7 Mawrth 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Tlodi tanwydd a’r rhaglen Cartrefi Clyd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 4
Okay. Sioned Williams, would you like to come in at this point?
7 Mawrth 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Tlodi tanwydd a’r rhaglen Cartrefi Clyd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 4
Thank you. That would be extremely useful, because I think it's important that we learn from the past.
7 Mawrth 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Tlodi tanwydd a’r rhaglen Cartrefi Clyd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 4
Jane, were you planning or wanting to come back? No. Okay. I just want to press you, Mr Wilkinson-Dix, because you were the central co-ordination point for the Nest scheme, and half owners in the 50:50 joint venture in Arbed. So, I'm just struggling to…
7 Mawrth 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Tlodi tanwydd a’r rhaglen Cartrefi Clyd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 4
Jack, if you'd like to come in—I think Jane's having difficulties.
7 Mawrth 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Tlodi tanwydd a’r rhaglen Cartrefi Clyd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 4
Thanks. We'll move across to Jane Dodds.
7 Mawrth 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Tlodi tanwydd a’r rhaglen Cartrefi Clyd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 4
Welcome back to the Equality and Social Justice Committee meeting, where we're looking at fuel poverty and the Warm Homes programme. I'm delighted to welcome Ben Saltmarsh and Jack Wilkinson-Dix; Ben Saltmarsh from NEA and Jack Wilkinson-Dix from the Energy…
7 Mawrth 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Tlodi tanwydd a’r rhaglen Cartrefi Clyd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 3
Okay. Thank you very much, both Sophie Howe and Donal Brown—a really interesting session. I think we've covered a lot of ground. We'll send you both a transcript of your evidence, and, obviously, we encourage you to let us know if we've misheard what you were…
7 Mawrth 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Tlodi tanwydd a’r rhaglen Cartrefi Clyd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 3
Okay, thanks. Sarah Murphy, would you like to come in, because there's a specific issue we need to cover?
7 Mawrth 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Tlodi tanwydd a’r rhaglen Cartrefi Clyd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 3
Fine. Okay. Sioned.
7 Mawrth 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Tlodi tanwydd a’r rhaglen Cartrefi Clyd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 3
Thank you for your assessment. Are we able to extend the session for five minutes? Because we are almost out of time at the moment, and we've got, I think, three or four extra questions. So, if we could be brief, and Sophie and Donal can spare the time, Jane…
7 Mawrth 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Tlodi tanwydd a’r rhaglen Cartrefi Clyd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 3
Thanks very much. Jane Dodds, would you like to come in, please?
7 Mawrth 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Tlodi tanwydd a’r rhaglen Cartrefi Clyd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 3
Moving on to Tom Giffard.
7 Mawrth 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Tlodi tanwydd a’r rhaglen Cartrefi Clyd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 3
Okay. We've got the NEA coming in later this afternoon, so we'll pick up with them on that. Can I bring in Ken Skates at this point?
7 Mawrth 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Tlodi tanwydd a’r rhaglen Cartrefi Clyd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 3
Thank you. Can we move on to Sioned now? Sioned Williams.
7 Mawrth 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Tlodi tanwydd a’r rhaglen Cartrefi Clyd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 3
That's very helpful. That's probably as far as we need to go. Jane, back to you.
7 Mawrth 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Tlodi tanwydd a’r rhaglen Cartrefi Clyd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 3
A doubling, okay. So, are there any other ways in which we could raise the money, if the Welsh Government has got other priorities, which, obviously, they do have? So, how are we going to square this circle, if we've only got half the budget that you guys…
7 Mawrth 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Tlodi tanwydd a’r rhaglen Cartrefi Clyd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 3
Thank you. All right.
7 Mawrth 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Tlodi tanwydd a’r rhaglen Cartrefi Clyd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 3
Okay. Can I just ask about the numbers before we move on? And I'll come back to Jane in a minute. So, Sophie Howe has said, at the moment, the Welsh Government has allocated £30 million a year, and your estimates are £730 million a year. So, what are we going…
7 Mawrth 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Tlodi tanwydd a’r rhaglen Cartrefi Clyd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 3
Okay. Thank you. Over to Jane Dodds.
7 Mawrth 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Tlodi tanwydd a’r rhaglen Cartrefi Clyd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 3
Thank you for that. That's very helpful. I'll just move on now to my colleague Sarah Murphy.
7 Mawrth 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Tlodi tanwydd a’r rhaglen Cartrefi Clyd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 3
I'm sure we have, but, Donal, do you want to just—? I mean, we're talking very large numbers, obviously, and the Government, to date, in the draft budget for next year, has allocated £100 million up until 2024-25 to continue delivering Warm Homes, Nest, and…
7 Mawrth 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Tlodi tanwydd a’r rhaglen Cartrefi Clyd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 3
This is the second day we've dealt with fuel poverty and the Warm Homes programme. A very warm welcome to Sophie Howe, our future generations commissioner, and Dr Donal Brown from the New Economics Foundation. So, I'd like to just start off by asking you…
7 Mawrth 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Cyflwyniadau, ymddiheuriadau, dirprwyon a datgan buddiannau
Prynhawn da. Welcome to the meeting of the Equality and Social Justice Committee, where we are going to be continuing our inquiry into fuel poverty. I would like to welcome Members and members of the public. We have had apologies from Altaf Hussain, and I…
3 Mawrth 2022 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Cynhyrchu ynni adnewyddadwy yng Nghymru – Sesiwn dystiolaeth 4
Okay. One of the things that confuses me is why we haven't seen more local community energy schemes developing for what motorists are demanding now, which is connection points for cars, so they can buy an electric one. I just wondered if any of you can…
3 Mawrth 2022 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Cynhyrchu ynni adnewyddadwy yng Nghymru – Sesiwn dystiolaeth 4
That's very useful to have on the record, because there isn't a single solar panel on any school in Cardiff as far as I'm aware. Jon, did you want to come in on this?
