Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru

The Welsh Government continues to provide emergency support for businesses in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Our latest restrictions fund has already seen over 4,415 grants paid to businesses in Rhondda Cynon Taf, totalling over £14.1 million. We are actively considering the economic position and exploring further options for supporting businesses.

Last week, I launched our economic resilience and reconstruction mission, which offers grounded optimism for the future and will help our people, businesses and communities succeed and flourish amid a backdrop of incredibly difficult circumstances. Three hundred and nine business in South Wales West have received £6.8 million via our business development grant, amongst other funds available.

We made a COVID commitment to support people into education, employment or training. We acted swiftly and, in July 2020, invested £40 million in jobs and skills to boost front-line services and programmes, to support individuals at risk of redundancy, or seeking new or alternative employment or skills.

We continue to work with the UK Government to ease the pressures on businesses and hauliers trading through Welsh ports. In December, we published a new export action plan setting out the support available to Welsh exporters and we regularly update our Business Wales and Preparing Wales websites.

Byddwn ni’n gweithio’n agos gydag Awdurdod Dyroddi Unigol y DU ac mae swyddogion o Lywodraeth Cymru ar ei fwrdd lywodraethu. Mae’n rhaid i bob cais y mae’r Awdurdod Dyroddi Unigol yn ei dderbyn gan gwch neu long o aelod-wladwriaeth o’r UE i bysgota yn nyfroedd Cymru gael ei asesu a’i gymeradwyo gan Lywodraeth Cymru cyn y gellir rhoi trwyddedau. 

The UK Government failed to protect our seafood industry in the deal it negotiated with the EU and it is now in a critical state. We are focusing efforts on immediate support for the sector, as well as what options there are for the sector in the medium and long terms.