:09:01. > :09:05.The efficiency of any drug will be taken into account. I understand
:09:05. > :09:09.officials have been working to develop a plan and could you tell
:09:09. > :09:15.us what mechanisms are in place to ensure that is delivered.
:09:15. > :09:21.Government officials are working on a document. A large group has been
:09:21. > :09:27.set up. The group of officials chaired by the Chief Medical
:09:27. > :09:31.Officer will oversee our approach. And we work with the NHS to ensure
:09:31. > :09:39.that the response is correct. Questions now from the party
:09:39. > :09:44.leaders. The leader of the opposition. First Minister,
:09:44. > :09:48.yesterday that CBI said the economy was on the right track but they
:09:48. > :09:52.also levelled accusations against your government not helping the
:09:52. > :09:56.construction sector. And not spending the money that the
:09:56. > :10:00.Treasury gave you wisely. You had the opportunity to speak on these
:10:00. > :10:08.issues but declined. Would you commit on your support for the
:10:08. > :10:18.construction sector? In the last three quarters of last year
:10:18. > :10:19.
:10:19. > :10:25.construction increased by 8.9%. The figures speak for themselves.
:10:25. > :10:29.CBI, which is a major industrial organisation, it clearly has
:10:29. > :10:32.identified failures on the health of your government to support the
:10:32. > :10:39.construction sector and in particular to spend the money that
:10:39. > :10:44.the Treasury sense you down the M4. They also highlighted that other
:10:44. > :10:48.parts of the UK and should benefit from proactive measures that the
:10:48. > :10:52.Westminster government has brought in. They are said the construction
:10:52. > :10:59.industry in the UK was finding it tough. But in Wales on Dudley it is
:10:59. > :11:04.worse. With the shelving of pure Home Buy scheme and lack of ability
:11:04. > :11:08.to use the money given you by the Treasury, why on earth can you not
:11:08. > :11:14.gain the confidence of the major employer organisation like the CBI
:11:14. > :11:20.with your economic policies? I do find it patronising when he talks
:11:20. > :11:27.about the Treasury giving us money. Welsh people pay taxes as well. Let
:11:27. > :11:31.me remind him of the figures once again. Welsh construction up by
:11:31. > :11:38.8.9% in the last quarter. In all three quarters of last year
:11:38. > :11:48.construction it. By 1.5%. That shows us we are doing something
:11:48. > :11:48.
:11:48. > :11:54.right in Wales. It is plainly evident that from employers and
:11:54. > :11:59.house builders, the actions you were taking are not helping the
:11:59. > :12:02.construction sector in Wales. Any growth is down to the innovation
:12:02. > :12:08.and the drive of the individuals concerned in the construction
:12:08. > :12:13.sector. All you need to focus on are the comments that are levelled
:12:13. > :12:19.at your government for their lack of delivery. Last year the CBI
:12:19. > :12:23.pointed out again that there had been little delivery. All we're
:12:23. > :12:28.getting is talk. We have had shelved schemes, more red tape and
:12:28. > :12:37.letting down the people of Wales. You have failed the construction
:12:37. > :12:43.sector and failed in your ability to improve the Welsh economy.
:12:43. > :12:49.has dug himself into a hole and I can barely see the top of his head.
:12:49. > :12:53.When he has lost the argument he talks for a long time. I refer him
:12:53. > :13:00.again to the figures. Construction in the UK has gone backwards but
:13:00. > :13:10.has improved in Wales. It is the UK government and his party not
:13:10. > :13:12.
:13:12. > :13:18.delivering for the people of the UK. They need to do their part. First
:13:18. > :13:24.Minister, the latest analysis of child poverty figures from the
:13:24. > :13:30.Institute for Fiscal Studies show that on a UK level relative child
:13:31. > :13:34.poverty will rise once again throughout the decade. You have
:13:34. > :13:39.been First Minister for three years. Can you tell us what is happening
:13:40. > :13:43.to child poverty, is it increasing? It is inevitable but there are
:13:43. > :13:50.pressures on child poverty. We expect that it will increase in
:13:50. > :13:54.line with the rest of the UK. But we will soon launch an action plan
:13:54. > :13:59.to a blind clearly what we will do in order to alleviate poverty in
:13:59. > :14:03.Wales. Of course we recognise that economic and social security
:14:03. > :14:08.policies are handed down from Westminster and are damaging to
:14:08. > :14:12.Wales. I hear you say that finally after a number of years that you're
:14:12. > :14:18.going to introduce an action plan. But you have no real strategy to
:14:18. > :14:24.deal with this. Coming up is the second year of the council tax
:14:24. > :14:28.benefits cut. You have no plan. End of life's social care, you have no
:14:28. > :14:34.plan. To deal with the impact of universal benefits, you have no
:14:34. > :14:44.plan. Do you really have a strategy to protect the people of Wales
:14:44. > :14:44.
:14:44. > :14:48.against all of this. Are you really standing up for Wales? Well with
:14:48. > :14:52.council tax benefit we took a cut of 20 million and reinstated it. We
:14:52. > :14:56.are looking to help people in the coming year as well. We have our
:14:56. > :15:05.own universal benefits in Wales but we have protected and will continue
:15:05. > :15:09.to do so. Many will benefit, not least from free prescriptions. I
:15:09. > :15:14.would like to know exactly what your plans would be in the same
:15:14. > :15:19.circumstances. We have increased school spending, make sure that
:15:19. > :15:23.those most vulnerable in society have been protected the most. If
:15:24. > :15:33.she has an argument with that I would love to know what she thinks
:15:34. > :15:34.
:15:34. > :15:42.The council tax was dubbed Word Of the last minute. You clearly did
:15:42. > :15:52.not have a plan. Dutch microdot with other Luz minutes. You're
:15:52. > :15:58.minister for tackling poverty it appeared at the last minute, with
:15:58. > :16:03.31% of children in Wales living in relative poverty and with many
:16:03. > :16:08.people are unaware of the changes to social security that up on the
:16:08. > :16:12.way, the fact that your ministers say is that your Government has no
:16:12. > :16:18.strategy to deal with child poverty it should be a cause of deep
:16:18. > :16:23.concern for all of ours. What is your strategy, how well you did
:16:23. > :16:33.have that bit, and who is right on this question, is it right or your
:16:33. > :16:56.
:16:56. > :17:01.minister for tackling poverty It is across party plan supported
:17:01. > :17:09.by all across the government. We are left wondering what the other
:17:09. > :17:13.party's policies actually are., will you tell us who will be
:17:14. > :17:22.eligible for social care and services under the social services
:17:22. > :17:27.programme. That has been developed in the passage of the assembly.
:17:27. > :17:32.key point is to create a set of criteria as to who receives care.
:17:32. > :17:36.Vulnerable people in Wales need to know if they qualify or not. It is
:17:36. > :17:46.not too much to ask that the government publishes those criteria
:17:46. > :17:47.
:17:47. > :17:53.before we're asked to vote on the She claims that secondary
:17:53. > :17:57.legislation supersede primary legislation. I want to know, as did
:17:57. > :18:03.the very many organisations across Wales who have responded to this
:18:03. > :18:08.well -- Bill, we want to know who will be eligible and who will not?
:18:08. > :18:14.It is not too much to ask for you to publish the plans before the
:18:14. > :18:19.vote on the primary legislation. The other concern with the bill is
:18:19. > :18:23.the issue of finances. Last week the Welsh Local Government
:18:23. > :18:27.Association said the idea that the Bill is cost neutral cannot be the
:18:27. > :18:34.case. Do you stand by your Minister's statement that if the
:18:34. > :18:38.bill passes, no additional money will be needed to implement it?
:18:38. > :18:43.is normal practice for criteria to be developed wants primary
:18:43. > :18:48.legislation is in place, otherwise what is the point of developing
:18:48. > :18:53.criteria? It is like to say that people need to know what the
:18:53. > :18:58.criteria are, and they will be made available as soon as possible. The
:18:58. > :19:07.other thing I know it is the criticism levelled at her party,
:19:07. > :19:11.particularly their continued acquiescence and -- in reducing the
:19:11. > :19:16.finances available for Wales as a hall. But is bound to have an
:19:16. > :19:26.impact on finances here in Wales. When will our party stand up for
:19:26. > :19:33.Wales and Westminster? -- how potty. The Lib Dems have kept hold off the
:19:33. > :19:38.principles. We moved back to questions on the order paper, and
:19:38. > :19:43.Question 3. Will the First Minister make a statement on the non-
:19:43. > :19:49.emergency transport service? We're nearing the commission of a
:19:49. > :19:54.national programme involving the ambulance service and the voluntary
:19:54. > :20:00.sector. -- the completion. This will identify methods of improving
:20:00. > :20:09.non-emergency transport for service users. A number of my constituents
:20:09. > :20:15.have raised concerns about the joined up nature were by
:20:15. > :20:21.appointments for treatment or not taken into account. Cannot of my
:20:21. > :20:27.constituents have to travel long distances. But the moment the
:20:27. > :20:31.current service is not fit for purpose because the hours are
:20:31. > :20:41.between 8:30am and 4:30pm. Could you examine this issue as it may
:20:41. > :20:45.well be a wider Wales issued. Palace has recently commenced its
:20:45. > :20:52.own pilot. They have learned from the four pilots that were in place.
:20:52. > :20:58.In terms of the next step, the Minister will receive a report on
:20:58. > :21:06.the initial pilots next month, but report will inform our response to
:21:07. > :21:13.non urgent patient transport. TRANSLATION: First Minister, the
:21:13. > :21:18.number of patients, particularly in rural areas, who fail to arrive at
:21:18. > :21:23.appointments because of cuts to bus services, and that failure to keep
:21:23. > :21:26.to appointments leads to problems within the system more generally.
:21:26. > :21:30.Could the Government consider giving some sort of guarantee to
:21:30. > :21:35.people to ensure that there are arrangements in place to retain
:21:35. > :21:39.those appointments, because this is crucial to the new system that you
:21:39. > :21:43.Minister anticipates for the health service in Wales, and those
:21:43. > :21:50.services in the community have to work so people do have to arrive in
:21:50. > :21:55.time for other appointments. officer from the transport
:21:55. > :22:00.department is collaborating with the health and social services
:22:00. > :22:08.department to consider this issue, namely to ensure that the transport
:22:08. > :22:13.is available, affordable and that work is on going in order to ensure
:22:13. > :22:18.that we can deliver a better service on the Collette -- and a
:22:18. > :22:24.collaborative one in future. TRANSLATION: First Minister, the
:22:24. > :22:28.service is under pressure out state -- present, but the service is to
:22:28. > :22:32.change, as all the reconfiguration proposals come to pass,
:22:32. > :22:35.particularly in North Wales. There has been no assessment by the
:22:35. > :22:40.Health Board in terms of the additional pressures on the service.
:22:40. > :22:45.We do insist that these assessments are carried out, before the
:22:45. > :22:51.services are reconfigured? It is exceptionally important that
:22:51. > :22:55.consideration is given to how patients will travel took hospitals
:22:55. > :23:01.across the length and breadth of Wales, and of course this is part
:23:01. > :23:04.of the renewable process taking place in the NHS. TRANSLATION: Will
:23:04. > :23:11.First Minister make a statement of Welsh Government policies for wind-
:23:11. > :23:17.power? As stated in energy Wales, our aim is to make the best use of
:23:17. > :23:21.commercially proven renewable energy sources. Wind up being of
:23:21. > :23:25.course one -- being the most developed of these. We want to
:23:25. > :23:31.facilitate appropriate deployment to deliver against Arndale carbon
:23:31. > :23:37.objectives and make sure that people derive significant benefits.
:23:37. > :23:41.You had said you want to facilitate wind-powered developments. Not
:23:41. > :23:48.withstanding that, were you aware that one of the largest schemes for
:23:48. > :23:54.wind power in my constituency has been put on hold, and the reason
:23:54. > :23:59.that they have stated publicly is that -- because of the investment
:23:59. > :24:04.climate for renewable energy in wells. They will not be investing
:24:04. > :24:11.further in the scheme until there is a Wales -- The Wash policy on
:24:11. > :24:14.renewable energy is clearer. Is it your intention to give a company
:24:14. > :24:24.such as this clarification on the development of wind power in Wales?
:24:24. > :24:24.
:24:24. > :24:28.Apache Unit things will not be a -- ' and this week have the same
:24:28. > :24:38.situation in Scotland and Northern are then we have no hope of having
:24:38. > :24:42.
:24:42. > :24:45.sufficient clarity. First Minister, it is stated that there is a
:24:45. > :24:50.balance to be struck between the desirability of renewable energies
:24:50. > :24:53.and landscape protection, and the document says that there is a case
:24:53. > :24:58.for avoiding a situation where wind turbines are spread across the hall
:24:59. > :25:03.of the county. What can you do to ensure that -- that local
:25:03. > :25:09.authorities have cumulative impact assessments? In areas such as
:25:09. > :25:14.Pembrokeshire and Commander In Show, people are putting up one, two,
:25:14. > :25:18.three wind turbines, but when they are all together in a small period
:25:18. > :25:23.it is by in the other standards a wind farm. Do you think it is
:25:23. > :25:27.acceptable but in areas of rural Wales are about to become part of
:25:27. > :25:34.the industrial landscape? One macro these are matters for local
:25:34. > :25:37.authorities. When it comes to the larger planning applications within
:25:37. > :25:44.the devolved competence of the National Assembly, there is an
:25:44. > :25:49.expectation that those applications will be considered more favourably.
:25:49. > :25:54.It is for local authorities to decide how they approach this issue,
:25:54. > :26:00.and how they examine each planning application in terms of the impact
:26:00. > :26:06.that application would have in the particular area. How is the Welsh
:26:06. > :26:10.Government encouraging people to participate in sport? We are
:26:10. > :26:17.working with local organisations to provide opportunities for people of
:26:17. > :26:22.all ages to participate in sport. recently attended the launch of a
:26:22. > :26:28.gym in Griffithstown which has been transformed into a fitness facility
:26:28. > :26:31.thanks to �100,000 worth of investment from its spot Wales, the
:26:31. > :26:34.community development programme. I was bowled all for by the
:26:34. > :26:40.enthusiasm, knowledge and dedication of the staff and
:26:40. > :26:46.volunteers I met, and it is a testament to all there Harrall --
:26:46. > :26:51.hard work that Griffithstown now boasts a first-class facility. Will
:26:51. > :26:57.you congratulate all at the gym for at the King -- fantastic work they
:26:57. > :27:03.do day in day out promoting sporting success. Yes, I would. It
:27:03. > :27:07.is a good example of how sport Wales or working with local
:27:08. > :27:11.organisations. The Jim received a cash boost of the European
:27:11. > :27:17.Development Fund, which some in the Conservative Party would not want
:27:17. > :27:22.them to receive. We know in terms of sport of course, look at Colwyn
:27:22. > :27:26.Bay, the water sports centre and the regeneration fund, which so
:27:26. > :27:36.would not have gone ahead if it were not for the funding from the
:27:36. > :27:39.
:27:39. > :27:49.regional developed -- European Development Fund. First Minister,
:27:49. > :27:51.
:27:51. > :27:57.the actual adults survey reveals that on a 29% of adults in my
:27:58. > :28:02.constituency participated in sport, compared with 58% in Caerphilly.
:28:02. > :28:06.What reason can be fair -- First Minister give for such wide
:28:06. > :28:13.variance in figures for sports participation, and what is he going
:28:13. > :28:20.to do about it? The gym is one good example of how to increase
:28:20. > :28:24.participation. Of the last few years it received funding but he
:28:24. > :28:28.asked what we are going to do about it? We will not impose a tax on
:28:28. > :28:38.people who play sport, get injured and have to pay for there on
:28:38. > :28:39.
:28:39. > :28:49.hospital treatment. That is what the party opposite want to see.
:28:49. > :28:50.
:28:50. > :28:58.Will the First Minister provide an update on the delivery unit? It is
:28:58. > :29:03.working with me to ensure a streamlined delivery of priorities.
:29:03. > :29:08.I thought I would receive a yes from you, but how many delivery
:29:08. > :29:11.units does a Government require? You have set up one for the energy
:29:11. > :29:16.sector, but then that recruit for the programme for Government, and
:29:16. > :29:19.you have your own delivery unit within the First Minister's office.
:29:19. > :29:29.How many does it take to deliver the priorities of your Government,
:29:29. > :29:48.
:29:48. > :29:51.given the plethora of Ministers you What has been achieved by the unit
:29:52. > :30:01.that would not have been achieved had not existed? Is difficult to
:30:02. > :30:05.
:30:05. > :30:09.know. How would we tell people to express an opinion on that unit?
:30:09. > :30:17.You would need to look at the report on the Programme for
:30:17. > :30:20.Government. That is hard you can assess what the government is doing.
:30:20. > :30:27.Will the First Minister make a statement on the applications of
:30:27. > :30:33.the UK government legislative programme on Wales. We continued to
:30:33. > :30:39.consider it the better to do proposals as they develop. Does -
:30:39. > :30:43.the legislative proposals. The UK government programme seems to offer
:30:43. > :30:51.little comfort to Wales and the welfare reforms alone are having a
:30:51. > :30:57.devastating impact on people and communities. The rejection from
:30:57. > :31:02.that strategy is piecemeal at best. When will your party stand up for
:31:02. > :31:12.Wales at Westminster and unite with all the other parties to oust
:31:12. > :31:13.
:31:13. > :31:17.Cameron and George Osborne now. Well, that is a matter for the
:31:17. > :31:27.voters. There's not much my party can do given the numbers that we
:31:27. > :31:28.
:31:28. > :31:37.have at Westminster. There are of course some policies against which
:31:37. > :31:47.it is difficult to guard in Wales. The bedroom tax is one of those.
:31:47. > :31:52.1700 people are waiting in one area for one-bedroomed accommodation. It
:31:52. > :31:57.is iniquitous especially for rural areas where there are far fewer
:31:57. > :32:01.one-bedroom properties. And people are having to leave villages where
:32:01. > :32:08.they have lived all their lives and moved to towns where there are such
:32:08. > :32:13.apartments. That cannot be right and I joined in opposing one of the
:32:13. > :32:18.most in the grosses policies ever to come from Westminster. --
:32:18. > :32:24.iniquitous. A lot of fuss has been made by Conservative MPs about what
:32:24. > :32:31.has been left out of the Queen's Speech. With the ridiculous
:32:31. > :32:36.situation of government PPSs been allowed to vote against their own
:32:36. > :32:41.government's Programme for Government. But what does the First
:32:41. > :32:45.Minister think about some of the other important omissions, of
:32:45. > :32:50.minimum al mal pricing, packaging for cigarettes, which would have
:32:50. > :32:54.had a big impact to help the people of Wales. Absolutely. What worries
:32:54. > :32:58.me about the Queen's Speech is that it has been hijacked by the issue
:32:58. > :33:04.of Europe. When people are concerned about jobs and economy,
:33:04. > :33:09.when they want a roof over their heads, all we get day after day is
:33:09. > :33:19.an obsession with Europe. Incredible narrow-minded
:33:19. > :33:24.nationalism from UKIP. We benefit by �144 million a year from our
:33:24. > :33:28.membership of the European Union. Anyone suggesting that Wales should
:33:28. > :33:36.leave the European Union is not acting in the best interest of
:33:36. > :33:41.Wales. It also means that �350 million per year given to Welsh
:33:41. > :33:48.farmers would disappear. And Welsh farming would end, no question. At
:33:48. > :33:52.the moment we have an obsession from the Conservative Party in the
:33:52. > :34:00.UK government on Europe. That is nothing to do with the benefit of
:34:00. > :34:07.the people of Wales. I will get back to the question. One of the
:34:07. > :34:14.proposed bills in the legislative programme was the Care Bill which
:34:14. > :34:19.proposes to cut care costs and extend the threshold of financial
:34:19. > :34:26.assistance to reject the ball in keirin costs. I understand that
:34:26. > :34:35.this is England only. How does the was government proposed to address
:34:35. > :34:39.this problem? In order to protect people from those costs. We will
:34:39. > :34:46.keep a close eye on the care bill in England. What is important is
:34:46. > :34:53.the monetary chance there. On this issue we have to accept that there
:34:53. > :34:56.is a cross border impact of people potentially accessing care. And so
:34:56. > :35:01.putting Wales in a better or worse position as people might see it. So
:35:01. > :35:09.we have to keep a close eye on the situation in England as reform it
:35:09. > :35:15.that policy. I'm sure you'll join me in welcoming the announcement of
:35:15. > :35:19.a national insurance contributions Bill. Your government has
:35:19. > :35:23.consistently talked about the economy. 35,000 businesses in Wales
:35:23. > :35:28.could benefit potentially from assistance in this respect when
:35:28. > :35:32.they expand their workforce. What assessment has your government
:35:32. > :35:37.taking survive to work out how you can support that and make sure the
:35:37. > :35:42.maximum opportunities are taken up to expand the work force in Wales.
:35:42. > :35:50.We welcome anything that helps to build the economy. We have schemes
:35:50. > :35:54.in place already, the economic Growth Fund for Wales, a fund for
:35:54. > :36:04.micro businesses. We work closely with business to maximise
:36:04. > :36:07.
:36:07. > :36:15.opportunities. We have schemes in place to help businesses. We have
:36:15. > :36:18.talked about the federal tax. It is having a devastating effect on
:36:18. > :36:28.constituencies across Wells. The Tories still want to keep saying
:36:28. > :36:32.
:36:32. > :36:37.that it is a proactive initiatives. We must have heard over the weekend
:36:37. > :36:41.on the tragic case of a grandmother and mother who commit suicide over
:36:41. > :36:45.the fact that she was having to pay more for having an additional
:36:45. > :36:49.bedroom. Now we can see that devastating impact perhaps people
:36:49. > :36:55.will start to realise that this tax is having an effect on people in
:36:55. > :36:59.our constituencies. What can we do to ensure that tragedies like that
:36:59. > :37:04.never happened in Wales. We are working with local authorities to
:37:04. > :37:09.address this issue. We want to make sure that advice services are
:37:09. > :37:15.available to people. But what we cannot do is change the policy,
:37:15. > :37:19.unfortunately. It does trouble me greatly. I do have people coming to
:37:19. > :37:24.my surgery in despair because often they do want to downsize that there
:37:24. > :37:30.is no work for them to go. But they have to pay a penalty anyway or
:37:30. > :37:35.face the threat of eviction. That cannot be right. If you live in
:37:35. > :37:39.rented accommodation, where you may have lived for much of your life,
:37:39. > :37:45.you suddenly have to pay more money even though there is nowhere else
:37:45. > :37:50.to go. It is an especially metropolitan policy aimed at cities
:37:50. > :37:56.like London and not taking rural Wales into account whether is not
:37:56. > :38:01.that variety of accommodation. But just sums up were the Conservative
:38:01. > :38:08.Party in London is at the moment. Not consider it at all what the
:38:08. > :38:14.effect would be elsewhere in the UK. What other Welsh government's
:38:14. > :38:18.priorities for the affordable housing construction in North Wales.
:38:18. > :38:23.We aim to provide more affordable homes and deliver housing that
:38:23. > :38:28.meets people's needs. North Wales faces an acute shortage of
:38:28. > :38:32.affordable housing. One had spoken with housing associations and
:38:32. > :38:37.private housebuilders, they express frustration at competitive
:38:37. > :38:41.disadvantage is that they face in meeting this demand. Not least the
:38:41. > :38:46.additional regulations which add �10,000 to the cost of each new
:38:46. > :38:49.home when compared with England. Are you listening to the growing
:38:49. > :38:52.number of voices in the housebuilding industry that a
:38:52. > :39:01.telling you to rethink your government approach to house
:39:01. > :39:10.building and what would you do to restore their confidence's well her
:39:10. > :39:16.party voted for that legislation, I have to remind her. That is
:39:16. > :39:21.disingenuous as far as the people of Wales is concerned. The figure
:39:21. > :39:26.she quotes is one of many figures I have heard quoted. It is the Lord
:39:26. > :39:30.in Wales that sprinklers should be fitted in the way described. And
:39:30. > :39:35.the government cannot change the law passed by the assembly itself.
:39:35. > :39:41.A refer back to the figures I gave earlier in terms of the
:39:41. > :39:45.construction industry in Wales which do not support what she said.
:39:45. > :39:50.Wizened a there was the discussion about stamp duty and there was
:39:50. > :39:57.strong support for devolution of stamp duty to Wales. Using that to
:39:57. > :40:01.help those who are new buyers in the market. The question is will
:40:01. > :40:11.her party deliver that for Wales. If we get stamp duty there is a lot
:40:11. > :40:17.that we can do. Will her party deliver that for Wales? One of the
:40:17. > :40:21.frustrations that many of my constituents have raised is that
:40:21. > :40:27.they see examples of housing development companies being given
:40:27. > :40:31.planning permission and there is a condition for a certain amount of
:40:31. > :40:36.affordable houses within that scheme. But then the company's
:40:36. > :40:42.managed to reduce that. They have been examples of that in a number
:40:43. > :40:47.of areas. Will you government either through the planning bill or
:40:47. > :40:51.whichever medium you think would be appropriate, actually tackle but
:40:51. > :40:58.problem to make sure the level of provision of affordable housing
:40:58. > :41:03.that is meant to be provided is provided. I sympathise with that.
:41:03. > :41:08.It is extremely important that we ensure that were planning % --
:41:08. > :41:13.consent is given the that consent should stay as it was when it was
:41:13. > :41:17.issued. Although in some circumstances there may be reasons
:41:17. > :41:24.why it should be amended. This is a matter that can be considered
:41:24. > :41:29.locally. If there's any means of strengthening the position of
:41:29. > :41:30.through planning guidelines, we will consider that. There we are,
:41:30. > :41:33.we'll leave First Minister's Questions there. But don't forget
:41:33. > :41:40.that you can see more coverage of the Assembly online via the BBC
:41:40. > :41:43.Wales Democracy Live page at bbc.co.uk/walespolitics. Let's pick
:41:43. > :41:53.up on some of that with our Welsh Affairs Editor, Vaughan Roderick,
:41:53. > :41:53.
:41:53. > :41:58.who's been watching down in the Bay. Was there more heat than light?
:41:58. > :42:02.did not quite catch your question. It was his Berkeley Prime
:42:02. > :42:08.Minister's Question Time and covered a wide range of subjects.
:42:08. > :42:11.One thing that is likely to be a major issue is the question of
:42:11. > :42:15.health service reconfiguration in South Wales. That is due to be
:42:15. > :42:23.announced shortly. There was a question on the order paper about
:42:23. > :42:28.that. We did not quite reach that in the broadcast. We have heard
:42:28. > :42:31.calls today for a rethink on his potential reorganisation which
:42:32. > :42:36.would see fewer accident and emergency units in South Wales.
:42:36. > :42:45.That is right. We heard about the reconfiguration issues they have
:42:45. > :42:48.been in mid-Wales and West Wales. And in North Wales. But many people
:42:48. > :42:52.think of the controversy surrounding those proposals will be
:42:52. > :42:59.as nothing compared to what happens when the bulb Wales proposals come
:42:59. > :43:05.out. There are seven or eight accident and emergency units in
:43:05. > :43:11.South Wales. That number is said to be reduced. You cannot dress up
:43:11. > :43:16.downgrading that into something else. So there's likely to be
:43:16. > :43:20.controversial aspect to those proposals. And Carwyn Jones a
:43:20. > :43:25.couple of times tried to make hay over the Conservatives and they
:43:25. > :43:29.issued with Europe. He was trying to drag that in. We have an
:43:29. > :43:34.extraordinary situation in Westminster at the moment where the
:43:34. > :43:38.government seems to be, or the conservative side, seems to be
:43:38. > :43:42.yielding to its backbenchers continually. Labour are delighting
:43:42. > :43:48.in is but one has to say that some of the opinion polls that are
:43:48. > :43:52.driving some of the actions of the Conservative benches are as bad for
:43:52. > :43:57.Labour as for the Conservatives. There are losing support to UK peak
:43:57. > :44:01.in the same way. And the argument made by Carwyn Jones is that Wales
:44:02. > :44:07.is a net beneficiary of European funds. But some would say it the UK
:44:07. > :44:12.did come out there would be more money for the UK. It is a question
:44:12. > :44:17.of comparing oranges and pears. If you look at the figures, wealth
:44:17. > :44:22.does get more out of the European Union Bennett puts in. But the UK
:44:22. > :44:26.on the other hand puts in more than it gets out. So the Euro-sceptics
:44:26. > :44:30.would argue, you get this money but why not come out the middleman and
:44:30. > :44:36.get the money direct from Westminster. The argument that
:44:36. > :44:39.comes back from the government is that, look how hard it has been to
:44:39. > :44:42.change the Barnett formula over Wales. What guarantee is there that
:44:42. > :44:46.they would change the funding formula to make up for that
:44:46. > :44:49.European money. That's it for today. I'll be back at the same time next
:44:49. > :44:51.week with more coverage of First Minister's Questions. If you want