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The MP highlighted concerns about job creat [5D [K creation efforts, particularly emphasizing Labour's stance on creating new [K jobs in key sectors.
What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues [K to help create new jobs in Wales?
Creating high-quality jobs across Wales is a priori [6D [K priority for this Government. Wales is now punching above its weight in att [3D [K attracting investment, with 65 new foreign direct investment projects creat [5D [K creating nearly 2,500 jobs in 2024-25. That includes more than 500 jobs in [K north Wales from Eren Holding, Knauf Insulation and Kellogg's, alongside hu [2D [K hundreds more in south Wales driven by Vishay's £250 million semiconductor [K cluster investment.
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Q2
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The MP emphasized Labour's focus on creatin [7D [K creating jobs in tech, defence, green industries, and other sectors.
Can the Secretary of State update the House on th [2D [K the new jobs being created in Wales and the opportunities that will provide [7D [K provide for every family?
I thank my hon. Friend for recognising the scale of [2D [K of the opportunities and new jobs that this Government are creating in Wale [4D [K Wales and across the UK. Whether it is 3,000 jobs in new nuclear, 5,000 job [3D [K jobs in floating offshore wind, 8,000 jobs in our two AI growth zones, 12,0 [4D [K 12,000 jobs with our historic £14 billion commitment for Welsh rail, or 25, [3D [K 25,000 jobs in our freeports and investment zones, we are delivering genera [6D [K generational change for people in Wales.
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Q3
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The MP highlighted the issue of young peopl [5D [K people not in education, employment or training and criticised Labour's pol [3D [K policies as detrimental to job creation.
In Wales, the south-west and across the UK, nearl [5D [K nearly 1 million young people are not in education, employment or training. [9D [K training. Labour's jobs tax, failed welfare reforms and damaging energy pol [3D [K policies will worsen that crisis. Does the Minister recognise that when the [3D [K the Labour Government's first response to any crisis is to tax business, bu [2D [K businesses stop hiring, and it is young people in Wales who suffer most?
The hon. Lady might like to know that unemployment [K in Wales is lower than the UK average and has fallen since this time last y [1D [K year. Youth unemployment is also lower than the UK average, which shows tha [3D [K that our plan to boost the Welsh economy is working. We are creating jobs a [1D [K and helping people into them right across Wales.
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The negative impact of Labour's policies on youth [5D [K youth unemployment
Youth Unemployment Is Lower Than The Uk Averag [6D [K Average
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Q4
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The MP discussed the importance of NATO mem [3D [K membership for defence jobs in Wales, criticising opposition parties' stanc [5D [K stances.
The bedrock of our country's defence rests on our [3D [K our crucial membership of NATO. The defence industry in Wales employs more [K than 15,000 people in well-paid and important roles. Yet the separatist Pla [3D [K Plaid, along with the Greens, opposes full membership of this deterrent, wh [2D [K while Reform bizarrely claims all sorts of things like blaming NATO for pro [3D [K provoking the war in Ukraine. Will the Secretary of State stand up for NATO [4D [K NATO, for more Welsh defence jobs and for the thousands in Welsh communitie [10D [K communities who rely on growing employment in this crucial sector?
That is exactly what we are doing. I refer the hon. [4D [K hon. Lady to the earlier answers to defence questions.
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Commitment to standing up for NATO and supporting [10D [K supporting Welsh defence jobs
Referencing Earlier Answers
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