Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:55 pm on 21 March 2017.
Siân Gwenllian
Plaid Cymru
1:55,
21 March 2017
Better jobs, closer to home—for my constituents, what this means is creating quality jobs in north-west Wales, and the Welsh Government is duty-bound to show the way in this regard and to have deliberate policies to ensure that Government jobs are distributed across Wales. When, then, does your Government intend to reform its job location strategy? We need to include specific new criteria that would lead to the distribution of Welsh Government jobs in an equal way across Wales. I suggest that you do amend and reform this strategy as a matter of urgency, before the people of north Wales lose all confidence in your Government.
Ministers make up the Government and almost all are members of the House of Lords or the House of Commons. There are three main types of Minister. Departmental Ministers are in charge of Government Departments. The Government is divided into different Departments which have responsibilities for different areas. For example the Treasury is in charge of Government spending. Departmental Ministers in the Cabinet are generally called 'Secretary of State' but some have special titles such as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Ministers of State and Junior Ministers assist the ministers in charge of the department. They normally have responsibility for a particular area within the department and are sometimes given a title that reflects this - for example Minister of Transport.
