Town centres are changing, of course, because people's shopping habits are changing, but I think we do need to do everything we can to support existing shops. WHSmith in Newtown is closing in the new year—it's set to close in the new year, and that was announced in the last few days. It's been there for a century. In fact, Mary Portas referred to it as 'a gem', probably because of its...
First Minister, earlier this year in the Senedd, we had a motion, of course, calling for an update on 'Planning Policy Wales' to specifically mandate undergrounding rather than just it being a preferred option, as is currently the Welsh Government’s position—the preferred option, but not prepared to put that into planning guidance. Of course, I heard what you said to Adam Price in his...
—good resilient farms in Wales and make sure we are supporting those farmers for the long term. So, I'd certainly hope that Members across this Chamber will support our motion today and will vote to make sure that this damaging farm tax is reversed, because if we don't do that we'll see the demise of farms and farming communities right across Wales.
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