QNR – in the Senedd at on 16 May 2017.
Jayne Bryant
Labour
Mark Drakeford
Labour
The recent white paper on reforming local government proposes reforms to elections, including the extension of the voting franchise to 16 and 17-year-olds. This, along with other reforms to improve electoral registration and voting processes, will be designed to encourage young people to participate in elections and democracy more widely.
Rhianon Passmore
Labour
Mark Drakeford
Labour
For 2017/18 we have increased the number of nurse training places by 13 per cent. This represents the highest level of nurse training places commissioned in Wales since devolution. We continue to support our nursing students and have committed to retaining the NHS Wales bursary for 2018/19.
Caroline Jones
UKIP
Mark Drakeford
Labour
We continue to provide a wide range of support to all small and medium-sized enterprises in Wales including actions that improve business conditions.
Adam Price
Plaid Cymru
Mark Drakeford
Labour
It is regrettable that there were material gaps in the information contained within the Circuit of Wales application resulting in considerable delays to the essential due diligence process. I am advised that the remaining process will take a final few weeks, following which Cabinet will consider the project as soon as is practicably possible.
Paul Davies
Conservative
Mark Drakeford
Labour
The national transport finance plan, published in July 2015, sets out investment for transport and infrastructure and services for 2015-20 across all parts of Wales.
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.
A document issued by the Government laying out its policy, or proposed policy, on a topic of current concern.Although a white paper may occasion consultation as to the details of new legislation, it does signify a clear intention on the part of a government to pass new law. This is a contrast with green papers, which are issued less frequently, are more open-ended and may merely propose a strategy to be implemented in the details of other legislation.
More from wikipedia here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_paper
The cabinet is the group of twenty or so (and no more than 22) senior government ministers who are responsible for running the departments of state and deciding government policy.
It is chaired by the prime minister.
The cabinet is bound by collective responsibility, which means that all its members must abide by and defend the decisions it takes, despite any private doubts that they might have.
Cabinet ministers are appointed by the prime minister and chosen from MPs or peers of the governing party.
However, during periods of national emergency, or when no single party gains a large enough majority to govern alone, coalition governments have been formed with cabinets containing members from more than one political party.
War cabinets have sometimes been formed with a much smaller membership than the full cabinet.
From time to time the prime minister will reorganise the cabinet in order to bring in new members, or to move existing members around. This reorganisation is known as a cabinet re-shuffle.
The cabinet normally meets once a week in the cabinet room at Downing Street.
