:00:30. > :00:33.That afternoon and welcome to the first programme since the summer
:00:34. > :00:36.break. Assembly Members are backing Cardiff paper the first session and
:00:37. > :00:44.First Minister's Questions since July. We can expect questions on the
:00:45. > :00:47.GP numbers, the steel industry and the proposed South Wales metro as
:00:48. > :00:54.well. You can follow all the latest on Welsh politics by our Twitter
:00:55. > :00:58.feed. Business in the chamber is already under way so let's take a
:00:59. > :01:06.look at today's questions to the First Minister. Order and I call the
:01:07. > :01:10.National Assembly to order and the first item that afternoon is
:01:11. > :01:16.questions to the First Minister. Neil Hamilton. Will the First
:01:17. > :01:19.Minister provide an update on the Welsh Government is doing to assist
:01:20. > :01:27.with the GP crisis in Mid and West Wales. We have increased investment
:01:28. > :01:31.through our primary care plan. We are working closely with health
:01:32. > :01:35.boards who are responsible for providing services for their
:01:36. > :01:39.populations and ensuring continuity of high-quality care when an
:01:40. > :01:48.independent general practice hands back its business contract. I am
:01:49. > :01:54.grateful for that reply but fine words and no parsnips. For the
:01:55. > :02:00.people in to leave Orellana if they would get any consolation from what
:02:01. > :02:04.he says. A surgery in Porthmadog which serves 7500 people recently
:02:05. > :02:07.announced they would only see those who are acutely unwell. In Blaenau
:02:08. > :02:12.Ffestiniog the practice of four doctors has been reduced to one and
:02:13. > :02:18.there is nobody available. Over half the GP 's end to evil are over 55.
:02:19. > :02:21.Visit not time for the government to get its act together and make a
:02:22. > :02:27.health service that for the people of Wales. These are independent
:02:28. > :02:30.contractors and they are entitled to seek help from the local health
:02:31. > :02:35.boards and where those contractors have decided not provide that
:02:36. > :02:42.service health boards have provided an equally good if not better
:02:43. > :02:50.service. We know there are difficulties in recruiting GPs. It
:02:51. > :02:52.is not an issue confined to Wales. We are looking to launch a GP
:02:53. > :02:58.recruitment campaign lacks month in order to make sure that we can once
:02:59. > :03:03.again betray Wales as a good place to be a doctor and of course to
:03:04. > :03:14.provide the flexibility the profession now needs. Joyce Watson.
:03:15. > :03:24.I was also busy meeting health forums in the summer and I did ask a
:03:25. > :03:32.question last July where you quite clearly answered me that you are
:03:33. > :03:36.bringing forward proposals for a national and an international
:03:37. > :03:42.campaign to market Wales and the NHS as an attractive place to work. That
:03:43. > :03:49.work would include recruitment and training and retention of GPs. Could
:03:50. > :03:54.I ask you therefore First Minister whether there is progress that has
:03:55. > :03:59.been taken forward through the summer. Next month we will be
:04:00. > :04:05.launching an international marketing campaign to highlight Wales as a
:04:06. > :04:07.great place to train, work and live and the secretary will be outlining
:04:08. > :04:18.the campaign in his statement next week. It will be a step change in
:04:19. > :04:23.the way we market Wales to doctors. For the communities in Porthmadog,
:04:24. > :04:26.Newtown, Cardigan, Tenby, Pembroke Dock, all of those communities that
:04:27. > :04:33.have to wait a fortnight these days for an appointment with a GP, they
:04:34. > :04:37.do feel there is a crisis and they feel there is a problem with
:04:38. > :04:41.recruitment and a shortage of GPs willing to stay in that area. There
:04:42. > :04:47.are particular problems in terms of those who want to become partners in
:04:48. > :04:52.surgeries. What in addition can the government to to recruit GPs but
:04:53. > :04:58.also what is the future of the private surgery as part of the
:04:59. > :05:02.health service for primary care? When you mention private surgeries
:05:03. > :05:08.are you talking about the independent contractors? That of
:05:09. > :05:13.course is the current model and for some it will be the future model. I
:05:14. > :05:20.don't think it is the sole model you can have because more and more GPs
:05:21. > :05:30.wish to have the opportunity to move from one practice to another. We are
:05:31. > :05:35.working with the BMA and the Royal College in order to ensure that the
:05:36. > :05:41.campaign we launched next month is effective and of course we expect
:05:42. > :05:44.the health boards to work with GPs because when problems have been
:05:45. > :05:54.highlighted we must ensure that doctors can in as locums and that
:05:55. > :05:58.needs to happen temporarily to sustain the future of surgeries. The
:05:59. > :06:11.crux of the matter is to ensure that more doctors wish to work in Wales.
:06:12. > :06:14.Given that we now have three health boards that have targeted
:06:15. > :06:18.intervention and on health board in special measures this drive to
:06:19. > :06:22.recruit GPs has to talk about recruiting the whole family because
:06:23. > :06:27.otherwise these GPs will not want to work in areas where they feel it is
:06:28. > :06:31.not going to be substantial back-up medically for them in their
:06:32. > :06:35.practices. We need to make sure that these GPs who want to come to Wales
:06:36. > :06:38.and you are right it is a great place to live and work, but they
:06:39. > :06:41.will want to bring their families and part is and their children and
:06:42. > :06:48.they all want good schools and good jobs that their partners can also
:06:49. > :06:51.undertake. It's not just about one person we are recruiting, it's an
:06:52. > :06:54.entire family and if we can get that family over the border we can keep
:06:55. > :06:59.them but we have to give them that whole package. When you look at this
:07:00. > :07:07.recruitment programme will you be that in mind and bear in mind that
:07:08. > :07:10.all these GP practices will be looking to their hospitals and the
:07:11. > :07:15.local NHS for the service they need to back-up their support for their
:07:16. > :07:22.patients and with four out of eight in some kind of trouble it's not
:07:23. > :07:26.good news. We don't have a funding crisis as England does all the
:07:27. > :07:31.doctors strike but she does make an important point. It is absolutely
:07:32. > :07:38.right that you have to target the family. For many years GPs would
:07:39. > :07:42.come to an area and quite often they had a spouse who was not working but
:07:43. > :07:44.that is no longer the case. We have to provide opportunities for a
:07:45. > :07:49.partner and a good environment for children. That will be part of the
:07:50. > :07:58.campaign we are launching October. Bethan Jenkins. Will the First
:07:59. > :08:02.Minister tell us what support the government is giving to the steel
:08:03. > :08:09.industry in Wales? Members were sent a full update yesterday. No progress
:08:10. > :08:18.has yet been made with the UK Government in terms of the issues of
:08:19. > :08:20.energy and pensions. In that letter from the minister it says that
:08:21. > :08:25.progress is being made on a range of projects which will allow the Welsh
:08:26. > :08:29.plans to become more capable of withstanding the global competition
:08:30. > :08:38.including an improvement project for Port Talbot as well as the research
:08:39. > :08:42.and develop the project. These are Plaid Cymru ideas that you have
:08:43. > :08:46.taken on board. I wonder whether you would like to give us information on
:08:47. > :08:50.the development of the power plant and also the research and
:08:51. > :08:57.development activities at Swansea University which we proposed to you
:08:58. > :09:02.and you have kindly taken on board. The principle of keeping our steel
:09:03. > :09:12.industry was not wholly a Plaid Cymru idea. We have been discussing
:09:13. > :09:19.these plans fears. What I can say, negotiations are ongoing but the
:09:20. > :09:22.progress have been made. We are seeking to provide a platform for
:09:23. > :09:27.the long-term future of our steel industry. Energy and pensions are
:09:28. > :09:36.still not resolved at the UK Government level. David Rees. We are
:09:37. > :09:38.seeing Welsh Government support for the steel industry through those
:09:39. > :09:42.projects and I welcome that but we have seen over the summer financial
:09:43. > :09:47.improvements in the steel industry at Port Talbot where we saw losses
:09:48. > :09:53.being discussed and now there are profits. 5 million in July. We are
:09:54. > :09:59.seeing progress in steel-making in Wales. When you met the Prime
:10:00. > :10:03.Minister you talked about the steel and you have party mentioned the
:10:04. > :10:07.issue of the UK Government was my position. Kitchen became they would
:10:08. > :10:12.be working to improve the situation with the pensions fund and are they
:10:13. > :10:16.making any movements towards the energy costs because they the big
:10:17. > :10:22.issues that any perspective by had concerns about. The previous Prime
:10:23. > :10:28.Minister was proactive in this regard. We have not heard as much
:10:29. > :10:31.from the current government. They have been initial conversations and
:10:32. > :10:42.they have not been negative. But in the next few weeks we need to see
:10:43. > :10:45.some progress. We have correspondence going back five years
:10:46. > :10:52.with the government on energy prices for all our energy industries. We
:10:53. > :10:58.cannot afford to be seen as an expensive place to manage patch.
:10:59. > :11:01.Suzy Davies. Following representation by the Prime Minister
:11:02. > :11:06.Theresa May the GE 20 members set up a forum to tackle overcapacity and
:11:07. > :11:12.production in the global steel market so the UK is moving ahead and
:11:13. > :11:15.getting world leaders to confront the central question as well as
:11:16. > :11:19.dealing with the issues they have already been acting on. I accept the
:11:20. > :11:25.Welsh Government has a more limited role. But it can make it practical
:11:26. > :11:32.difference in my region. Pulling out of a deal that could have saved 200
:11:33. > :11:35.jobs as part of the steel industry supply chain was not helpful. Can
:11:36. > :11:40.you tell us what you are doing to assist stability in the Welsh steel
:11:41. > :11:44.supply chain? More than anything else what we are doing is assisting
:11:45. > :11:51.Tata steel and looking at ways they can save money. We are seeing what
:11:52. > :11:53.we can do in terms of skills and training and providing the support
:11:54. > :12:00.they need in order to be sustainable in the longer term. There are issues
:12:01. > :12:04.regarding the businesses which had feared issues with tartar steel
:12:05. > :12:11.which led to the consequences that the members mentioned but we are
:12:12. > :12:14.confident we can put together a good package in terms of what we can
:12:15. > :12:24.offer but we now need to see progress on two major issues.
:12:25. > :12:29.Caroline Jones. Welsh steel and other energy intensive industries
:12:30. > :12:32.are suffering as a result of EU imposed carbon reduction policies
:12:33. > :12:41.which have resulted in a higher energy bill. In order to secure the
:12:42. > :12:48.future of Welsh steel we have to drop EU legislation which pushes up
:12:49. > :12:52.our energy costs. Do you agree with me that the best support the Welsh
:12:53. > :12:56.Government can give the Welsh steel industry is to press the UK
:12:57. > :13:00.Government to complete the Brexit process as soon as possible? The
:13:01. > :13:06.biggest threat to the steel industry 's tariffs. We export 30% of the
:13:07. > :13:12.steel we produce and anything that increases the price of that steel
:13:13. > :13:15.would be helpful. When she talks about carbon reduction she talks
:13:16. > :13:28.about more emissions so more coming out of the steelworks than before.
:13:29. > :13:35.There is another point here. If you look at other countries in the EU
:13:36. > :13:39.with energy prices are lower than ours. If you look at Germany 20%
:13:40. > :13:46.lower. If you look at Spain 37% lower. It is nothing to do with the
:13:47. > :13:58.EU, it's to do with EE UK's alleged energy markets. It is not in EU
:13:59. > :14:05.issue. The energy industry is not transparent enough. The UK is an
:14:06. > :14:13.expensive place to do business because of this energy costs. The UK
:14:14. > :14:19.is more expensive than many of our competitive countries and that has
:14:20. > :14:25.to change. It's nothing to do with emissions it's to do with the way
:14:26. > :14:33.the market operates in the UK. As you are aware the plants in Newport
:14:34. > :14:39.in my constituency are very important parts of the overall Tata
:14:40. > :14:41.steel operations in Wales. Will you assure me that those plans will
:14:42. > :14:46.continue to be properly considered in Welsh Government actions to
:14:47. > :15:09.ensure a sustainable steel industry in Wales? The four major sites are
:15:10. > :15:14.hugely important and the operations we want to keep in Wales. We will be
:15:15. > :15:26.exporting steel from Wales. For plants important. I welcome they are
:15:27. > :15:34.not -- the oldest enamoured by Tata. -- the August announcement. I urge
:15:35. > :15:38.the Welsh comic will follow to make sure we consider that a successful
:15:39. > :15:42.and profitable site like Shotton is integral to any discussions and the
:15:43. > :15:48.steel industry going forward. I have been across to all four sites.
:15:49. > :15:52.Shotton always was a profitable site but as it was said to mean Shotton
:15:53. > :15:55.it would be very difficult for it to operate without the steel and Port
:15:56. > :15:59.Talbot because it would take about six months to source a steal from
:16:00. > :16:05.someone else of Port Talbot was not there. That would be an obvious
:16:06. > :16:16.knock-on effect of Port Talbot was not there. We now move to questions
:16:17. > :16:25.from the party leaders. First of all, Neil Hamilton from Ukip. And
:16:26. > :16:29.sure we'll all agree on congratulating the Welsh athletes in
:16:30. > :16:31.their performance in the Olympic Games and weddings are many gold
:16:32. > :16:35.medals. I don't expect him to agree with me that he and his decision
:16:36. > :16:39.should get the wooden spoon for pouring cold water on the Welsh
:16:40. > :16:45.chances of hosting the Commonwealth Games here in 2026. The cost
:16:46. > :16:50.involved is ?1.5 billion and at this moment in time that cost would mean
:16:51. > :16:54.there would be no money to watch major events for the next decade in
:16:55. > :16:58.Wales. The Scots were able to host the games at a cheaper price because
:16:59. > :17:02.they did not have to build as much as we have too. We would have to
:17:03. > :17:06.build a new athletic Stadium and velodrome and extend the pool we
:17:07. > :17:09.have at the moment. The Carter cost would be huge for would make it very
:17:10. > :17:14.difficult for the Commonwealth Games to go to smaller countries these
:17:15. > :17:20.days. What we wanted was to put in a Welsh bed and that was not looked at
:17:21. > :17:25.favourably, opted launch a joint bid for cities in England which are not
:17:26. > :17:40.possible with the current rules governing Commonwealth Games built.
:17:41. > :17:45.-- bed. --Bid. I accept the point about the capital cost of improving
:17:46. > :17:52.the Welsh infrastructure. We're talking about 1.1 billion one 5p.
:17:53. > :17:56.The context of a Welsh government budget of ?15 billion per year were
:17:57. > :17:59.talking about peanuts. What I'm asking the First Minister to do is
:18:00. > :18:04.waste sites embraces game and promote Wales the world through the
:18:05. > :18:09.exploits of our athletes and what we need is action from a government to
:18:10. > :18:18.match that in improving the sporting infrastructure in Wales so we can
:18:19. > :18:22.host the games in 2026. There is a significant opportunity cost. We
:18:23. > :18:25.have been hugely successful in many years for attracting major events to
:18:26. > :18:29.Wales ever Champions League final coming next year we've had a rugby
:18:30. > :18:33.League Cup and we have the speedway every year without the rugby league
:18:34. > :18:37.and union World Cups and major cricket matches and no money would
:18:38. > :18:42.be available for any of those events welly to host the Commonwealth
:18:43. > :18:48.Games. To my mind we use that money to bring in events such as those,
:18:49. > :18:51.the Champions League final four example is an enormously useful way
:18:52. > :18:56.of promoting Wales and is the largest single sporting event of the
:18:57. > :18:59.world. If we were to go for the Commonwealth Games, the money would
:19:00. > :19:04.not be there to attract investment like that in future. The First
:19:05. > :19:08.Minister seems to have a rather static view of his functions as
:19:09. > :19:12.First Minister. Why do we take a more dynamic view of these projects?
:19:13. > :19:19.Other countries do. They can see the advantages of racing our
:19:20. > :19:25.aspirations. This in a long line of projects which the government has
:19:26. > :19:28.poured cold water on. These are all projects that were too difficult and
:19:29. > :19:34.too hard kick them into long grass and ultimately do nothing. It is not
:19:35. > :19:39.nothing to have -- is not good enough to have do nothing
:19:40. > :19:42.administration here. He seems to have a delusion about money because
:19:43. > :19:45.it is a significant financial commitment it would involve and it
:19:46. > :19:49.would have meant we would not be able to host many events in future
:19:50. > :19:54.and would have a knock-on effect of capital budgets. Much better to look
:19:55. > :20:00.at investing in grassroots sport. Yes, and building up infrastructure,
:20:01. > :20:05.with little to velodrome receipts which we don't have the national
:20:06. > :20:11.pool which does not have seats. And diving pool. But the cost is talking
:20:12. > :20:13.about a huge and we have looted all the options of the Commonwealth
:20:14. > :20:18.Games and looked at hosting the games were somebody else and those
:20:19. > :20:21.options were closed off to us. Much better that we're able to use a
:20:22. > :20:24.monitor events such as the Champions League final which will broadcast
:20:25. > :20:35.wheels to huge audience around the world. -- Wales. The terms on which
:20:36. > :20:40.we leave the European Union will define a feature of the Welsh
:20:41. > :20:48.economy and all of Welsh politics. You have said that Wales should have
:20:49. > :20:52.a veto if the Brexit deal is not a good one for Wales. It is one thing
:20:53. > :20:56.to call for a veto but we need to see fission and people are looking
:20:57. > :21:00.to you for that comprehensive detailed inspiring vision of what
:21:01. > :21:04.Wales looks like after we leave the European Union. Fighting for what we
:21:05. > :21:07.already have in terms of funding is not sufficient. That would just
:21:08. > :21:13.deliver the bare minimum which is not good enough. When can we expect
:21:14. > :21:17.to hear your vision as to what new Wales would look like after we the
:21:18. > :21:23.European Union or don't you have one? It would be Wales is very much
:21:24. > :21:28.still part of Europe and looks out words and continues to be successful
:21:29. > :21:32.in attracting investment and that is the message to the United States
:21:33. > :21:35.last week. It is used for importing of tariff free access to the
:21:36. > :21:38.marketing goods and services. It would not be too advantage of tyres
:21:39. > :21:43.were imposed. Yes, in keeping with the promise that was made by the UK
:21:44. > :21:48.Government we want to make sure that Wales does not miss out on any. What
:21:49. > :22:00.we need to explore is what kind of model we need.
:22:01. > :22:05.The WTO model does not work to my mind as far as Wales is concerned.
:22:06. > :22:09.We need to understand that they do a UK Government will keep its
:22:10. > :22:12.commitment that all government will be at their heart of negotiations
:22:13. > :22:16.are not at the end of negotiations in the UK Government itself has to
:22:17. > :22:21.work out what it once. It is talked about a bespoke deal but what are
:22:22. > :22:26.the elements of those deal? What is the UK Government is essential? For
:22:27. > :22:30.me, funding and access to the single market are fundamental. Without them
:22:31. > :22:34.Wales would undoubtedly lose out. The Nice to be examination as to
:22:35. > :22:37.what it means for freedom of movement. We know that many people
:22:38. > :22:40.voted to leave because of that issue and then is to be handled carefully
:22:41. > :22:46.in terms of the public view. The next steps are the Cabinet
:22:47. > :22:52.subcommittee met yesterday to look at the initial challenges that
:22:53. > :22:57.Brexit presents and external advisory group will meet at the end
:22:58. > :23:01.of the month. That is not a vision. You have outlined the next steps.
:23:02. > :23:05.You have outlined what you would like to see the Prime Minister do
:23:06. > :23:10.much have not told us what you want to see for Wales. There have been
:23:11. > :23:15.mixed messages coming from your UK leader on this question of single
:23:16. > :23:20.market membership and your own statements have not been much clear
:23:21. > :23:24.that either. You have called for a free access to the European single
:23:25. > :23:29.market and you've also said that she wants uninterrupted access and last
:23:30. > :23:32.week who said he wanted to see a seven year moratorium on the free
:23:33. > :23:35.movement of people. I was in Brussels last week with a number of
:23:36. > :23:40.members from my team that has made absolutely clear to us that you
:23:41. > :23:46.cannot have complete free access without accepting free movement of
:23:47. > :23:50.people. Access can include all kinds of costs including tariffs and we
:23:51. > :23:54.have heard today how that would be bad for steel. It could mean custom
:23:55. > :23:58.charges, all of which would be against the best interests of Wales.
:23:59. > :24:04.First Minister, do you believe that Wales should remain as a member of
:24:05. > :24:08.the single market when we leave the European Union? Yes, I have said
:24:09. > :24:15.that many times. Thank you for clarity on that point. You
:24:16. > :24:25.contradicted that position last week. Finally we have clarity and
:24:26. > :24:29.I'm grateful to you for that. Last night your Labour MPs, Welsh Labour
:24:30. > :24:36.MPs, voted against the worst legal jurisdiction. The amendment Labour
:24:37. > :24:40.voted against was from your very own government and laws in Wales Bill.
:24:41. > :24:47.And that is not the first time that has happened. When they voted
:24:48. > :24:58.against life company back in July he said the problem was of timing and
:24:59. > :25:04.not of principle. --Plaid Cymru. Why can't you influence your colleagues
:25:05. > :25:12.in Westminster? I have often said that access to the single market is
:25:13. > :25:18.essential. Access is not membership. Access to the single market on
:25:19. > :25:23.tariffs and services is absolutely crucial that I've been saying that
:25:24. > :25:25.ad nauseam. And what matters in Westminster is a matter in
:25:26. > :25:30.Westminster. We have taken the view that distinction of Jews dish is
:25:31. > :25:36.important about the cannot be a lasting devolution settlement for
:25:37. > :25:42.Wales. The leader of the Welsh Conservatives. First Minister, last
:25:43. > :25:50.week you were America and promoting what Wales has to offer the
:25:51. > :25:57.businesses looking to invest. -- distinction of jurisdiction. Use the
:25:58. > :26:04.speech about the break-up of the United Kingdom which seemed rather
:26:05. > :26:09.odd when you are looking to promote a product worth hundreds of millions
:26:10. > :26:13.of dollars. Can you explain why you use the trade mission to use the
:26:14. > :26:18.platform for the break-up of the letter kingdom? What did not say was
:26:19. > :26:26.that those in business are fat and lazy golfers which is a theme of his
:26:27. > :26:33.party at the moment. I wonder please actually read my speech. Amid a very
:26:34. > :26:42.clear that the work challenges -- I made a very clear that work
:26:43. > :26:46.challenges as fathers -- as far as Brexit was concerned. I also said
:26:47. > :26:51.there was huge challenges for the UK. It clearly came over that you're
:26:52. > :26:53.fantasising again about the break-up of the letter kingdom which is
:26:54. > :26:59.something you spend a lot of time talking about. Is anybody who goes
:27:00. > :27:03.before an entrepreneur you do not go and test the product you're trying
:27:04. > :27:07.to sell. One thing you could have done is gone over to Detroit and
:27:08. > :27:10.spoken at the headquarters of Ford and spoken to the directors and
:27:11. > :27:14.senior management team about the announcement that was made last week
:27:15. > :27:22.about cutting back production at the Bridgend facility. There are still
:27:23. > :27:26.?100 million of investment going into the engine facility that is a
:27:27. > :27:29.significant announcement and the half of Ford about how they will
:27:30. > :27:32.take forward the dynamics of that plan. That you request a meeting
:27:33. > :27:40.with Ford and if he did why was not granted? Yes, we did request a
:27:41. > :27:44.meeting but we were told the meeting should we with them. That in terms
:27:45. > :27:51.of a comment you made earlier about it is quite clearly is not read my
:27:52. > :27:55.speech and is just picked up on giving the impression I said a seven
:27:56. > :27:59.thing which is good for I have not read the speech it is just what I've
:28:00. > :28:04.seen online. It is read by some interest by people who were there.
:28:05. > :28:09.Like him I want to make sure that the UK is intact in the future but
:28:10. > :28:14.it cannot carry on is when there are so many changes coming down the line
:28:15. > :28:18.when we leave the EU. But this book to business in America every single
:28:19. > :28:24.one of them wanted to know what happened next with Brexit. It was
:28:25. > :28:28.the theme as far as American investors are concerned that I was
:28:29. > :28:31.able to say to them that my view was it was hugely important we have
:28:32. > :28:34.access to this and marketing of fee basis and is sadly give their
:28:35. > :28:38.beliefs and they were happy to hear that because they had not heard from
:28:39. > :28:43.the UK Government. It is hugely important that the UK Government now
:28:44. > :28:49.make sure has coherent view rather than what we saw the Foreign
:28:50. > :28:55.Secretary doing this week. We need to seek coherence annuity in the UK
:28:56. > :28:59.Government. I regret that Ford and tried title not prepared to meet you
:29:00. > :29:01.because as I understand it that is where the decision about investment
:29:02. > :29:05.was taken and they seem to have passed the ball back to Ford Europe
:29:06. > :29:09.on this matter. That the three legitimate questions which I hope
:29:10. > :29:16.that your government has been acting with Ford on. How can that Giles be
:29:17. > :29:20.secured with such a dramatic cutback in their plant and what's new lines
:29:21. > :29:27.could potentially come to the plant to secure the 1850 jobs and it is
:29:28. > :29:32.fair to say the worst government have put money on the table to
:29:33. > :29:38.retain jobs at their job plant at a level of 850 jobs I understand it.
:29:39. > :29:44.Obviously there are 850 jobs at that site at the moment of what
:29:45. > :29:47.assurances can you give around the assurances the worst government have
:29:48. > :29:53.been given around new products coming to the plant and above all
:29:54. > :30:07.about the future viability of the plant?
:30:08. > :30:18.They explored every engine they make. Tariffs have been at 5% and
:30:19. > :30:24.possibly a 10% tariff coming back in. Nobody can cope with that. Many
:30:25. > :30:29.businesses in the States said the same thing. They are waiting to see
:30:30. > :30:35.what happens with regard to what the UK does. If we manage to secure
:30:36. > :30:38.tariff free access to the European market I think the problem is
:30:39. > :30:45.resolved. That is what is that investors are looking for. They
:30:46. > :30:55.don't see the UK is isolated, they see it as part of Europe. The Ford
:30:56. > :30:59.workforce are efficient but they cannot be put in a situation where
:31:00. > :31:02.tariff barriers will interfere with the future viability of the plant
:31:03. > :31:12.which is why I have been clear that whatever model the UK adopts that
:31:13. > :31:19.the UK Government needs to declare that position now in order to give
:31:20. > :31:24.that certainty. Question three Nick Ramsay. Will the First Minister
:31:25. > :31:29.provide an update on the development of the South Wales Metro? The
:31:30. > :31:34.procurement for the operator and partner for the Wales and Borders
:31:35. > :31:37.franchise has started and subject to a successful competition the
:31:38. > :31:43.contract will be awarded at the end of next year. Our rail network has
:31:44. > :31:49.been on the minds of my constituents with the start-up the six-week
:31:50. > :31:52.closure period of the seven tunnel. Speed of travel is a key aspect of
:31:53. > :31:56.our quality-of-life site was very concerned to hear that the town of
:31:57. > :32:03.Monmouth might not be part of the future Metro map following funding
:32:04. > :32:05.concerns. How can you reassure my constituents are Metro scheme will
:32:06. > :32:11.reach all parts of south-east Wales so that nobody feels excluded and is
:32:12. > :32:19.the government looking at all Metro options in rural areas? We have no
:32:20. > :32:22.plans to change the current proposals and Monmouth is part of
:32:23. > :32:28.the Metro in terms of its future development. What is correct is that
:32:29. > :32:34.?125 million worth of funding for the Metro was due from European
:32:35. > :32:37.funding and without that funding clearly there will be a limit on how
:32:38. > :32:42.far and how fast the Metro project can proceed. I have heard what was
:32:43. > :32:48.said that Wales would not lose out as a result of leaving the EU and
:32:49. > :32:52.funding for each and every part of the UK including Wales will be safe
:32:53. > :32:58.if we vote to leave. Andrew R.T. Davies said that. He has his own
:32:59. > :33:01.leader's assured us that that money will be available for the Metro and
:33:02. > :33:11.I'm sure he will receive that assurance. Several of us on these
:33:12. > :33:15.benches are also members of the corporative party and spent part of
:33:16. > :33:19.the weekend discussing the role of social enterprises in the Welsh
:33:20. > :33:23.economy. Do you agree it would be a positive outcome to see social
:33:24. > :33:26.enterprises and corpse involved integrally in the delivery of
:33:27. > :33:32.various aspects of the South Wales Metro? Absolutely. We want to see a
:33:33. > :33:39.model that invests in the network itself and the model that provides
:33:40. > :33:50.good service to passengers and a fair price. Before the recess the
:33:51. > :33:55.First Minister dismissed suggestions that within the economic plan for
:33:56. > :33:58.the capital region that a distinct daters should be afforded to the
:33:59. > :34:01.city of Newport and other centres outside Cardiff. Love the First
:34:02. > :34:06.Minister confirm that his plans for the capital region amounted to no
:34:07. > :34:09.more than making the committee to Cardiff easier rather than a
:34:10. > :34:15.comprehensive plan to spread job creation opportunities across the
:34:16. > :34:22.entire Southeast? Of course Newport on the valleys are part of the
:34:23. > :34:29.region because the reality is 11 million people year come to Cardiff
:34:30. > :34:32.station. Is this simply about bringing people from Valley
:34:33. > :34:36.communities to Cardiff? That is half the story but the other half is to
:34:37. > :34:39.make it easier for investors to move feared investments in the Valley
:34:40. > :34:53.communities as it comes easier to get there. It will be a two-way
:34:54. > :34:56.flow. Whilst my party welcomes the Metro project closer inspection
:34:57. > :35:01.makes it difficult to envisage any real advantage it brings to the
:35:02. > :35:07.conurbations of the Eastern valleys. Could the First Minister, where if
:35:08. > :35:12.any improvements had envisaged to enhance connectivity for this area?
:35:13. > :35:16.We have the existing rail network into Cardiff on that offers the
:35:17. > :35:22.opportunity to examine how those networks can be made quicker in the
:35:23. > :35:25.future. The point about the Metro is it is extendable. It's not about
:35:26. > :35:37.simply looking at the structure we have at the moment. The Metro in the
:35:38. > :35:41.future will include new bus connectivity so Eastern Cardiff is
:35:42. > :35:45.in the same situation. It is poorly served by the rail network and as
:35:46. > :35:51.the Metro rules out we need to look at these areas with real
:35:52. > :35:57.transporters nonexistent to make sure those gaps are filled in the
:35:58. > :36:01.future. Question four, Neil McEvoy. It is the First Minister stand by
:36:02. > :36:04.his position from 2012 that it is appropriate to Cardiff Council to
:36:05. > :36:08.have plans to build tens of thousands of new houses within the
:36:09. > :36:18.city's boundaries with a large number of those on green fields? I
:36:19. > :36:31.have never taken such a position. You said on the 14th of June and I
:36:32. > :36:36.found the South Wales Echo from the 5th of April 2012 where you were
:36:37. > :36:43.quoted announcing that Labour would introduce a local development plan
:36:44. > :36:50.under the current system. The South Wales Echo in its editorial said the
:36:51. > :36:54.newspaper firmly disagreed with you, that tens of thousands of houses had
:36:55. > :37:00.to be built within the city's limits. The reported comments which
:37:01. > :37:02.you have denied. So my questionnaires what was the editor
:37:03. > :37:07.of the South Wales Echo also living in a land of our -- and to see and
:37:08. > :37:14.do you stand by your comments on the matter? I never make comments on
:37:15. > :37:18.planning applications. It's the whole pod of being in government.
:37:19. > :37:30.The reason why the story appeared in the paper is because he put it
:37:31. > :37:37.there. I never make any comment on any LDP anywhere in Wales is far as
:37:38. > :37:45.whether it should go ahead or not. There is a proper procedure for
:37:46. > :37:52.doing that. David Melding. But they remind the chamber that over the
:37:53. > :37:56.last 15 years we have built an average 8000 homes a year in Wales
:37:57. > :38:04.when trends indicated that we needed to build 12,000 homes. If we have
:38:05. > :38:09.any catch up we need to go beyond 12,000 homes a year and the sad fact
:38:10. > :38:14.is if we don't face up to the housing crisis it is young people
:38:15. > :38:18.after family homes that will be denied decent living conditions that
:38:19. > :38:26.most of us will have enjoyed in our upbringing. It's true to say that
:38:27. > :38:31.demand has exceeded supply the many years. That housing has to go where
:38:32. > :38:42.it is needed. It has to go with Amanda 's highest.
:38:43. > :38:46.They are sometimes not without controversy but we have to make sure
:38:47. > :38:55.that we have enough houses available for people who need them. I won't go
:38:56. > :39:02.into the issue of what the First Minister did or did not saying 2012
:39:03. > :39:06.but there is an important issue here regarding overdevelopment of Cardiff
:39:07. > :39:11.and major housing developments which have been proposed and are likely to
:39:12. > :39:16.go ahead which go against the wishes of most of the current residents of
:39:17. > :39:18.the city. It is the first most agree there is a problem with a lack of
:39:19. > :39:21.accountability in the planning system in Wales particularly with
:39:22. > :39:27.planning Inspectorate and should we make move in the assembly to tell it
:39:28. > :39:30.the powers of the planning Inspectorate in Wales? There has to
:39:31. > :39:35.be a process of examination that is robust. Cardiff is a growing city.
:39:36. > :39:45.Its publishing has expanded mightily over the last 30 years and how you
:39:46. > :39:50.deal with that demand, it's not simply a matter that Cardiff because
:39:51. > :39:53.we know that Tim and would be their outside of the city boundaries as
:39:54. > :40:00.well. But be another going to get to a position where we are not building
:40:01. > :40:05.any houses. For local authorities they have two reduce a local
:40:06. > :40:10.development plan and put forward the evidence for their plans and have
:40:11. > :40:15.those plans tested and I think that is a robust system to make sure an
:40:16. > :40:23.LDP has been tested as thoroughly as possible. Question five. Will you
:40:24. > :40:30.provide an update on the Welsh Government's progress in recruiting
:40:31. > :40:39.more GPs? Plans to recruit and train GPs and other health care
:40:40. > :40:49.professionals is a priority. There is concern in kid welly because of
:40:50. > :40:54.the difficulty in recruiting and retaining GPs. Local councillors
:40:55. > :40:57.have been working hard to inform the community and Hywel Dda Health Board
:40:58. > :41:00.has been trying to recruit a clinical team to the surgery to
:41:01. > :41:04.bring in locums. I was pleased to hear that the government is planning
:41:05. > :41:08.a recruitment campaign. It's essential that the Welsh Government
:41:09. > :41:13.works with health boards and they are not left to run their own
:41:14. > :41:17.campaigns in isolation. Would he give us some details about his
:41:18. > :41:22.thoughts on adapting the model that GPs currently have in building up
:41:23. > :41:37.their own surgeries and buying into them? I understand that to locums
:41:38. > :41:45.have been recruited and the service has been resumed. What I notice with
:41:46. > :41:50.many younger GPs is they don't want to buy the practices, they want
:41:51. > :41:52.flexibility. Raising the money to buy into practice is tricky and they
:41:53. > :41:57.want the flexibility of moving around. The days when GPs went
:41:58. > :42:03.somewhere and stayed for their working lives are fewer and fewer
:42:04. > :42:08.want to do that. The NHS has to adapt to that reality. It means that
:42:09. > :42:14.where health boards to go the surgeries quite often the services
:42:15. > :42:19.are enhanced. With it is another practice which next -- needs to take
:42:20. > :42:21.over, there has to be a different models in the future to make sure
:42:22. > :42:34.general practices seen as attractive. Rhun ap Iorwerth. Last
:42:35. > :42:39.week I met with a number of GPs from Anglesey and we discussed how we
:42:40. > :42:44.could encourage more young people to aspire to a career as a GP and I'm
:42:45. > :42:47.sure the First Minister will share my concern about the reduction of
:42:48. > :42:52.15% in the nub of Welsh domiciled students who have been applying to
:42:53. > :43:00.study medicine. I am sure he would also support my call for the
:43:01. > :43:03.training of more Welsh domiciled students in Wales. The figures
:43:04. > :43:10.demonstrate that 80% of medical students in Northern Ireland are
:43:11. > :43:16.from Northern Ireland and 50% of medical students from Scotland are
:43:17. > :43:18.from Scotland. And only 20% of medical students in Wales come from
:43:19. > :43:26.Wales. It is the First Minister agree that we need to change that
:43:27. > :43:32.percentage and that has to include an element of quotas? I think it's
:43:33. > :43:39.fair to make that point. I would wish to see more young people
:43:40. > :43:42.training in Wales. I have heard anecdotally of people that have been
:43:43. > :43:48.given an offer from a medical school in England but not received one from
:43:49. > :43:56.medical schools in Wales. That is a concern. We must ensure that more
:43:57. > :43:59.and more young people wish to become doctors and also ensure there is
:44:00. > :44:03.more of an opportunity for them to train in Wales. I do understand that
:44:04. > :44:13.way you train has a great impact on where you work later on. The planned
:44:14. > :44:17.primary care workforce for Wales referenced the emerging role of
:44:18. > :44:24.physicians associations and medical schools as a way of boosting the
:44:25. > :44:29.numbers of GPs in Wales. Given the undeniable crisis of GP provision in
:44:30. > :44:32.Wales, how have you taken this recommendation forward and what
:44:33. > :44:37.plans do you have in place to increase on just 27 funded places
:44:38. > :44:44.available through our medical schools in Wales?
:44:45. > :44:52.The crisis in Wales this crisis across the rest of Britain. It is
:44:53. > :44:56.difficult to attracting GPs and we know that which is why the campaign
:44:57. > :45:00.is being launched in October. It is not simply about opportunity and
:45:01. > :45:06.flexibility but also about providing the right environment for their
:45:07. > :45:09.wider family as well. The statement that the Cabinet Secretary will make
:45:10. > :45:17.will outline in detail how that campaign will proceed. First
:45:18. > :45:30.Minister, I met last Thursday with Gary Doherty, the cheek integrity of
:45:31. > :45:45.the Betsy Cadwell health board. -- chief officer. -- Cadwallader. We
:45:46. > :45:53.discussed training were speaking staff. -- Welsh speaking staff. Do
:45:54. > :45:56.you agree this would be away for us to encourage more people to study
:45:57. > :46:03.and Wales and stay in but also to help with the dearth of Welsh
:46:04. > :46:08.speaking professionals and the health service? Would you be willing
:46:09. > :46:14.to speak with Lord Ellis Thomas who is the Chancellor of Bangor
:46:15. > :46:20.University and shall speak with Gary Doherty who agreed with me that this
:46:21. > :46:24.was a good idea? It is important that any medical school can give the
:46:25. > :46:28.full opportunity and training to a student and this is an issue that
:46:29. > :46:36.has been raised before. If this can be done and banker. The deanery will
:46:37. > :46:50.have a view on that. -- in the town of banker. -- banker. --Bangor. We
:46:51. > :46:59.must not give the impression that we do not want doctors and nurses the
:47:00. > :47:03.UK. Often they come from outside the EU and they are crucial. You can
:47:04. > :47:06.never train people who will spend the entire working lives in the
:47:07. > :47:13.country in which they are trained so you have to appeal internationally
:47:14. > :47:20.as well. Will the Welsh government plans to be outlined for future
:47:21. > :47:28.transport provision in North Wales be outlined by the First Minister?
:47:29. > :47:34.The planned Metro North scheme will be outlined as will all parts of
:47:35. > :47:42.transport in the North. How do you respond regarding English bodies
:47:43. > :47:45.such as real North must have devolved franchise responsibility
:47:46. > :47:50.alongside the worst government for those cross-border services such as
:47:51. > :47:56.Wrexham into England which remain in a devolved franchise? It is
:47:57. > :48:00.difficult to draw announced a line on the Wales and Borders franchise
:48:01. > :48:04.but I would not agree with one suggestion from the Department for
:48:05. > :48:08.Transport that any service in England should be run from England
:48:09. > :48:12.and that would mean literally no service warning across anywhere in
:48:13. > :48:18.North Wales would be controlled from Wales at all apart from one line. It
:48:19. > :48:21.is the same for the Central Wales railway and the heart of Wales
:48:22. > :48:30.railway and the Cambrian core services. It would be wholly
:48:31. > :48:37.unacceptable. Plus we want to make sure that the Wales border service
:48:38. > :48:39.with its franchises from Wales, we believe they can provide an equally
:48:40. > :48:47.good service to people living in England. For the First Minister make
:48:48. > :48:55.a statement of public transport in Wales? I believe that I answered you
:48:56. > :49:00.in the last question. We discussed the South Wales Metro fare better in
:49:01. > :49:05.the session. Your party published a plan for the Metro for the
:49:06. > :49:08.north-east to all intents and purposes and they were lines on our
:49:09. > :49:14.map and many stakeholders are given the opinion that. That is not
:49:15. > :49:19.talking about Metro just empty talk with a basic services are not being
:49:20. > :49:26.provided? Would you accept that questions your should answer? --
:49:27. > :50:39.your government should answer? Will the First Minister make a
:50:40. > :50:45.statement on how the Welsh NHS keeps the principal of principles at the
:50:46. > :50:55.point of care. We need comprehensive care at the point of delivery. The
:50:56. > :50:58.internal market in the NHS in England has been estimated to cost
:50:59. > :51:03.up to 10 million a year. Would you agree what the Welsh Labour
:51:04. > :51:08.government commitment to having no internal market in the Welsh NHS has
:51:09. > :51:12.been of tremendous benefit for patients and that it is a commitment
:51:13. > :51:18.that will continue. I can give that commitment. Where markers have been
:51:19. > :51:22.introduced in the NHS elsewhere they have led to wasted inefficiency.
:51:23. > :51:35.That was First Minister's Questions. There is more coverage online. That
:51:36. > :51:40.is it from First Minister's Questions this afternoon. We'll be
:51:41. > :51:44.back at the later time of 4pm next week because of coverage of the
:51:45. > :51:48.Liberal Democrat conference. It is conference season once again. All
:51:49. > :51:57.the latest political news on Wales today later at 6:30pm. And the Welsh
:51:58. > :52:02.news at 9pm on S4C. From all of us on the programme, goodbye.