:48.parents when they are in this situation and parents are finding it
:10:49. > :10:52.very difficult to answer those questions when so much is unknown. I
:10:53. > :10:55.hope you can cover this more comprehensively in the urgent
:10:56. > :11:00.question later, but we need to be clear that EU citizens are net
:11:01. > :11:03.benefit to Wales, we should say that every single one of them are welcome
:11:04. > :11:11.here and that they should not have to leave this country if or when
:11:12. > :11:14.Brexit eventually takes place. First Minister, what reassurances can you
:11:15. > :11:19.give to people living in Wales from other parts of Europe, that you will
:11:20. > :11:25.champion them their rights and their families? In a way that gives me the
:11:26. > :11:29.opportunity to answer that now. I am happy to do that. I have written to
:11:30. > :11:34.the Home Secretary and said to her, that as far as the Welsh Government
:11:35. > :11:38.is concerned, we believe that EU citizens living in the UK should
:11:39. > :11:45.retain the right to do so after the UK withdraws from the EU. She and I
:11:46. > :11:50.are in the same position on that and I believe it is utterly wrong to use
:11:51. > :11:54.EU citizens living in the UK as a bargaining chip in negotiations. It
:11:55. > :12:00.makes it sound as if they are hostages, they are not, they are
:12:01. > :12:05.welcome in Wales. I thank you for that answer. In a different meeting
:12:06. > :12:09.that I attended, I heard from a representative of one of the sectors
:12:10. > :12:13.that will be heavily affected by the Brexit vote. We were told that the
:12:14. > :12:18.further education and skills sector could lose ?760 million in future
:12:19. > :12:23.funding if that money is not replaced. If and when that funding
:12:24. > :12:28.does not materialise, the young people who are most affected will be
:12:29. > :12:42.those who are furthest away from the employment market. That is just one
:12:43. > :12:44.sector of Welsh civic society and it shows how important our EU
:12:45. > :12:46.membership is and the benefits that are there and they should not just
:12:47. > :12:49.be discarded. Do you agree that those voices from civic society
:12:50. > :12:51.deserve to be heard when the Brexit terms are negotiated and will you
:12:52. > :12:55.draw up an official Welsh negotiating position to be agreed by
:12:56. > :13:00.this National Assembly and sent to the incoming UK Prime Minister. If
:13:01. > :13:05.you were unable to hold the new Tory leader in Westminster to account for
:13:06. > :13:09.the promises that were made in the EU referendum campaign, can you tell
:13:10. > :13:12.us how those apprenticeship places, the training courses, the back to
:13:13. > :13:16.work schemes that are currently benefiting some of the most
:13:17. > :13:19.disadvantaged people in some of the most disadvantaged communities in
:13:20. > :13:23.Wales will be available to them in the future? She is right to point
:13:24. > :13:28.out the funding gap that would exist and secondly, we have discussed the
:13:29. > :13:36.issue of what the negotiating stand should be. Firstly, we will explore
:13:37. > :13:42.every possible avenue of benefit to Wales, secondly I have already asked
:13:43. > :13:50.the economy secretary to announce measures to protect jobs in ten
:13:51. > :13:55.economic stability. Yesterday, the role affairs Secretary and I met key
:13:56. > :13:58.figures from the agriculture and fisheries sectors to discuss the
:13:59. > :14:04.lament of the decision to leave the European Union, but I have to say
:14:05. > :14:08.that there is a duty on those who called for the UK to leave the EU to
:14:09. > :14:14.ensure that the promises they made in terms of funding for Wales are
:14:15. > :14:19.honoured. I have to say, that the evidence of that now is getting
:14:20. > :14:22.thinner by the day. The question is where the Welsh public told the
:14:23. > :14:33.truth before the referendum or is the truth emerging now?
:14:34. > :14:39.I assure the First Minister is where there is no question of EU citizens
:14:40. > :14:47.currently living in the United Kingdom being used bargaining chips
:14:48. > :15:00.because there rights are protected under the 1969 convention? We need
:15:01. > :15:05.to have clarity. There needs to be a response from the current Home
:15:06. > :15:10.Secretary in order that people can have assurance that many people that
:15:11. > :15:15.have lived in the UK for many years will not have the rights of
:15:16. > :15:22.residents removed. The First Minister has rightly mentioned
:15:23. > :15:26.prospects for employment in Wales following are leaving the EU and he
:15:27. > :15:29.will be aware that the Welsh Government is sitting on a decision
:15:30. > :15:35.in relation to the circuit of wheels. There was a problem over the
:15:36. > :15:38.size of the guarantee that would be required for funding the project. I
:15:39. > :15:42.understand that has been reduced to less than 50% of the total. There
:15:43. > :15:46.does not seem to be a reason why we cannot move swiftly to a decision to
:15:47. > :15:52.give this guarantee so that this huge job making project can go
:15:53. > :15:55.ahead. Can't the first research area we have got to? The employment
:15:56. > :16:00.Secretary will be making an announcement on this next week. I am
:16:01. > :16:04.delighted to hear that because it is important to all of south-east Wales
:16:05. > :16:10.and beyond. It is the biggest regeneration project that we have
:16:11. > :16:15.seen in many years. ?380 million. I do not expect the freshness can
:16:16. > :16:18.anticipate the Cabinet Secretary's forthcoming and entered but I hope
:16:19. > :16:22.he will accept from me that it is reported that the Welsh cup and
:16:23. > :16:28.gives the go-ahead to this project. All this will be taken into
:16:29. > :16:40.consideration. The economy secretary will be making an announcement next
:16:41. > :16:47.week on the progress of the scheme. First Minister, you earlier alluded
:16:48. > :16:49.to the fact that you and the Cabinet Secretary for brutal fears met with
:16:50. > :16:56.farming union 's yesterday. In questions to weeks ago the Cabinet
:16:57. > :17:00.Secretary said she did not believe that farmers were perhaps the best
:17:01. > :17:13.people to run businesses. Do you believe that is the case as Jamaat
:17:14. > :17:23.that is not what she said. -- believe that is the case? That is
:17:24. > :17:28.not what she said. As far as farming is concerned, there is no such thing
:17:29. > :17:32.as British agricultural policy, it is entirely devolved, there are
:17:33. > :17:36.opportunities for farming to work with us, and what support they may
:17:37. > :17:42.want in the future, although that depends on money being made
:17:43. > :17:45.available from the UK Government. In terms of fisheries what should be
:17:46. > :17:51.done with Welsh territorial waters in terms of who should be able to
:17:52. > :17:58.fish in them and whether Welsh bolts wanted us to negotiate with other
:17:59. > :18:01.administrations. This quarter was about it quote from the record of
:18:02. > :18:06.proceedings and I do note that you did not distance yourself from that.
:18:07. > :18:11.If I could also ask a question on the U released on the day of the
:18:12. > :18:16.referendum of 23rd of June relation to the agreement with the Liberal
:18:17. > :18:21.Democrats and in particular the assertion made by Kirsty Williams
:18:22. > :18:23.that the implications had significant budget implications over
:18:24. > :18:27.the nine education commitments that were made between you and the
:18:28. > :18:32.Liberal Democrats. What is the totality of the commitment that you
:18:33. > :18:35.have given an Financial Times to meet the commitment that you made to
:18:36. > :18:39.the Liberal Democrats that brought them into Government? That is a
:18:40. > :18:45.reasonable question. The words that were quartered in the correspondence
:18:46. > :18:49.see significant budget implications. Whenever there is European funding
:18:50. > :18:52.for a project, that project has to be looked at carefully when that
:18:53. > :18:58.European funding comes to an end. I would have thought that was obvious.
:18:59. > :19:01.Unless that money is made up by the UK Government has promised then it
:19:02. > :19:06.is clear in the future that some schemes will not be able to be
:19:07. > :19:12.funded in the bay but we would hope. He is very keen on quotations this
:19:13. > :19:19.afternoon. But the offer some to him. 2nd of March, Andrew RT Davies,
:19:20. > :19:22.I can guarantee that money would be be distributed around the UK,
:19:23. > :19:28.otherwise it would be failing in its remit to deliver help and support to
:19:29. > :19:31.the nation, he means the UK by that. We cannot continue with operation
:19:32. > :19:37.fear driving people into the ballot box because you are scared of them
:19:38. > :19:41.voting one way. June 14, campaigners for a Leave Vought has said money
:19:42. > :19:46.from Brussels will be the teens by a UK Government in the event Brexit.
:19:47. > :19:51.Andrew RT Davies says today's announcement is welcome and further
:19:52. > :19:55.evidence that Wales would be better off outside the European Union. We
:19:56. > :20:02.now know that funding for each and every part of the UK including Wales
:20:03. > :20:07.would be safe if we vote to leave. June 21, Wales could be half ?1
:20:08. > :20:12.billion per year better off if the UK courts to leave the European
:20:13. > :20:17.Union on Thursday. Senior Government ministers have already pledged to
:20:18. > :20:22.maintain existing EU funding if we vote to leave and additional
:20:23. > :20:27.funding, a Barnett Formula share that Wales could receive a free
:20:28. > :20:31.leave the EU. And today he told the media it was not about money, it was
:20:32. > :20:38.about outcomes. The question for him as this, does he believe that every
:20:39. > :20:43.single penny that has been lost to Wales should be made up by the UK
:20:44. > :20:48.Government? Does he stand by his quotations or his sea running away
:20:49. > :20:51.from them this morning? It is remarkable that you have wasted so
:20:52. > :20:56.much of your time, but I am happy you are using my quotation because
:20:57. > :21:00.you have got so little to say. I stand by my quotations and I put
:21:01. > :21:07.them on the record. I am happy to debate with you any time, any place,
:21:08. > :21:13.on the benefits as I say then that people endorsed at the ballot box on
:21:14. > :21:17.June 23. I find it amusing after two clear questions, one to distance
:21:18. > :21:21.yourself from the Cabinet Secretary who has ridiculed the business
:21:22. > :21:23.acumen of farmers, and then over the deal struck with the Liberal
:21:24. > :21:28.Democrats to bring them into Government that in their own words
:21:29. > :21:32.has budgeted locations for your Government. I do not think these are
:21:33. > :21:36.like Landis questions. In the campaign you did say that for every
:21:37. > :21:41.new budget commitment that was made by your Government there would have
:21:42. > :21:45.two big cuts elsewhere. Nine weeks after the election it is not an
:21:46. > :21:49.reasonable for the leader of the Conservatives in the assembly to us
:21:50. > :21:53.to the question, you have committed this money to the Liberal Democrats
:21:54. > :21:57.commitments, where are you getting that money from? It is not to do
:21:58. > :22:00.with the Brexit vote, it is a commitment you made prior to the
:22:01. > :22:04.Brexit fought because these discussions were prior to the Brexit
:22:05. > :22:10.sport. Where is the money coming from to meet the significant natural
:22:11. > :22:17.commitments? Could we have a simple and straightforward answer all that
:22:18. > :22:22.you do not know? Can I use a Belfast fleas? He is living in a world of
:22:23. > :22:27.squeaky white mice. If he thinks he can get away from the fact that he
:22:28. > :22:32.has failed the people of Wales by saying he will not fight for every
:22:33. > :22:36.penny, he had the opportunity to declare as position, he feels to do
:22:37. > :22:42.it. He is right to point that there will be budget difficulties. That is
:22:43. > :22:46.true because we will be losing EU money, ?650 million per year is
:22:47. > :22:51.going to be lost to our budget as a result of Brexit. But all that money
:22:52. > :22:55.is made that as he promised, as he promised three times, by the UK
:22:56. > :23:00.governments, that will help. The question for him as this, will he
:23:01. > :23:13.stand by the people of Wales or Bobby run away from the mess that he
:23:14. > :23:21.has created Mr Mark -- created? Will you make a statement on GP
:23:22. > :23:25.facilities? A number of new primary care facilities have been opened
:23:26. > :23:36.across north Wales. Buildings of the highest quality for GPs. There is a
:23:37. > :23:40.critical situation in my constituency and I want to draw your
:23:41. > :23:46.attention to the terrible problem that exists there and ask you to
:23:47. > :23:53.intervene. This has been going on for about ten years. They have over
:23:54. > :23:56.5000 patients in the surgery. The building is completely
:23:57. > :24:01.inappropriate. There is not enough space. Patient confidentiality is
:24:02. > :24:05.under threat. It is not possible to expand the building. Ten years ago
:24:06. > :24:09.the health board said that improvements to the surgery was a
:24:10. > :24:15.priority but the facilities have not improved at all. Do you believe this
:24:16. > :24:20.dragging feet is acceptable? Because the health board is in the special
:24:21. > :24:27.measures will you intervene in order to move things forward urgently? The
:24:28. > :24:31.member is right on the situation. There are huge pressures there. I
:24:32. > :24:35.understand that the surgery is discussing this in great detail with
:24:36. > :24:40.the health board. The problem has to be resolved as soon as possible, I
:24:41. > :24:43.understand that. There would have to be an application from the surgery
:24:44. > :24:46.in the first instance, but to do that it would have to be discussed
:24:47. > :24:51.with the health board in order to ensure that that application was the
:24:52. > :24:54.right one, but I know that the health board understands the
:24:55. > :24:59.situation that they need to secure more space for the surgery
:25:00. > :25:04.ultimately. I understand that was a shop at one time. But now that 5000
:25:05. > :25:08.people are served there, only 1000 at the outset, so clearly the
:25:09. > :25:15.problem needs to be resolved as quickly as possible. The loss of
:25:16. > :25:20.dozens of community beds, NHS staff told me that new community beds
:25:21. > :25:23.would take pressure off general hospitals and enable the health
:25:24. > :25:29.board to use its resources more efficiently. How do you respond to
:25:30. > :25:35.the statement by GPs in the assembly to weeks ago that community beds
:25:36. > :25:39.adds to the breadth of things a GP can do and that local care in a GP
:25:40. > :25:44.unit in community hospitals enabling them to then discharged people home
:25:45. > :25:47.prevents the need to put people into general hospitals and assist
:25:48. > :25:52.secondary and primary care? This does happen in many parts of Wales,
:25:53. > :25:57.particularly parts of brutal wheels. While it is important that each
:25:58. > :26:06.health board considers the right model for its area. -- parts of
:26:07. > :26:19.brutal Wales. We need to make sure that people get the right support.
:26:20. > :26:30.What is the Welsh Government is doing to support library services in
:26:31. > :26:33.mid and West Wales? We will supply grant funding for three new
:26:34. > :26:40.libraries in mid and West Wales. I do not or if the First Minister is
:26:41. > :26:44.aware that a County Council plans to have ?50,000 in cats to the library
:26:45. > :26:48.budgets between now and 2019 which would involve cutting half of the
:26:49. > :26:55.library service and the possible closure of 11 branch libraries? Will
:26:56. > :26:59.he join me in regretting these priorities because libraries must be
:27:00. > :27:04.regarded as a vitally important part of the wider education service in
:27:05. > :27:08.this country. It is a matter for local authorities regarding library
:27:09. > :27:14.services but one of the libraries that will receive money will receive
:27:15. > :27:20.money in order to modernise but it is for local authorities to decide
:27:21. > :27:26.how they modernise services? Library services are a valued community
:27:27. > :27:33.asset, so much so that in Newport local communities are working with
:27:34. > :27:39.the County Council to keep libraries open as a community managed resource
:27:40. > :27:48.in the face of Torre Stella C cuts. Would he join me in thanking those
:27:49. > :27:54.volunteers for their efforts and in particular to thank me in those
:27:55. > :27:58.areas that need extra support? Yes I would join the member in thanking
:27:59. > :28:04.those people. I have seen an example where volunteers are running the
:28:05. > :28:09.library and I know that the library service, one of the stories I heard
:28:10. > :28:14.is that people are now more likely to use the library. One -- some
:28:15. > :28:20.people thought the library had closed years ago. Also to ensure
:28:21. > :28:25.that knowledge about the library was more widespread in the community.
:28:26. > :28:35.Julien Quesne the leak that we commemorate the 100th anniversary of
:28:36. > :28:44.the Battle of the Somme it is important that we recognise the
:28:45. > :28:45.important role that archive plays. The archive is currently being
:28:46. > :29:00.restored. Valuable documents have unfortunate
:29:01. > :29:04.thing is visited upon them. Join with me in welcoming the restoration
:29:05. > :29:09.of this important cultural archive and Wales and outline what your
:29:10. > :29:14.Government is doing to help other valuable archives in Wales to be
:29:15. > :29:18.restored and kept for the future of the nation? The example that the
:29:19. > :29:23.member Dave has been helped by funding from the Welsh Government.
:29:24. > :29:27.Another example is the relocation of Gwent archives. A brand-new
:29:28. > :29:37.building. A hugely important resource and one that is accessible.
:29:38. > :29:45.Will the First Minister make a statement on proposed housing
:29:46. > :29:49.development? We continue to invest in social housing and that will be
:29:50. > :29:52.an important element of 20,000 affordable homes in this term and we
:29:53. > :29:58.are supporting both local authorities and housing associations
:29:59. > :30:02.to meet that target. I believe in the importance of social housing,
:30:03. > :30:06.many of my constituents are on the waiting list and I want to stress
:30:07. > :30:13.the importance of ending the right to buy so that we can begin
:30:14. > :30:18.building. Can some of the funding currently given to housing
:30:19. > :30:26.associations be given to support council house building? I am keen to
:30:27. > :30:30.avoid this be seen as a competition. We want to see more ambition from
:30:31. > :30:33.local authorities when it comes to house building, it is difficult
:30:34. > :30:37.because local authorities were prevented from house-building but we
:30:38. > :30:42.are working with both local authorities and housing associations
:30:43. > :30:52.to develop a delivery plan. Beth and Jenkins. A cap on housing benefit at
:30:53. > :30:57.local housing allowance rates will apply from April 2018 bid only to
:30:58. > :31:02.tenancies signed after April 2016 and this reform is better intended
:31:03. > :31:07.to align the roles in the private and social rented sectors but it
:31:08. > :31:11.will lead to prospective tenants experiencing further issues of
:31:12. > :31:19.affordability if they are in receipt of benefits or require further
:31:20. > :31:23.welfare support. In light of the UK Government's decision, what plans
:31:24. > :31:28.does the Welsh Government have to ensure their continued provision of
:31:29. > :31:31.supported housing to some of the most honourable people in society?
:31:32. > :31:36.We want to ensure that those who are most fundable do not suffer as a
:31:37. > :31:41.result of decisions taken elsewhere and I know the minister is actively
:31:42. > :31:47.looking at the current situation in order to mitigate any empath on the
:31:48. > :31:53.most fungible. Susie Davis. While we all agree that more houses are
:31:54. > :31:58.needed, my constituents in some communities are not persuaded that
:31:59. > :32:03.their plans reflect the need for provision for the right houses in
:32:04. > :32:06.the right places to reflect the needs of people during different
:32:07. > :32:09.times in their lives. Can you confirm that in building Council
:32:10. > :32:14.houses local authorities will be bound to give strong due regard to
:32:15. > :32:21.the concerns of local residents about locations and secondly, what
:32:22. > :32:24.are you doing at the moment to help councils look forward to providing
:32:25. > :32:30.more homes for older people when they are planning council
:32:31. > :32:34.house-building in the future? Councils of course will be planning
:32:35. > :32:38.according to the demographic change. For many decades houses were built
:32:39. > :32:44.on the basis that they are going to house families. More people are on
:32:45. > :32:50.their own and have been hit hard by the bedroom tax particularly in
:32:51. > :32:54.rural Wales. It is hard to find one bedroom accommodation. Councils have
:32:55. > :33:03.their own local development plan and they must abide by that plan as any
:33:04. > :33:09.developer would. During questions to the Cabinet Secretary last month I
:33:10. > :33:13.was able to highlight a report from Sheffield Hallam university which
:33:14. > :33:20.identified the disproportionate effect benefit cuts had on per
:33:21. > :33:23.communities, particularly concerning local housing benefits. Another
:33:24. > :33:28.proposal under the new arrangements is to raise the threshold under
:33:29. > :33:33.which payment is made on the shared accommodation rate from 25 years of
:33:34. > :33:38.age to 35 years of age, effectively making it more difficult if not
:33:39. > :33:41.impossible for younger people to afford social housing. Can I urge
:33:42. > :33:45.the First Minister in any discussions with the UK Government
:33:46. > :33:52.to caution against this change which is already resulting in somebody's
:33:53. > :33:57.questioning if they can continue to provide social housing for that age
:33:58. > :34:02.group? It is part of the theme, were the younger you are, the more you
:34:03. > :34:06.have to pay, for housing benefit, access housing, getting your foot on
:34:07. > :34:10.the mortgage ladder, there has never been a more difficult time. I had it
:34:11. > :34:14.easy and so did my parents but now it is more difficult. We have to
:34:15. > :34:18.make a point that more needs to be done to help young people to get
:34:19. > :34:24.into accommodation, not discriminating against them because
:34:25. > :34:39.of their age, the same as the minimum wage. Question six, Hannah
:34:40. > :34:42.blinding. We are in regular dialogue with the companies and the economy
:34:43. > :34:47.secretary that with Airbus last Friday and we will be ready to key
:34:48. > :34:50.companies in Wales including the anchor comedies with a view to
:34:51. > :34:59.holding a forum focusing on issues raised. Thank you, many of my
:35:00. > :35:03.constituencies are employed in large agencies and the vote to leave the
:35:04. > :35:09.EU has created uncertainty for them and also the hundreds employed via
:35:10. > :35:16.the supply chain. Can the First Minister in sure that the workforce
:35:17. > :35:20.and their families will have their livelihood fought for? I can give
:35:21. > :35:25.that absolutely. I know how important Airbuses in Wales. I know
:35:26. > :35:31.particularly with the thousands that are employed there, that they will
:35:32. > :35:36.be uncertain about the future. They are waiting to see what the outcome
:35:37. > :35:41.of the negotiations will be, particularly over access to the
:35:42. > :35:44.single market. If we do not get that, there are immense difficulties
:35:45. > :35:50.and we will work hard to ensure that companies like Airbus continue to
:35:51. > :35:56.benefit from axis to a market of 500 million people. Following on, has
:35:57. > :36:00.the Welsh Government had an opportunity to make an initial
:36:01. > :36:08.analysis of the relative merits of the various rather bewildering array
:36:09. > :36:13.of Brexit options that have been mentioned like Norway, Switzerland,
:36:14. > :36:16.Canada and Singapore, bizarrely, and particularly because of the
:36:17. > :36:22.importance of preservation of axis to the single market, has he come to
:36:23. > :36:30.the conclusion, as many in the business community have that it
:36:31. > :36:34.properly looks like the least worst option? That would ensure access to
:36:35. > :36:37.the single market and that is currently the only model on the
:36:38. > :36:41.table, the answer must be yes, that would involve free movement of
:36:42. > :36:48.people and we know that many people voted on that issue, above the issue
:36:49. > :36:52.of jobs in the referendum. The difficulty is, at this moment in
:36:53. > :36:56.time, there is no model being proposed that would allow axis to
:36:57. > :37:02.the single market without there being free movement of people.
:37:03. > :37:06.Switzerland have not been able to do it, it is simply the model. The
:37:07. > :37:10.reality is that the UK Government has no real idea of what kind of
:37:11. > :37:14.model might work in the future which shows the uncertainty of the times
:37:15. > :37:19.we are living in which is why we want to provide as much certainty as
:37:20. > :37:27.we can and secondly, why it needs to be provided as soon as possible at
:37:28. > :37:34.UK level. I am only too well aware of the valuable importance of
:37:35. > :37:38.Airbus, 6000 jobs they provide and I know in a statement after the
:37:39. > :37:43.referendum result, they said that they are looking to constructively
:37:44. > :37:47.work with the UK Government to provide support for their workers
:37:48. > :37:51.and indeed to carry on with their operations here. How will you as
:37:52. > :37:57.First Minister in your government provides the insurance that they
:37:58. > :38:02.probably need right now? Have you visited Airbus in order to have
:38:03. > :38:06.those senior management level talks so that they receive that assurance
:38:07. > :38:13.that he will be working hard to support them? I met with the
:38:14. > :38:22.President of the company the week of the referendum. I have regular
:38:23. > :38:25.meetings with Airbus -- Airbus to listen to their concerns, all
:38:26. > :38:30.manufacturers are saying to me that they are concerned about axis to the
:38:31. > :38:35.single market. They are European operations and if the UK is outside
:38:36. > :38:39.of the market, there are consequences for investment. If you
:38:40. > :38:43.are an international company, you are more likely to invest inside
:38:44. > :38:47.cider market than outside it, that is why it is hugely important that
:38:48. > :38:54.we continue to have axis to the single market, tariff free, I cannot
:38:55. > :39:04.imagine what our Welsh lamb farmers it's
:39:05. > :39:08.a 15% tariff is imposed on the land they produce that is sold in the
:39:09. > :39:11.European market, and of course stealer as well, whether tariffs
:39:12. > :39:13.would be higher, it is by glee important, regardless of the other
:39:14. > :39:15.issues, bearing in mind the way people voted, that axis to the
:39:16. > :39:19.single market without tariffs remains. With the First Minister
:39:20. > :39:26.confirm, and I am not implying in any way that you were involved, that
:39:27. > :39:34.during the 1970s, France and Britain Co-op are to to build Concorde. I
:39:35. > :39:40.believe there was an agreement. Well before we became members of the EU.
:39:41. > :39:45.The inference of this is of course that matters at Airbus will continue
:39:46. > :39:53.unabated and that this debate now is another example of scaremongering
:39:54. > :39:59.which we had, both before Brexit and is carrying on after Brexit. I had
:40:00. > :40:04.nothing to do with Concorde, its maiden flight occurred when I was
:40:05. > :40:08.two! Concorde was an example of UK and French corporation that was a
:40:09. > :40:13.failure. It did not work, it never worked on a commercial basis. He has
:40:14. > :40:18.to bear in mind that the UK was desperate to join the Common Market
:40:19. > :40:23.in 1973, desperate to join because the UK economy was in a weak state.
:40:24. > :40:29.This idea that the UK was forced against its will, is untrue, it was
:40:30. > :40:35.desperate to join. Of course there will be corporation -- cooperation,
:40:36. > :40:39.but we are apart at the moment of a market of 500 million people and if
:40:40. > :40:42.we have to pay a price to enter that market, then our manufacturers will
:40:43. > :40:51.pay a press to enter the market and there will be a price in terms of
:40:52. > :40:54.jobs and that is the last thing anyone wants to see. When the First
:40:55. > :40:58.Minister met a statement on European regulations relating to air
:40:59. > :41:02.pollution posed Brexit? EU tractors have driven much of that legislation
:41:03. > :41:08.and we will look at these on a case-by-case basis. Local air
:41:09. > :41:14.quality management is driven by the environment act 1995. Thank you.
:41:15. > :41:18.European environmental protections must not be sacrificed, there is no
:41:19. > :41:23.doubt that we cannot afford a future UK Government to weaken these
:41:24. > :41:27.limits. While the regulations remain outside the EU we will lose the
:41:28. > :41:33.vital in forces that EU law provided. Air pollution and climate
:41:34. > :41:38.change are serious issues, not just for this generation but for future
:41:39. > :41:42.generations. Following the referendum result, will the Welsh
:41:43. > :41:47.Government do all I can to enshrine these protections and ensure that
:41:48. > :41:53.these rules are enforced? What has already transposed into law will
:41:54. > :41:55.remain in Welsh law. It is a matter for the Welsh Government and
:41:56. > :42:02.assembly to decide which laws should remain but it is worth pointing out
:42:03. > :42:11.that it has been European incentives that have enabled the UK to clean up
:42:12. > :42:15.its act. I grew up in Bridgend were the river ran different colours
:42:16. > :42:21.according to what was thrown into it. It would be red, green, black
:42:22. > :42:27.and it does not happen now. You can see the bottom of it now. There is
:42:28. > :42:31.the salmon run, that would have been unthinkable 30 years ago. Much of
:42:32. > :42:35.that drive has come from Europe in order to make sure that they caught
:42:36. > :42:43.up with the rest. I want to make sure we do not lose the drive that
:42:44. > :42:47.has existed for the past 30 years. Both Conservative and Labour
:42:48. > :42:52.governments have recognised the need to legislate to improve air quality
:42:53. > :42:56.by introducing measures to control and reduce pollution. Many of these
:42:57. > :43:04.measures were passed before we joined the European Union, for
:43:05. > :43:11.example, the clean air act of 1956 and 1968, does the First Minister
:43:12. > :43:16.agree, it is inconceivable that any future UK Government will take
:43:17. > :43:20.action to reverse any current EU regulation in place to regulate air
:43:21. > :43:25.quality in Wales? I do not think it is inconceivable after what I heard
:43:26. > :43:31.about fracking, I do not believe that. When the clean air act came
:43:32. > :43:36.in, people were dropping dead in London because of toxic fog. There
:43:37. > :43:41.was not much choice other than to introduce the legislation. In the
:43:42. > :43:46.1980s, there was a river in Yorkshire that would catch fire if
:43:47. > :43:50.you through a match into it. Our air quality was poor, all that has
:43:51. > :43:54.improved and we have been driven in that direction by the European
:43:55. > :43:58.Union, otherwise we would not have done it ourselves and I intend to
:43:59. > :44:02.make sure that the environment that the people in Wales enjoy and have
:44:03. > :44:06.come to deserve will remain that way in the future. I will not go back to
:44:07. > :44:10.the days when I was young when there were tips everywhere and people
:44:11. > :44:15.expected things would remain that way, not so, we are a country now
:44:16. > :44:20.were we can be proud of our environment. Thank you. First
:44:21. > :44:25.Minister, given that the pollution created by shipping is 260 times
:44:26. > :44:29.that produced by all the cars in the world and that action is required on
:44:30. > :44:33.a global level instead of a continental one, what discussions
:44:34. > :44:38.has the First Minister had with the International Maritime Organisation
:44:39. > :44:47.and others in an effort to address the global air pollution problem.
:44:48. > :44:54.We are hugely reliant on exports, the last thing we want to do is
:44:55. > :45:02.reduce our ability to export. Our strategy reflect that.
:45:03. > :45:06.Will the First Minister outlined the risks to the Welsh economy if the UK
:45:07. > :45:13.Government does not guarantee every penny of funding which the EU
:45:14. > :45:18.currently provides Wales? ?650 million per annum would be lost in
:45:19. > :45:25.terms of Government spending including ?260 million in farm
:45:26. > :45:34.subsidy. Since 2007 EU projects have created 11,900 enterprises and
:45:35. > :45:41.37,000 jobs. This EU funding has helped 72,700 people. 72,700 people
:45:42. > :45:45.into work, helped more than 29,000 people gain qualifications and has
:45:46. > :45:53.funded 56,000 people into further running since 2007. Under the
:45:54. > :45:55.current 1.8 billion EU supporters programme 700 million of EU
:45:56. > :46:02.structure funding has been committed and that is just 40% of the total
:46:03. > :46:07.allocation for the 2014-2020 period, can the first must state what
:46:08. > :46:14.actions the First Minister -- the Welsh Government can take to ensure
:46:15. > :46:18.that the levers pledge that Welsh funding will not be affected is
:46:19. > :46:24.kept, unlike the other broken promises that we have heard? The
:46:25. > :46:28.difficulty is that those who have advocated some of these pledges have
:46:29. > :46:33.run our way. They have thrown a brick through a window and run away.
:46:34. > :46:37.I expect some of those people who have made those pledges only be in
:46:38. > :46:41.Government in the next few months to keep to those pledges. That was a
:46:42. > :46:46.vote that has made to the people of Wales and in other countries and
:46:47. > :46:49.regions of England. I cannot think of anything that would bring
:46:50. > :46:52.politics more into disrepute if politicians say on the one hand
:46:53. > :46:56.every single penny would be guaranteed and then turn around and
:46:57. > :47:00.see if we did not mean that. We did not been that. That would mean a
:47:01. > :47:04.breach of the most fundamental pledge made to the people of Wales
:47:05. > :47:13.and the people of Wales will hold both people to account.
:47:14. > :47:18.I am pleased that the Government has given a commitment to develop a
:47:19. > :47:23.business plan on the Britannia Bridge. We are expecting
:47:24. > :47:27.developments soon. That is a project that we would have expected to meet
:47:28. > :47:30.a bid for European funding for as a contribution towards its cost
:47:31. > :47:36.because of the importance of the a 55 as part of the European transport
:47:37. > :47:44.network. May I ask the first blister what his view is on the possibility
:47:45. > :47:48.of losing that source of funding? -- ask the First Minister. Will he give
:47:49. > :47:54.a commitment to put pressure on the UK Government to ensure that funding
:47:55. > :48:01.is provided perhaps as part of some plan for the Welsh economy?
:48:02. > :48:05.The Marshall plan funding came from the United States that they
:48:06. > :48:09.understand the point you are making. Every penny lost should be made up
:48:10. > :48:14.by those who promised that that would be the case, that that would
:48:15. > :48:19.happen. We have heard from those who argued that we should leave the
:48:20. > :48:24.European Union. They said there would be tonnes of money available.
:48:25. > :48:28.Let us see where that money is for Wales and to ensure that the people
:48:29. > :48:31.of Wales can decide how that money is spent. But of course all we have
:48:32. > :48:40.heard this people withdrawing from that pledge. We are strongly of the
:48:41. > :48:42.view that we should fight for Wales and not fight against Wales and that
:48:43. > :48:44.is what we have heard in this chamber from some people today.
:48:45. > :48:48.There we are - that was First Minister's Questions.
:48:49. > :48:55.of the National Assembly you can go online to BBC Wales's Senedd Live
:48:56. > :48:57.But that's it for First Minister's Questions.
:48:58. > :49:03.Just when you think you've got it all sorted...