Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru

I recognise the incredibly difficult and uncertain circumstances currently being experienced by travel agencies. Supply chain businesses, including travel agencies, impacted by a greater than 60 per cent downturn in their turnover should consider an application to our economic resilience fund. The fund targets businesses that continue to be affected by COVID-19 restrictions.

The review is in its infancy. Given the obvious crossover, our departments work very closely together. Once the panel has been established and provided its reports, I look forward to discussing the results with the Minister for Climate Change to take full advantage of the economic possibilities.

Between 2011 and 2020, the employment rate in Rhondda Cynon Taf increased by 4.8 percentage points and the unemployment rate fell from 10.4 per cent to 5.4 per cent. 

Our £136 million Transforming Towns programme, alongside wider business support, is vital in assisting the economic and social recovery of our town centres. We have ambitious plans for our town/city centres, and our priority is to secure their long-term sustainability by driving footfall and making them attractive places to be.

Mae ein dull gweithredu ar gyfer gwella diagnosis a thriniaeth canser ar gyfer Cymru gyfan wedi’i nodi yn y datganiad ansawdd ar gyfer canser, a gafodd ei gyhoeddi ar 22 Mawrth 2021, ochr yn ochr â’n cynllun ar gyfer adfer o bandemig COVID. Bydd byrddau iechyd yn ymateb i’r dull hwn drwy eu cynlluniau blynyddol.

Welsh Government continues to work in social partnership with employers and health unions to recognise the amazing hard work of our NHS workforce, and to improve morale. We implemented the bonus payment earlier this year and created positive changes in working practices and environments to allow appropriate rest and recovery time.

Betsi Cadwaladr UHB has a six-point recovery plan. This includes the facilitation of extra activity and capacity using insourcing and outsourcing. Insourcing will be delivered through weekend working across all three sites and outsourcing will be undertaken via the independent sector. The health board will use recovery funds to support this.

The bowel, breast and cervical cancer screening programmes recommenced last summer after a temporary pause to screening at the start of the pandemic. Public Health Wales, which is responsible for the delivery of the national screening programmes, has prepared, and is implementing, recovery plans for each programme.